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Daily reading. Went to the library. Mailed a renter $4.00 I had forgotten to refund to him after his checkout. Inspected my ski condo. Took my wife out to eat. We finally found a restaurant that was both open and served pizza (had great pizza). Just decided on where to go for spring skiing. (Will be Vermont or Maine). |
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i luv this thread, and I was [ahem] finally forced to fix the stupid car alarm on my daughters Mazda 3 that started going off all by itself, you guessed it in the middle of the night
I followed this video, please check it out, you'll get a kick out of it: Car Alarm Keeps Going Off - How To Fix It |
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K [Thanks! Wouldn't you know, I just got fired from my carpenter job because my borderline certifiable boss said I don't have a carpenter's skill set. ]
Carpenter's skill set? So what does he mean, you are NOT sloppy and fast? Profit above all else right? You and I weren't brought up that way. |
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Sorry to hear you got fired Tim. I’m sure with your talents you’ll rebound quick.
I bought some new rear shoes for the Camaro today. 275/40/ZR20 BFG Sport Comp 2’s. Pricey little bastards. Going to swap the fronts to another set of 9” wide rear wheels so I can run 275’s or 305’s all the way around. |
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Mark, I like the vanity update. That sounds funny for some reason, but you know what I mean.
Tim, that sounds bogus about your job. You knew you were leaving, and apparently he just confirmed it for you. We could sure use somebody with your skills up here. I'm consistently coming across work that I could forward to somebody who does it well and reasonably priced. |
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Your ex boss sounds like a perfect example of this thinking. You're better off without having to deal with that nonsense. I bought a new sofa and it came in a box. I had to put the legs on it. No big deal except the legs didn't even come close to lining up. How much trouble would it have been to get the holes in the right place? I got some of those plastic pink flamingos for my new place. Yes I know they are silly and goofy looking but I like them. They showed up in a bag with no packing at all and USPS had smashed them and they had no legs. What the heck am I supposed to do with 2 legless crushed pink flamingoes? :lol: Quality seems to be a thing of the past. |
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He convinced himself that I had no skills, didn't believe I was actually a carpenter, couldn't believe I ran my own business for 38 years. That is how twisted his insecure mind worked. He clearly has unaddressed issues. He says he's a genius carpenter. I told him if he actually was he wouldn't have to be telling me. My sister, and others, felt I intimidated him. Yet I always carry my unchallenging casual non-comparing not out to prove a thing attitude. It drove him nuts. Everything worried him. Blow it off, it will work out just fine, come out in the wash, and such are not in his vocabulary. I cut a piece of trim 1" short, after being interrupted by the new helper as I was measuring. I asked him to hold up as I wrote the measurement down, then cut that measurement after he left. I wrote it down wrong, was already distracted when I wrote it down. I learned then to always remeasure after any break in the flow. I'm no spring chicken and am having to learn new ways to deal with such things that used to never happen. I've also worked alone since '05. It's such a common mistake there's a carpenter's term for it, I "inched it". Usually when that happens everyone laughs at the guy. To this guy had it stuck in his mind like a brain tumor. "So I made a mistake, don't you ever make mistakes?", I asked him. Apparently he thinks not, although I can name a few. That was around Thanksgiving and things have been bad ever since. I got a talking to over that three different times. All seemed rehearsed, orchestrated. He said I could be making $10 an hour more and work all the hours I wanted. As it is, last year's wages summed up to a salary at $5 per hour @ 40hrs per wk less than I was being paid, due to his poor management, keeping the work flowing. About $12k less last year. I got really focused, even started drinking decaf! I was on the ball and made no mistakes. He kept setting me up to knock me down, but I came through each time. At some point I could feel I was winning, his crap wouldn't work on me. It seemed to make him madder when I did better. I knew from the other guys that had left since I started that he has a thing about never firing, but making you want to quit. He's about a sadistic hateful maniac, no doubt. I'll be better off now. I'm glad it's over |
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There was only one perfect Carpenter..
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Is Norm still around!?
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Steeveedee, I'm sure he would have fired Norm |
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This guy's only laugh was at evil. I think he despised me for being happy and friendly to everyone, always having something nice to say in passing. I used to take my guys to lunch every now and then, sometimes turning into an afternoon, then run back to gather up the tools. I wrote it off on my moral account. I worked for him 16 months and never had a beer with him. He knew nothing about my interests or anything outside of the job. Definitely saw his employees as subservient. I'm a down in the trenches with the troops type of leader. Worked well for me, earned me respect. My guys would do anything for me. With this guy I couldn't wait for quitting time and started dreading Monday come Sunday evening. The days he put me on a job by myself were pure heaven. It's pure heaven every day now :cool:
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I've inched a board or two in my life. So aggravating looking for the board stretcher.
