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It was brought to my attention that the gallery thread is getting very slow to load, what with all the imbedded graphics, and I was asked to start a new gallery thread.
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May I suggest that we use the upload feature, and then leave the pictures as blue links, instead of making the picture itself appear in our posts ? This will make loading faster in the future.
Thank you. And keep those pictures coming.
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Good idea Luka especially after 5?? posts. It might also be a good folder with different subfolders like one for decks, one for stairs, one for finish carpentry etc. It seems like it's got enough popularity to stand on it's own.
Billy
*Does this look like a mobile home? I'm not trying to be a smartbutt, just want a little respect for my trade. Brace yourselves for the V word. If you have small children you might want them to leave the room. This is made of aluminum trim sheet with VINYL soffit.
*Hey sidnman,Nice work. Vinyl ain't so bad.I made the picture a little smaller, so that people could open it a little quicker.James DuHamel
*Faux Finishehed bathroom cabinets revisited. Here they are with the final finish.
*Here's another view.
*Here's the vanity.
*Beautiful Frank!!!!
*Thanks Allen.
*The tile setter that worked on the above bathroom remodel asked if I'd post a picture of his tiled Jacuzzi. So, here it is.
*Excellent work Frank.. Very nice!
*Thank You.
*look what I got myself into. bigger project than I thought.samps more pictures if interested.pps thats me on the latter it was -5 deg f that day. picked a bad winter to build.having fun
*Frank, How much $ are we talking about for that little bathroom?Jon
*Jon, My part of the job was to build and install all of the cabinetry, which figured out to be about 14 Lf of cabinets uppers and lowers combined. There is a 5' desk with two drawerbanks that has an upper sitting on top of the desk that has 3 mirrors, 2 which are angled to aid in putting on make up. The desk fits in the space where the original bathtub used to be. There is also a cabinet on top of the angled mid section for additional storage. I wanted to get a picture of that unit as it is quite unique; however, my camera could not get it all in view. I also had to install a new prehung door, and put up 36' of crown. My part came to about $2800.00. I heard that the entire job came in a little over $10,000.Frank
*Sam,What do you mean, 'if interested' ?? More pictures !!!b : )
*A cedar deck I designed and built last August. The pillars are reclaimed brick, the caps are natural limestone (2-1/2" thick), the spindles are 1" copper pipe, and the handrails are modified (hand-hewn) previously milled cedar 4x's (top) and 2x's (bottom).Ontario, Canada
*Here is another view of the same deck.
*WOW!-Turbo-How long did it take you to build that deck? Good Job.
*Heres a stairway I built for Tom Crowder. He was on the starting lineup with Larry Bird on the the 1979 team that lost their last game.
*Another shot
*one more view
*Heres a curved stairs with wrought iron
*Hey Turbo, nice job on that deck.
*Having finished scanning in about 20 years worth of negatives, here's something a bit different --Paediatric Hospital, Riyadh, 1st floor of 6, in-situ columns and pre-cast beams
*Placing double tee floor slabs -- over these was poured a 4" thick re-inforced concrete topping. Concrete was placed in 132 degrees shade temperature with ready-mix, placed with a Schwing concrete pump and a vibrating tamp (and dozens of Pakistani labourers!).The ready-mix was batched using crushed ice instead of water and the drums of the whirly trucks were wrapped in 3 layers of hessian, kept soaked with water.The pour started at 5 am, when the temperature had dropped to only 104 degrees and the slab covered with black plastic as soon as laying was finished.
*Maternity Hospital, RiyadhPlacing double-tee cladding panels with an American Hoist and Derrick 100 ton crawler crane with 100' of stick and a 10' fly jib.A truly awesome machine -- Kudos to US
*Here's one for the machinery buffs --Trenching machine
*Thanks for the compliments! It took almost 4-weeks, and I had an Englishman friend do most of the masonry. Other than that I was flying solo.It was lots of fun - the kind of job I love: being able to design something and then put it to life.I'll post some during-construction shots...
*Here it is one step further. Preparing all that copper was not the most enjoyable stage of the job.It was a hot August weekend, I was in my garage sweating away (no shirt), cutting the pipe to size, then sanding it all down... I turned green, literally. I guess the copper "dust" got into my pores, mixed with my sweat, and I was the host to a chemical reaction. So I put on a mask and a shirt and set a fan close-by...
*One more, a close up.Thanks again, I'm grateful that I can show you guys these pictures.
*Turbo- How did you fasten the railing to the brick?
*Building a plastic deck now!-You don't cut this stuff you melt it with your new teflon coated blade.I'll take a wood deck over this crap any day.
*All framed and ready for decking. This is a hot tub deck. I'll post more pictures as we progress.
