What did you do today?

[Ludington]

Most excellent piece of woodworking art!

Thanks, Not to bad for 2x10 southern yellow pine. Just dado and rabbit joints.. no screws . A few finish nails to hold the molding on the front while the glue dries. I really hate the all in one finish, I like to use dye and then spray lacquer. But mama fits what mama wants.

 

[Zanne]

My mother records The Curse of Oak Island but never actually watches the episodes for some reason. I guess she wants to watch on a day when tv signal is out or something.

Thus far the water has been working fine. It actually got more than lukewarm when I took my shower --although I flushed my toilet to reduce the cold water and it got a tad warmer for a minute or so. Got some loads of laundry done. But from what valveman says, the bladder in my pressure tank is busted so I will need to get the new one installed sometime soon. I wonder if the cyclestopvalve thingy will work with a 20 gallon tank.

 

[Zanne]

My feelings yesterday and today.


♫Hello mucus my old friend♪ I've come to cough you up again♫

Guts don't like me. Nonstop coughing. Mucus mucus mucus. Need to get up bc I slept all day from being sick.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

My feelings yesterday and today.


♫Hello mucus my old friend♪ I've come to cough you up again♫

Guts don't like me. Nonstop coughing. Mucus mucus mucus. Need to get up bc I slept all day from being sick.

Sorry to hear that! Get better soon!

 

[Twowaxhack]

I’ve been buying this Salmon from Alaska. It’s shipped on dry ice and arrives frozen solid in 6-8oz portions.

Best salmon I’ve ever had. It’s coho salmon.

 

[Twowaxhack]

Here is some Yellowfin Tuna, the fam likes it cooked.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

I’ve been buying this Salmon from Alaska. It’s shipped on dry ice and arrives frozen solid in 6-8oz portions.

Best salmon I’ve ever had. It’s coho salmon.

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Jay-lous! Mary-Land crab cakes here but no pics.

 

[Zanne]

I don't like seafood very much. I've had some bad seafood and gotten food poisoning before. Last time I went to Red Lobster I got food poisoning and I've never liked fish that much. I'll stick to chicken. LOL.

I heated up some Bob Evans mashed potatoes, added butter and garlic salt and some shreds of rotisserie chicken for dinner. Used the family size stuff and Mom devoured it. No leftovers as per usual.

I'm on the extended release Metformin but it still causes some gut issues. Although, I don't know if its the Metformin or the mucus or a combination of both.

I'm currently trying to decide what size landing to make outside of the back door of my house and whether or not I should do a landing outside of the sliding glass door as well. The shortest length the composite decking comes in is 8' and I will likely have to use an edge board so the grooves don't show on the sides. The boards are 5.5" wide. I'm going to have to play around with it on sketchup I guess.

 

[Twowaxhack]

This shelving was built with scraps of wood left over from other projects. Some parts are temporary to make the van where I can work out of it while I’m building it.

The finished product will have a cabinet grade plywood skin and trimmed out with 1x2 then sanded and painted.

I’ll have another shelf or two above what you see now, work in progress. The Milwaukee boxes will not live where they are now.

You can see the staples I built the little vertical shoe box style shelving with. The staples are 3/4” long. All 1/2” plywood, no glue. I stapled the hell out of it and it’s solid as a rock.

I’ll have another drawer where the missing one is, it’s in order. The red one on the top right will be moved to the left.

 

[Twowaxhack]

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

Nice spider!

 

[havasu]

If I saw that spider, I'd burn down the truck!

A question for you TWS, how do you know what to replace once the item is used? Do you have any inventory control?

 

[sawguy]

This shelving was built with scraps of wood left over from other projects. Some parts are temporary to make the van where I can work out of it while I’m building it.

The finished product will have a cabinet grade plywood skin and trimmed out with 1x2 then sanded and painted.

I’ll have another shelf or two above what you see now, work in progress. The Milwaukee boxes will not live where they are now.

