Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

[WesternWyoming]

We use Minwax "Provincial" stain. Sometimes with a bit of "Light Walnut" or "Early American" near the bases where it should be darker. Here's a restored bleached out deadhead my daughter did a couple of years ago. Three points at the end of right main beam and about two inches of G2 on left side were gone and had to be rebuilt.View attachment 254663

Nice! Thanks.

 

[mtmuley]

Before and after. A little theater. It's amazing with the sound insulation we installed that the sound system can't be heard outside of the theater. mtmuley

 

[millerkiller77]

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Before and after. A little theater. It's amazing with the sound insulation we installed that the sound system can't be heard outside of the theater. mtmuley

Looks pretty damn good. Did you use the membrane rolls or the sound board?

 

[Western Traveler1]

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Finally completed the mahogany trim this summer but managed to put 5000+ miles before I did.

 

[mtmuley]

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Before and after. A little theater. It's amazing with the sound insulation we installed that the sound system can't be heard outside of the theater. mtmuley

There was a 1/4 thick acoustical rubber membrane applied over the framing. Both walls and ceiling. All openings around outlets, lighting and speakers sealed. Then a hat channel with acoustical isolators. Then 1/2 plywood. Then the shiplap siding. There are 17 speakers and subwoofers in the space. All of it is controlled remotely. mtmuley

 

[BenP]

That turkey is unbelievably impressive.. I assume the fan is real, yeah?
Beautiful work, sir

Just saw this. Yes the fan is from a Jake I shot and I rigged a collapsing jig for it so it folds just like a real bird.
Thank you.

Here is some of the process

 

[KB_]

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Before and after. A little theater. It's amazing with the sound insulation we installed that the sound system can't be heard outside of the theater. mtmuley

Guessing you converted your garage so I have a couple questions.
Did you remove the door completely and close it all in?
How did you convince your significant other to let you do that?

Great job by the way!

 

[Matt Dworak]

Chainsaw milling lumber for our new place, its both one of the stupidest and coolest/most rewarding things I’ve done in awhile. Working on door casings and baseboards currently. Once I get those knocked out I’m planning a live edge island countertop, that I’m actually looking forward to. The base and case is just painful.

 

[mtmuley]

Guessing you converted your garage so I have a couple questions.
Did you remove the door completely and close it all in?
How did you convince your significant other to let you do that?

Great job by the way!

It was built for a client. mtmuley

 

[buckbull]

Chainsaw milling lumber for our new place, its both one of the stupidest and coolest/most rewarding things I’ve done in awhile. Working on door casings and baseboards currently. Once I get those knocked out I’m planning a live edge island countertop, that I’m actually looking forward to. The base and case is just painful.
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What chainsaw mill are you using?

 

[Matt Dworak]

What chainsaw mill are you using?

Logosol F2

 

[LuketheDog]

The base and case is just painful.

Why? Just the work of getting the material down to size?

 

[Matt Dworak]

Why? Just the work of getting the material down to size?

Yep, it’s just terribly slow compared to having trim dropped from the lumberyard and just cutting to length and hanging. I’ve got to force myself to slow down and just get into a groove. From milling the actual logs, ripping them to finish dimensions, sanding each piece, then staining (clear satin poly). The actual installation is a breeze.

I am looking forward to building individual elements, island countertop, shelving and hoping to build a bar in the basement with homemade (beetle kill) boards but baseboard and door casing just isn’t too sexy.

 

[Redmt]

Chainsaw milling lumber for our new place, its both one of the stupidest and coolest/most rewarding things I’ve done in awhile. Working on door casings and baseboards currently. Once I get those knocked out I’m planning a live edge island countertop, that I’m actually looking forward to. The base and case is just painful.
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The chainsaw mill is a back breaker. You are definitely paying the price for every board.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Yep, it’s just terribly slow compared to having trim dropped from the lumberyard and just cutting to length and hanging. I’ve got to force myself to slow down and just get into a groove. From milling the actual logs, ripping them to finish dimensions, sanding each piece, then staining (clear satin poly). The actual installation is a breeze.

I am looking forward to building individual elements, island countertop, shelving and hoping to build a bar in the basement with homemade (beetle kill) boards but baseboard and door casing just isn’t too sexy.

Not sure I agree. I used weathered junk lumber to do the casings and baseboard when I remodeled my porch this past year. Turned out okay.

 

[LuketheDog]

Yep, it’s just terribly slow compared to having trim dropped from the lumberyard and just cutting to length and hanging. I’ve got to force myself to slow down and just get into a groove. From milling the actual logs, ripping them to finish dimensions, sanding each piece, then staining (clear satin poly). The actual installation is a breeze.

I am looking forward to building individual elements, island countertop, shelving and hoping to build a bar in the basement with homemade (beetle kill) boards but baseboard and door casing just isn’t too sexy.

Did you used a planer to get to finished dimensions or do it all with the saw? I could see using the chainsaw to get down to 1x4 as being brain damage! Looks good though

 

[buck23]

Decided to make a walnut table for my wife and her kitchen nook and used some metal legs I had kept around for some reason. Took quite a bit of time to go from a 22 inch black walnut tree I cut down last year, sawmilled into slabs , dried then built into a table. I finished using epoxy, first time I have ever did that type of coating on anything wood. She is happy so it worked out good.

 

[shrapnel]

My ability is what I can do with a chainsaw or hatchet. A friend of mine took it serious and bought the plans to build a driftboat.

He started with just the plans, this is not a kit. All curves and corners are hand built and hand fit to an exacting standard…

 

[nwihunter]

My ability is what I can do with a chainsaw or hatchet. A friend of mine took it serious and bought the plans to build a driftboat.

He started with just the plans, this is not a kit. All curves and corners are hand built and hand fit to en exacting standard…


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Damn that is impressive. I definitely do not have the patience to tackle a project like that.

 

[shrapnel]

Damn that is impressive. I definitely do not have the patience to tackle a project like that.

When he was first married, he called me asked if I knew how to fix a drain in a kitchen sink. I asked him “how hard can it be, a plumber can do it?”

I oversimplified it and since then he has taken on some pretty crafty projects. He just called a week ago, asking if I knew where to find body shop tools, he wants to start working on cars now…