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The stores were always out! ;)
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I’m impressed you made it 16 months Tim! He probably has something in his past that hardened him
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This is the most I have ever spilled here about my personal life. I'm not a wear my heart on my sleeve person. We come here to enjoy ourselves. But, I may just break with tradition and start a thread on this. I've actually been holding back a lot. There is so much and hopefully once out I'll let it all fade away. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So... What I've been doing not on my truck is chipping away at details I never finished on my house or things I want to change/improve. I finally ordered and installed a vintage style brass & porcelain toilet handle on the vintage style Kohler toilet I installed about 25 years ago that came with a contemporary looking chrome handle. The bathroom has Douglas fir porch ceiling paneling w/oak trim and brass/porcelain hardware. It all matches now!! While sitting there, yes there, I looked as I have for so long at the gap between the tile and oak threshold. The toilet has overflowed in the past and flooded the floor, which caused the threshold to cup a few times. It always settles flat again, but the grout has cracked out and the caulk I have used has pulled loose, so I cleared that out long ago. From the rip I took off the original oak backsplash cap I ruined for my kitchen (prior post), I made quarter round to trim inside this bath's vanity bottom inside. There was a gap. I made extra and got to playing with it and made up some mini-1/4 round, about 1/4"-5/16". I tried it in that gap at the threshold and it filled it well. So I glued and pin nailed it so it could move with the threshold, in case there is another flood :rolleyes: Attachment 2162841 Attachment 2162842 The base is just oak 1x with an 1/8" bead and old style oak shoe. I also sit there, yes there, and ponder that wide dust collecting and caulked to fill the void due to it's rigid nature 1x. This tiny 1/4 round is like wood caulk, it's so flexible. Today I'm going to make up some more and cap the base with it. Also looking around at other areas around the house that could use it, both clear oak and painted pine |
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I got the keys to my new swinging bachelor pad today. Okay. I'm not so swinging and mama would have something say about the bachelor thing. But I did get the keys. All done. :metal:
Except the moving stuff in part. :( It's not the best looking girl at the dance but it's nice inside and right on the river and downtown. Should be fun. Just a weekend place. It's a great location and I'm going to enjoy barbecuing on that deck. And I like the name of street. Whiskey Flat Days and the rodeo are coming up in February and I'm right there. I have no idea who's going to clean up those leaves... Not me. :lol: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...6_Sirreta_.jpg No clue about the vacant lot next door with the crappy fence. But it gives me more distance from neighbors. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...16_Whiskey.jpg |
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Last year I was at an estate sale looking for old chevy truck parts. I found this old church pew. Turns out my wife wanted one to restore (aka she wanted me to restore it haha). Well I finished it today.
Plenty of sanding and filler, two coats of black primer, 3 coats of red, some careful sanding for a "patina" look, and one coat of clear satin. She is happy... ;) Attachment 2163146 Attachment 2163147 Attachment 2163148 Attachment 2163149 Attachment 2163150 |
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So you can see the river from the deck? The street name is great. You need to come up with a name for the place using that (so you can stop calling it the bachelor pad and all). There is an old country road near here called Whiskey Springs Rd. Been on it end to end but can't seem to find that spring! Don't worry about those leaves. In time you'll either flick a butt or a spark from the BBQ will take care of that. I predict you will have that same gathering of leaves in that same spot every year. With all your free time, go to the county's tax assessor's office to see who owns that lot. Could be held by county commissioners due to non-payment of property tax. If so, it could be had for the amount of back taxes. Could be for one reason or another it's tied up in a title dispute, and you could file a first right to refusal to be first in line once that gets settled Quote:
That came out excellently. Sanding was the fun part, right? The question is "Are you happy?". Uh, well... No you're right :lol: I made up a batch of that mini-1/4 round yesterday. I about froze my fingers out there! It was a clear blue sunny, maybe up to, mid-20s day but the table saw created a wind chill and Jack Frost wormed his way through my gloves. Had to come in by the woodstove for a thaw break! Then I decided to do another project I thought up. I had this piece of slab wood from out of my former boss's old bank barn. The hay floor was made up of old wide live-edge slab cuts laid down loose, lapping over one another. He had me take it up and lay back down in a single layer so it can be covered with plywood. This meant cutting the ends off of some. I stuck those pieces in my truck rather than toss out. The project is make a small coffee table type thing, something minimal to take less space. I'm calling it a coffee stool. I always used a cobbler's bench, but it had to be set away from the couch for leg room, which meant walking around it in my small house. My son scooted it across the room to set his big Playstation monitor on, which works well. That's what we watch DVDs on. This table is about the size of a stool so it can set against the couch next to where I/we sit. Just something to set your drink on. I think it will be nicer than the Ryobi box Attachment 2163220 The rest of it is made out of that oak 2" x 4" I started cutting on for part of the countertop extension I made last week Attachment 2163221 Beautiful wood inside that thing! Attachment 2163222 Not exactly a table yet Attachment 2163223 I plan to put it together today |
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I envy you guys with your wood projects. As a youngun I figured I'd grow up doing stuff with wood since my grandad was a carpenter by trade and I liked making stuff in high school wood shop. But my love of automobiles was stronger and drew my attention away from wood working. Oh, I've done my share of fixit wood work, [mostly necessary repair work] but not many wood projects for pure enjoyment. So I thought I might finally get into it in retirement but I don't have the room for it and with the aches and pains I don't feel like doing it either.
