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Douglas T.
04-04-2009, 09:49 PM
... it's 1979! VH II is out and I have very big hair!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/ME79.jpg:biggrin:

Sarge's Little Helper
04-04-2009, 09:49 PM
Hi Douglas T. Welcome to The Diamond David Lee Roth Army. The ROTH ARMY carries the Van Halen Torch, Diamond David Lee Roth Style! This is where Classic Van Halen is celebrated and Diamond Dave reigns as the Supreme Toastmaster of the Immoral Majority. Welcome aboard and enjoy your stay!

Dan
04-04-2009, 10:31 PM
Proud To Call D.T. A Friend.Been Around The Different Sites For Years And Always Has A Great Story To Share.

Great Skilled Man With His Wood Too.:D

Roth On.

LoungeMachine
04-04-2009, 11:07 PM
Great Skilled Man With His Wood Too.:D

.

What you two do in the privacy of your motel room is NONE of our business, Dan-O

:gulp:

Douglas T.
04-04-2009, 11:10 PM
LOL you walked right into that one Dan! :biggrin:

A friend mailed me that pic from long ago and I couldn't decide what to do with it! I was going to post it in the Funny Pics thread! :tongue0011:
That's a Lynyrd Skynyrd ol' #7 shirt!

Dan
04-04-2009, 11:28 PM
What you two do in the privacy of your motel room is NONE of our business, Dan-O

:gulp:

How Dare You.:D

Dan
04-04-2009, 11:29 PM
LOL you walked right into that one Dan! :biggrin:

A friend mailed me that pic from long ago and I couldn't decide what to do with it! I was going to post it in the Funny Pics thread! :tongue0011:
That's a Lynyrd Skynyrd ol' #7 shirt!

D.T.Just Show The Good Folk Here Your Wood-Work.

SparkieD
04-04-2009, 11:37 PM
I'm proud to call DougieT one of my favorite pals, online and in person.

Douglas T.
04-04-2009, 11:41 PM
I don't have any help with my wood. It's all done with my own two hands! :biggrin:
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kwame k
04-05-2009, 12:00 AM
Amazing work, there Doug!

LoungeMachine
04-05-2009, 01:03 AM
I don't have any help with my wood. It's all done with my own two hands! :biggrin:



No socks involved?

:gulp:

Douglas T.
04-05-2009, 01:56 PM
No socks involved?

:gulp:

Only when I stray over to the MUFF thread!! Seriously tho' ... yes, socks turned inside out are perfect for stain rags!:)

blonddgirl777
04-05-2009, 04:29 PM
I'm proud to call DougieT one of my favorite pals, online and in person.

Always been a fan of the curly hair... I'm sure he must be a delight to hang out with (you're lucky)!
D.T., I've enjoyed your posts for a while now... You rule!!!

blonddgirl777
04-05-2009, 04:35 PM
... it's 1979! VH II is out and I have very big hair!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/ME79.jpg:biggrin:


Now look at that poser! :hee:

Douglas T.
04-05-2009, 07:20 PM
Always been a fan of the curly hair... I'm sure he must be a delight to hang out with (you're lucky)!
D.T., I've enjoyed your posts for a while now... You rule!!!

Thanks Blondie! Come on down to Orlando and we'll hang! As far as my posts ....sometimes I feel I'm being one of the attention whore's I hear about but I have led a very adventurous life so far!! A year or so later I totally destroyed that truck in that picture! Flipped it over ... not sideways but end over end! Walked away with not a scratch! Used the insurance $ for something a lil more dangerous!
Posing AGAIN!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/dtcruiser.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/dtsmachine.jpg

chefcraig
04-05-2009, 07:56 PM
Damn, I loved that Torino. Naturally, my family had the station wagon version, yet a friend of mine had a brown one with a darker vinyl top. Doug, you didn't wander about South Florida in the late seventies, did you? The kid in the blue shirt looks damned familiar to me, and drove a hopped-up metallic blue Chevy Nova.

Coyote
04-05-2009, 08:36 PM
... it's 1979! VH II is out and I have very big hair!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/ME79.jpg:biggrin:

Yo, D.T... :cool:


And that's an afro, IMO.

Douglas T.
04-05-2009, 09:43 PM
Damn, I loved that Torino. Naturally, my family had the station wagon version, yet a friend of mine had a brown one with a darker vinyl top. Doug, you didn't wander about South Florida in the late seventies, did you? The kid in the blue shirt looks damned familiar to me, and drove a hopped-up metallic blue Chevy Nova.

That's my best friend Russell. RIP Russ! He was killed in a car crash just a few years ago! We had this thing we did when we was trying to hook up with a gal. Say I was trying to pic up on a gal. Russ would know it and when I would be close up with the gal he'd come up behind us and grab us by the back of the heads and mash our faces together! Kinda like saying "get a room" before the smooching even began! A fun way to quikly break the ice with a new gal! Usually got a good laff and that's how many a first kiss began! I would do the same with him when the moment came up! Those were GOOD TIMES! :beers8:
We mostly hung out in Central Florida! Made our way to West Palm n weekend outtings alot!

Douglas T.
04-05-2009, 09:48 PM
Yo, D.T... :cool:


And that's an afro, IMO.
:afro2: Yeah I would us one of them Fro pics! What the heck was I thinkin'!??
With pic:http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/Family/ME81.jpgWithout:http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/Family/05-feature-dougkip.jpg

blonddgirl777
04-05-2009, 10:17 PM
Thanks Blondie! Come on down to Orlando and we'll hang! As far as my posts ....sometimes I feel I'm being one of the attention whore's I hear about but I have led a very adventurous life so far!...


Same here, in my 41 years, I lived about 120 years worth of adventure (good and bad). I will have a lot to tell my grand-children... Although, some I should never tell! L.O.L.

We are not the "vacation in Florida" types but one day, we'll have to bring Jr. to Wall Disney World... Funny, Franksters goes to Florida about once a year and was telling me the last time that he would like to hook up with you (since you 2 talk on "My Space" often)...

Sparkie and Tom are 2 that I would hang out with as well... I spoke to her on the phone once and we PM'ed a couple times... We have so much in common!
Too bad we all don't live closer... Too bad I get to be the one who's way up north!

blonddgirl777
04-05-2009, 10:20 PM
Posing AGAIN!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/dtcruiser.jpg


WOW!!!
Too bad I wasn't born before... and down south!
Very cool pic.!

binnie
04-06-2009, 04:43 AM
One of the nicest guys you're going to meet on these boards :D

Panamark
04-06-2009, 08:45 AM
You banged that Blonde chick next to the truck in that first
pic didnt you DT, and you told your buddy about it !!
Im thinking the photo was a few hours after the event ???

blonddgirl777
04-06-2009, 07:43 PM
You banged that Blonde chick next to the truck in that first
pic didnt you DT, and you told your buddy about it !!
Im thinking the photo was a few hours after the event ???

