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   Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 07, 2002 01:12am | #1

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   Three reasons, and architecturally designed,too...

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   Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 07, 2002 01:18am | #2

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   matt_hambrick | Feb 07, 2002 11:46pm | #3

   *Nice work Buck. You leveled the root cluster without a laser measuring off the floor? Seems likea tricky one since all those little cuts are in the "daylight." I'm not sure a laser would have made it all that much easier. Sometimes I think you just have to "use the force."

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   Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 08, 2002 01:10am | #4

   *Yeah, I was "forced" to get a laser, that's the ticket...Actually, after the clients decided how they wanted the roots oriented, I took a Fein and a grinder to the bottoms until they sat solidly on a leveled piece of ply up on some horses. 13 1/2" was to be the height of the table top, so we set the laser to hit that point. Green taped all the rootlets that protruded past that, and kept turning the roots and scribing the beams on the tape, til we had continuous lines to cut to, all around, and then whacked 'em with the Fein. Much slicker than a waterlevel...I'm looking for a "Light Sword" now...and thanks

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   matt_hambrick | Feb 08, 2002 10:48pm | #5

   *Hey what's a Fein? Did you glue the roots to the glass top and can you see the glue? How do you bill for something like this...wrap it up into a change order or the bid or a project price? I am trying to determine the threshold for "installation art" or whatever you want to call it. I wonder what sort of percentage above and beyond time and materials a piece of "art" like your table would call for. Seems like in the art world the more something costs the more likely someone (a "patron" as they call themselves) is to buy it. Maybe that should be the approach...there is always residential framing if no one goes for it.

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   Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 09, 2002 12:01am | #6

   *This should get you to some Fein stuff: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/hi/B0000223OP/pictures/3/002-2532719-6952837#more-picturesI cut those legs as a favor, no finish, in about 6 hours, with a helper for $378. Aren't I a nice guy? Homeowner supplied the glass top, which, by the way, stays put under it's own weight. No glue. I think the top and legs (they were sand blasted also) cost less than $200. It was fun to do, but I would definitly charge more if it were a commisson. I'm not giving up my day job, but I am looking for more roots...Root Boy Slim

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   Stan_Foster | Feb 09, 2002 02:35pm | #7

   *Bucksnort: That is neat. I have an Empire laser that I use all the time. I like the way you used it to mark the roots.

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   Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 09, 2002 10:22pm | #8

   *Thanks Stan, I got a Gizmo III w/ pole on ebay. It shoots out a horizontal and verticle line (like chalk lines), made marking real easy...