What did you do today not on your truck...

[Lost in the 60's]

Here's some dumb "neighbor" I know taking down his lights. He used the extension ladder on the tail gate of his pickup to put them up, but it was still a bit too short. This is far better...

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

Here's some dumb "neighbor" I know taking down his lights. He used the extension ladder on the tail gate of his pickup to put them up, but it was still a bit too short. This is far better...

Yeah
Way Better.

As long as the Tow motor stays in gear/parking brake holds and the hydraulics hold.

[special-K]

Maple makes a great countertop and that is some great looking maple

[allchevy58]

Been working on the new house, evenings and weekends. Built shelter between conx's, wife's doing electrical, friend is doing the plumbing. Windows got delivered today, my son is coming over this weekend to help install windows.

[72c20customcamper]

Glued up the countertop. Got me one of those big bad gas rangetops

[special-K]

That wood be nice

[72c20customcamper]

It’s pretty rewarding knowing I felled the tree and milled the wood . Took three years for it to dry enough to use . I now have at least twice the amount of wood stickered up

[72c20customcamper]

Yesterday I harvested some Chaga got 4 big ones

[special-K]

That's a good load on there

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

That's a good load on there

It was . I realized that I had 4 hardwood trees on the truck after I got home . I took the trunks over in the trailer . Some of the boards are 12 ft and 8/4 thick . Pretty much all sanded today . Just wiped with a damp cloth to show the figure in the wood I’m going to hat cutting the hole for the rangetop but I’ll make the cutout into a cutting board so it will match the countertop.

[72c20customcamper]

Hope to make it close to this with water soluble dye . First is a dark walnut application then sanded with 220 paper then a cherry red is applied and sanded again then a yellow with no sanding then top coated .

[Steeveedee]

All kinds of ways to make curly maple pop. Quarter-sawn white oak, the same. I have pieces of both that I've bought over the years just for the figure. I need to start using that stuff up before I die and my family uses it for firewood. I bought some 8/4 walnut to make a cover for our doorbell chime, and ended up buying the entire plank because there was some really wild grain at one end. I plan to make a stock for my Ruger K10/22T carbine, as soon as I figure out the comb height. I bought a thumbhole stock because my arthritic hands fit that better, so I have that part of the design figured out. Too many other projects in front of that one. Retired and bored? Don't make me laugh, I put off enough projects when I was working to last me another 20 years.

Back on topic, I went to a coffee and cars meet this morning, with a basketball for the xmas toy drive. Some crazy nice vehicles there, for sure. Met a guy with a '68 El Camino SS396 that he bought new. If we only knew then, when we bought these treasures...

[special-K]

If I had only bought a warehouse coming out of high school I'd still have every vehicle I ever bought. They were special when I bought them and special when I sold them.

Back 30+ years ago I did the kitchen in this house. I had maple and oak to make the countertop and I ended up going with oak

[72c20customcamper]

Test board came out pretty much exactly what I was going for. It’s only got one coat of Waterlox on it so it’s still a little flat .

[special-K]

That's going to be a beautiful countertop. A funny thing is I made a top from recycled old growth white oak for a customer. It came out beautiful. But I can never get a good picture of it because it's always cluttered with kitchen stuff being a kitchen countertop

[72c20customcamper]

Most stressful part of the job

[72c20customcamper]

Mom called said she broke her shower door . Seems she has been using a bench in the shower . No big deal but she was using the door rail on the glass door to get up . Well the door was only off the track .I installed a proper grab rail this way she can use it standing or getting up from the bench

[Boog]

I put a couple of bars in the shower for my Mom. She so appreciated them. Living by herself, it was important for me to do and felt bad I hadn't thought of it before.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Most stressful part of the job

Beautiful. Wish I had the skills for woodworking.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

beautiful. Wish i had the skills for woodworking.

x2

[72c20customcamper]

Thanks for the compliments. 2 coats of Waterlox most likely I will do 5

[special-K]

That counter came out nicely. It will be a pleasure at Christmas time.

[special-K]

Waterlox is good stuff. I'm repairing and re-finishing plaster walls that I stripped the paneling and wallpaper from. I should be putting primer on today. Pictures do this work no justice. You just end up with nice smooth and flat walls that look better than drywall.

How about that paint job under the paneling on the doors? Yesterday she told me she needs it done for her brother's birthday party on the 14th. I hope to prime today and start trim carpentry. I have to rebuild those steps in the corner and get a finish on that, too

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

Waterlox is good stuff. I'm repairing and re-finishing plaster walls that I stripped the paneling and wallpaper from. I should be putting primer on today. Pictures do this work no justice. You just end up with nice smooth and flat walls that look better than drywall.

How about that paint job under the paneling on the doors? Yesterday she told me she needs it done for her brother's birthday party on the 14th. I hope to prime today and start trim carpentry. I have to rebuild those steps in the corner and get a finish on that, too

I had one home with plaster walls I liked the walls except when they cracked or started to crumble to dust . One room I gutted and found beer cans used as patches under a few spots . And a few in the wall also found a 50s nudie magazine.

[LockDoc]

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Glad to see you are on the mend Mark. That sounds like some serious stuff there.....