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paulz
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# Posted: 15 Jul 2024 12:17pm - Edited by: paulz
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Quoting: paulz referral shop has it now
Got the split rim flat fixed and truck back on all 6 legs.Not getting an estimate I’d been worrying about the typical auto repair escalation (“We had to replace the tire, comes to $800….), but I got off easy. They did find a pin hole in the tube (I witnessed that with soapy water) which I guess caused the flat in the first place, and replaced the tube fearing a patch might not last. Total cost 60 bucks, happily paid. I’ll put a patch on the old tube and wait for the creek to fill up enough to float around. 
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Fanman
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# Posted: 16 Jul 2024 10:12am
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I do a fair amount of woodworking when I have the time. I especially like working with the twisty branches and roots of mountain laurel. Mostly lamps, but also some small tables. But right now getting the new plane together is occupying most of my free time when I'm not at the cabin.
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paulz
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# Posted: 16 Jul 2024 12:53pm - Edited by: paulz
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Wow those are nice Fanmam!
I’ve been up to a less artistic wood project last couple weeks. The local fire station (I’m a volunteer) has a 4x25’ sidewalk out front, very old and rotting 2x pressure treat. I have enough leftover redwood from my deck I milled a few years ago, and have tasked myself with replacing it. So far I’ve been running it through my poor old Delta planer, have it just about ready to drag down there.
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paulz
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# Posted: 11 Oct 2024 09:20pm
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Quoting: paulz Another relic still hanging out at the cabin.. My first wood attempt, this table, from junior high, 7th grade. Just a slice of wood sanded to angles on two sides. Made the legs too. I should refinish it but it has a warp, maybe a water soak under weight. How these things have lasted this long and made it through all the moves in my life is odd, but here they are..
Today I was trying to shoot an arrow with fishing line tied to it over a tree branch about 80’ up. No luck with that but then ran across this grade school table I made that I told myself I would give some attention to. I had soaked it in water a few months ago and got most of the warp out. Today I ran the planer and belt sander over it, trimmed the ends. Just needs a new coat of whatever I have, spray paint the legs and new screws.
I’ll probably find a nice home for it in the cabin to remind me how little I’ve progressed in the last half a century.
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ICC
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# Posted: 11 Oct 2024 10:12pm
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That's what tools and time are for. 
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paulz
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2024 01:51pm
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Brought some clear poly out and brushed the top (drying on the wood stove). Not perfect but has to look like a 7th grader made it. I might be an 8th grader by now..
Still have to get some black spray paint for the legs, then my cabin decor will be complete.
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paulz
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# Posted: 1 Nov 2024 07:35pm
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So while searching for tv channels that aren’t there I rattle canned the table legs and put them back on. I made those too back when, pure 7th grade engineering, hammered the rod flat for screw holes.
Kinda cute though. Might have turned out into a furniture designer if all those cars and motorcycles hadn’t gotten in the way. 
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Fanman
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# Posted: 4 Nov 2024 02:53am
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This is a table I made some years ago. The table top is from an oak tree in front of the cabin we felled because it was in danger of falling on the cabin. When splitting it for firewood, one piece came out as a flat slab, so flat it only needed a bit of planing to get to what you see here. The legs are mountain laurel from the area, too.
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ICC
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# Posted: 4 Nov 2024 04:20am
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Nice use of found materials.
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paulz
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2024 02:36pm - Edited by: paulz
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That is beautiful Fanman. I have a leftover chunk I figured I’d make into something but noticed a crack in it yesterday, guess it’s just firewood now.
But, back to childhood projects, i dug up this 8 track tape box I made and hauled around in my hot rods for years. Should be an easy one, just some glue, sandpaper and poly. I can keep my meds in it now!
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ICC
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2024 03:15pm - Edited by: ICC
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Quoting: paulz noticed a crack
It might not be applicable to this but sometimes cracks, knots, etc can be filled with a cyanoacrylate glue, sanded and used. I have been using Starbond for years. They have some colored medium to thick varieties. When used with their accelarator flaws can be filled quickly. They have several videos illustrating how to do.
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Store CA in fridge and it can last a couple years. I have a dedicated "glue shelf" in my fridge.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2024 05:46pm
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Those 'checks' (as Ive often heard wood folks say) can happen even if you end treat the log, but if you have something to save it is worth a try to keep the ends 'capped' off.
