The DIY thread

[Rockstar]

Interesting, ever think of taking it a step further and pan for gold? Might give you something to do on the weekends.

[em2nought]

This trommel takes me back to the old days and mounting alternators on detroit diesels in LCMs and OMBs. Luckily the HTs were my friends, but man we made some ugly mounting brackets. It's amazing how many people can't line something up in parallel to save themselves. Belts would come off every time a boat ran. Went thru the entire shop roster on the T-boat until I finally went out myself and fixed it for good.

The three rocks seem like they would be a good addition to a rotating composter as well.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Interesting, ever think of taking it a step further and pan for gold? Might give you something to do on the weekends.

This place is ore barren. The only thing I'd find is clay, limestone, limestone, some more limestone and maybe another kilo of clay

Originally Posted by em2nought

The three rocks seem like they would be a good addition to a rotating composter as well.

That's the next thing I have on my mind

[Betonov]

So after I bought the Kukri the poor thing just lay on the shelve like a third grade folding knife.

So first of all I needed a template. Kukris are hand made and each one is a bit different so no online template for me. Luckily I had a pizza box nearby


What follows is just regular sawing and sanding. The sanding goes a lot easier if you watch a movie while you do it. I saw 2 episodes of Hercule Poirot and Child 44.

The trickiest part was connecting the holders with the base.
I marked where to drill a pilot hole trough the base, made the hole, put the holders on their places and just drilled a little bit trough so the drill left a mark on the holder. Then I just made a nice and deep pilot holes inside the holders.
Some glue at the bottom and I just screwed the holders gently in place and left the glue to dry. Which in this heat took about 3 seconds.

Here's the stand with and without the knife



And in my room



I'm not finished yet. I'm thinking of burning the Nepal flag on the base and then find a nice cherry red lacquer to complement the rosewood handle.
I'm too broke right now for such luxuries

[Rockstar]

I got a house which was finished in 1895 and I am currently renovating the upstairs bathroom which up until the time I arrived used to have a heavy cast iron claw foot tub.

Anyway, I took up the old plank subfloor and the joists are exposed top and bottom, they are the usual hand cut true 2x8 used for everything in homes this old. Outwardly they looked ok but after dry fitting a new subfloor I notice two joists underneath where the tub used to be had a serious of sag in them.

I now plan to replace all the joists. Anyone familiar with the latest construction requirements for the minimum size floor joist needed to span 9.5 feet 16 inch on center?




btw the old tub is NOT going back. It was so heavy that we could not get it down stairs. I covered it with old tarp and took a 10 pound sledge and it shattered into pieces.

[Aktungbby]

I had to do similar to the sagging main bath floor. Do not forget to hot mop! I'm no carpenter so I just take careful notes (learn as I explore the mess at hand; and reverse engineer-thank god for wood-shop in the eight grade) as I and my jedi rotozip dismantle and then redo whatever. I Actually discovered this instant hotmop surface on the set of TV show 'Trauma' for a scene when the carpenters swiftly built the inside of a Hornblower dinner boat for a flood scene and kept it in the back of my head(eureka!) for do-it-yourself bath floor stuff including under the tub area or under the kitchen sink! and on hull holes to Catalinas. If your house is that old, how's the toilet flange lookin' while your at it? No sense doing what your doing and leaving that gizmo to fail on a redone floor! It would really piss U off! this video cracks me up; it's exactly what my bath looks like!

[Rockstar]

All the plumbing hot, cold water, grey and black water drains flanges etc. etc. are gone. Nothing left but the sewage stack and capped off water supply lines. It is as they say "gutted".

Old copper pipes had sweated through the years and rotted out a lot pf the floor. When they installed a toilet some years later the plumber had cut right through a joist too.

Anyway the ply you see is just half inch beaver barf laid out just for me to stand on while I work on electrical and ceiling insulation.

But since the joists are exposed I figured Id get a BFH and get to work replacing those while the opportunity exists. Just wondering if anyone had any insight into the maximum span of joists. The span is 9.5 feet and I was figuring on going with 2x8 16 o.c. Heavest object in that bathroom is going to be my 210 pound arse.

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Just wondering if anyone had any insight into the maximum span of joists. The span is 9.5 feet and I was figuring on going with 2x8 16 o.c. Heavest object in that bathroom is going to be my 210 pound arse.

The house we have lived in for the last 10 years is 35 years old. It has 2x8 joists 16 o.c. that span 14 feet. That is light by todays standards but we have had no issues. If you don't have a bathtub in there you should be fine.

Have fun. Glad it's you and not me. Our previous home was a 100 year old farm house that got the full treatment. Once is enough.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

I got a house which was finished in 1895...

That is very cool! What you're doing with it ain't so shabby either.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That is very cool! What you're doing with it ain't so shabby either.

Ya it was pretty exciting when we first started. Thought we could knock it out in under a year. But one day I shut off all the interior electrical switchs and lights and saw that the meter was still running. YIKES, We isolated the circuit but when we started tracing wires we found the knob and tube had seen better days. On top of that they had blown in insulation in the wire runs which is a big no no in Maryland. So we decided then to gut the entire house, rewire and renovate the inside.

Its going on two and a half years now. Almost there, just have three out of thirteen rooms to go.

The charm has worn off a long time ago though.

I dred the next big project of soffit and facia, I hate heights.