:baaa:


Yea... It really looks like the T is proud of somethin' on that pic.!
And it ain't just the truck! :lol:

Panamark
04-06-2009, 10:06 PM
:baaa:


Yea... It really looks like the T is proud of somethin' on that pic.!
And it ain't just the truck! :lol:

:D

I wonder what his pickup line was
"Hey there Groovy Chick, I'm DT and have total control over my wood"

:)

chefcraig
04-06-2009, 10:20 PM
Yea... It really looks like the T is proud of somethin' on that pic.!
And it ain't just the truck! :lol:

Nah. That ain't it at all. Douglas had in his pocket what all of us had that grew up during the absurd days of gasoline rationing (you could only purchase gas on a day that matched the end number on your license plate-for example, if your plate ended with an odd number, you could only buy gas on odd numbered calendar days)...a siphoning hose.

Unless of course the fellow is some sort of freak of nature. :(


http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3708/ad2b.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ad2b.jpg)

Douglas T.
04-06-2009, 10:25 PM
Nah. That ain't it at all. Douglas had in his pocket what all of us had that grew up during the absurd days of gasoline rationing (you could only purchase gas on a day that matched the end number on your license plate-for example, if your plate ended with an odd number, you could only buy gas on odd numbered calendar days)...a siphoning hose.

Unless of course the fellow is some sort of freak of nature.

LOL! I was going to mention the sac' o' weed that was clearly seen there in my right pocket!! :stoned-smiley:

Douglas T.
04-06-2009, 10:27 PM
You banged that Blonde chick next to the truck in that first
pic didnt you DT, and you told your buddy about it !!
Im thinking the photo was a few hours after the event ???

Well we do have her out in the woods! She's what ya call the "neighborhood practice"! :biggrin:

Douglas T.
04-06-2009, 10:29 PM
:D

I wonder what his pickup line was
"Hey there Groovy Chick, I'm DT and have total control over my wood"

:)

Back in those days my wood was way out of control!! :rolleye0018:

Douglas T.
04-06-2009, 10:32 PM
:baaa:


Yea... It really looks like the T is proud of somethin' on that pic.!
And it ain't just the truck! :lol:

Hey it was a brand new truck! In fact my theme song those days was a new release "She don't love me she loves my automobile"!!;) But yes I was proud of my woodworking skills too!

chefcraig
04-06-2009, 10:32 PM
LOL! I was going to mention the sac' o' weed that was clearly seen there in my right pocket!! :stoned-smiley:

Just finished re-editing the post, Doug. :hee:

Douglas T.
04-06-2009, 10:38 PM
Well we do have her out in the woods! She's what ya call the "neighborhood practice"! :biggrin:

I'll take that back! Cheryl was one of the more respectable gals! ;)

Douglas T.
04-06-2009, 10:42 PM
Just finished re-editing the post, Doug. :hee:

As DAVE mentioned ... "remember when pot used to have seeds?" :shiznit:

SparkieD
04-06-2009, 11:20 PM
LOL! I was going to mention the sac' o' weed that was clearly seen there in my right pocket!! :stoned-smiley:

DT loaned me his jacket before going on a roller coaster once. In midair, I got scared his stash was gonna fall outta the pocket.

blonddgirl777
04-06-2009, 11:22 PM
Back in those days my wood was way out of control!! :rolleye0018:


But nowadays (I've seen your wood here and there), you really got it figured out! :hee:

blonddgirl777
04-06-2009, 11:28 PM
:D

I wonder what his pickup line was
"Hey there Groovy Chick, I'm DT and have total control over my wood"

:)

Or; "I got wood... Wanna hop in and give it the finishing treatment?" :sleazy-smiley:

Panamark
04-06-2009, 11:43 PM
I got the plank if you got the varnish ! :lmao:

blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 12:04 AM
"I know how to nail you right" or "I will fill up that crack" or "I've got wood that needs sanding off"
OOoooowwwww!!!! :cool8:

So many pick up lines for a woodcrafter!

blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 12:08 AM
I don't have any help with my wood. It's all done with my own two hands!

I don't beleive that! :umm:

Blaze
04-07-2009, 12:16 AM
Here's one!
Let's play carpenter, First we'll get hammered, then I'll nail you!
:0
I had to google to come up with a pick up line. :biggrin:

:welcomeflowrs: DT :)

Panamark
04-07-2009, 01:35 AM
A Handyman grabs his nuts, screws and bolts !!!! :D

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 08:49 AM
You guys are crackin' me up! My WOOD has never has so much attention in it's whole life!:biggrin:
Thanks for playin' along with my thread!
I'm thinkin' about starting a woodworking class! Of coarse the ladies will get in free of charge! :hee:
Here's a picture that's been posted somewhere before! Me and my Ho! Looks like she's got my nipples hard!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/Family/l_e82ee6e5efc70af462a8351e3b0002cc.jpg
Notice the Proud to be and American Woodworker T!

blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 09:15 AM
Here's one!
Let's play carpenter, First we'll get hammered, then I'll nail you!
:0
I had to google to come up with a pick up line. :biggrin:

:welcomeflowrs: DT :)

L.O.L.
Welcome to you! :)

blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 09:17 AM
... I'm thinkin' about starting a woodworking class! Of coarse the ladies will get in free of charge! :hee:!

Where do I sign up? :baaa:

blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 09:21 AM
... Notice the Proud to be and American Woodworker T!


I guess nowadays, one can be proud to be an American WORKER period! :(
Good for you, if the business is doing well... Your wood is still popular despite of many ladies being broke! :umm:

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 09:28 AM
I guess nowadays, one can be proud to be an American WORKER period! :(
Good for you, if the business is doing well... Your wood is still popular despite of many ladies being broke! :umm:

Counting my blessings that I am keeping busy! Building an entire kitchen this month!
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Blaze
04-07-2009, 01:11 PM
L.O.L.
Welcome to you! :)

Thank you very much!

Here is another google gem!

Do you want me to finger-joint that box?:biggrin:
:umm:
Disclaimer: I am not a woodworker!

Blaze
04-07-2009, 01:16 PM
:umm:
What I mean is....:umm: Geez, this is complicated.....
Insert foot into mouth. Totally weirding out at this moment.:ashamed:

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 05:24 PM
Thank you very much!

Here is another google gem!

Do you want me to finger-joint that box?:biggrin:


Niiice! That's a good one! Cheers BLAZE!

DT thinks this is a Sparkie alias!?