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Malamute
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2024 09:53pm - Edited by: Malamute
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I got out of motorcycles in the late 80s, it started to seem too dangerous. I knew several guys that had been killed or seriously hurt riding, and I had a few close calls. I basically traded that for living, hiking, camping, often out under the stars, in grizzly country.
Many years later, life changing injuries have seriously affected my ability to do much of the things I like in the mountains, and the big guns for bears arent on my list of things I can do due to the back and shoulder injuries. That, and a little go-around with leukemia, I started thinking about bikes again. The Knuckleheads (1936-47) like I had in the past had become insanely expensive, Panheads (1948-65) were still realistically priced, later Shovels (1966-84) were pretty reasonable. Nothing newer had any draw to me whatsoever.
I ended up with an 84 Low Rider, did a few modifications, added a sidecar for my dog and so I dont fall over at corners from the bum back, hip and shoulder, and have been back into the game a bit.
I started messing around with odds and ends of old parts and am now planning an early Panhead (48-52-ish) project and a later pan project swingarm bike. I rode the 47 all over N Az and cross country many times. Im not doing any long rides again, but tooling around the Forest Service roads in N Az and the Sedona area are what really draw me.
Id like to do some short overnighters as well as day trip rides. A cargo trailer camper to haul the bike and sidecar and give me a comfortable camp and travel rig are part of the plan. Getting out of the N Rockies during winter is the plan from now forward if I can swing it.
The dog in the pic is now gone, she didnt like riding. New dog will get her chance soon.
Second pic was 1983, bike was the 1947 I built from parts in about 1980.
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paulz
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2024 10:49pm
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Cool! Had a few HDs in my time, shovel being newest. I’m pretty messed up now too, all I’ve managed to ride lately is one of my side hacks. With the dog too, he’s in that thing 2 seconds after I open the garage door. Rides around like he’s royalty or something.
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Malamute
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2024 03:36pm - Edited by: Malamute
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Nice!
Im looking forward to riding the sidecar rig on the dirt roads. Have you seen any of Aras videos? He and his dog Spirit rode all over the west for several years in the summers a few years back.
These are a couple fun ones that served to inspire me to do the sidecar thing and be able to take the dog. I didnt have much interest in Death Valley before seeing this second vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov170xSx0L4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTxAjM9JaX4
In the 1980s I rode my '47 on Dry Creek Rd to the Vultee Arch trailhead, up Schnebly Hill Rd, and on many of the Forest Service roads in the Verde Valley. I watch the web cams for Sedona in the winter and think "Dang! I could be riding or hiking or just being outside if i were there!"
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2024 04:02pm
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Looks like time for a 'Sidecar' thread 
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Malamute
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2024 05:40pm - Edited by: Malamute
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One other hobby, or fascination perhaps, is old rifles. Ive rescued a couple 1894 Winchester carbines, one was a very badly used and abused ranch gun from Arizona that was made in 1927. It functioned, but felt like it was full of mud or sludge. Im not sure it had ever been cleaned. The bore was moderately pitted, the magazine tube had been damaged and shortened at some point and crudely done, probably at the ranch, the front sight replaced with part of a dime, the finish was mostly worn to silverish color, the butt stock was so chipped and damaged I threw it away, and put a stock someone else was going to throw away on it, it was a definite step up.
I stripped it down, soaked all the parts in carb cleaner for a few weeks, and reassembled. It functioned very crisply, like a new gun. I replaced the shortened magazine tube, and discovered the magazine spring had worn through in two spots and been spliced together with sewing thread. Remarkably, it had still worked. It became my rainy weather and truck gun. I later found an old barrel in a little better shape and had it cut to 16 1/2", it then became very handy was a general walk around gun for the hills. With round ball loads it was in the 22 LR power class and about as loud. Perfect for snakes and grouse up close. With 115 gr cast bullets and 6 1/2 gr Unique it was in the 32-20 power range, nice for small game. With regular loads it was fine for deer and whatever short of grizzlies I may run into. used it one year for deer. I often carry it around the yard in the evening for skunk patrol. Ive had it for about 40 years.
