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   Armin110 | Mar 07, 2003 07:19pm | #1

   Nice job, just think how you will be beaming with joy when it's finished.

   
   

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   Edited 3/7/2003 11:21:21 AM ET by Armin a.k.a. The Laminator

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   BossHog | Mar 07, 2003 10:29pm | #2

   Who's the ugly guy with the big chisel ???...................(-:

   When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.

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   Snort | Mar 08, 2003 02:34am | #3

   Beam me up, Scotty<G> EliphIno!

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 12, 2003 06:39am | #4

   well,  it's been a busy few days - Jarie and I have been trimming in between lots of other tasks - the owner bought a pile (several piles actually) of lumber - oak,  walnut,  and cherry - the various rooms are trimmed with differing species in a specified style - Dale calls it 'Pondarosa' - we take rough boards and manufacture trim - a slow process - here's the master bath -

   edit to apologize for the sideways picts - thought I had them rotated - trouble with pictures tonight -

   
   

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   Edited 3/12/2003 12:05:55 AM ET by David Doud

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   BossHog | Mar 12, 2003 02:21pm | #14

   Ifranview will easily rotate pictures, if you're using that. Just hit the letter "R" or "L" to rotate it right or left.Don't let your mind wonder. It's too little to be left alone.

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   UncleDunc | Mar 12, 2003 02:30pm | #15

   >> Don't let your mind wonder. It's too little to be left alone.

   I don't usually offer unsolicited spelling advice, but in this case I'm afraid it obscures the meaning of what you're trying to say. Don't you mean "wander" here, instead of "wonder?"

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   BossHog | Mar 12, 2003 02:43pm | #16

   Picky, picky, picky.

   I don't generally proof read my tag lines - Most of them are copied from websites or emails. That one was kinda easy to overlook.I haven't been the same since that house fell on my sister.

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   StanFoster | Mar 14, 2003 04:55am | #22

   David:    Nice work...

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 14, 2003 06:21am | #23

   thanks - I've been thru your stairbuilding photos,  and thank you for the effort - inspiring - DOUD

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 22, 2003 06:15am | #25

   we've selected boards and have begun the trim -

   
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   DavidxDoud | Mar 22, 2003 06:32am | #27

   cabinets are mostly in - note the plasterwork -

   
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   DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 06:28am | #28

   in response to overwhelming demand,  (thanx Neil)  here's a few more picts as the project continures - we layed the floor in the 'cherry room' (second bedroom)  and the oak floor in the living room -

   
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   DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 06:36am | #30

   ...but was discarded and instead we went with this style - I've got all the molding and casing made,  and have done 3 doors,  but are waiting to get the floors sanded and finished before hanging the rest -

   
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   DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:00am | #33

   we built a light box for the kitchen...

   
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   DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:02am | #34

   here's $3000 of anti-cancer meds,  if you want to know - -

   
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   CAGIV | Apr 23, 2003 07:12am | #36

   Are they made of freakin gold?

   3 damn bottles?

   I hate drug companies...View ImageGo Jayhawks..............Next Year and daaa. Blues View Image

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   Piffin | Apr 27, 2003 08:42pm | #47

   Believe it!

   But I love drug companies. Without them, My DW might not be here watching the grand-daughter grow up.

   Each chemo trip ran us about $4350

   We had a nice cancer rider on the insurance - it covered all the way up to a thousand bucks a day, leaving 3350.

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   CAGIV | Apr 27, 2003 08:53pm | #48

   Sorry for highjacking the thread...

   Piffin,

     Drug cost are through the roof because they save lives, I understand that drug companies need to make a profit, but think of how many people can't afford treatment because of the costs.

   Hospitals piss me off more.  My dad had prostate cancer which was successfully treated and for that I am truly thankful, but he showed me some of his bills, because he has good insurance with a large company the insurance company pays less then a person walking in off the street.

