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To be fair...To be fair, some might need instructions. You know.... like legos.
To be fair...To be fair, some might need instructions. You know.... like legos.
If you dont have a laser level, your pool beam is a great benchmark and its level all around the perimeter. Turn one of the longer framing boards up on edge on the pool beam and let the other end rest against the post, lay a 4 foot level on the board and raise the low end until the bubble reads level and then mark the post at the top of the board. Measure up to the bottom of the desired beam elevation and set a 12d nail. This nail will allow you to rest one end of the beam while you secure the other end.
Decided to build a dog house yesterday. Got a few sheets of plywood and some 2x3s and went to town. I decided I don't care about making it perfectly watertight since we don't get much rain out here, so I just used some rough cut cedar fence slats for the roof. I thought about hinging the roof but decided instead just to make a couple of trusses that "nest" over the main box, keeping the entire roof removable. Now gotta hit it with some primer/sealer and some paint. I'll probably put some trim pieces around the bottom edge and the corners. Also not pictured is I saved the door cutouts and I'm gonna make some faux "shutters" with them. About a hundred bucks worth of material including the screws and liquid nails, etc.
His and Hers?
Mother In Law suite?
Or for you and your best buddy?
The annual true sharpening of all edged items from Zwilling kitchen items to axes... It's therapeutic... And "holy SCHIT!" sharp!what’s the project?
The annual true sharpening of all edged items from Zwilling kitchen items to axes... It's therapeutic... And "holy SCHIT!" sharp!
That carborundum stone is likely as old as me... I learned on it at age 4, but modern, electric technology is much easier/faster!
I love your kind of projects, but I don't do them myself, but I do watch the guys that do and learn... I know my limitations, but like to have seen it if I ever tried! I have a lot of respect for your cutting a hole in existing concrete and doing it all. I do like repetitive things that build/require skill, it's therapeutic for me like meditation, thus knife sharpening, shooting, hand loading ammunition... and my little nazi plastic models. ;)Gotcha. I almost even said that looks like a knife sharpening setup. I would love to learn.
I love your kind of projects, but I don't do them myself, but I do watch the guys that do and learn... I know my limitations, but like to have seen it if I ever tried! I have a lot of respect for your cutting a hole in existing concrete and doing it all. I do like repetitive things that build/require skill, it's therapeutic for me like meditation, thus knife sharpening, shooting, hand loading ammunition... and my little nazi plastic models. ;)
yeah... "the perils of teaching them the value of the dollar when they are basically want for nuthin!" I think the last time I got one of mine to do something that took a lot of boring time for money is when Son #1 ripped all our old CDs to digital for $100... that was like 10 years ago. In fairness, we told them their "job" is school, and they've all performed, and all value money now, so it seems to have worked out.To be fair.... I didnt cut a hole in existing concrete. Fuk that! But each location was covered with gravel and those monster stone slates.... which I obviously had to move first. So new hole in soil, filled with fresh concrete and those brackets. I’m sore, sunburned, and slap worn out man.
Which I love.
All that’s left is the top. So those boards need to be notched and fully stained.
I tried to pay my oldest to stain everything. 100 bucks. She gave up after about 15 minutes. Too hot. These kids are soft. She wanted something like $20 for her effort. She was pissed when I told her to pound sand.