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Gonna try this posting pics stuff. First is supposed to be the morning the slab was poured in late August.
Tom
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Seems to work; here's a shot of the foundation-28' x 40'
Tom
*Some assembly required.
*Wall framing starts--my favorite part.TC
*Makin' some progress now.TC
*Fathre & son. Work harder, not smarter.TC
*The strongback goes up first.TC
*Now the first gable end. Turns out the factory made the side chords right, but the top chords were dropped 8" instead of 5-1/2 for the soffit/lookouts.TC
*These trusses were pretty unwieldy.TC
*Progress continues. Is it Miller time yet?TC
*The truss delivery truck could only get to the end of the driveway. Son & I carried some, and used the forklift on some. Never found an easy way to get them down the driveway.TC
*Finally! All up. Now for a little sheathing...TC
*A short while later. Oh, yeah--there was that Pentagon thing.TC
*Mostly ready for roofing and felt now--this was 11/04/01.TC
*I think my project is a little simpler that this one!TC
*A sweet little spot you're carving out for yourself... I'm envious. Also looks like the weather is holding out for ya. Keep 'em coming.
*Beautiful shop Tom - Those trusses look like a pain but the end result is great. Having all that head room to flip plywood around in is really nice.I too, am envious.Nice pictures- keep them coming!Bob
*Tom: Nice looker!
*Thanks, guys--I just wish I could work on it more than weekends. "nuther pic. Don't let osha know, please.TC
*S'more.
*Helpers got tired. Good crew is hard to find.
*'Nuther.TC
*Scott, doubting that I know my butt from a hole in the ground. He's like that. But I have a shop and he doesn't. ;o)
*Now, look, Son: this is your left foot--it stays flat.
*Whatta Rack!
*Your pics were all showing up earlier, now they are not showing at all.: /
*Nice pic, in better times.
*OK, no more shop pics. But look at Osama bin Kitten--she's the new crew boss. I'll start a new discussion for all y'all cat likers. (I'm neutral on cats, but tell my boss that I think kittens are cute, and isn't it nice to have feweer mice).TC
*tom.. the last pic. that would display was the pentagon one.. after that your extension changed to capital letters and the pictures won't display... somehow or other the format has changed...
*Yeah. Dat's whut I wuz tryin' ta say.
*LUKA,I don't understand what might be wrong. I'm at the office now, and the jpg files open fine using Netscape. Are they still unavailable for you guys?Tom
*I couldn't open any of the recent pics either (Post #19 to present).
*I don't know what's up either. I still get nothing but a broken link this morning. However, if I right click and save the file to my hard drive, it opens there. Let me upload it from my hard drive, and see if it shows up.
*Ok, now this is really strange. I did not do anything at all to the pic. but it shows up in my post just fine. I go back up the page, and try it again from your post, and even after it has opened once in my browser, it still comes up a dead link from your post.Maybe Mark will know why.
*Luka-Must be a server problem- all the pictures open up fine here. Bob
*FWIW, the first 18 I had copied to a floppy and brought them to work and posted from here. The rest were posted from the PC at home. In both cases, Netscape is the browser. I did note that some pics are posted as ".jpg" and others as ".JPG" but I don't think that matters. Must be cyber-terrorists trying to screw with the Tavern.Tom
*Gunner (he's the large bright guy) and Bear enjoy building, but they really, REALLY want me to throw the dummy over the roof so they can do their job. Happiness.
*Osama bin Kitten climbed a 12-foot wooden ladder to get here. She said "No Problem, Dad!"
*My beautiful wife: inspiration for all that I do. In the new shop.
*Osama bin Kitty says: "Oh, Yeah?"
*Wrapped--at last. The solo job was harder because I had to use a safety line from a padeye in the ridge on account of the mist/rain and falling leaves. Sort of like walking on ball bearings! But, thanfully, no slips, falls, injuries, or divorce.
*Big shop. I'm gonna love it, once I get roofing, siding, electric, heat, dehumidification, doors, windows, tools, benches, cabinets, and a hand/eye-wash station installed. Carter's rule used to be: "Everyting takes twice as long as you planned for". My modified rule is "5 times as long" if it involves winter and roofs.
*I meant to attach this shot to the last post.Tom
*sorry , tom.. tried to open each one ... but no dice... i use netscape, BTW
*Same here Tom. Every one a no-see-um.
*I can open them - IE, if it makes a difference - a nice space you've got going tom - hope you can get the openings filled before the weather interferes too much -
*Nice shots Tom - That will make one great shop!I'm envious.I wonder why Mike and Luka can't see these great pictures? They are jpeg's. So what's up guys?Bob
*IE plays some kind of game with netscape.. just another one of microsoft's endearing qualities...the original group of tom's photos displayed great.. after that...nothing.. just the little picture symbol in the top left corner of the screen..one more reason for me not to get Win-XP on my next computer....
*Man,I'm sorry, guys. Just opened them with Netscape at work and all was OK. First, I got scared off AOL; next, Microsoft?Tom
*tom... now i can open all of the pics.. this is my office computer, but it is the same server, same specs, same netscape now they all display...before ......i could open every other pic in the gallery except yours.. don't know why ..fusco knows, but he ain't tellin....and luka will sleuth it out , he always does...
*Luka,Do you think it's terrorists? Or can we let our guard down and figure it's got something to do with Microsaft and AOL and Netscape?Wait a minute--I just answered my own question!I hope you can figure it out--as a stupid computer user, it's beyond me. But I'm enjoying building the shop ;o)
*You got it right. So did Mike. At least, as far as I can tell. It's just a snafu, (probably deliberate), that disallows Netscape browsers to see the pics because you posted them through IE.I can individualy save the files to my computer, and then I can see them. But that is in a graphics program. Come back in here, and even after downloading and viewing the pic, it still doesn't open up for me on this netscape browser.Usualy, if you post a picture yourself, you can see that picture, even if no one else can. If you cleared the cache on the netscape machine you have, you may no longer be able to see the pictures that you posted through IE, either.Just big brother Billy doing his usual terrorist business tactics.I ain't gunna switch to IE just so I can see a few pictures in my browser window. LOLb : )
*Here's my hot tub installation. Installed by me with some help from my sons. Enjoyed by all of us!
*Matt- don't hijack a member of the armed forces thread. I know you didn't mean it- Pistol Pete might find this and shove some sort of ordinance up your wahoo.Tom- I want your shop. I am too jealous to speak. Nice work and thanks for your service...
*Doug,You can use it any time you want: shops are for guys that know how to appreciate their finer features. Unfortunately, it's barely weathered in--felt all over the roof, shingles on a little more than a third of it, three out of ten windows installed, the rest with stapled poly, sheathing with no hope of felt or cedar siding until spring, etc. But already it's becoming the "Clubhouse" whwre Jane and I, plus Gunner, Bear, and Buffytheterrorristkitten hang out. So much work. So little time.TC