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   JeffBuck | Apr 16, 2005 09:47am | #1

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   JeffBuck | Apr 16, 2005 09:53am | #2

   btw ...

   that original window apron?

   it was hand hewn ... block plane style ...

   the "returned ends" weren't returned ... more like carved ... or planed.

   even though no one but me will know after she's all painted ... I just couldn't lop them off to length and cut/nail on some returns. So I figured I'd cut some outta the middle and splice it.

   Found that length in the basement ... didn't need much ... didn't find much. Like it was there waiting for me. Cut out about 8 inches and she fit perfect.

   Jeff  Buck Construction 

      Artistry in Carpentry

           Pgh, PA

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   Luka | Apr 16, 2005 10:30am | #3

   Artistry in carpentry...

   A person with no sense of humor about themselves, has no sense at all.

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   JeffBuck | Apr 16, 2005 10:37am | #4

   That one was more like Muddling thru the Mess!

   But that's why I posted it ...

   we see lotsa beautiful jobs ... not lotsa remodeling grunt work.

   I'm usually more proud of my "muddling" work than the glamour stuff.

   It's harder!

   shows less ... but harder to make it ... not show?

   Thanks.

    

   Plaster patch ... the unsung hero!

   Jeff  Buck Construction 

      Artistry in Carpentry

           Pgh, PA

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   Luka | Apr 16, 2005 10:43am | #5

   That window apron...Not many people would even have cared.A laborer works with his hands.A craftsman works with his hands and his head.An artist works with his hands, his head, and his heart.

   A person with no sense of humor about themselves, has no sense at all.

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   Don | Apr 16, 2005 02:35pm | #7

   Jeff: Yes, I agree - you're d##### good. But, that being said, I'd recommend you go see a Dr. for that arm. Either you broke it, patting yourself on the back - or you're double jointed.Oh, I forgot - you don't like to go to the Dr. But that is a great job.DonThe GlassMasterworks - If it scratches, I etch it!

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   Piffin | Apr 16, 2005 11:10am | #6

   Now Jeff, tell the truth here - yer amoung friends. it was really five inches, not eight, right? 

    

   Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!

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   DougU | Apr 16, 2005 08:50pm | #8

   Nice fix Jeff, and I particularly like the simplicity of the horizontal stripes on the curtain!

   Doug

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   DanT | Apr 16, 2005 10:13pm | #9

   Nice work.  Looks great. 

   I always wonder what show some customers watch before they tackle do-it-yourself drywall.  We get into a fair amount of that and it always looks like they stood back and flung the mud at the joint.  DanT

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   JeffBuck | Apr 17, 2005 08:00am | #10

   ">>that original window apron?>>it was hand hewn ... block plane style ...>>the "returned ends" weren't returned ... more like carved ... or planed.First old house you've worked on?"

    

   Just for fun ... here's the copy/paste email message I got from my best a$$clown buddy little Bobby Walker.

   Hey Bob ... why not make yer stupid comments here in public for all to see ...

    

   U know ... Like I do!

    

   Suddenly I got a home inspector trying to comment on my style of old home renovation ...

   Jeff  Buck Construction 

      Artistry in Carpentry

           Pgh, PA

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   mikerooney | Apr 17, 2005 05:56pm | #11

   When I learned to trim in early '70's, we did our apron returns with a coping saw, four-in-hand, and a little sand paper.

   When everybody started using elec. miterboxes is when they started cutting returns, and some outfits back then still would not allow cut returns (afraid they would fall out - all we had was white glue).

    People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.     

                                   - Barbara Kingsolver

    

                                                       

    

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   DougU | Apr 17, 2005 07:10pm | #12

   Mike

   I salvages some trim out of a 1880's farm house and the aprons have returns.

   I've seen carved in ones like Buck described but I've seen bundles of returned pieces that date back much farther than the electric miter saw.

   Doug