Will someone please walk me through the photo posting routine? I could do it on the old forum, but cannot figure out the new one. I have a couple pics in JPEG format.
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Let's try this. I just read Cloud Hidden's previous postings about how to place pics in the message without attachments. Still don't know how to do attachments, though.
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The pic above shows the end where the cables run through the 45 degree bar and down through the deck. They are anchored through a steel angle and each can be tightened by turning the nut and jamnut on the threaded stud at the end of the cable.
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This is the end of the runs where each cable is anchored using a metal version of the chinese finger lock. All posts and the top railing are fabricated from 1 x 3 x .125 wall rectangular steel tubing.
Beautiful!
Gene,
Using attachments is very easy. There is a row of blue (at least on my computer) buttons right below the segment that I'm currently writing in. Click on "attach files". Click on "browse" and select the file name on your computer that you want to post. Click "upload". Repeat the previous two steps as many times as you want pictures on any specific posting. When satisfied, click "done". Then click "post" as you would any regular posting. Hope this helps.
Jon Blakemore
Something is wrong here. My computer screen is showing me the text box I am typing in. Below the box are two choice buttons, one is dotted as "on" and it is called "WYSIWYG," the other is not dotted and is called "Source." Below that, and out of the box, is a horizontal line of four blue buttons, "post" "preview" "spell check" and "cancel." I do not see any way to attach a file.
Gene,
I will agree that you have a problem. Maybe something is checked (or not checked) in your preferences. Who knows, I sure don't. Maybe someone who really knows what they're doing will help you this time. Nice work by the way.
Jon Blakemore
Are you working in basic, or advanced mode?
That might be your problem.
Free advice is worth what you paid for it
I should have mentioned it earlier, Boss. When an earlier post mentioned preference settings, I went into those and changed my setting from basic to advanced. Now I see the button at the bottom, along with the previous POST, PREVIEW, SPELL CHECK, and CANCEL, the awaited ATTACH FILES button. So here is a better pic of the adirondack bench sitting on the deck. Made it in cedar from a plan in a magazine.
Must have done something wrong. Let's try again.
Gene,
Great bench, where can I get a set of plans for that?
thanks
dl<FONT COLOR='NAVY'>'When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow'</FONT>
BH&G's "Wood" magazine, the issue "Great Outdoor Projects 2001." Came complete with a folded-up insert of full sized patterns, and included plans for a lot of other stuff. Worth every penny. Go here, http://store.yahoo.com/woodstore/2000.html and get issues #125 and #126. The second issue lists some details and pattern corrections you will want to know about. If you are really going to do it, contact me directly at [email protected] and I can give you some tips, plus a more economical cutting scheme for the cedar boards. Took me a half day to do frame parts making, a second day painting frame parts and making remaining parts, and a third day for assembly and touchup.
Sorry, dl, here is where you go. The mag was not "Wood," but a special publication by the same outfit, labeled "Better Homes and Gardens, Great Outdoor Projects 2001," and go to the page at the Wood Magazine site for "special publications." The back issue seems to be available. You will see the settee right on the magazine cover that looks just like my photo. Forget my remarks about corrections, but as I said, email me if you are going to do it.
Both bench and railing look superb! Did you have any code issues with the horizontal cables? are they considered climbable?
Close enough for government work
Yeah, they're climbable. But up here where we built, Adirondack style rules, and most everyone uses a rustic twigged-out look for their infill under deck railings, so the inspector (there is only one, I believe) waives the no-climb aspect, focusing only on the ol' "can't pass a 4" ball through" criteria. Most all the twig work I see on decks and balconies and staircases (the twigs are everywhere) won't meet it. My 1/8" cables are on 4" centers, so I pass the ball test, if he ever comes by. BTW, what code (BOCA, UBC, SBC, IBC, ??) has the no-climb clause, and how is it worded?
Way cool. Good looking stuff. And I'm thrilled that that description actually served someone!!!!!
Gene, do you think that system would work with 6x6 PT posts? I did it on a house, but I have never been back...
Certainly it will work with wood posts. Just make sure your design has a wood or steel top rail, to keep the posts where they belong. Go to http://www.cablerail.com for design assistance.
Gene-
I've used the Cablerail by Feeney, too. Very happy with this system and the clean look it produces. I've done some jobs where I had bends and turns and transitions, stuff where I had to drill accurate angles thru posts, make different angle holes meet inside the posts, etc. All that exacting work was worth it because the install ends up so beautifully clean looking.
Ken Hill