Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
OT: Deck Project
Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>I am happy to announce "The End of Major Construction."
I still need to tighten up a few of the deck boards and posts, add the Cladding on the 'Rim Joists' ( If I can get HD to ship them) and do the electrical.
The short post lights are very nice solar lights (Not from HD)
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Kevin French, Antrim, NH
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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away
>Really looks nice Kevin, and I know your going to enjoy it to it's fullest. I enjoy it just by looking art it from here. I hope you get some nice breezes out there.
Is this going to be a problem come winter time?
What you got in mind for beneath it?
How do those solar lights work? I'm guessing that the sun charges some type of battery and that in turn powers it at night. I wonder if a reading lamp is made like that. I'd like to have a lamp by my chair but not have a cord running across the floor. Besides me tripping over it, I know the cats will gnaw on it too.
T.O.
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Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>Thanks, It is a nice space. The sun beats in in the morning and it's in the shade for dinner.
I'm going to build a ramp to get the snowblower up onto it. I didn't like to shovel it when it was a 6' wide open porch.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do under it. I been toy'n with a waterfall and a pond garden/patio under it.
The solar lamps are powered by a pair of AA batteries that power two LED lamps. Even on a cloudy day there is still a lot of light when I get up at 0400 hrs. The 4 lights luminate the walk very well. Well enough to read by is another thing, not sure it will be bright enough.
I like it!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>You didi a great job on it Kevin. You should be proud. I like the herring bone pattern. Is that color LV little victor maroon?
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Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>Thanks Scott, I did it no just for for the look but also to provide a mechanical joint between the old and the new decks.
'Eon' calls the color, Mahogany.
That's a ritch statement!
Ernie Miller
>I don't think Kevin owns a plane that didn't come from the dump! Little Victor Maroon
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Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>Hey now! I didn't get my #10 1/4 in the dump. I found the in my sons barn along with a #81 left by the previous owner.
My # 12 didn't come from the Dump. Given to me for stuff I gave a friend from the dump.
There's my favorite #4 That I got from a friend while AT the dump. THAT's gotta count.
I got one. There's a #7 Type 11 I got at the flea market for $25. See money transfered.
Yes, my near mint #2 type 7/8 w/a partial label is from the dump.
And yes both of my #3's a type 7 and a 19, my #7 type 4 are from the dump, along with several of my #5's and a #6 (but I forget which one). That's just a small percentage of ALL my planes, OK if you talking about non-Stanleys also we're getting close to 50%, BUT most of them I've given away, so that can't count.
I buy planes off the bay. Mostly the junk that no one bids on. You pick up enough of those and put them together you can make a pretty good Frankenplane.
No I do not have a single 'NEW' plane, and not sure I'll need one either.