You can see the staples I built the little vertical shoe box style shelving with. The staples are 3/4” long. All 1/2” plywood, no glue. I stapled the hell out of it and it’s solid as a rock.

I’ll have another drawer where the missing one is, it’s in order. The red one on the top right will be moved to the left.
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This shelving was built with scraps of wood left over from other projects. Some parts are temporary to make the van where I can work out of it while I’m building it.

The finished product will have a cabinet grade plywood skin and trimmed out with 1x2 then sanded and painted.

I’ll have another shelf or two above what you see now, work in progress. The Milwaukee boxes will not live where they are now.

You can see the staples I built the little vertical shoe box style shelving with. The staples are 3/4” long. All 1/2” plywood, no glue. I stapled the hell out of it and it’s solid as a rock.

I’ll have another drawer where the missing one is, it’s in order. The red one on the top right will be moved to the left.
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[sawguy]

A plumber you may be, a carpenter well' ,we'll see.

 

[Twowaxhack]

If I saw that spider, I'd burn down the truck!

A question for you TWS, how do you know what to replace once the item is used? Do you have any inventory control?

I write itemized invoices so at the end of the week or beginning of the week I restock out of my stockroom based off what I’ve used that week by looking at the invoices. What I don’t have in the stockroom I order or buy at supplyhouse or box store.

Sometimes I’ll just pull out every box and drawer and look at what I’m low on or out of.

It’s a challenge to keep the truck stocked, clean and maintained properly. Customer doesn’t see that part of the job.

 

[Twowaxhack]

My office chair broke and I was about to throw it away then decided to make a rolling stool. The seat now is what use to be the headrest. I cut a piece of 3/4 plywood for the seat and covered it with the headrest and stapled it to the wood. The seat post is made from 2” pvc with a 3x2 bushing glued on then a 3” closet flange anchored to the plywood with 4 closet bolts. Then I painted the post and flange black. Never mind the spider, family pet, she’s harmless.

 

[Twowaxhack]

I built this lamp out of a trumpet I bought off a crackhead about 25 yrs ago.

The top plunger is a custom switch fabricated using an off the shelf push button switch and a writing pen spring.

You can take all the wiring out and reinstall the inside plunger parts and it’ll play. I didn’t alter the trumpet permanently.

 

[havasu]

I like when one repurposes things like that.

Cool stuff!

 

[Twowaxhack]

@sawguy

I’ve contracted two homes that I’ve built. In those two homes I did the plumbing of course.

In the first house I did the crown molding and chair rail and built out the closets with shelving and custom nooks. I wired the alarm system and programmed it to function. The upstairs was left unfinished. Once I moved in, I wired the entire 800 sq ft and installed a gas fired forced air HVAC system. I also hung the drywall but had a finisher come in to finish it. Then I trimmed it out and painted. I had someone build the hvac duct work for me. Lived in it for a few years and sold it.

Second house I did the crown molding, closet build outs, wired and programmed the alarm. Complete electrical, plumbing, paint and I installed the HVAC but had the duct work made for me, then I installed it. Wired in speakers for the main rooms with volume controls. Installed the fireplace insert and vent pipe. I’m still living in this one, I’ve been here over 20 yrs.

About 15 years ago I built a 24x24 office from the ground up and did ALL the work. Everything from laying out the foundation to drywall to the minisplit heat pump.

 

[Twowaxhack]

If I had a question about how something should be done, I’d just walk over to all the new homes being built on the streets around me and look at their work. The internet wasn’t what it is today, a lot less info. I also would ask for scrap materials out of the dumpster like 2x lumber I used for blocking ETC.

All work except the office was inspected and passed. Everything’s working to this day, the first house is also in my neighborhood, I drive past it everyday and I stop and talk to the guy I sold it to. I bought several building lots on the street.i

The rule I placed on myself was to do the work as good or better than a professional or don’t do the work. I didn’t compromise quality on anything. In fact the inspectors commented that everything was surprisingly well built…….I was only 23 when I build the first house.