Better LATE than never.....SEVEN Years in Idaho! (Page 31 of 36)
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Originally Posted By Davidrw5150: Began roughing in the joinery for the legs yesterday … Red for 4x4’s for the legs, 2x4’s for the base, and red for 2x2’s for the runners…. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2526_jpeg-3558798.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2527_jpeg-3558799.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2528_jpeg-3558807.JPG The joinery was fairly basic but took a little bit to get it right…. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2529_jpeg-3558809.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2532_jpeg-3558811.JPG I am currently working on the cross braces and then will glue and fasten the base together before finishing the legs and setting the top. Awesome progress! I love how you say “basic”……..I can barely cut my pizza evenly!! Wood isn’t my thing really…..give me some steel/stick welder/rods! |
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Ok…. All is done but the shelves and the final finish on the top. Attached File The table base is longer than the block to accommodate the final shelf at the end wall. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File I will knock out the cedar shelf boards a little later. As far as the top goes it will not be used as a cutting board. Obviously the pine is to soft. However, I am going to treat it with cutting board oil and use it as a work surface for bread dough, pie crusts and the like. |
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Yet another small build using scraps that I had laying around…. I took a cedar 2x6x14 and turned it in to the new floor mat on my shower trough. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File I am going to tear out the old tile liner, clean it up and reseal it. |
| Damn, that table came out nice, and the shower floor too. Love that big honkin pine slab top. I have a Douglas fir 4x12 that was my neighbor's garage door header I asked him to save for me when he tore down his garage. Unfortunately, that slab I had to cut in half to be able to handle and it has heart center so it's split and warped pretty bad. The growth rings and patina are incredible though. |
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Originally Posted By A_G: Damn, that table came out nice, and the shower floor too. Love that big honkin pine slab top. I have a Douglas fir 4x12 that was my neighbor's garage door header I asked him to save for me when he tore down his garage. Unfortunately, that slab I had to cut in half to be able to handle and it has heart center so it's split and warped pretty bad. The growth rings and patina are incredible though. Yeah it turned out pretty nice…. I have about a pint of cutting board oil rubbed into it and have some more to go to get it ready for some good ole work! The red fir beam would be cool! |
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I didn’t get a lot of pics this morning but I dismantled the existing kitchen shelves, re-did one and built a cedar cabinet for my dishes…. After the old shelves were down I pickled the kitchen wall…. Attached File And then reinstalled one shelf for my water filters… Attached File The new cabinet will have two additional shelves ( which I am working on) and doors. Attached File Under cabinet lights will also be installed when they come in. |
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Dave, you are a craftsman. The 17 years since I worked professionally as a cabinet maker and installer have given me pause in buying tools because I was afraid of their "inability" to do something because I'd used better jointers and table saws and planers. But seeing what you're accomplishing with a basic benchtop jointer and what I think is a 12.5-13" planer tells me I should get my hands on stuff like that again. Congratulations--- You have just cost me more money   But on the flip side of that, I might start taking pictures of what I'm building  Keep up the excellent work, good Sir. You're inspiring a lot of us, I am certain. |
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Originally Posted By M4ger: Dave, you are a craftsman. The 17 years since I worked professionally as a cabinet maker and installer have given me pause in buying tools because I was afraid of their "inability" to do something because I'd used better jointers and table saws and planers. But seeing what you're accomplishing with a basic benchtop jointer and what I think is a 12.5-13" planer tells me I should get my hands on stuff like that again. Congratulations--- You have just cost me more money But on the flip side of that, I might start taking pictures of what I'm building Keep up the excellent work, good Sir. You're inspiring a lot of us, I am certain. Thank you! I appreciate your comment much more than you could imagine. Up close and personnel you would probably change your tune as I am not nearly as demanding customer of my own work. However, working on a shoestring budget and with less than optimal tools is what I am use to doing! I would love to see others works! |
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Another day, another project! I continued with the cabinets this morning. I first built one around the refrigerator to capture the exhaust off of the fridges chimney…. Attached File Attached File Attached File I the. Built a smaller version of the same cabinet I did yesterday so it went together fairly quickly… Attached File Attached File I am also working out the plans for the doors as well. I will probably do them next week as well as start the exposed copper plumbing for the bathroom and kitchen. |
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Nice work Dave, great progress as well. I wouldn't be concerned with how any of thr woodwork looks "up close". First, it's a cabin and not Bezos's mansions/yachts/jets and second, what you're able to accomplish working outside with basic tools and machines is extraordinary. Always look forward to seeing updates, and i thank you again since I know it's a PITA to take pictures, upload, write captions, etc. |
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Originally Posted By Davidrw5150: Another day, another project! I continued with the cabinets this morning. I first built one around the refrigerator to capture the exhaust off of the fridges chimney…. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2583_jpeg-3564536.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2585_jpeg-3564541.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2586_jpeg-3564542.JPG I the. Built a smaller version of the same cabinet I did yesterday so it went together fairly quickly… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2590_jpeg-3564543.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_2594_jpeg-3564545.JPG I am also working out the plans for the doors as well. I will probably do them next week as well as start the exposed copper plumbing for the bathroom and kitchen. You look like you're building rackmount cabinets 
