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neb
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2011 07:53pm
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Caveman, I must be missing something here. What kind of wood or what is it you use to carve out the profiles. I'm not sure what it is.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2011 08:17pm - Edited by: turkeyhunter
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i think he called it rich pine????.....it's the heart of a long leaf pine or slash pine, down south we call it FAT lighter, or lightered wood, the pieces he showed looks likes "knots" or where limbs were on the heart of the pine..........btw....also makes great fire starter, LLBean sells Ga fatwood as a fire starter in their catalog.
caveman correct me if i am wrong......
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neb
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2011 09:33pm
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Man that is news to me I never heard of such a thing. I need to get out of the hills.
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caveman
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# Posted: 8 Mar 2011 08:57am
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you are correct turkeyhunter, mountain folk even made tar from it by cooking it under a large wash pot and catching the drippings in a can. at least they called it tar, it smelled more like turpentine. I also posted a photo of a couple of knots on another thread here.
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Youngster
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2011 03:11pm
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Years ago I built a simple, yet sturdy, three-shelf bookcase with the help of my dad... although I don't have a cabin yet, its destined for my "future" cabin... :)
on the same note, a buddy of mine installed a "built in" bookcase off an interior wall one Saturday that turned out really cool... I'm not sure a wall-length bookcase would be very practical in a cabin environment, but a smaller version could definately work...
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2012 05:08pm
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As we have a traditional A-frame cabin, it is likely the most inefficient design possible for floor and wall space. The one thing it is good for is snow shed. My wife and I have had huge piles of clothes, bedding, towels, and more along both sides of our loft on the floor for years.
This last May we took measurements (lost the first set the year before) and I undertook building triangular shelves to put all that stuff into. As I started I realized how crude of measurements I had taken, and also that the likelihood of my cabin being exactly square was slim to none. I also failed to consider having to get them through the door, and up INTO the loft, once constructed. They took me a couple weeks to build, seal and safely package for transportation across the country. Luckily, the larger one squeaked through the door with about 1/16" of clearance, and I only had to remove one railing to get it up there. We now have ample floorspace, tons of shelf space left, and it makes the bedroom look like one. There is also a hidden felt lined compartment for a shotgun with a little magnetically attached door on the back side of the larger one.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2012 07:10pm
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nice job on the shelves----looks great and handy---
i am going to do something similar in my knee wall area in my loft.Have a door and then shelves behind it in a couple sections for bedding pillows etc.
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Rifraf
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 12:04pm
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fpw,
I love your inside table, can you share how you made that. What wood, stain and coating you used ?
Thanks
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