   He showed me some of the invoices he received, the insurance company would pay for example $100 dollars for an office visit that the doctor and hospital normally bill $1000 for.

   Explain to me why it is ok for hospital to only charge 100 dollars to an insurance company who they do a lot of business with but if a guy comes in with out insurance they charge 1000 dollars.

   The people who can't afford the treatment get the highest charge.....View ImageGo Jayhawks..............Next Year and daaa. Blues View Image

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   DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:04am | #49

   re: posts 48 & 49 - - pif & CAG - I thought drugs got too expensive when pot jumped from $15 to $20 an ounce....

   anyway,  it's punch list time on the job - here's a few picts from today -

   breezeway/entry - -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:05am | #50

    doorway into house - boss on the chair -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:07am | #51

    'Wausau Red'  granite counter - (HO is former funeral director)

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:09am | #52

    west wall - main room - chair rail and beams -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:15am | #53

    east wall - main room - window treatment - a por quality pict,  sorry - gotta get back there after dark and get some picts against the windows - or learn how to use the camera better -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:17am | #54

    chair rail detail - got a good series of picts on how I did this - they're in Jarie's camera - I'll get and post them if anyone is interested -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:21am | #55

    cherry room - floor and closet -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:24am | #56

    the cherry closet backs the firplace - two access holes for service - I was going to stain some plywood to cover - got orders '...want hinged doors...' - so I built a pair of these -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:30am | #58

    Dale,  surveying his domain - he's hanging in there,  but the chemo is kicking his #### - his girlfriend is suppose to show tomorrow   -  maybe that'll perk him up -

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    CAGIV | May 21, 2003 12:38pm | #72

    you willing to own up to the ryobi table saw in that pic :)???Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professional build the Titanic.

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    DavidxDoud | May 24, 2003 12:20pm | #74

    own up to the ryobi table saw

    actually,  that's my fathers saw - altho I took him shopping and recommended it  - I don't know where to get more saw for $400 - it wouldn't be my choice if I were tossing it in and out of a truck everyday - I'll have to post some picts of some of dads work sometime - he is more meticulous than I -

    here's a pict of my saw - -

    edit for spelling

    Edited 5/24/2003 5:34:31 AM ET by David Doud

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    DavidxDoud | May 24, 2003 12:29pm | #75

    here's a pict of a handy tool - - I lifted the design from the plaster guy - he had a dozen of them - - he set planks across them to do ceilings and upper parts of walls - rip plywood 12"  and one 8' rip will make one step - 10* is the magic angle -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:27am | #57

    veiw from bedroom hall back toward main room -

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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:06am | #35

    meanwhile,  back onthe farm,  spring occurs - peaches/pears & strawberries -

    
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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:15am | #37

    yesterday we finished laying the oak floor - we had to manufacture more and give it a few days to acclimate - so today,  clear the decks,  head for the rental place and haul the vintage 'Clarke DU-8' and major orbital sanders to the site and start making dust - nothing like the smell of 20 grit in the morning - please don't laugh,  Ditch -

    
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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:16am | #38

    a little work around the edges -

    
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    StanFoster | Apr 23, 2003 02:07pm | #46

    David:   Real nice work...

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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:18am | #39

    here's 'General George Patton' - the HO best friend and in charge of staining the floors -

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    TrimButcher | Apr 23, 2003 07:25am | #40

    That's some really beautiful work, David.  Someday I hope I have as much woodworking skill/knowledge as your pictures show.  Did you mill the wood yourself?  And are those solid doors that you've made from the wood? 