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Just waiting on the faucet to make the final placement of the sink . I took some god awfull bright solid brass hardware and made the old .
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Those hinges look a million times better Mark.
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What did you do, Mark, use acid?. I used the stamped brass plated hinges of the same style in my upstairs bath cabinetry about 35 years ago. I think it was 18 total. One of my kids had a tantrum and damaged a door and hinges. I could only find the ones like you used. BTW, the bathroom actually was added in what was a bedroom later since originally the place had an outhouse. So I did it in an early 1900s style. It's all painted porch ceiling paneling with carpenter built-ins. so the hinges are painted over since after all those years they probably would have been. Anyway, I had to try to make the solid hinge not stand out from the stamped. I mean, repairs are ok for the vibe I go with, but I wanted it to look like an old repair. ground all the edges some, installed them, and slathered caulk around the edges to mold them in. I wanted to look painted under for years. I guess it worked out well. Here's what's funny. This year I've been digging out my cellar. On break since before Christmas. But I had to move things out. There was a good sized plastic bag and in it were the wood knobs I originally used and a good many pair of the stamped brass plated hinges from 35 years ago!. I think I did that repair about 10 years ago! Oh well. I have extra hinges. Quote:
Great wood used to grow on trees. Or rather, it used to be THE trees! I hang onto all that stuff. Those coffee stool legs were from my ex-bosses barn, loose. They were sixteen footers, all twisted up. He had me cut them up and put on the burn pile. They went into my truck! My Fein multi-master needed a repair and I picked it up Friday. I was waiting for that to take care of a thing in my kitchen that has bothered me for about 30 years. I painted the kitchen a couple years ago and never put the switch plates on these two spots because I really wanted to fix that mess. I hired an electrician to wire the kitchen and this is how he did the receptacle and switch. Not only two separate boxes about next to each other, but not even close to being aligned. Also, by the fridge, he pit the switch behind the receptacle. I swapped those around. I guess he didn't know what to do since it wasn't drywall? Probably it's because he sucked! :cool: Before: Attachment 2163503 Attachment 2163499 After: Attachment 2163501 Attachment 2163502 I'll paint in the morning. And I have oak cover plates to match the receptacle plates in there |
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Nice patination on the hinges, Mark!
I'm working on carving the family coat of arms at half scale, in high relief. I'm hacking away and am close to the finish/burn decision. Some project wood comes from the burn pile, some project wood ends up in the burn pile. :lol: |
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Didn't get anything done, had to take a conx to Milbank, South Dakota. Left Wednesday and got home today. Long week.
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Yesterday went to get some slabs that have been in the rafters according to my neighbor since he has been here early 70s so they may be even older . Thought they were pine but they are way to heavy for pine and to get down with two people . My plan was to use the steel girder beam that runs from front to back along the ridge beam and a block and tackle. No dice need more people so they can wait till spring but I did find laying on top of them and old block and tackle . This used to be a working hay farm . That’s why my barn has open seams on the side boards to let air move through the barn . Looks to be hand forged steel with wood rollers
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Nice find. FREEBIE!! I have one I grabbed out of some barn somewhere. I wanted to mount it under the peak lookout on the front of my mini-barn, but this will go to my next place!
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I need to start getting out to make some money. But yesterday I also put that little coffee stool together. My sanders are buried, so belt sanding the top and oiling the thing up will come latter. The only thing I bought were the finish screws
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Ohhh... I thought that was a picture of a boat hull :lol:
So Mark, it looks like the barn had a hay trolley. I guess that's not still lurking up there, is it? I had one like this, but I ended up selling it at Carlisle |
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