Another neglected 1894 was from 1919. It was just a barrel and action, a guy had robbed the rest of the parts to restore an 1892. I thought Id use the barrel on the 1927 gun, but started thinking I had all the parts to get it back complete, so did. it has the early carbine type sight, often called a ladder sight. I managed to hit the 600 yard plate with it with someone spotting and calling my shots to walk them in. Good fun.
The 1927 gun out for a dog walk.
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paulz
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2024 11:32pm
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Quoting: Malamute These are a couple fun ones that served to inspire me to
Hadn’t seen those, Spirit sure enjoyed it! Me, I’ve seen/been to Death Valley, the Valley of the Gods looked very cool, but I guess if you’re around those rock towers long enough they just start to look like one another.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 13 Nov 2024 01:18am - Edited by: gcrank1
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Way to go Mal, good save on the rifles. I discovered long ago also about the downloaded 30-30 to 32-20 as a fine walkabout cartridge.
Been a hobby machinist and g-smith, reloader and comp shooter for decades. Well, back when I could see....
Now I just try to do sub-dime groups at 50yd for fun.
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paulz
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2024 03:08pm
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Ok airplane guys. A friend of mine, airline captain, stopped by the cabin yesterday. He shared a link to another old pilot who has been researching the only unsolved high jacking in history, DB Cooper in 1971. Younger members may not know about it but big deal to us back then.
Three part video. So who was he?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=probable+cause+db+cooper
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Fanman
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2024 03:38pm
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Lots of theories, but nobody knows for sure.
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ICC
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2024 04:06pm
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We shall never know
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paulz
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2024 04:30pm
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Yeah pretty obvious when you watch the video. He interviews the pilots, mechanics..
“He survived the jump!”
“He died!”
“It was my uncle Bob!”
“It was paratrooper Frank!”
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 22 Nov 2024 04:27pm - Edited by: KinAlberta
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At the lake, when not mowing all the fricken grass or fixing everything that is aging and failing…
I like to plant various seedlings and berry bushes (and spread berries, cones and oak acorns into the bush during walks) and put up birdhouses and winter roosts for wildbirds. Since the property has large areas dominated by aspen/poplar I also move small spruce trees around and off the edges of our trails (have about 5-6 km of walking trails).
Over several falls I’ve also planted literally hundreds of flower bulbs (crocus, tulip, etc) along the trails to see what might survive and naturalize. Mostly likely just become deer food but we’ll see over time. At the very least they provide a little novelty experience to our neighbours walking the trails.
My repurposing of old porch lights, etc. into birdhouses (even large owl houses) has been an economical way to spend a bit of time and takes busted up stuff off the hands of Habitat for Humanity. Eventually though I plan to judt build about 100 wooden birdhouses.
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paulz
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2024 10:56am
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Very nice Kin. I need a nice safe hobby like that, instead of chainsaw juggling.
Bit more on DB Cooper. Seems the guy who made the videos above has convinced the FBI to reopen the case and test a parachute he uncovered. I hear he’s a bit of a showman so we’ll see what their testing reveals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-parachute-fbi-possession-may-201700706.html
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Fanman
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2024 05:59pm
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Gryder isn't very respected in the aviation community. On his youtube channel he tries to be the first to tell everybody what caused a crash, long before the NTSB has done their investigation... and he usually doesn't know what he's talking about.
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paulz
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2024 07:44pm
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Yeah I get that impression. Not holding my breath..
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Curly
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2024 08:35pm
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Nice hobby, Kin. I put up a wood duck house last spring, but no duck moved in this year. I have an old mail box that may become an owl house. I also maintain some trails using a walk behind brush mower, but the older I get, the more I like the idea of getting a brush mower attachment for my tractor. It's on my wish list.
That reminds me of a riding mower I saw parked at a restaurant a few years ago (see pic). I appreciated the owner's preparedness. He must be a boy scout - always prepared. I especially liked the twig used for the gas can's cap.
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 27 Nov 2024 09:50pm
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Quoting: Curly I also maintain some trails using a walk behind brush mower, but the older I get, the more I like the idea of getting a brush mower attachment for my tractor.
We have a Jari sicklebar mower that my brother takes out periodically but a riding mower does a good job on the encroaching plants <1”.)
The real credit goes to a full-time neighbour who both mows the trails and chainsaws up all the downfall. (Beavers have been making things worse by clearcutting a few acres along one trail.)
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