    Regards,

    Tim Ruttan 

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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 07:55am | #41

    thanks for the complements,  Tim - - the trim/floor is being manufactured from rough cut boards that have air dried for 10 years - we took the material fro the floor to a local shop,  we justd don't have time  - -  the molding/rail for around doors etc is turned out on a jet moulder/planer - the doors are purchased,  oak veneer over particle board - they are very clean/straight/handsome,  but I didn't know you could make veneer that thin - - the HO bought $6K worth of WW tools to do this job,  when he still had his health - unfortunately (i guess) he has several machines that we just don't need/use,  wish I would have been on board from the begining,  instead called on for the bail out,  could have saved him some money - I'll take a couple of picts of the shop/tools we use for the job,  if you're interested - -

    It has been a pleasure working with a couple of craftsmen whose skills mesh to form a competent team - the best way to learn -

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    IMERC | Apr 23, 2003 08:11am | #43

    I'm interested, If you really wouldn't mind.

    You have made for a surperb thread..

    Nice work Mr Doud.

    Edited 4/23/2003 1:21:19 AM ET by IMERC

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:40am | #59

    you expressed an interest in the shop/tools used for this job - here ya go - general shop pict -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:45am | #60

    if there was a secret weapon of the powered variety,  this is it - delta 13",  two speed planer - leaves boards dressed well enough to finish without sanding - we did go thru 6 edges (three sets of knives) @ $25 an edge during the job -

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:47am | #61

    here's a series of three picts of the tools on the table - this is of the hand tool end  - 

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:49am | #62

    ...blending into the cordless department...

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:51am | #63

    ...onto the corded tools - there ought to be a 'skill saw' or two,  but they are elsewhere....

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:53am | #64

    ...and I brought one of the benches from my shop along - gotta have someway to hold the workpiece....

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 05:57am | #65

    here's the 'secret' to the trim...

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 06:08am | #67

    ...but we overcame,  acted like pros and pulled it off....

38. 
    DougU | May 21, 2003 06:37am | #68

    DD

    Looks good but I dont see what the problem is, you got a window right there behind you!

    Doug

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    IMERC | May 21, 2003 07:44am | #69

    Thanks and thanks again.

    Wow.... Impressive.

    Nice work.

    The chisels caught my eye in the hand tool group.

    Whatcha got?

    Nice, very nice work David.

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 08:19am | #70

    thanks for the compliment,  it's been a good job     -

    re:  chisels - those are a set of freuds I picked up during a promotion quite a few years ago - maybe $30 for the set - boxwood handles - I take good care of them,  altho they're not really that special - 1/4" thru 1 1/2" - the most used tool of that group is the stanley #4 jack plane - - did you check out the photo's in the posts previous to the one addressed to you? -

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    IMERC | May 21, 2003 08:58am | #71

    Oh yes...

    Been watching all the way through.

    Still think you have doon soon seriously fine work.

    Be proud. You have the floor and the bragging rights.

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    CAGIV | May 21, 2003 12:41pm | #73

    Very nice set of pictures, looks like it turnred out great, congrats on the job.Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professional build the Titanic.

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    DavidxDoud | May 21, 2003 06:03am | #66

    on almost any job,  you come up against an unexpected challenge - - we like to say "ya get that on the big jobs" - here's a mistake for you young pups to learn from....

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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 08:24am | #44

    ya - here's one of the master trim carpenter doing that for which he is qualified - -

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    CAGIV | Apr 23, 2003 08:01am | #42

    thats a tiny lookin dog, that is a dog right?

    Very nice work indeed

    View ImageGo Jayhawks..............Next Year and daaa. Blues View Image

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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 08:29am | #45

    ya - a toy terrier - 4 months old - little $hit - on or off,  no speed control - learning, but a puppy - took my dad along yesterday afternoon,  had a yapping skittering tiny puppy,  80 yo HO,  terminally ill,  and dad @ 87,  near blind and deaf - - we were blazin',  I tell ya - - LOL

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    DavidxDoud | Apr 23, 2003 06:31am | #29

    we've been working on the trim scheme - the prototype was in cherry around the door in the garage restroom -

    
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    CAGIV | Apr 23, 2003 06:36am | #31

    I do what I can :) besides you know you like showing your stuff off.