Blaze
04-07-2009, 06:51 PM
Oh no, not a Sparkie alias.
But thank you very much, Sparkie is quite the cool chick.
I am Blaze, one of the occasionally unaccountable, but often sortable AKAs of some human being.
Here's a actual picture of my arm wearing my watch. :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2580068348_2c830883e4_o.jpg

It is always 5 o'clock somewhere.
Jimmy Buffett
Cheers, DT!
:gulp:

kwame k
04-07-2009, 07:10 PM
Doug,

Having been in the building trades most of my adult life, I give you my highest compliment. You sir, are a Craftsman.

And yes you are an attention whore but you pull it off so well:)

SparkieD
04-07-2009, 07:22 PM
DT thinks this is a Sparkie alias!?

SparkieD is my alias.

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 07:53 PM
SparkieD is my alias.

Yes it is! I was just kidding knowing a BLAZE is one of your faves!:tongue0011:

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 08:01 PM
:biggrin:

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blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 09:01 PM
:biggrin:

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He's got tools...
Knows how to use them!

blonddgirl777
04-07-2009, 09:02 PM
All that... And a sweet southern accent!

Panamark
04-07-2009, 09:05 PM
Ever thought of making a geeter DT ??

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 09:30 PM
Ever thought of making a geeter DT ??

Yes I have! However I am not much of a geeter tech or a player so I'm not sure how it would turn out! A solid body electric would be a snap compared to a hollow bodied accoustic with some exotic veneers! This picture is in my collection as a favorite:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/Van&#37;20Halen/1anotholdevh.jpg

Douglas T.
04-07-2009, 09:33 PM
All that... And a sweet southern accent!

Why thank ya darlin'!:0

Panamark
04-08-2009, 01:43 AM
Yes I have! However I am not much of a geeter tech or a player so I'm not sure how it would turn out! A solid body electric would be a snap compared to a hollow bodied accoustic with some exotic veneers! This picture is in my collection as a favorite:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/Van%20Halen/1anotholdevh.jpg


Maybe you could buy a complete pre-made neck (with frets and tuners)
and just build the body ?

Douglas T.
04-08-2009, 08:23 AM
Maybe you could buy a complete pre-made neck (with frets and tuners)
and just build the body ?

That would probably be about the extent of my geeter making skills! There was a guy a few blocks away who made mandalins! I say was because he's amongst the departed now! RIP Tildin!
:umm:

Panamark
04-08-2009, 09:08 AM
How about this little fella DT ??
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/WoodyWoodpecker_V2.jpg

blonddgirl777
04-08-2009, 12:32 PM
How about this little fella DT ??
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/WoodyWoodpecker_V2.jpg

L.O.L. You beat me to it!
I was driving this morning and the radio station played "that laugh"...
I thought; "Hey my name id Woody, wanna peck my wood?" (with the laugh)

Panamark
04-09-2009, 02:06 AM
I always wondered if it was his hobby, or if he actually
had a wooden penis...

Douglas T.
04-09-2009, 08:16 AM
I make good money using my wood! Even a few wooden nickels!

Here ya go ... learn how to make cabinet doors:

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ELVIS
04-09-2009, 08:21 AM
Why are we welcoming some wood head who's been around here for years ??


:elvis:

Blaze
04-09-2009, 08:40 AM
Have you always been so stingy Elvis or is it just something new since you died?

blonddgirl777
04-09-2009, 09:38 AM
Thank You for the lessons Doug. but all that is impossible without the tools! :umm:

My parents hired a woodcrafter like you to make my sister's bedroom, back in the early 80's. The trend was laminated wood. It was so beautiful and now it's back in style.

We are buying this bed for our son: I-Zone Loft Bed (http://www.ashleyfurniturehomestore.com/catalog/itemviewer.aspx?id=B151B9&imageDisplay=ImageSet)
The bed is awsome because we've been wanting to do his room as the inside of a space shuttle. But the furniture they sell only comes in black so with my decorating abilities :cool: I will lacker my sister's old furniture in a midnight blue shade. I have a very cool concept for that room.

Any tips on lackering the laminated wood? I know I will have to use oil paint :pullinghair:

blonddgirl777
04-09-2009, 09:41 AM
Why are we welcoming some wood head who's been around here for years ??


:elvis:

He highjacked his own thread so now it could be called;
"Wood Talk With D.T."

Sarge
04-09-2009, 02:52 PM
Douglas T-
Met the guy in Orlando once.
Shit.. it's been like 10 years?

kwame k
04-09-2009, 03:14 PM
Why are we welcoming some wood head who's been around here for years ??


:elvis:

Because we can.

Panamark
04-09-2009, 06:33 PM
I just sent him a unique handyman's gift from australia,
Im sure it will come in handy.

Its the good old "headless hammer without a handle"

ELVIS
04-09-2009, 08:52 PM
Have you always been so stingy Elvis or is it just something new since you died?

I was more stingy in the past...

And BTW, it's ELVIS, and no, I have not died...


:elvis:

Blaze
04-09-2009, 08:55 PM
God have mercy!

Panamark
04-09-2009, 09:12 PM
ELVIS is alive and well and posting at the Roth Army !!!!

Douglas T.
04-09-2009, 09:32 PM
Any tips on lackering the laminated wood? I know I will have to use oil paint :pullinghair:

Make sure the laminate is clean of grease and all other gunk that might be on it by giving it a good scrubbing with some lacquer thinner or acetone! nce it's good and clean us a good primer! KILZ is fine! Then paint away! For best results use a sprayer!
Class dismissed!:biggrin:

Douglas T.
04-09-2009, 09:34 PM
Why are we welcoming some wood head who's been around here for years ??


:elvis:

Bueno Bob and Lounge started it with their threads!:war: :elvis:

Dan
04-09-2009, 09:39 PM
Cool,Doug TV.:D

Cheers D.T.

Douglas T.
04-09-2009, 09:58 PM
Cool,Doug TV.:D

Cheers D.T.

THANKS! I was experimenting with JustinTV! I guess I deleted the cabinet tutorial channel! Looks like the other ones I made are still up:

Justin.tv - douglastskynyrd's channel: woodworking rock music photography classic sketching southern (http://www.justin.tv/douglastskynyrd)

http://www.justin.tv/fairwarningtv


http://www.justin.tv/waldotv

Waldo's seems to have loading problems! Probably got reported! I had live footage running 24-7 like Fair Warnings channel! The profile is still there!? Does the channel work for you guys??
Here's the profile page:
http://www.justin.tv/waldotv/profile

Panamark
04-09-2009, 10:20 PM
I exhausted my man camp jokes with Loungie, still tappin into the handyman well, then I'm off to Deathstar !!!! :D

Panamark
04-09-2009, 10:22 PM
DT, have you ever built house frames ?

blonddgirl777
04-09-2009, 10:24 PM
... Class dismissed!:biggrin:

Ho yeah!!!
I just came back from teaching my evening class.
Kicking back as my pasta is boiling...


