Two drawers were made today in the shop, the front and back were placed vertical, sides horizontal, 2 drawers turned into 4….

Tom

 

Wut?

 

Think about how you place the drawer pieces in the dovetail machine and how they lock together.

Tom

 

Ahh

Been there done that. But not today.

I label the inside of the drawer part with an "S" or and "F" and put a line where the slot goes. I have my machine labeled with magic marker what part goes where. Tough to screw it up.

But not impossible.

 

Leo....do you finish your cabinets also?

 

Yes.

 

How did you break the piston? I can't image breaking it in the Kremlin. Maybe break the teflon piston ring.

 

Connecting rod is part of the piston, it has about 7000 gallons on it.

Tom

 

Connecting rod is part of the piston, it has about 7000 gallons on it.

Tom

Couldn't image breaking it. Mine is over 1/4" in diameter. I had mine replaced because of scoring on it. Not sure if it needed it but the tech said it would make the replaced seal wear much faster. So I did it. $100.00

 

Nothing special, just swapping out some commercial doors to get a gas station ready for paint. Next I get to wrangle the stucco crew, sheetrocker, and painters. It's not beautiful, but it pays well, and you can't eat prestige. And yes, I saw that dent in the double doors, door shop is giving us a credit, don't have time to wait for a new one and the owner DGAF.

 

Scuff sand and Bondo the dent. I will look beautious…….

Tom

 

Little front deck and stairs with Spiced Rum

 

Most of my small parts come in bags of 10. Drives me nuts. Maybe for a big outfit that works but you'll have those 10 clips for over a decade if you don't lose them first.

I have some rubber O rings with screens in them for the spray tip. Come in bags of 10. $5 each when you buy 10. They look like 85¢ parts to me. I use one of those screens every six months if I'm abusive and over a year normally. They only get ruined trying to take them out of the tip.

 

Drawers got two clear coats on them.

Got the Farm sink fitted.

Everything is primed now

Picked up the paint later in the day. Finished the priming but didn't want to start painting yet. Not enough time left in the day. Went home 1/2 hour earlier than usual.

 

She's only 95% done, landscaping is going in, but I moved the client in. We poured the walls last Monday and driveway Friday, metal grate drains going in, so is metal bridge before Wednesday. A lot of cleaning. Final punch by Dec 8, which puts us 11 days short of a 11 months. We had a 3 week delay for floor trusses or we'd of been don in 10 months, 5300 sq ft under roof. Simple home but very nice for budget point

 

She's only 95% done, landscaping is going in, but I moved the client in. We poured the walls last Monday and driveway Friday, metal grate drains going in, so is metal bridge before Wednesday. A lot of cleaning. Final punch by Dec 8, which puts us 11 days short of a 11 months. We had a 3 week delay for floor trusses or we'd of been don in 10 months, 5300 sq ft under roof. Simple home but very nice for budget point

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Your idea of a simple home and mine are two very different things.

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Old barnboard look. Kewl.

What the hell is this? Looks like an oversized puzzle pc.

 

My man Scipio is right, it's for crackers and cheese and chit.

 

It is a hand-made and highly stylized charcuterie board.
For serving cheeses and fruits and whatnot.

Andy.

 

I thought it might be something for the dogs..... I see those bowls there. LOL.

 

I meant to add to my post - that table, cutting board and charcuterie board are from a pecan we felled to build the house

 

Nice to incorporate that in to the build.

 

Dude who did it is out of Brownwood, has a cool set up, I'll have to take pics next time. He was too cheap for it atleast around here. Brownwood is 2 hrs west. Not a lot out there

 

What's wrong with this picture?

Mike.
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The sin eater is at it again?

 

Getting decking tomorrow.

Mike.
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Is that the T-street beach job


Mike

 

Anaheim Hills


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I see the patio better now. I like the free hand jointing job. That's one job I've never tried on a stamped patio, I always cut it the next day. To add that random joint is a major job. Looks terrific. I usually cut 45 degree sections 4'-8' wide if they want that look.

 

Laying out 12k sq ft foundation, will break ground after the first of the year. We are funded but need the engineer to adjust to new drawing edits.

House is called Kilronan. Ill keep the thread updated for this. Will put the job trailer/office here this month and build a storage shed tall enough for 8' doors. TxElectrician already set up temp power, got power to the well and set our 30 amp plug for the job trailer

 

12k.....that's quite the footprint. Curious, something this large, are all the floors always the same height, do you ever drop the floors with the grade? Make some rooms taller. drop the ceiling. I can only imagine what just your ready mix bill will be. Do you ever have to worry about a concrete company keeping up with your pour in a remote town?

 

Putting very fundamentally- find the highest grade around the foundation - start there at your desired height out of grade (6,8,10", whatever the case" and form everything else to that level. Highest walls on this foundation are probably going to be 14' out of grade in the back. Then backfill/compact around that and the pool etc.. to landscape plan

Concrete ticket will be up there for sure.

Never had a problem getting trucks, there's several plants here, Lauren will get me what I need and first pour for anything over a driveway 👍

 

Got R done. Gets delivered and installed on Tuesday.

This is an odd one for me. I don't do many overlay face frame cabinets. This might be the 3rd or 4th that I've done since I started. Done lots of Euro frameless overlay though.

 

This ones 5 years old, We did this one as a walk out when my old man drew it and shrank main floor, almost 17 ft walls. Was a *****, that's a granite rock it's built on. A rented excavator and a man named Omar and 6 weeks on a hoe ram to get that rock out of the footings. More 3" drill stem than you can imagine in the walls, welded back to driven pipe in the foundation to make tie backs. I was short handed and helped the guys on forms, each stake had to be drilled

We framed it too, was a whore, before backfill was hard to set and get equipment down to flatten put to set up scaffolds

The owners are good friends now

 

This ones 5 years old, We did this one as a walk out when my old man drew it and shrank main floor, almost 17 ft walls. Was a *, that's a granite rock it's built on. A rented excavator and a man named Omar and 6 weeks on a hoe ram to get that rock out of the footings. More 3" drill stem than you can imagine in the walls, welded back to driven pipe in the foundation to make tie backs. I was short handed and helped the guys on forms, each stake had to be drilled

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That's nice, and good use of that lower area. I know the lot will determine if it's feasible or not.

 

Been a minute since I checked in on this thread and had anything to add.
Since our modular project went off the rails (schedule wise) we've been just taking whatever we could get.
This one though... This has my attention.
Full gut, interior and exterior, plus garage addition.
I don't think it's going to get any special treatment... Just standard finishes from what I've seen on the incomplete design. All in house minus the MEP. But it's the first large reno we've done as a company.
Deadline is May of '23.
Budget is $400k.

I'll try to keep this updated, but with just a three man crew, no subs, and another large project getting back on track.... They may be few and far between.