    Still looks good,

    Drill press on site?  wow, never seen that before, at least not a stand up model

    Garage restroom?

    View ImageGo Jayhawks..............Next Year and daaa. Blues View Image

    Edited 4/22/2003 11:37:23 PM ET by CAG

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 12, 2003 06:47am | #5

   lots of other jobs going on - Tom is plastering -

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 12, 2003 06:53am | #6

   Russel and Lee are all over the fireplace -

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   CAGIV | Mar 12, 2003 07:28am | #10

   Looks good, The first miter saw I ever bought was the Delta you have in one of the pictures, Heavy SOB

   What material is in the first Fireplace picture looks like little brass or copper or something circle inlays?View ImageGo Jayhawks

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 12, 2003 07:46am | #11

   What material is in the first Fireplace picture looks like little brass or copper or something circle inlays?

   that's roofing(?) nails that attach the metal lath - should have had felt behind it,  another detail not tended to by the original builder - -

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   CAGIV | Mar 12, 2003 08:05am | #12

   David,

    Thanks, Had to take a second look, at first glance it looked like stone  Guess I need new glassesView ImageGo Jayhawks

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 12, 2003 06:57am | #7

   Kraig is the electrician/plumber/HVAC - and took over finishing this job when the owner got fed up with substandard work from the GC -

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 12, 2003 07:02am | #8

   there's more - I'll get back - I seem to have made several images disappear as I was manipulating them - I'll have to get my teenager to bail me out - here's the cherry room window treatment - spent much of today on it -

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   xMikeSmith | Mar 12, 2003 07:07am | #9

   i like the anti-theft device on the wall behind you... hard to lose your truck that way...

   Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

   
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   Clay | Mar 12, 2003 09:29am | #13

   Hope you keep the billings up to date on this one!

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    DavidxDoud | Mar 13, 2003 06:04am | #17

    another 12 hours today - tile guys found out that half of one of the tiles were the wrong size - they have been difficult to keep on the job anyway and as of tomorrow are going to be in my way,  assuming they show - I (we)  hauled the rough oak to a small shop and picked up the walnut flooring they finished milling - last year the owner dropped some thousands of dollars into a bunch of woodworking equipment with the idea of milling this stuff on site - was planning on shaping tongue and groove with a radial arm saw equipped with a shper head - ha-ha-ha (to quote M Smith) - here's a pict of the pile of oak we left him,  the cherry flooring part way done,  and the load of finished walnut -

    
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   BossHog | Mar 13, 2003 03:16pm | #21

   Thought about you yesterday - Wondered if the warm weather and sunshine made you want to get out on the farm and do something.

   It sure works on me. How's life Norm?Ask a man who's got one.

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    DavidxDoud | Mar 13, 2003 06:06am | #18

    the Culligan Man showed up today,  along with a water heater - Kraig kept after the plumbing -

    
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    DavidxDoud | Mar 13, 2003 06:15am | #19

    Jarie and I 'Tapcon-ed'  nailers on 12" centers to the floor of the Cherry room - concrete men left a hole right inside the doorway that took as much time to massage as the rest of of the room took to do - we tacked down some OSB for a temp floor as this will be the last room to recieve flooring - unloaded the walnut flooring (for the other bedroom) and stashed it in the cherry room - tomorrow we'll sticker it and let it aclimate till monday -

    
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   DavidxDoud | Mar 22, 2003 06:11am | #24

   well,  a lot done in a week,  I guess - walnut floor is down -

   
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   DavidxDoud | Mar 22, 2003 06:26am | #26

   a few other tasks assigned - warning:  trim carpenter at work -

   
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   IMERC | Apr 23, 2003 06:47am | #32

   THANKS... Really enjoyed your postings. Mighty fine.

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    DavidxDoud | Mar 13, 2003 06:20am | #20

    a couple of misc - a fairly good pict of the fireplace and two not quite as good picts of Kraigs breaker box -