So you say, spray paint? I thought so but those home spray guns they sell at Home Depot don't work very well and I don't want to buy 75 cans? Might as well get it done?

Panamark
04-09-2009, 10:53 PM
Are you a teacher BG777 ?
SweetSecrets is a teacher too, what age group, or do you
teach something unique ?

Douglas T.
04-09-2009, 11:27 PM
Ho yeah!!!
I just came back from teaching my evening class.
Kicking back as my pasta is boiling...


So you say, spray paint? I thought so but those home spray guns they sell at Home Depot don't work very well and I don't want to buy 75 cans? Might as well get it done?

Yeah the electric airless guns are terrible! I was just suggesting the best way. maybe a friend has some equipment. When I have a paint project I use this cheap guy here:
- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=43760)
You'll need an air compressor too!
- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=40400)
Get those and you'll be set for many paint projects!



When I do clear lacquer I use a much much more expensive rig!

Douglas T.
04-09-2009, 11:31 PM
DT, have you ever built house frames ?

I have done some framing however calling a cabinet man a carpenter is like calling DAVE sammy!:hee: Good question ... house framing is quite simple!

Panamark
04-09-2009, 11:43 PM
I have done some framing however calling a cabinet man a carpenter is like calling DAVE sammy!:hee: Good question ... house framing is quite simple!

Sorry for the insult ! Just wondering if you might know if the frame is
attached to the bricks, or do they just build the brick wall parallel
to the wooden frame ? Logic tells me that they should be hooked
or connected somehow, but I have watched builders build homes
and have never spotted the method. So then Im thinking, maybe
the frame and the brickwalls are their own structure and are really
only kept together by the roof ? I run cables in voids and have
never noticed how/if the bricks are attaached ?

Hows that for a dumbass question ? lol....

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 12:55 AM
Yeah the electric airless guns are terrible! I was just suggesting the best way. maybe a friend has some equipment. When I have a paint project I use this cheap guy here:
- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=43760)
You'll need an air compressor too!
- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=40400)
Get those and you'll be set for many paint projects!



When I do clear lacquer I use a much much more expensive rig!


So might as well find a "cheap guy" (I'm sure he'd like to here that! L.O.L.)!!!

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:04 AM
Are you a teacher BG777 ?
SweetSecrets is a teacher too, what age group, or do you
teach something unique ?

I worked for over 15 years in the fashion industy as a Designer and Product Manager. Recently, I was offered to teach at the same fashion school I graduated from, in 1990. For now, it's a part time job but I could get full time in the fall semester if I chose to.

It is a Bachelor's degree so no kids but still (beleive it or not) SOME discipline to do!

I LOVE it!!! It's a new challenge and I find it pretty easy...

What is PanaMomToBe teaching (or was teaching)?
Soon, she will teach you how to change a diaper and burp a 7 Lbs'ish. humain being!
Lucky you!!!

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:09 AM
... Hows that for a dumbass question ? lol....


Don't worry... Where all "dumbass" when it comes to wood work, compared to the "D.T"!!! :ashamed::confused12:

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:11 AM
Yeah the electric airless guns are terrible...

Tell ME about it!
Nothing but a huge mess and a waste of paint.

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:13 AM
... maybe a friend has some equipment...

As you know already... Franksters is very well connected. I will be using MY cheap guy after all! :biggrin:

Panamark
04-10-2009, 01:36 AM
I worked for over 15 years in the fashion industy as a Designer and Product Manager. Recently, I was offered to teach at the same fashion school I graduated from, in 1990. For now, it's a part time job but I could get full time in the fall semester if I chose to.

It is a Bachelor's degree so no kids but still (beleive it or not) SOME discipline to do!

I LOVE it!!! It's a new challenge and I find it pretty easy...

What is PanaMomToBe teaching (or was teaching)?
Soon, she will teach you how to change a diaper and burp a 7 Lbs'ish. humain being!
Lucky you!!!

Hi BG777,

PanaMomToBe has her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education,
she teaches anything from pre 2k up to grade 5 ? (off the top of my head)
Her last job was as the main teacher at the Preschool section of
an International school in Sydney. She knows a lot of the child
physcology stuff. I have seen her in control of 14 little dudes at
once, so this gives me great hope for our "1"... As I would be as useful
as an ashtray on a motorcycle if it was all left up to me :D

We saw another ultrasound yesterday and he is almost 8lbs apparently..
The doc seemed very focused on his "frank and beans" for some
reason ?? Told me that all looks good sized, and that its nice that he
wont be the smallest on the ward. (WTF ?? Gyno cracking baby
penis size jokes !!!)

Hey your teaching gig sounds like a great oppurtunity, no offence
but I would hate to go shopping with you !!! I bet you really pick
and chose your stuff...

I bet the Fashion industry provided you with a lot of interesting
tales to tell ! When I watch the parades it all looks like either
Gay men or anorexic chicks on crack ! :biggrin:

Im sure you came across a lot of that with your work...

PanaMommy is sleeping a lot now (only 2 weeks to go)
she made me watch Marley and me last night, cried
her eyes out, and I have been giving our puppy
double the cuddles today... lol...

Cheers,

-Mark

Douglas T.
04-10-2009, 08:19 AM
Sorry for the insult ! Just wondering if you might know if the frame is
attached to the bricks, or do they just build the brick wall parallel
to the wooden frame ? Logic tells me that they should be hooked
or connected somehow, but I have watched builders build homes
and have never spotted the method. So then Im thinking, maybe
the frame and the brickwalls are their own structure and are really
only kept together by the roof ? I run cables in voids and have
never noticed how/if the bricks are attaached ?

Hows that for a dumbass question ? lol....

You did not insult me because yu didn't call me a carpenter! I was just comparing the two trade as far as talent!

I use Tapcon screws when fastening wood to cement blocks or poured floors. A carpenter might use a .22 cal nail "gun" if they own one. They do get to use those big guns which look fun! For fastening firring strips they usually use Liquid Nail and then run a few cement nails. Put the cement nails into the morter between the blocks!
When framing a wall pressure treated 2x4's are used on the bottom piece(plate).
Those are not dumb questions. Are you an electrician by trade?

Douglas T.
04-10-2009, 08:21 AM
So might as well find a "cheap guy" (I'm sure he'd like to here that! L.O.L.)!!!

