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on: March 19, 2008, 12:37:28 AM
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Started by Tokyo Stu Ablett - Last post by Tokyo Stu Ablett
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I have a whole bunch of smaller chunks of wood I got recently, from the shrine down the street, it is all green wood, but I noticed that some of them were starting to crack a bit, so I thought I'd best get moving on roughing them out. I've got it down to just a little over 10 minutes each from chunk of wood, to slipping it into the DNA bath.....  I start with a chunk of wood  Mount it via the worm screw on the chuck  Get out my super flute beating stick and have at, this is done mostly at about 1000 RPM or higher, as the faster the cut the less time it takes to do....  Bang, outside done!  Boom, inside done  Ready for a DNA bath!  While it may be quick, it still makes a mess! I did about 20 last night and I'll be doing a bunch more today, I know they are not fine works of art etc, but they are certainly good practice. I also did some in the reverse orientation, so they came out as Natural Edge bowls. I hope to be able to give some away, and maybe even sell some My lovely wife said something about not using the snazzy new HDD video camera we got lately, so I had to put it to use......... 
Quick Green Wood Rough Out Part One << Quick Green Wood Rough Out Part Two << Both link to YouTube videos. Sorry for the harsh lighting, I'll have to work on that! Cheers! |
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on: March 18, 2008, 11:39:58 PM
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Started by Jerry Purviance - Last post by Ron in Clanton, Alabama
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The French speaking Canadians are mostly concentrated in the East, and in high level government jobs around the country  You left out a few, colour is one that comes to mind from your examples, another is Skookum, which might be more widely used in BC ? Other ones; Canucks Yanks Tap Faucet Pop Soda Two-Four case of 24 beer Poutine  ?? and I'm sure there are more!  Ya left out "Hydro" (Canadian for electricity)! |
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on: March 18, 2008, 10:11:43 PM
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Started by Michael in AZ - Last post by Greg from K/W
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Good consumer show on CBC TV a few months back about LG stonewalling the fact that some of it's earlier models were causing fires. Despite all the documented evidence to the contrary, LG absolutely refused to acknowledge the obvious issues. Having said that, LG have some outstanding consumer electronics products. I have a newer LG with freezer on the bottom, it is a POS and really cheap inside, take a look at Samsung, Costco has good deals on them for not much more money than the cheapo LG.
I had bought my oldest daughter the Maytag (when Maytag was Maytag) the bottom-freezer fridge because that is what she wanted for her condo and there are size limitations. She loves that fridge and it was pretty nice inside. So I thought the LG was the same and left the side-by-side in my old house when it sold, so I needed one for the new place. The side-by-side freezer on the old Whirlpool didn't hold squat, you couldn't even fit a frozen pizza in it, so I thought I'd get the bottom freezer, but this LG has to have the cheapest interior of any fridge (didn't realize that before I bought it), the movable bins in the door are designed stupid they only fit in these grooves so it limits where you can place them, like you cannot have a bottle of wine in the door and have a gallon milk above it (daughters you can), in other words the space/bins/slots are not very well thought out. Then I was in Costco one day and they had the gray Samsung, it is also Korean made but man it is 10 times nicer on the inside, door bins are fully adjustable, controls out of the way (LG controls hang down in the fridge area and block the frigging shelf). I'm not impressed with LG stuff, my daughter had one of those LG slider cellphones, it was the worst sounding phone she ever had even worse then the Motorola razor, she took it back and got a different brand and it was like night and day on voice quality. THat is really surprising. We have one of their washers and want to getone of their dryers. We also have an LG tv and love them all. Too bad about the fridges. |
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on: March 18, 2008, 10:09:12 PM
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Started by Jerry Purviance - Last post by Greg from K/W
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Hey Chuck how much of this information did you skip over before you decided to give Stu a hug? Thats really what you wanted to do right? So come on cozy up and give a big hug he didn't say it was the only language in Quebec just like I didn't say it was. So go back and read what was posted ok? Note to everyone else. Quebecers are very sensitive cause of the seperation issues that have been simmering for years. They want to at time seperate. It stems from them thinking that english Canada don't care about them. So they flair up the brewhaha about it once in awhile and then the Neufies get excited cause they think they will be closer to Toronto. We have to tell them to settle down or we will set them adrift and man what a mess that causes. They start thinking they can invade Toronto harbour with cod boats and then we threaten to pulll the coast gaurds two tugboats we bought from you guys in the early 50's and that drains the governemnt coffers. So we get these two tug boats fired up and shove the neufies back out the St Lawrence tell them we might let them fish some cod we found and then don't let them. Does that sum up the news on the CBC for the last 50 years guys? I felt like Red Green for a second there. |
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on: March 18, 2008, 10:08:15 PM
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Started by Michael in AZ - Last post by dizzy
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Good consumer show on CBC TV a few months back about LG stonewalling the fact that some of it's earlier models were causing fires. Despite all the documented evidence to the contrary, LG absolutely refused to acknowledge the obvious issues. Having said that, LG have some outstanding consumer electronics products. I have a newer LG with freezer on the bottom, it is a POS and really cheap inside, take a look at Samsung, Costco has good deals on them for not much more money than the cheapo LG.
