so waht ya doin today?

[smokeywolf]

Not a single level spot or square corner in our 1880's farm house.

Seems houses haven't changed in 100 years. Did a bathroom remodel and a few other things some years ago. Found out there's not a plumb wall or square corner in this house.

 

[Bret4207]

Was putting a steel roof on our milk house. Couldn't figure out why it didn't look right when fitting the first sheet. 45 minutes later I figured out the building is 2 feet out of square in a 20 foot run! Talked to an old timer who helped build it right after WW2 and as he recalls they "eyeballed it" and called it good enough! That explains a lot about my farm, and it was a "show place" back in the day! Must be expectations were different then.

 

[Gary]

Started this yesterday and I like the look. Killer on the back of a 72 Y.O. but I'll get through it in due time.

 

[Rick]

I need to do that too. Gonna have to hire a whipper snapper for it though. My back is fine but if I got down on my knees to try that I just may not get up again. Knees would have no part of that and of late the hips are trying to catch up with knees.

 

[Intheshop]

7-08 update; 37g of Varget behind 130Lee,as sized body....slight nose bump,creates the meplat....handlube with 3-1 BW to vaseline @line near GC and the next groove only( leaving one groove empty)...

This Remingto barrel will work as a 100 yd fly swatter.Cold bore through five rounds,up through the mag hits exactly what the crosshair is covering.Barrel gets pretty durn hot with this load.

I'll end up chrono'ing this but,just to put some numbers on it.I grab the gun,step outside,blast 5 rounds then walk back in.... takes a mighty few minutes.Getting chrono out takes 10 minutes.

 

[Brad]

Did another 3.5 hours of work on the wall. One end is done, got a start on the other end. Top course is now glued down. Cap blocks will also be glued down.
Running low on crushed rock, already used 85% of a ton I would estimate.
Arms and shoulders are tired.

 

[Rick]

Looks good Brad. What kind of adhesive did you use?

Just think of all the money you saved. No need now for the price of a gym membership.

 

[Brad]

PL 500. Two tubes down, gonna need another 6-8. Wanted to get it glued down now as it might rain tomorrow evening.

And yes, we saved on the gym membership. Lots of lifting involved. Pretty much a whole body workout.

 

[freebullet]

Rain will help pl cure, we use alota 400.

Very nice job.

We are finishing this building. I got so bored I started flipping through bookmarks & ordered a cabine tree. Only been meaning to do that for 4 years now.

 

[uncle jimbo]

Starting two new projects today.
https://www.artfulbullet.com/index.php?threads/remington-1903-springfield.4031/
https://www.artfulbullet.com/index.php?threads/going-elk-hunting-this-year.4030/#post-78098
I am looking for any advice or comments on these two projects if anyone would like to offer some advice and expertise.

 

[Brad]

You will like the cabine tree. Easy to use and repeatable too.

 

[waco]

So this is what I did today.

 

[Brad]

Well done Walter. You and your brother do some fine work.
Just don't set it down and lose it.

 

[Roger Allen]

 

[Roger Allen]

Dummy removed the nuts on that tower lol. Oh well.

 

[Roger Allen]

 

[fiver]

WOW !! at least it wasn't raining.

I hear ya Brett.
my place is from 1888 and was moved to it's current location in 1958 when they built the reservoir and flooded where it used to sit next to the river.
I keep picking up the level and checking my work every time I back up and look at things from the front of the house.
one pole looks out of plumb by @ 3"s and the first header board looks like it leans down 2"s.
I see them and go double check things with one of the 2 levels and they [plus the tape measure]keep saying everything is correct.
I'm about 1/8" out of square over a 29' run so far but things don't look exactly right, and the roof edges don't come out exact.
I can fix the plywood roof edges no problem with a chalk line and some saw work, but that pole and lean 'look' are driving me nuts.

 

[waco]

My house was built in ‘52
Not a square, plumb, or level anything here.
I

 

[KeithB]

My house was built in 1947 by a railroad engineer (train driver type engineer). When it came to building houses, well, he was a pretty good train driver.

 

[Pistolero]

Waco, that is a good camo job, but I think with the wonderful sponge work, the stripes became
a bit superfluous. Really well done! I will keep that in mind, very good technique.

Bill