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Dec 17, 2023 18:30:19   #
dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone
 
zarathu wrote:
I remember about 15 years ago when I went to replace the seal on my toilet. I discovered that the joists holding the pipe up were rotted, and then I discovered that the plywood over the joists was also rotted all around the toilet, so in addition to replacing the joists I started in on the underlayment, and then discovered that there was no underlayment under the tile and so I had to add that in the whole bathroom. And then I discovered that the ceramic tile which I care removed(from a previous project) was no longer available, and so I had to get all new tile.

And a bathroom seal led to joists which led to plywood which led to replacement of the entire flooring system in the bathroom.
I remember about 15 years ago when I went to repla... (show quote)


Murphy needs to be administered a whopping dosage of sleep inducers.

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Dec 17, 2023 21:02:48   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Barre wrote:
There's no such thing as a simple project


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Dec 17, 2023 21:04:58   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
zarathu wrote:
I remember about 15 years ago when I went to replace the seal on my toilet. I discovered that the joists holding the pipe up were rotted, and then I discovered that the plywood over the joists was also rotted all around the toilet, so in addition to replacing the joists I started in on the underlayment, and then discovered that there was no underlayment under the tile and so I had to add that in the whole bathroom. And then I discovered that the ceramic tile which I care removed(from a previous project) was no longer available, and so I had to get all new tile.

And a bathroom seal led to joists which led to plywood which led to replacement of the entire flooring system in the bathroom.
I remember about 15 years ago when I went to repla... (show quote)
YEP. Sometimes projects expand like that! Very frustrating. At what point did you consider calling a realtor and selling "AS IS"?

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Dec 17, 2023 21:05:25   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
dustie wrote:
Murphy needs to be administered a whopping dosage of sleep inducers.

Murphy has a sense of humor!

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Dec 17, 2023 22:14:20   #
bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri
 
Bill_de wrote:
Frames can be fun if you like wood and hanging your own pictures. I did everything but cut the glass for the waterfall. The fox I printed on canvas. It was a quick frame, no glass.

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I like your frames! On the top one, did you route a groove and make a true inlay or simply sandwich the light wood between the dark? I like using walnut (especially the dark stuff) with really white young silver maple. The heart wood of silver maple does darken as the tree gets older. The whitest stuff is a younger tree before the heartwood starts to darken. It tends to stay whiter as it ages in sunlight as well. Having my own sawmill gives me a lot of choices is species, color and grain.

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Dec 17, 2023 22:17:24   #
bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri
 
Here’s spalted (soft) maple I’m using to make a display cabinet for.



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Dec 17, 2023 23:48:52   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
bikinkawboy wrote:
Here’s spalted (soft) maple I’m using to make a display cabinet for.

It looks like the inspector is hard at work. ;)

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Dec 18, 2023 01:33:19   #
scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR
 
Or you could have taken it to Michael's . . .

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Dec 18, 2023 06:30:55   #
pecohen Loc: Central Maine
 
NMGal wrote:
Good old Murphy. Never far away.


I heard about Murphy's law for many years before it dawned on me that Murphy must be a statistician and Murphy's law is fundamental to statistics. Anything that can happen will happen, given enough opportunities.

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Dec 18, 2023 07:18:35   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
bikinkawboy wrote:
I like your frames! On the top one, did you route a groove and make a true inlay or simply sandwich the light wood between the dark? I like using walnut (especially the dark stuff) with really white young silver maple. The heart wood of silver maple does darken as the tree gets older. The whitest stuff is a younger tree before the heartwood starts to darken. It tends to stay whiter as it ages in sunlight as well. Having my own sawmill gives me a lot of choices is species, color and grain.


Thanks.

The grove for the inlay was the first thing I did, after running the board through the jointer and planer. The groove was cut on the table saw. A router was used on the rest.

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Dec 18, 2023 08:28:10   #
bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri
 
Yes it’s often cheaper to buy something or hire it done, but when was the last time you saw a Walmart assemble yourself particle board bookshelf or desk make it to heirloom status? A just how much bragging rights can you derive from following the instructions to assemble a bookshelf with sagging shelves, peeling veneer and swelled up ends that got wet? I don’t expect praise for the stuff I build but I do expect it to be able to take a beating for years and still hold up. And a person needs to be able to say to themselves, “I made that.” When I die, I want to be known for more than, “Yep, he assembled a lot of cheap crap!”

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Dec 18, 2023 09:40:20   #
NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
 
Newton's Law says Murphy was an optimist.

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Dec 18, 2023 11:24:51   #
dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone
 
JD750 wrote:
Murphy has a sense of humor!


Maybe so......probably......yeah, I guess I see that......
......even though his sense is famously maliciously cruel......to go along with his diabolical, jeering "amusement".

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Dec 18, 2023 11:28:13   #
dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone
 
bikinkawboy wrote:
Here’s spalted (soft) maple I’m using to make a display cabinet for.


Is your material there "homegrown", as it were? Something you worked from scratch -- raw log to finished product?

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Dec 18, 2023 11:31:40   #
dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone
 
NCMtnMan wrote:
Newton's Law says Murphy was an optimist.


Murphy says, "Trust me. I'm very experienced at everything. No job too big, no job too small."

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