freemotion
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Very cool, is it all made of metal?
Jason closes his journal... Thanks!! I love you!!
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Yes, the sign is made in three parts, one side is welded to the post, on that side I used a stud gun to place 1/4 20 stainless steel studs. The center, which is solid, painted yellow, has clearance holes drilled to fit over the studs. The back face, same as the first side, tractor cutouts, has also clearence holes to fit over the studs. Than I used some anti-sieze on the studs, place the three pieces together like a sandwhich, and used SS nuts to tighten them together. The reason I used SS fastners is so that they won't rust and the sign will be easier to take apart and re-paint in the future.
I used a epoxy grade industrial primer (4 mils thick) and automotive paint ( 2 coats, maybe 2 mils thick ).
Because the tiller still sells for around 800.00 used, the firepit rings were only 200.00 each my cost to make them. I had a budget of 400.00 more dollars to use, the time and materials for the sign was only 185.00, so I used the remainder of my budget for the primer and paint.
Rainchains...
Yes you do have to have down spouts in order for them to function. They only funnel 60-65% of the water coming down them and really are a decor thing. They are a very faddish item.
Some years ago, I sold over 300 feet to a client in Australia that had one of those tree top houses.
I used a epoxy grade industrial primer (4 mils thick) and automotive paint ( 2 coats, maybe 2 mils thick ).
Because the tiller still sells for around 800.00 used, the firepit rings were only 200.00 each my cost to make them. I had a budget of 400.00 more dollars to use, the time and materials for the sign was only 185.00, so I used the remainder of my budget for the primer and paint.
Rainchains...
Yes you do have to have down spouts in order for them to function. They only funnel 60-65% of the water coming down them and really are a decor thing. They are a very faddish item.
Some years ago, I sold over 300 feet to a client in Australia that had one of those tree top houses.
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DS made me a present, a birdhouse. He took some of the things I am proud of myself and incorperated them into a wonderful gift.
He had been working on a secret project for about 2 weeks in his free time. He finished it last night and wrapped it up and gave it to me this afternoon.
Can't wait to hang it!!!!
He had been working on a secret project for about 2 weeks in his free time. He finished it last night and wrapped it up and gave it to me this afternoon.
Can't wait to hang it!!!!
gettinaclue
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That is outstanding!
He did a terrific job!
God bless the USA!
Air Assault!
He did a terrific job!
God bless the USA!
Air Assault!
lorihadams
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That is sooooo cute! What a sweetheart!
TanksHill
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Very talented and creative. He must get that from his Mum. 
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Tankshill,
LOL! Had a friend of mine tell DH and I it was obvious that DS got his good looks from DH...because I still had mine.
HA!
LOL! Had a friend of mine tell DH and I it was obvious that DS got his good looks from DH...because I still had mine.
HA!
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LOL... G, your too funny....
Did you see the pretty colours DS painted the birdhouse in?
I know the drill now, one yank at a time, and the rebels will be part of the colony once again.
Just when I have thrown out the Boston Tea Party, she reminds me that I am a rebel, a no tax paying one at that. So I say Yorktown... We lived just a few miles from the battlefield in VA, so I kinda rubbed it in. Since, its a game of nationality and proper words and meanings of sayings.
Did you see the pretty colours DS painted the birdhouse in?
I know the drill now, one yank at a time, and the rebels will be part of the colony once again. Just when I have thrown out the Boston Tea Party, she reminds me that I am a rebel, a no tax paying one at that. So I say Yorktown... We lived just a few miles from the battlefield in VA, so I kinda rubbed it in. Since, its a game of nationality and proper words and meanings of sayings.
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What good fun we had today learning how to make maple syrup, and the history of making it, a free coarse offered by the state for folks that want to make their own.
It started with learning the trees and the way the Indians would make it, but the camera was being moody today.
So lets skip to the time of the settlers. These three photos show tools and methods used by ss settlers to gather sap and cook it down.
After wwII and some people still use the pail method to gather their sap today.
A modern cooker, russian designed, which you cook the sap into syrup in three different compartments.
We spent the first hour in class learning the process and moved outside and walked through the stages of gathering, tools, and processing sap to syrup. There were only 4 groups today, the class is open three weeks a year to visitors. After all the info we were taught, we have booklets as guides they gave us, at the end of the class we were all given a half pint of maple syrup the park people had made this year.
It really isn't hard to do, you just need to learn how. I will be making some next year for my family, rather we are going to be making it for ourselves. I feel that one more step to being SS is completed now.
It started with learning the trees and the way the Indians would make it, but the camera was being moody today.
So lets skip to the time of the settlers. These three photos show tools and methods used by ss settlers to gather sap and cook it down.
After wwII and some people still use the pail method to gather their sap today.
A modern cooker, russian designed, which you cook the sap into syrup in three different compartments.
We spent the first hour in class learning the process and moved outside and walked through the stages of gathering, tools, and processing sap to syrup. There were only 4 groups today, the class is open three weeks a year to visitors. After all the info we were taught, we have booklets as guides they gave us, at the end of the class we were all given a half pint of maple syrup the park people had made this year.
It really isn't hard to do, you just need to learn how. I will be making some next year for my family, rather we are going to be making it for ourselves. I feel that one more step to being SS is completed now.
freemotion
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So.....from the pictures you posted, the settlers' method....do you think taps could be made from a bamboo pole, cut up? And can the taps be set low so the bucket can sit on the ground? Are they set higher for the convenience of the person gathering the sap, or are they set higher for another reason???
It sure would be much more fun (for me and the way my mind works) if I could make a small batch next year without spending a dime. I get such a kick out of that. I know taps and buckets aren't outrageously expensive and can be had on craigslist around here for something like $6-10 apiece, but....waddaya think?
It sure would be much more fun (for me and the way my mind works) if I could make a small batch next year without spending a dime. I get such a kick out of that. I know taps and buckets aren't outrageously expensive and can be had on craigslist around here for something like $6-10 apiece, but....waddaya think?