Everybody should be working cheap these days and counting their blessings they are finding people with money left in tgheir pockets! I know my reply was a little costly and excessive. Most homeowner/ do-it-yourselfers tend to stick with brushing and rolling the paint!

Douglas T.
04-10-2009, 08:23 AM
PanaMomToBe !!!:lmao:

Douglas T.
04-10-2009, 08:47 AM
OK ... time to insert some songbird puns! :biggrin:

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blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:23 PM
Hi BG777,

PanaMomToBe has her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education,
she teaches anything from pre 2k up to grade 5 ? (off the top of my head)
Her last job was as the main teacher at the Preschool section of
an International school in Sydney. She knows a lot of the child
physcology stuff. I have seen her in control of 14 little dudes at
once, so this gives me great hope for our "1"... As I would be as useful
as an ashtray on a motorcycle if it was all left up to me :D

We saw another ultrasound yesterday and he is almost 8lbs apparently..
The doc seemed very focused on his "frank and beans" for some
reason ?? Told me that all looks good sized, and that its nice that he
wont be the smallest on the ward. (WTF ?? Gyno cracking baby
penis size jokes !!!) ...


Cheers,

-Mark

You are so lucky that she has a good experience and all that knowledge on kids! There wasn't that many kids around for us to learn dealing with a little 2 years old tornado. When they are little babies all swaddled up, it's easy. I miss that part of my life when he was so small...

Our boy is always smiling, healthy, nice and respectful but sometimes, I could just tie him down to a chair! Still, I look at him and say; Thank God he CAN be that turbulent...

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:31 PM
... PanaMommy is sleeping a lot now (only 2 weeks to go)
she made me watch Marley and me last night, cried
her eyes out, and I have been giving our puppy
double the cuddles today... lol...

Cheers,

-Mark

Sleeping while pregnant... Although sometimes challenging, it's a great previlege.
Soon, PanaJr. will be there in the bed with you 2!
This sounds corny and you probably hear it every days but I will tell you again;
Cherish every single moment of his life, especially when he is very little. Sit there for hours watching his hands and feet, kiss him all you can, take many pictures because (here comes the usual) they do grow fast!

Here, I sound like a Hallmark card :hee: Now, I'm the one with the tear in my eye! :0

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:33 PM
Sorry D.T. to highjack your thread but as I know you to be the proud Dad. and Grand-Dad. that you are... You probably don't mind!

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 01:49 PM
... Hey your teaching gig sounds like a great oppurtunity, no offence
but I would hate to go shopping with you !!! I bet you really pick
and chose your stuff...

I bet the Fashion industry provided you with a lot of interesting
tales to tell ! When I watch the parades it all looks like either
Gay men or anorexic chicks on crack ! :biggrin:

Im sure you came across a lot of that with your work...


At my age and with all the efforts I've put into that industry... I worked my ass off (like everybody) but now, I have had enough of that "game". Teaching is much more mellow and I like the students a lot.

I used to shop all the time, dress very sharp and style up my wardrobe but my priorities changed when I had my son. Now I like to dress him up. I was always a smart shopper (knowing where to go for bargains) so now I do it for others. People bring me shopping a lot and I'm always there to help. :)

Anorexics on runways! Nha :umm:... And EVH is the healthiest man on heart! :biggrin:

I could write a book on models from; picking them up in a portfolio, helping them change... To being obligated to criticize that extra .05 Lbs. on their "hips" etc... Yes models can be crazy but it's the people of the industry that forces them to compete in a very unhealthy way!

If I would have been the one with the la$t word, I could have tried to change that "overly skinny women in magazines" social mess!

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 02:01 PM
... I know my reply was a little costly and excessive...


I always like to use "inexpensive". ;)

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 02:03 PM
... Most homeowner/ do-it-yourselfers tend to stick with brushing and rolling the paint!


I will get quotations but probably end up rolling up myself... Paint, that is! :biggrin:

blonddgirl777
04-10-2009, 02:14 PM
OK ... time to insert some songbird puns! :biggrin:

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Your own "On the othe fuck'n side" in a Christian song?
Doug!!! :pullinghair: L.O.L.O.L.

This is so cool...
You will live to be 110 years old!
Yes. Working hard with your hands, wood being a very noble material... Gardening (I printed that Cactus), signing and laughing like you do?
All the ingredients to stay healthy!

You have a very good lifestyle and take great pride in what you do. Keep on listening to CVH and I tell you... You might live to be the oldest poster on this board! :hitch:

Dan
04-11-2009, 12:34 AM
Sticky Douglas T. Skynyrd Thread,Please.

Panamark
04-11-2009, 12:42 AM
You did not insult me because yu didn't call me a carpenter! I was just comparing the two trade as far as talent!

I use Tapcon screws when fastening wood to cement blocks or poured floors. A carpenter might use a .22 cal nail "gun" if they own one. They do get to use those big guns which look fun! For fastening firring strips they usually use Liquid Nail and then run a few cement nails. Put the cement nails into the morter between the blocks!
When framing a wall pressure treated 2x4's are used on the bottom piece(plate).
Those are not dumb questions. Are you an electrician by trade?


Thanks for the informative answer mate !

I was originally trained as a Hardware Engineer on Mainframe computers.
(component level fault repair). But a lot of the early training involves
similar components as to what they would teach an Electrician.
I mainly sit on my ass and program now, but I will run data and RF
cabling (and occasionally power) in houses when I cant be fucked
paying someone else... I was formally taught parts of this, the other
parts I picked up from watching tradesmen on building sites where we
would be installing our systems..

kwame k
04-11-2009, 01:10 AM
You did not insult me because yu didn't call me a carpenter! I was just comparing the two trade as far as talent!

I use Tapcon screws when fastening wood to cement blocks or poured floors. A carpenter might use a .22 cal nail "gun" if they own one. They do get to use those big guns which look fun! For fastening firring strips they usually use Liquid Nail and then run a few cement nails. Put the cement nails into the morter between the blocks!
When framing a wall pressure treated 2x4's are used on the bottom piece(plate).
Those are not dumb questions. Are you an electrician by trade?

To add to that, we put anchor bolts into formed poured basement/foundations, that way you just have to drill holes into the treated wood and put a few washers and bolts on, much more efficient than trying to anchor after the fact. The real trick about doing that is....remembering spacing out the anchor bolts so they won't land on a 16" on center stud layout, not so much the actual 16" OC but a few inches before that because that is where you usually drop your nails.Worked great as we would pre-frame stud walls top and bottom plates plus studs on the ground, set those bitches on the treated and blast some nails/real nails and liquid and you're good to go.