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Originally Posted By A_G: Nice work Dave, great progress as well. I wouldn't be concerned with how any of thr woodwork looks "up close". First, it's a cabin and not Bezos's mansions/yachts/jets and second, what you're able to accomplish working outside with basic tools and machines is extraordinary. Always look forward to seeing updates, and i thank you again since I know it's a PITA to take pictures, upload, write captions, etc. I’m not that concerned, it’s just that the pics tend to hide some of the ‘flaws’ that are inherent in most of my work. lol! Taking the pics is part of my work now. I always update my dad back in OH with my pics so I don’t even think twice most of the time when I take pics… the videos were the real time killer. Although I have been toying with the idea of doing some limited videos again. |
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Originally Posted By M4ger: You look like you're building rackmount cabinets https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/401845/IMG_20241103_175423380_jpg-3367321.JPG If you mean as simple of a box as you can, and still support some weight, then yes, I am building rack mount cabinets! |
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Today I soldered on……. at least I tried. Very, very rusty. I started the visible copper plumbing for the cabin. Attached File This is where the water will come in and the on demand water heater will mount on this wall. Attached File Attached File Here the pipes continue through the pantry and will go to kitchen.Attached File The shower valves…. I am waiting for an 8 inch copper rain fall shower head to come in… Attached File These are stubbed out for the brass faucets for the bathroom vanity. I need to get a few more elbows and such to finish but should have all the plumbing stubbed in and ready to go by Sunday. I will still need to do the drains under the cabin and then run the gas lines to the bathroom for the water heater. |
| Looks great, is your plumbing system easy to purge? Wondering about preventing freezing up if you went away. |
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Today, I built doors for the bathroom cabinet door for the bathroom. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Final door adjustments and deciding on the hardware |
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Nice build on that cabinet. Only thing I would suggest, being in a bathroom where humidity will inherently be higher, is to add another screw to the batten on the door so the boards are less likely to cup over time. Regarding the plumbing, and you may have answered this way before, but how do you keep your storage tank from freezing up? The exposed copper has a really nice look to it. 
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Originally Posted By A_G: Nice build on that cabinet. Only thing I would suggest, being in a bathroom where humidity will inherently be higher, is to add another screw to the batten on the door so the boards are less likely to cup over time. Regarding the plumbing, and you may have answered this way before, but how do you keep your storage tank from freezing up? The exposed copper has a really nice look to it. The boards are t&g and they are also glued. Hopefully that will prevent any cupping in the future. The water tank is in an insulated shed right behind the cabin and I keep a small propane heater running on low in the winter to help prevent the pipes and pump from freezing. However, it would take one heck of a cold snap for the 2100 gallon tank to actually freeze. The little heater can be adjusted to keep the shed around 34-36 degrees in all but extended sub zero weather. So far….. lol |
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Originally Posted By Davidrw5150: The boards are t&g and they are also glued. Hopefully that will prevent any cupping in the future. The water tank is in an insulated shed right behind the cabin and I keep a small propane heater running on low in the winter to help prevent the pipes and pump from freezing. However, it would take one heck of a cold snap for the 2100 gallon tank to actually freeze. The little heater can be adjusted to keep the shed around 34-36 degrees in all but extended sub zero weather. So far….. lol Originally Posted By Davidrw5150: Originally Posted By A_G: Nice build on that cabinet. Only thing I would suggest, being in a bathroom where humidity will inherently be higher, is to add another screw to the batten on the door so the boards are less likely to cup over time. Regarding the plumbing, and you may have answered this way before, but how do you keep your storage tank from freezing up? The exposed copper has a really nice look to it. The boards are t&g and they are also glued. Hopefully that will prevent any cupping in the future. The water tank is in an insulated shed right behind the cabin and I keep a small propane heater running on low in the winter to help prevent the pipes and pump from freezing. However, it would take one heck of a cold snap for the 2100 gallon tank to actually freeze. The little heater can be adjusted to keep the shed around 34-36 degrees in all but extended sub zero weather. So far….. lol Nice 
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Continued with my copper plumbing today….. The bathroom is fully plumbed sans hot water heater ….. Attached File Attached File And I swapped out valves for the shower… Attached File I also installed all the kitchen plumbing for the sink faucet and after a supply run tomorrow I will finish the fill faucets for both water filters…. Attached File Attached File |
| I enjoy working with copper pipe. Yours is next level nicely done. |
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Originally Posted By ColtRifle: I enjoy working with copper pipe. Yours is next level nicely done. Originally Posted By A_G: Well done Dave. Tedious work this is, but lots of progress. Let's see what I get done this weekend.    Originally Posted By TigerForce: I like the plumbing- that should get the job done, for a long time! Well next weekend I plan on hooking it all up and pressure testing it ….. I am expecting 3-5 leaks and I am being optimistic. 🤣 |