*Pro-Dek,We did a REALLY high end cornice job last year with plastic (Not just a composite, but PLASTIC). NEVER AGAINBilly
*Pro-Dek,I fastened the railings either with tapcons, lead plugs, or brackets, depending on how the brick was behaving or the location. They held up well through the long winter we just had.I wanted to do all of them with hidden brackets, and if I do a deck like this again I certainly will take the extra time for that.Sloth
*Samcoinc,Hollee half-cylinders batman! Looks like a bit of un-mainstream framing. Looks nice, where is it? Sloth
*turbo-thanks for looking.Just winging it. It is near lacrosse wi. The half silo is where the stair landing between each floor is. It will have a two angle round old style roof. doing it all myself - can you tell? I am sure some of the ways I am doing things would make most of you cringe but hey thats what building inpectors are for. ha ha (no problems so far with the inspector)The picture is from last summer laying basement blocks- that me again. lost about 50 pounds.good exercise.samI figure if you are going to do the barn thing you might as well go all the way.
*This should scare the heck out of a few people.-home made trussessamLike my crew? lively bunch. dads on the left on the latter me on the right.
*more viewssam
*Couldn't you tell that feller there in the red plaid to go do that behind a tree somewhere ?
*so thats where the puddle came from. I didnt think it rained!good eye- I will have to point that out to him. funnysam
*I like the plywood gussets better than the steel ones they use commercially--the steel will fail faster in a fire, I bet.Mike
*Steel is better. And wood will always fail faster in a fire. Billy
*Steel gets hot and bends faster than wood burns and fails . I would rather not have a fire with any truss .
*Where -- and what, is that building? The workmanship looks incredible.
*Ian,This is the tea room at the Vizcaya Museum in Miami. The ceiling is real plaster. The job was a restoration. The plasterer was Dean Sickler. Emilio Ciafano was involved with him. Emilio is the Master Conservator and an artist. These real, natural plasters have to be applied over an absorbent substrate like unsealed stucco, brown coat, plaster or masonry. Any painted surface has to be sandblasted or chemically removed or the plasters will not adhere. Emilio was trained in Rome and made these plasters from scratch.What people call a natural plaster these days is actually a misnomer, as they are not purely natural; they have been mixed with man-made polymer resins in order to enable adhesion when applied directly onto a sealed surface. What makes a product like Texston's Veneciano or Adicolor's Mizaar different (and more natural) than the synthetics is the addition of slaked lime in the manufacturing process. This makes it a 'chemical' set plaster, meaning that the material will go back to its original state of rock as it sets. This is a process that can take months to achieve for the plaster to reach its fully hardened state. The term "Natural Plaster" is a marketing term and it would be more accurate to call them lime-based plasters.Dean lives in Chatham, New Jersey. He is a gifted artist. He worked for over 4 months in the tea room on the Wedgewood ceiling under the consultation of Emilio. Dean has many truly inspiring works.Billy
*Almost done with this plastic deck.
*Clear cedar bench on plastic deck
*Because the decking was 20' max- this was the only seam.
*Working on this round Portico today. It is far from complete. Will look very nice when done.Billy
*Another.
*Allyson- great "portico" - are the columns structural or do they go over a support post inside? Is that a curved glulam beam on top of the columns? Looks like quite a challenge. Bob
*Pro-Dek,The columns are a fluted structural column with Corinthian tops. They are 10' tall. The header is 2x12. It will boxed and trimmed out. The radius is 14'-8" and it is 27'-7" wide. It will get a rubber roof over it and have Fypon, balusters, newells and a curved rail on top. The slab and step will get brick the same as the house. I,ll post the blueprint picture of the elevation tomorrow. It will be very nice once completed.Billy
*one week of milling and prep to 170' of balustrade. 38 newels, 680' of moulding ripped, planed and shaped, 340' of curb and railing planed to bevels and sanded, 4x4 rails, 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 balusters set in dados, 3" fillet spacers between balusters.Whew! thatsa lot of sawdust!
*was at my folks for Easter- snapped some pics of some projects of yesteryear....this is a cedar chest I made for mom in 1977/78-10th grade
*here is a tv stand I made the next year-you can't really see it, but the doors & drawer fronts are all cut out of a special looking piece of ash.The handles were done on a drill press with a 3/4" fostner bit in a jig similar to a pocket cutter
*Nathan- You must gum up alot of sanding belts when it rains.Can't wait to see the finished rail. Bob
*Greg, do the holes for the handles go clear through, or are they stopped? Nice detail.
*Greg,Are these located in the land of "Spare Oom" ?
*Here is the elevation for the Portico.Billy
*Here is the Construction Details. Billy
*splinter- the holes stop just before breaking thru. Kinda look like cat eyes...
*Luka- I am not understanding, captian....