Draw backs......if the treated or studded wood is still too green and rushed to market, it will cause problems for the finish work. A wall that you thought was square and true may distort. Drywall a home that has wet studs and you can damn near guarantee nail/screw pops.

Douglas T.
04-11-2009, 09:31 AM
you can damn near guarantee nail/screw pops.

One thing that happens every now and then! When I fasten cabinets to a wall! Sometimes I guess there ends up being a quarter inch space between the stud and the drywall because when I screw the cabinet to the wall it will press the drywall against the stud and a drywallers screw head will pop out below the cabinet. That causes a need for wall repair.
One time we was puting in a base cabinet and the corner was way out of square. So much so we decided to remove the drywall behind the cabinet to see if we could square the corner a bit. To our suprise when the drywall was being hung a coke can ended up between the drywall and the stud wall. They managed to leave it there in the corner behind the drywall.:guzzle:

Douglas T.
04-11-2009, 09:32 AM
Sorry D.T. to highjack your thread

I believe I am guilty of that on many occasions!;)

blonddgirl777
04-11-2009, 07:02 PM
I believe I am guilty of that on many occasions!;)

How fun would this be if we couldn't do it?
Aparently, I make history with that! :hee:

Anyhow, this thread is up there and runnin'!

blonddgirl777
04-11-2009, 07:03 PM
Sticky Douglas T. Skynyrd Thread,Please.

Nothing but Yeah! :)

kwame k
04-11-2009, 07:51 PM
One thing that happens every now and then! When I fasten cabinets to a wall! Sometimes I guess there ends up being a quarter inch space between the stud and the drywall because when I screw the cabinet to the wall it will press the drywall against the stud and a drywallers screw head will pop out below the cabinet. That causes a need for wall repair.
One time we was puting in a base cabinet and the corner was way out of square. So much so we decided to remove the drywall behind the cabinet to see if we could square the corner a bit. To our suprise when the drywall was being hung a coke can ended up between the drywall and the stud wall. They managed to leave it there in the corner behind the drywall.:guzzle:

I've been on both ends of the spectrum, New Home Builder and Rehab. Some of the shit I've seen on new homes makes me sick. If a crew of mine ever did shit like that they would of been fired that day.

When we framed the walls, the cabinets went on, we put 2 x 4's in between the studs where the cabinets would anchor to the walls. Top and bottom. That way all you guys had to do was attached your anchors anywhere along the top and bottom of the cabinets and you would hit wood. I made sure every step of construction was making it easier on the guys that followed and there was none of that us versus them on our crews. We all worked together to make sure everyone had what they needed to do their part of the construction.

Walls are never really square but they should be true and what you described was just plain sloppy work.

VanHalener
04-11-2009, 08:05 PM
I have a 16' Pro John aluminium bass boat.

How much for a trick =CVH= paint job? I'll haul it down there, so don't even think I won't.

Keep the volume up, brother!

OWWWW!

blonddgirl777
04-11-2009, 08:27 PM
I have a 16' Pro John aluminium bass boat.

How much for a trick =CVH= paint job? I'll haul it down there, so don't even think I won't.

Keep the volume up, brother!

OWWWW!

Hey VHalaner!
Long time no read...
Hope you and VHalanerBabe are doin' well?

A good friend of Franksters and I is an expert in custom painting cars, motorcycles and any other big surface. He can paint anything and does an amazing job all the time. Franksters hires him for his customers (ask D.T. about Franksters's work).

If you could haul that boat up here, it would be awsome!

But the V.H. logo by itself is pretty easy to do, unless you want something else with it. You should find a local and cheap :biggrin: guy to do it in your area...

Post some pics. when it's done!

blonddgirl777
04-11-2009, 08:33 PM
This reminds me of those late 70's vans with the VH logo on it...
I was so young and didn't speak English at all, so I thought that the "Van" was there because it was a van that had it painted on!
I would look at guys like D.T. driving by with their Harleys and muscle cars and go "Woooo... Later, I will mary a guy like that"...

And fell in love with Dave!
Good times!
L.O.L.

Douglas T.
04-11-2009, 10:56 PM
I have a 16' Pro John aluminium bass boat.

How much for a trick =CVH= paint job? I'll haul it down there, so don't even think I won't.

Keep the volume up, brother!

OWWWW!

Pffft! You don't want me doing custom paint on your boat! You want my son-in-laws company! He won the contract for the bass fishing tour boats! They're really taking off with their wraps!
Marine Graphics (http://media1signs.com/gallery-marine.htm)



I have trick'd out a customers john boat with custom removable wood floors(so you can clean under them), a teak console and bench seating!
Bring it on ... we'll fish on!!!

Douglas T.
04-11-2009, 11:08 PM
I've been on both ends of the spectrum, New Home Builder and Rehab. Some of the shit I've seen on new homes makes me sick. If a crew of mine ever did shit like that they would of been fired that day.

When we framed the walls, the cabinets went on, we put 2 x 4's in between the studs where the cabinets would anchor to the walls. Top and bottom. That way all you guys had to do was attached your anchors anywhere along the top and bottom of the cabinets and you would hit wood. I made sure every step of construction was making it easier on the guys that followed and there was none of that us versus them on our crews. We all worked together to make sure everyone had what they needed to do their part of the construction.

Walls are never really square but they should be true and what you described was just plain sloppy work.

Dude! It is such a blessing when the walls have the nailers in place! i hate searchin' for studs! Worst thing is metal studs! I usually have to cut into the wall and installmy own nailers becasue you can't hang diddley on metal studs!
Also I want to say sorry if my carpenter comment rubbed anyone the wrong way! I've been beating myself up the last few days thinking about that and realizing there are probably a few carpenters in the DLRARMY!! You know the ol' tongues of fire saying you can hurt peple with your words!
Keep on nail'n 'em bro!!:yourock:

Douglas T.
04-11-2009, 11:14 PM
Sorry D.T. to highjack your thread but as I know you to be the proud Dad. and Grand-Dad. that you are... You probably don't mind!

I invited all 4 grand daughters to stay the night tonight becasue I wanted to make sure they made it to church on Easter morning! Their parents tend to come a lil' late! Jen tends to be out partyin' until we hours on Saturday night! Her husband is the one that wins the fishing tournaments and stays home with the kids in exchange he get's up at 4 AM on Sunday and goes fishing! She probably gets home about the time he's ready to leave!
The grand-kids come over tonight and it's all "Will the Easter Bunnie know where we are? will he stop by!?" I found myself running up the the drug store and putting together 4 baskets chuck full of goodies! We made them make poster size egg drawings and hang them in the window so he might stop by!! :jumping0011:

blonddgirl777
04-12-2009, 12:10 AM
I invited all 4 grand daughters to stay the night tonight becasue I wanted to make sure they made it to church on Easter morning! Their parents tend to come a lil' late! Jen tends to be out partyin' until we hours on Saturday night! Her husband is the one that wins the fishing tournaments and stays home with the kids in exchange he get's up at 4 AM on Sunday and goes fishing! She probably gets home about the time he's ready to leave!
The grand-kids come over tonight and it's all "Will the Easter Bunnie know where we are? will he stop by!?" I found myself running up the the drug store and putting together 4 baskets chuck full of goodies! We made them make poster size egg drawings and hang them in the window so he might stop by!! :jumping0011:

Cool Grand-Pops!