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Ok….. I was close! Three leaks when I hooked up the water. One was in the absolute worst spot, but after a plethora of pejoratives I finally persevered. Lol, I sound educated! Anyway, here is the pressure switch I am using to run my water pump. It’s a 120v well pump but darned if it doesn’t run on 12v as well. Attached File I hooked up the water heater…. Attached File Attached File Set the shower head….. Attached File And I finally have plumbed in hot and cold running water in three different locations! Attached File |
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I also have the water filter fill stations up and running also….. Attached File All of the remaining metal is up in the bathroom as well…. Attached File Attached File I should have the tub installed tomorrow with the shower curtains and also the vanity as well. |
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Wow, that looks great! What does the water heater run off of? As an aside, I did finally paint the 9 doors I built for house, this weekend. A damn year after I completed them. Now I have to install them one by one, modifying the existing jambs. I'm still exhausted and beat to shit from the preparatory work (turning my pergola into a spray booth and staging everything) and man handling them around. I don't know how you do everything you do and you're older than me. |
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Originally Posted By A_G: Wow, that looks great! What does the water heater run off of? As an aside, I did finally paint the 9 doors I built for house, this weekend. A damn year after I completed them. Now I have to install them one by one, modifying the existing jambs. I'm still exhausted and beat to shit from the preparatory work (turning my pergola into a spray booth and staging everything) and man handling them around. I don't know how you do everything you do and you're older than me. Water heater is propane. It’s actually a portable camp shower heater that I have been using since I came out and have had no problems with it. (So far) That’s awesome! You should post a few pics of your work. I would love to see them. As I said, a plethora of pejoratives usually gets me through my projects! |
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Installed the shower today….. Attached File And the shower curtain rod….. still waiting on the second outer curtain though…. Attached File Then I installed the vanity and sink. Some trim work, a few cabinets and a sawdust container are all that remain. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Well, this week I had a close call on a delivery due to my own complacency at work. A series of events aligned and life reached up and took a bite…….. Attached File A large unit of Trex decking, uneven ground, and an unseen underground void led to an almost disaster….. The ground under the out riggers gave way when the unit slid forward on the forks and dumped the load as you see it driving the forks two feet into the ground and tossing me off the mast and into the fence. Yep I was on and off the lift several times and failed to wear the seat belt. Bruised, battered and almost concussed I was able to unload the forks, restack the decking with only one piece slightly damaged, and with the help of the homeowners tractor right the lift and go about the rest of my deliveries that day. That being said…. My projects this weekend were curtailed a bit. I built a new box for our composting toilet…. Attached File Attached File I then built a a door for the cabinet that my mom built this week in the bathroom…. Attached File Attached File The rest of the weekend will be set aside for vehicle maintenance and my own recuperation. |
| Glad to hear the mishap didn't cause any permanent injuries. I was just talking to my wife's uncle about the sick feeling you get when the ass end of your machine unexpectedly comes off the ground. After the fact, I always think "Dumbass, why didn't you just lower your load??" Easier said than done! |
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Just a quick update ….. I went to start milling my floor boards about three weeks ago only to find that my mill wouldn’t run…… after only 9 hours of operation… Well, being an electronic fuel injected motor with all the sensors and computer it was beyond my ability to diagnose. So I had to haul it 74 miles to a certified shop for some warranty work. Luckily it coincided with a run up north for work…. Attached File I got a call that an O2 sensor needed replaced and I am still waiting to hear back from them. In the meantime my neighbor came up a couple weeks ago and asked if I could help put a roof on his new hay barn ( his old one burned down about 18 mos ago) and the contractor walked off the job. So over the last two weekends I finished the gable and eaves and then installed the metal….. Attached File Attached File Attached File This was all accomplished last weekend and yesterday with the help of a couple of his family members we finished the rest of the metal. I am still waiting to hear back from the shop on the mill and I am heading to Ohio at the end of the month to visit my dad…… I’m flying this year as opposed to taking the bike. |
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I'm only halfway through the thread so far but I'm going to get caught up. I'm a fairly recent transplant to the panhandle too but I drug a whole family out here. 5 of us staring into our third winter in an rv and a semi dry cabin. Lol I'm learning from your cabin builds. It looks like pier and beam is the way to go for diy foundations. Thanks for documenting everything! ETA: all caught up. I don't feel like this pile of ponderosa logs that I cut this spring are as useless as I was thinking, after seeing all of the stuff you built out of pine. I have been thinking about getting a chainsaw mill and trying to build shed using some of the wood for the big posts and beams. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By DFARM: I'm only halfway through the thread so far but I'm going to get caught up. I'm a fairly recent transplant to the panhandle too but I drug a whole family out here. 5 of us staring into our third winter in an rv and a semi dry cabin. Lol I'm learning from your cabin builds. It looks like pier and beam is the way to go for diy foundations. Thanks for documenting everything! ETA: all caught up. I don't feel like this pile of ponderosa logs that I cut this spring are as useless as I was thinking, after seeing all of the stuff you built out of pine. I have been thinking about getting a chainsaw mill and trying to build shed using some of the wood for the big posts and beams. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/78442/1000008258_jpg-3610463.JPG Do it! I don’t think you’ll regret it! A quick update…. I got my mill back Thursday…. It was a bad O2 sensor apparently. I flew out Friday to visit my dad back in Ohio. Gonna be here for a week or so. Then it’s back to get busy on my flooring for the cabin! |
