Home Owner built the railing

 

Turned an unused office into a spa room. Infrared kit sauna, new engineered floors, some birch contemporary chair rail with a blue stain and flat poly, and a custom printed mural.

Couldn't find a paperhanger so I did it myself, got a whole new level of respect for the guys that do it full time. The print is like a vinyl, so if you have too much tension on it while you're applying it it will stretch and the image won't line up 😬.

The sauna has a Blaupunkt sound system in it, super good sound quality, I was really impressed. Max temp setting is 170°, which seems wild to me, but I've never been in a sauna so what do I know. I was taking pictures while my helper went to the truck for plates, I know somebody will say something 😆.

 

Turned an unused office into a spa room. Infrared kit sauna, new engineered floors, some birch contemporary chair rail with a blue stain and flat poly, and a custom printed mural.

Couldn't find a paperhanger so I did it myself, got a whole new level of respect for the guys that do it full time. The print is like a vinyl, so if you have too much tension on it while you're applying it it will stretch and the image won't line up 😬.

The sauna has a Blaupunkt sound system in it, super good sound quality, I was really impressed. Max temp setting is 170°, which seems wild to me, but I've never been in a sauna so what do I know. I was taking pictures while my helper went to the truck for plates, I know somebody will say something 😆.

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I bet it feels like a sauna in there.

 

Where did you get the wall mural?

 

Limitless Walls, you give them the wall dimensions plus a bit on either side and they print it on a self adhering vinyl film. Rolls are 42" wide, with a 2" overlap on each edge. They have a bunch of different options for finish and adhesion choice. Made in the USA IIRC too.

 

Door lock is installed. The final trim is on now I can turn my attention to the deck.

 

A little closet cleanup.

 

Pretty nice. So you had to take it all apart and put it all back. Did it work the 1st time?

 

Yes, It did! Completely pulled everything out. Toned, labeled, and terminated all of the lines on a new patch panel.

 

Damn fine work son.

 

Thanks!!

 

One of the vanities I made is in place and set up for real life. Came out very nice.

 

Looks good!

 

I’m glad you didn’t listen to the GC Leo!

 

Leo:

Great work as usual, however, I'm questioning the design. It seems like it should be built in or freestanding enough to allow cleaning/painting between the vanity and walls.

 

I mentioned that, this is what they wanted.

 

Some Versatex funk.

 

I haven't been up to much (almost literally, no real work between February and the beginning of May....filler work was nothing more than rent money), but now I'm back with our small crew and we're trying something new. Dodecagon timber frames with SIPS panels for infill walls and the roof. Hopefully we get some more of these, as the manufacturer is anxious to take these to market as soon as possible. Currently they are using our current build (and a couple more, from different contractors) to develop their sales package/constuctability path.

 

I haven't been up to much (almost literally, no real work between February and the beginning of May....filler work was nothing more than rent money), but now I'm back with our small crew and we're trying something new. Dodecagon timber frames with SIPS panels for infill walls and the roof. Hopefully we get some more of these, as the manufacturer is anxious to take these to market as soon as possible. Currently they are using our current build (and a couple more, from different contractors) to develop their sales package/constuctability path. View attachment 566717 View attachment 566721 View attachment 566722

That would make a great small wood shop.

 

Reminds me of a yurt.

 

My forklift steering rod seal decided it didn't want to work for me anymore so it was time to replace before the machine goes back on a blacktop job next week.

Got most of the crud cleaned up.

Disassembled.

The seals are installed in both ID and OD grooves in this part. It's a weird design and hard to torque it. From my experiences in the field trying to tighten it up I knew that although it seems designed to be torqued with a spanner, you can't swing the spanner in that space. So I always used a filter wrench and this chews up the part and dings up the rod when it slips.

so I brought it to a machine shop and had additional grooves milled into it. These aren't indexed so they were just eyeballed because there was no need to be fussy. Here's the modified part, with new seals installed, seated on the rod. It was quite difficult to seat it without banging anything up. I didn't want to make it look easy so I missed and hit the end of the rod with a ball peen hammer and gouged up the threads. Fortunately they still worked fine.

After tightening a bit I quickly discovered my wrench needed to be modified to clear the counterweight.

I was impatient and used it while still hot (careful not to touch dust wiper) and got most of the way with that iteration before I ran out of room again. This time I made a compound offset and then called it a night.

First thing the next morning I realized my new wrench, while a nice fit, was worthless because your hand imparts an off-axis torque that unseats the hinge area of the business end of the tool, causing the whole thing to slip off the part. So I finished up with a trip to the store for some brass punches as the cast iron part is easily damaged by steel punches.

I got it seated and tested the hydraulics favorably.

Then it was time to align the wheels which was kind of a pain in the behind but I got it done in about half an hour. After that I took a break to write this up and now I need to go clean up a puddle of hydraulic oil and all the tools.

 

Oofff. While I do enjoy modifying tools, I enjoy more when they work as planned.

At least now you are the proud owner of some cool brass punches!

Kudos!!

 

I had to file a complaint with HR today. Got felt up at the shop……

Tom

 

In and around your holes, to boot.

 

What the heck is it?

 

Looks like gun racks for a gun cabinet

 

What the heck is it?

Looks like gun racks for a gun cabinet

You are correct sir.

Tom

 

discovered

I occasionally get cramps in my legs, usually the back side between the butt and knee. I sit a heating pad under my leg and it relieves it pretty fast. Sometimes it comes on in the middle of the night, before I discovered the heating pad I would be in pain for a long time.

Going up and down a ladder all day seems to be one trigger. I can usually tell when they’re going to be a problem so now I get out the heating pad early.

ladder days definitely triggers mine. Same spot at night. Sometimes 3 times. One leg then the other. Sometimes both at same time. My dad would always get them but he was cinematographer back in the day of beta cams.
chugging water and walking it off is what I’ve always done but there pretty common. Now I shower first thing in morning and when back home. Stretching prior helps but ain’t a full prevention. Never heard of theraworks. Heard pickle brine or basically electrolytes helps prevent.

 

One of a couple accent walls I did a few weeks back. This is the side of an open stairway down to the basement. The height from the bottom of the stairway to the top of that wall was almost 20 ft. To give me a stable work platform, I framed over the stairway With 2x4 joists and plywood, secured into the side wall studs with screws. I Just had to spackle and touchup the screw holes when I pulled out the “floor”

 

When architect for skate parks starts designing roofs.
I was brought to this house today to remodel the bathroom. This is not on the list

 

Whoa....