I won't be going to church but will go for dinner at my Mom.'s. My son "painted" some eggs and 2 cards. A little young for a chase but can't wait to do all that stuff (Santa etc...) next year!

HAPPY EASTER to you and your's!!!

Douglas T.
04-12-2009, 12:19 AM
Cool Grand-Pops!

I won't be going to church but will go for dinner at my Mom.'s. My son "painted" some eggs and 2 cards. A little young for a chase but can't wait to do all that stuff (Santa etc...) next year!

HAPPY EASTER to you and your's!!!

Happy Easter to you n' yours too! I'll be singing in our Cantata tommorrow! One of the songs I will be singing a duet with a tenor! I sing bass! I've been in the church choir for 15 years! Been going to the same church since I was born! Probably only missed a handfull of Sundays my entire life! That one rebelious summer! :angel10:

kwame k
04-12-2009, 12:32 AM
Dude! It is such a blessing when the walls have the nailers in place! i hate searchin' for studs! Worst thing is metal studs! I usually have to cut into the wall and installmy own nailers becasue you can't hang diddley on metal studs!
Also I want to say sorry if my carpenter comment rubbed anyone the wrong way! I've been beating myself up the last few days thinking about that and realizing there are probably a few carpenters in the DLRARMY!! You know the ol' tongues of fire saying you can hurt peple with your words!
Keep on nail'n 'em bro!!:yourock:

No worries, Doug. There are a ton of fucking hacks in the Trades, you know it, I know it and...........WTF are ya gonna do.

When retro fitting to older homes, especially lath and plaster homes, holy shit!!! Try to use modern materials and find me a uniformed thickness in those fucking walls. :pullinghair:

In one of the first houses I ever owned, I blasted out the wall between the kitchen and living room, (1.5 story house here BTW and yes the wall was load bearing, span support) so, being an over-builder, grabbed myself a big ass micro-lam and put the header up. Big deal! What I demoed back to do this install, I had to finish and not being anywhere near a wet plaster dude..........I tried to use shims, mud, and drywall for the finish. I got it but what a life lesson about what to do and what not to do.

Douglas T.
04-13-2009, 05:58 PM
When retro fitting to older homes, especially lath and plaster homes, holy shit!!! Try to use modern materials and find me a uniformed thickness in those fucking walls. :pullinghair:



You know it! This house I've been calling home for 4 years now was built in 1957! Ranch style house with plaster walls and shingles over tongue and groove roofing ! So much more durable with the tongue and groove as apposed to 4x8 3/4 plywood that likes to blow off in 90 mph winds!
And with the plaster walls I feel 100&#37; safe from anything Mother Nature wants to conjure up! I just hope the 4 storied 2x4 framed condos, they built down the road, never end up showering my house with 100 mph pine projectiles!
On the downside I can't even put a small nail in my walls to hang a picture! I have to drill a pinhole and slide the nail in! We too busted out a wall and exposed our kitchen to the living room! Being the cabinetman/carpentor I managed to trim everything out without resorting to drywall which I would rather not have delt with anyway!


Here's where we stand today! You see I still have to finish the plint blocks and complete my antiquing of the faux beam covers! I made my own gluelam beam then made that beam cap you see there! the cieling in the original kitchen was 4 inches lower and smooth finished. See the textured cieling and then there's the smooth in the kitchen. We are going to install those decorative antigued brass panels to the kitchen cieling. The two walls I took out were where the beams are now! Lathe/wire mesh/stucco demo nightmare!
<img src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/kitchen413.jpg">

Below is the original kitchen looking in the doorway that is not there now. The doorway was under the beam to the left in the above pic!
<img src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/originalkitchen.jpg">


See the drop in stove and the pantry oven? In the old pic?! I moved them to another wall completely. Made this with them:
<img src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/cookery.jpg">

<img src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/DSCF3562.jpg">

blonddgirl777
04-13-2009, 07:46 PM
WOW!!!
Very nice...
I like the colour of the wood... Great work!

kwame k
04-15-2009, 05:42 PM
You know it! This house I've been calling home for 4 years now was built in 1957! Ranch style house with plaster walls and shingles over tongue and groove roofing ! So much more durable with the tongue and groove as apposed to 4x8 3/4 plywood that likes to blow off in 90 mph winds!
And with the plaster walls I feel 100% safe from anything Mother Nature wants to conjure up! I just hope the 4 storied 2x4 framed condos, they built down the road, never end up showering my house with 100 mph pine projectiles!
On the downside I can't even put a small nail in my walls to hang a picture! I have to drill a pinhole and slide the nail in! We too busted out a wall and exposed our kitchen to the living room! Being the cabinetman/carpentor I managed to trim everything out without resorting to drywall which I would rather not have delt with anyway!


Here's where we stand today! You see I still have to finish the plint blocks and complete my antiquing of the faux beam covers! I made my own gluelam beam then made that beam cap you see there! the cieling in the original kitchen was 4 inches lower and smooth finished. See the textured cieling and then there's the smooth in the kitchen. We are going to install those decorative antigued brass panels to the kitchen cieling. The two walls I took out were where the beams are now! Lathe/wire mesh/stucco demo nightmare!


Awesome Job Doug!

You'll love this one. A small cottage that was built in the early 1900's with all indigenous wood. Rough cut real 2x4 and Red Cedar Tongue and Groove Paneling. I gutted this place down to the studs and reused all the paneling. A million nails pulled and a million scratches later. I had enough paneling left over that I made my own trim,too. There was damn near 100 years of varnish on the Paneling so I just turned it over and the back side was perfect and no bleed through, virgin surface that hadn't seen the light of day in 100 years. White Pine kitchen cabinets, hard wood floors and I was able to put a loft in with a Spiral Stair Case up to the Loft that over looked the living room. That was my "College House" I paid cash for it and re-did everything. New wiring, plumbing, heating/cooling, a few structural issues with the load bearing walls(rot), and the finish. Exterior was done in a fake wood, 4x8 sheets that was called a Cedar Grain Finish, I think.

