PI_Woodworker wrote:Well today I sold my boat. It was kept in my second garage. Now the question is do I set it up a second shop here or just keep the shop at my cabin. That will take awhile to decide I am sure. Glad to have the boat gone. I just didn’t use it enough.

A second shop would make things hard for me. Always jumping from one to t…[Read more]

Warren6810 wrote:

Seven-Delta-FortyOne wrote:
I think the forum is dying an extremely protracted death.

There is spam all over the place.

I offered to assist moderating the forum, and never heard back.

A lot of posters have done little more than abuse the forum, grab points, and contributed little to nothing to make the place better, and have…

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smallerstick wrote:I managed to get the carcass built for my new shop cabinet and a laminated soft maple top glued up for it. Milled slots in the sides will hold maple runners to support the drawers. This will hold hardware and sharpening supplies and provide a work surface for sharpening. The clutter is slowly coming under control.

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Another hot one here in west Tn. Will see 99° again today. I’m so ready for fall..

Hi Victor, welcome to BTP.

Been Hot and dry here. Another day in the upper 90’s expected today.
We are to the point of needing a little rain.

Boschmanbrian wrote:This is one of the reasons I like to physically see what I’m buying before I order anything.

I’m the same way Brian. Hate to buy anything before seeing it.

Doobie wrote:

theamcguy wrote:
Couple of neat tools from Makita. I picked them up at Home Depot

I like that swivel head socket gizmo.

Neat idea. I have to wonder about the small contact point when at an angle. How long the head will last before it wears to a point of slipping?

Doobie wrote:

theamcguy wrote:
Couple of neat tools from Makita. I picked them up at Home Depot

I like that swivel head socket gizmo.

Neat idea. I have to wonder about the small contact point when at an angle. How long the head will last before it wears to a point of slipping?

Man I’m sick of this heat. Highs near 100° again today.

cmeyer25 wrote:Worked with the HO yesterday to get the log cabin off the trailer and onto the base I built. Between the two of us, a 11’ steel pipe and wood 4×4, blocking, a high jack, and his Jeep mounted winch, we were able to get it off the trailer and mounted to the sill plate! Then he got out his chainsaw and cut the bottom log to connect th…

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cmeyer25 wrote:My last post didn’t go through (bad reception I guess) but here’s a couple of pics of the new cart boschmanbrian doobie

Nice looking cart.

It’s HOT here. Right around the 100° mark today.

PI_Woodworker wrote:Yesterday a buddy gave a 10′ birch log to me. It was spalted over a fair amount. He had a friend there at his place with his portable sawmill (Wood Mizer) so I got the log milled for free. Got about 180 board feet. Much of the lumber had beautiful spalting. It’s stickered in the garage. I hate having to wait for a year for it…

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smallerstick wrote:

RonW wrote:
I went and looked at a little lumber today. It’s been in this shed and bus for 30 years. Not sure how many board feet is there. But it’s a bunch. I’m getting 500 bf of walnut and another 500 bf of cherry. Bought it at .25c a board foot.

That is amazing! What a haul. That’s enough for quite a few projects, for sur…

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I went and looked at a little lumber today. It’s been in this shed and bus for 30 years. Not sure how many board feet is there. But it’s a bunch. I’m getting 500 bf of walnut and another 500 bf of cherry. Bought it at .25c a board foot.

Boschmanbrian wrote:I’m starting to see plenty of little mice around here , getting cooler so they are starting to look for shelter , one came running out of the pool shed a few days ago , and my neighbor told me she saw one running along side the house ,
I don’t mind them around the yard and shed , but as long as they stay out of the house , or…

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