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   ProDek | Jun 13, 2003 08:46am | #1

   Here is a corner post box and a close up of the 15 degree compound angle for the top edge of the box.

   Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

   

   
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   MojoMan | Jun 13, 2003 04:55pm | #2

   Mighty impressive, Bob! What is that material you're building the boxes out of?

   Are those bricks right up against the boxes? Do you get any rain there?

   Al Mollitor, Sharon MA

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   ProDek | Jun 13, 2003 05:21pm | #3

   Good point about the rain.The 2' overhang will help. I'll probably go back and flash after the brick layer is done. I didn't know they were going to brick against the box till they were done.

   The wood for the box is 7/16" LP panel and the trim is primed white pine.

   Had I known I would have done something like this.Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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   ProDek | Jun 18, 2003 09:56am | #4

   Started the rail today.........Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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   rebuilder | Jun 18, 2003 05:54pm | #5

   Nice work!

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   ProDek | Jun 19, 2003 05:31pm | #6

   Thanks ccr, here is a shot of the Gutter guys. They were all day cutting little pieces of gutter to go around the turret.Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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   ProDek | Jun 19, 2003 05:35pm | #7

   Here we are making a plywood template to copy the radius for our railing.Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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   ProDek | Jun 19, 2003 05:46pm | #9

   My son cutting the 2x4 radius. The 2x6 radius rail cap had to be spliced because it could not all be cut out of a 2x12. We biscuit jointed the seam and used Gorilla glue to hold it.Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

   
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   ProDek | Jun 19, 2003 05:39pm | #8

   Sanding the cut 2x6 before routing.........Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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   ProDek | Jun 19, 2003 05:49pm | #10

   We'll assemble the rail today. here is the top cap and bottom rail.

   More to come!Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

   
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   CAGIV | Jun 19, 2003 07:44pm | #11

   Oh Gawd... Not another lesson in railing assembly :)

   Seriously nice work.  Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.

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   ProDek | Jun 19, 2003 08:14pm | #12

   ROFLMAO-Yup just another way to do it !Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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   DougU | Jun 20, 2003 01:31pm | #13

   Pro

   That looks great!

   Working in a shop that makes so much curved stuff  I cant help but wonder why you dont use routers for the radii, unless there not constant.

   Dont get me wrong, Im not second guessing your methods, your work says it all, just that when you do something one way its hard to think of doing it alternative ways.

   Great looking "porch", for me its hard to call that a deck.

   Doug

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    ProDek | Jun 20, 2003 05:36pm | #14

    Good question Doug.

    I guess some of us would rather cut the radius in the dirt than on a sawhorse like my son. :-)

    I never thought of cutting 1 1/2" cedar with a router though. We just grab the old worm drive or Jig for most of our round cuts then sand , or rout and sand after that.

    I guess I should really call this a porch, but my name is Pro-Dek, not Pro-Porch so everything is a deck to me.

    Here is the curved rail installed and we will wrap the beams today.

    Bob

    "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    Edited 6/20/2003 1:28:07 PM ET by Pro-Dek

    
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    GoldenWreckedAngle | Jun 20, 2003 06:58pm | #15

    Bob,

    If your name isn't at the top of the next FHB article on fine decking I'm canceling my subscription!Kevin Halliburton

    "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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    ProDek | Jun 20, 2003 08:36pm | #17

    LOL Kevin,

    Maybe some day when I have time I could write a book.

    Right now I have to go pick up some more wood for the boys. 

    Bob

    "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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    CAGIV | Jun 20, 2003 07:34pm | #16

    Beautiful Porch,

    Change your name to Pro-Porch?

     ;)

    Nah, just doesn't have the same ring to it..

    Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.

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    ProDek | Jun 20, 2003 08:40pm | #18

    Thanks CAG, It's raining today and it sure is nice working under a porch.

    "Hey Pops! Some time today! Hurry up with that wood!"

    LaterBob

    "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

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    ProDek | Jun 25, 2003 06:04am | #19

    Here's a few shots of the finished columns , view of the front yard, and the side deck off of the dinning room."Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    
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    CAGIV | Jun 25, 2003 06:07am | #20

    DUDE! you're going to loose all your tools and your bags, you better shut that tail gate before you take off!Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.

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    ProDek | Jun 26, 2003 02:04am | #23

    LOL CAG ! That keeps my truck from going over backwards when I step on the gas. It's hard to contain all the power under that hood. :-)"Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    Bob

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    finishcarp | Jun 26, 2003 12:10am | #21

    That job would be a great article for FHB....

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    ProDek | Jun 26, 2003 02:01am | #22

    I Think so too tickyboy, but I don't think they get in here to read this stuff much anymore.

    Thanks for following along. "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    Bob

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    Piffin | Jun 26, 2003 04:03am | #24

    I think so too.

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    ProDek | Jun 26, 2003 05:27am | #25

    Thanks Piffin, but I've really got enough on my plate right now. You guys are too kind. "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    Bob

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    goldhiller | Jun 26, 2003 05:44pm | #26

    I agree. It would make a great article. And who better to do it?

    Great design, great work.........great result.

    I'd give some thought though to Doug's suggestion about using your template and a flush trim bit for the curved stuff. You know, cut 1/16" outside and trim it back with the router. Quicker, faster, cheaper, better. :-)

    Thanks for sharing all this. It's a treat to watch, even from afar.

    Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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    CAGIV | Jun 27, 2003 04:50am | #28

    http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/at.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&at=%2Ftp%2Dbreaktime%2Fgeneral%2Fdocs%2FC435A290%2D3648%2D47C8%2D9E5B%2D0AAEC4F46A70%2Fdscn5648%2Ejpg&frames=no

    I've been meaning to ask what the OSB looking stuff sticking up is for, Shims for what ever wraps the columns?Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.

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    ProDek | Jun 27, 2003 07:37am | #29

    They were shims that were not needed but my son thought  they were a good idea at the time. We wrapped the posts with 5/4" x 6" on two sides and 5/4"x 8" on the other two sides. 

    "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    Bob

    Edited 6/29/2003 4:49:01 PM ET by Pro-Dek

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    xMikeSmith | Jun 27, 2003 04:47am | #27

    bob... nice, as usual...

    how's cum the balusters on the curved portion are unpainted except for the ones nearest the posts ?Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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    ProDek | Jun 27, 2003 07:43am | #30

    Thanks Mike, the homeowner Jess. got tuckered out pre-painting all those balusters so we had to put them on before he finished. We're so fast he just couldn't keep up.

    He's a great customer to work for................He bought pizza and beer every Friday for lunch, not to mention a half rack at the end of the day. His wife and kids are great too. "Rather be a hammer than a nail"

    Bob

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    jjessum | Jun 28, 2003 04:53am | #31

    The reason those 32 extra rails are not painted is because the owner is too busy bringing beers over to the workers and ran out of time to complete the spindles because he was rushing to get the turrett painted because the facia was up there and the gutter people were showing up, then he started moving his office and doing it in the back of his pick up truck which left him no time to complete paintage of the spindleage......

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    Piffin | Jun 28, 2003 05:26am | #32

    Why, those ungrateful curs!

    To think that they would let you buy them pizza and beer without offering to paint the remaining ballusters for you... not that DEK hands are good painters with a beer or two in the hold.

    LOL.

    Excellence is its own reward!