That was my graduation house because I learned how to do everything in that cottage. My logic being, or lack thereof was, I was going to do everything myself and even if I fucked up and ruined the place I owned it free and clear. I lived in the place while I did it, too. There was one point in the demo phase where you could see daylight through the exterior slats.

I scored and was lucky there was an Amish Community near by that had a saw mill that still made rough cut real 2x4, 2x6 and 2x12 that I needed to come close to the sizes of the original framing. Did 90% of everything myself.

blonddgirl777
04-15-2009, 10:55 PM
... Tongue and Groove Paneling...

:umm: ?

blonddgirl777
04-15-2009, 11:00 PM
... stucco...

What is cellulite on drywall? :barf:

Douglas T.
04-16-2009, 08:48 AM
Awesome Job Doug!

You'll love this one. A small cottage that was built in the early 1900's with all indigenous wood. There was damn near 100 years of varnish on the Paneling so I just turned it over and the back side was perfect and no bleed through, virgin surface that hadn't seen the light of day in 100 years. Did 90% of everything myself.

Fun stuff! I worked on an old cottage house. The customer wanted everything to look original so he asked me to make the cabinets look as if they have been there for 110 years! New cabinets that look old so I did some major antiquing. I'll round up a few pictures for show and tell later.
I came across a whole bunch of Walnut flooring long ago and every now and the build a jewelry box out of some of it to give away as a gift!

Douglas T.
04-16-2009, 08:52 AM
What is cellulite on drywall? :barf:

Your drywall has cellulite? :confused12:

kwame k
04-16-2009, 09:04 AM
Your drywall has cellulite? :confused12:

Time for a diet or maybe it needs to hit the gym.

blonddgirl777
04-16-2009, 09:07 AM
Your drywall has cellulite? :confused12:

Yes.
We bought this house that was decorated in the 70's. In the basement, it's all "old tavern" style; A bar, rought iron lighting, barn wood on half of the walls (that we like) but the other half has cellulite on it. We hate it! The "Round Table Chevaliers" look is not our thing and the cottage cheese effert... Eeewww!!!

blonddgirl777
04-16-2009, 09:10 AM
Time for a diet or maybe it needs to hit the gym.

Even diet and the gym. won't work...
It needs lipo.! :(

blonddgirl777
04-16-2009, 09:14 AM
... build a jewelry box out of some of it to give away as a gift!

Damn!
That is very romantic...
I also like recycling fabric. I made stuff out of a vintage wedding gown... Some hand made lace you never get to see anymore. There is something special when a material carries a piece of history!

Douglas T.
04-16-2009, 09:17 AM
Yes.
We bought this house that was decorated in the 70's. In the basement, it's all "old tavern" style; A bar, rought iron lighting, barn wood on half of the walls (that we like) but the other half has cellulite on it. We hate it! The "Round Table Chevaliers" look is not our thing and the cottage cheese effert... Eeewww!!!

Sounds like a cool place nonetheless! we don't have many really old places here in FLA! Is this cellulite on the wood or the plaster? Still confused .. :pullinghair:

blonddgirl777
04-16-2009, 09:29 AM
... Is this cellulite on the wood or the plaster? Still confused .. :pullinghair:

No, on my butt! L.O.L.

The wall has the half bottom made of barn wood (that is very nice) and the top half in stucco. And you can tell that they are sheets of stucco that can be removed.

We want to make it into a music room with my piano, his drums and anything Jr. is gonna want to play. It will also be a playroom. Later, we will make a lounge/bar out of it. My husband and his father can do that stuff but we've been procrastinating...

blonddgirl777
04-16-2009, 09:35 AM
Sounds like a cool place nonetheless! we don't have many really old places here in FLA!

You would really like this area...
Lots of old houses (some, about 400 years old) and they are protected by a law that sais; "No turning wood into aluminum...". People that buy them are up for a lifetime project. They are expensive to buy and even more expensive (in time and money) to remodel.

They are extremely beautiful with lots of history in them!

Dan
04-17-2009, 12:44 AM
Sticky This Thread.

Douglas T.
04-26-2009, 03:38 PM
Kitchens done:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My&#37;20Cabinetry/DSCF3569.jpg
Shop pic:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/HeffnerCabinets/Landry%20Kitchen/DSCF3322.jpg


http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My%20Cabinetry/DSCF3574.jpg



This is a mica top ... not granite, a lot of people are going this cheaper route these days:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My%20Cabinetry/DSCF3571.jpg

Douglas T.
04-26-2009, 03:44 PM
The customer was looking a bit suprised that all I was thinking about was taking pictures of this image in the woodgrain of a drawer. I build kitchens all year long always seeing things in the woodgrain ... this is the spookies image ever!

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My%20Cabinetry/DSCF3576.jpg

It's there in the left side of the bottom drawer:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My%20Cabinetry/DSCF3578.jpg

blonddgirl777
04-26-2009, 09:05 PM
The customer was looking a bit suprised that all I was thinking about was taking pictures of this image in the woodgrain of a drawer. I build kitchens all year long always seeing things in the woodgrain ... this is the spookies image ever!...

I clearly see a man's face, sideways... His eyes are closed and he's smiling...
Yes, sssspookie!!!

Douglas T.
04-26-2009, 09:16 PM
I clearly see a man's face, sideways... His eyes are closed and he's smiling...
Yes, sssspookie!!!

Almost like he's laid back in a coffin!

blonddgirl777
04-27-2009, 11:29 AM
Also, could be a Catholic nun... With the hair and neck veil!
Dead!
:eek:

Dan
04-28-2009, 08:19 PM
Also, could be a Catholic nun... With the hair and neck veil!
Dead!
:eek:

Ok,No More Coffee For You.:biggrin:

Douglas T.
05-24-2009, 08:01 PM
Building this kept me out of trouble for a few weeks!
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My%20Cabinetry/deck1.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/DTSKYNYRD/My%20Cabinetry/deck2.jpg

GAR
05-24-2009, 10:58 PM
Damn!
That is very romantic...
I also like recycling fabric. I made stuff out of a vintage wedding gown... Some hand made lace you never get to see anymore. There is something special when a material carries a piece of history!

PM me your address, I got an old wedding gown leftover from a comedy sketch you can have if you want it.

GAR
05-24-2009, 11:07 PM
Building this kept me out of trouble for a few weeks!

I done decks before.. are you gonna rent an airless sprayer and hit it with Okon or something?

Douglas T.
05-25-2009, 07:12 PM
I done decks before.. are you gonna rent an airless sprayer and hit it with Okon or something?

I'm leaving that up to the customer! She is going to stain it. Probably with a sprayer!

Dan
05-29-2009, 04:37 AM
Still Going Strong At 46.:D

Roth On My Friend.