*That portico looks nice, Billy--do you do your own plans too?Mike
*An old Narnia reference. The kids entered the land of Narnia through an old wardrobe that was stored in the spare room. When asked where they came from, they said the spare room, and the inhabitants took that as being the land of Spare Oom.
*Mike,Thank you. We have 4 different CAD programs and a few engineering programs. SoftPlan 11.1.1 is my favorite for residential & light commercial. We do some of our own plans, but on this house, an architect drew them with AutoCad. We work with this architect quite alot. He's one of the few that I actually like. He only designs higher end homes and commercial buildings. The house is in Great Falls,VA just outside of Washington DC.Billy
*balustrade production and some beginning to the assembly5/4 and 1x cedar band, below the curb
*sheet metal going over the now 6 1/2" curb
*railings getting dados for the ballusters
*scupper coming through the band.
*Nice job Nathan- Why are you having to mill and sand all this trim ? Wouldn't 5/4 x 6 and 5/4 x 10 accomplish the same look ? Just wondering ? Are you working on the mainland or Bainbridge?
*A 10' arbor for wisteria
*a humble all oak switchback........
*This is one of the coolest chimneys I have ever seen.
*Hi Prothe mill and sand was primarily for the balustrade sections themselves, not the 1x and 5/4. We did sand and do a simple round-over on that, though.here are some of the newels drying. Gorilla glue and 16ga galv brads.
*a view of some panels ready for primer
*another view of same panels. there was much work here, turning 4x4 into 2 1/2 x 2 1/2, then turning that fall-off into the trim, with ogee corners. The fillets have dried quicker than the 4x4, resulting in some slight gappage at the dado. Next time I work with cedar like this, it will be on-site a couple of weeks prior to my cutting.
*different job, some fence and a trellis
*Nice work Nathan-Don't you love the smell of cedar?I'm covering this patio this week.
*Framed and ready for decking
*pro... nice work.. i think you've told us before.. but what brand / model is your chop saw stand...?it looks like just the ticket...
*That's Dewalt's own stand, Mike, about $275. (I was drooling on one last week on my way to a router bit.)
*.. i was checking some trim work for the owner of the miller's house next to the windmill..he did a little wimsey with his red cedar shingles and the creature checking it out...
*here's a trex bench on our camp in NH....
*Here's a photo of my new shop. It's about 2000 square feet, including a office, finishing room, and bath with shower. I used Hardi-plank on the exterior with a metal roof. This photo was taken at the end of January. I'm currently finishing up with the drywall. It still needs some work, but this time I'm going to make sure that it's completely finished before moving any equipment in.
*dspete- I want one,how soon can you make it for me.Bob
*We were finishing up today,-the step
*bench support w/dato for low voltage wire
*Bench-end view
*Setting nails
*This ticked me off!- the grain lifted on this straight grained cedar.Tomorrow I get to tear the bench apart to replace this board.
*Finished bench
*Roll um up!
*As usual, Pro-Dek,Nice deck! I love the bench. Shame about that piece. Can ruin my whole day. You do great work though.Billy
*Thanks Billy!-Hows that front porch comin? I'd really like to see some more pictures of it. When the grain lifted on that bench my son was in disbelief when I told him we had to tear it apart tomorrow.He said"can't you glue it or something?"I explained that this customer is buying a piece of outdoor furniture,glue won't hold,and"would you buy it if it was patched?"It does ruin your day,but tomorrow we get to go to the lumber yard,look at tools,drink free coffee,and dig thru another pile of cedar for that perfect board.Bob
*as the norm- beauty Bob- truely.soon as I replace my digital cam I'll put up some sweet ones
*No doubt Greg-U duh Man!
*Hi folks. Here's an update on the addition that I'm building on my house. I'm making progress shingling the "lighthouse". I have the toughest part done. Now I just have to work around the rest of the way...
*Here's a picture of an outdoor shower stall I built about 6 or 7 years ago. We have a sweet autumn climatis (spell?) on each side that grows up and covers the roof wiht vegetation in the summer.Later...Roger
*milling a double 5º bevel on the 2x10 cedar, which sits on the curbs...
*this simple jig has to run all the way through the body of the planer...or else the piece will shift at the start and the end of the cut.
*the garage with baluster... all the hidden surfaces are back primed. Yet to be done is strap the corners with a come-along, draw the row tight and cap with the shaped 2x8 rail
*the tower
*just playing around here....http://homepage.mac.com/nwegemer/PhotoAlbum.html
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It was brought to my attention that the gallery thread is getting very slow to load, what with all the imbedded graphics, and I was asked to start a new gallery thread.
This is it.
May I suggest that we use the upload feature, and then leave the pictures as blue links, instead of making the picture itself appear in our posts ? This will make loading faster in the future.
Thank you. And keep those pictures coming.
: )