I had bought my oldest daughter the Maytag (when Maytag was Maytag) the bottom-freezer fridge because that is what she wanted for her condo and there are size limitations. She loves that fridge and it was pretty nice inside. So I thought the LG was the same and left the side-by-side in my old house when it sold, so I needed one for the new place. The side-by-side freezer on the old Whirlpool didn't hold squat, you couldn't even fit a frozen pizza in it, so I thought I'd get the bottom freezer, but this LG has to have the cheapest interior of any fridge (didn't realize that before I bought it), the movable bins in the door are designed stupid they only fit in these grooves so it limits where you can place them, like you cannot have a bottle of wine in the door and have a gallon milk above it (daughters you can), in other words the space/bins/slots are not very well thought out. Then I was in Costco one day and they had the gray Samsung, it is also Korean made but man it is 10 times nicer on the inside, door bins are fully adjustable, controls out of the way (LG controls hang down in the fridge area and block the frigging shelf). I'm not impressed with LG stuff, my daughter had one of those LG slider cellphones, it was the worst sounding phone she ever had even worse then the Motorola razor, she took it back and got a different brand and it was like night and day on voice quality. |
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on: March 18, 2008, 10:03:50 PM
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Started by WillieO - Last post by Jerry in Michigan
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Its still really about the work for me
It shows.  |
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on: March 18, 2008, 09:42:31 PM
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Started by Mark Kent - Last post by Mark Kent
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Hardibacker is a good choice. If you are going to use thinset to install your tile then keep the board damp as you work. I believe the instructions for Hardibacker explain. This way it won't have a tendency to suck the moisture out of the thinset and have it cure improperly. If you get a chance to use Schluter Kerdi material, Red Guard, or Merkrete, these materials will water proof your backer board. Leave a small gap in the corners of your tile work as a "soft" or expansion joint and fill the gap with a silicone or color match caulk. Most grout makers offer a color match caulk. At the bottom of your backerboard where it meets up to your tub, seal this area with silicone caulk before tiling. The backerboard will usually having nailing patterns posted for wall and floor install. Usually 1-1/2" galvanized nails, not drywall screws or drywall nails.
Thanks, TK - especially the reference to wetting the board prior to applying the mortar. I am going to apply the Kerdi with Kerabond - Ditra set is not readily available in the area. |
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on: March 18, 2008, 09:33:57 PM
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Started by Mark Kent - Last post by dizzy
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I've used the cement board on the floor and the hardibacker (sand colored stuff with 1" squares on it) on walls, both worked fine, come to think of it I put thinset directly over exterior ply and that worked fine as well.
I guess I liked the hardi backer the best, it had the 1" square lines across it which make keeping tile aligned much easier.
LOL thats assuming the boards are square and the lines are square to the board. But ya I like that stuff too. Easier to cut and machine for the tapes and stuff. I used densheild on a number of projects until a tile store told me they used it too and stopped. THey had 15 new houses that the builder had used that stuff. I guess it was green when it was installed and had shrunk ever so slightly after the tiles had been installed. They had to tear them all out and replace the board and the tiles under new home warentee. Now they use blue board but I don't like that either so I use hardibacker or a simular product. In my own tub I installed This stuff. http://www.schluter-systems.com/media/ShowerBrochure-ENG07.pdfIt ensures that you won't have to replace the tiles after 10 or 15 years like I did. It has to be installed with thin set lortar but its well worth it. I just redid mine after 9 years cause I wanted to replace the tub. I still found water behind the tub even with all the care we took with sealing the tile work. Now I won't have to worry about it again. Unforunaly grout and adhesives are not water proof so they can leach water through into the backer board. Its worth the extra labour and cost to use this stuff. Nope, this is the stuff I used, it comes in 1/4" & 1/2" in 3x5 sheets, sold at HomeDepot and Lowes: http://www.jameshardieeu.com/pages.php?pages=products&subpage=hbackerSupposed to work good on counter tops too, but I haven't done any of that, thinking about doing a cement counter top though. |
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on: March 18, 2008, 09:32:21 PM
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Started by WillieO - Last post by WillieO
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Hmmmm I'd say craftsman turned contractor and being a hands on contractor has made me a better craftsman. Ive been a carpenter for 27 years ( was the guy that carried the heavy stuff and cleaned up for carpenters for alot of years). Ive been in business as Indian Island Construction for 13 years. I don't really like the busness end of it. Its still really about the work for me |
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on: March 18, 2008, 09:30:02 PM
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Started by Brent Harral - Last post by TK
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Looks great! Do you have good luck with making your own file slides? I always buy the plastic screw on kind from wood supply and they seam to last quite awhile.TK
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