BillyBones

Here is one i found a while back i think we can all relate to.

A lot of those stock boxes they are just pine boards but with a bit of sanding and some stain they do make nice shelves and stuff like that. I have also got access to a whole bunch of 55 gal. drums. I am going to take 2 of them and make me a wood burning stove for my barn hopefully this fall. My plan is to use a lot of those boxes and pallets as fuel for that stove as well.

Frosty, you do not mean "Liquid Nails" do you? For "scrap" lumber check the local machine shops. We get stock on pallets sometimes and those pallets are 8'-10' long and with two 4"x4"s. We also get stock in boxes that are 10'-20' long, the boards are 1" thick and anywhere from 3"-12" wide. When we have a few in a pile we move them out next to the road for people to take as they please. I am building an "office" in my barn and the walls will be made from those stock boxes and pallets. I brought home 1 stock box that was made from 12' 2"x12"s, it was enough lumber to build a pretty nice work bench with.

Tobacco will take the sting out from bees, wasps, and hornets, do not know about the allergic reaction though. My understanding is nicotine is an anesthetic. I looked up fireweed and it is what my grandma and mom called willow weed. A bit different than willowherb, not the plant the word, i would guess just something lost in translation into the Appalachians. For poison ivy jewel weed works a wonder. It also grows in the same places as poison ivy so they are found near each other a lot. Where ever you touch the poison ivy at crush some jewel weed leaves up and rub that area with it and it keeps you form breaking out.

Spent most of the weekend picking and canning green beans. Did manage to get another sconce done. I attached the "basket" before scrolling, that turned into a fiasco but it came out fairly good in the end. Just picked the long route to make it.

I was raised in a holler in KY where my dad's people come from. The place we are from is also home to Chris Stapleton, Lorretta Lynn, and Crystal Gayle. My mom's people come from Colorado, my grandfather was a Colonel in the AF, my grandmother a piano teacher who loved jazz. So between being brought up listening to jazz to bluegrass/country, from my grandparents, my dad was rock-n-roll while my mom was more easy listening, i developed a real love for music. No one genre is my favorite. All of them have something that i can enjoy. From classical to even rap if it has a good beat and lifts my spirit or stirs emotion i like it. Generally speaking though i will usually listen to jam bands like Widespread Panic, Ekoostik Hookah, Keller Williams, Gov't Mule, etc. Edit: Lordy day i can not believe i did not list the greatest band ever there, The Grateful Dead.

Glad i could help. Hope to see the results. Be quick though, i have a couple projects i am working on and after those are done i may steal your idea. . JK, but you do have me thinking.

Yes. I make door handles and bales for chest handles like that. Round bar in a swage, back is flat while the round part faces you. Smaller scale though. However the weight factor of using solid bar. I think i would use a piece of flat bar texture and taper it some, then put in a round swage to get that "pipe half" kind of thing. As far as setting tenons it is not to difficult if you use like a top rivet header i would think. Or maybe a split tenon where a slot is cut and spread with a chisel. You would not be able to see the tenon from the back so splitting is the way i would go. As far as mounting, i would taper one end so that is is narrowed down till the curve is small enough to fit just about flush, drill a hole and screw it in. The other end where the curve is more pronounced and stands proud of the wall maybe a small "Y" shaped piece of solid bar that would look like the branch is growing off of it. Flattened on the back side, does not have to be the whole thing. Drill a hole or 2 where it sits flush and mount it. That is the best i can explain what i see in my head. Cool idea , now you got my brain juices flowing.

I used to go to concerts and festivals dance, spin, jump and generally act the fool, good times, but yeah those days are far behind me. Speaking of jumping, how about a trip to the islands now

How about a little swing

Love this one myself.

Shainarue, i like the chisel work. Quite nice.

I was thinking tomato stakes with them. My tomatoes are doing nice and will need staked soon. Making a batch of fried green tomatoes this weekend. Also was thinking they would be good for my green beans as well. Got a lot of good stuff coming up. Had some new potatoes with green onion the other day. My watermelons have started flowering. Muscadine is doing nice, hope the birds dont get them all. Got a couple apples that are starting to get red, be a while longer on most though. And i may get a few hazel nuts finally this year. My local farmers market i am not doing this year. They decided to make a rule that you had to be there every Saturday, the day it is open, and if you missed one you would lose your spot. And you could not leave early or come late, had to be there open to close. Frosty, i read your post at work. Dont know what happened to it. But anywho, they pulled the screws out of the door, not cut. So it could have been made out of unobtanium and it would not have helped. They did leave the crow bar though.

Went yesterday to get some more of the tiki torch cans. My local hardware store has the cans separately for $6.99. But i can buy an entire tiki torch for $2.99. Now i just have to figure out what to do with a bunch of 4' bamboo sticks. I also picked up some square tubing to experiment with making the torches with electric lights that will plug in. Of course i do have plans for making solar powered LED style as well. The most difficult part of the build is riveting the basket on. I have found that a split tenon works very well. I make the tenon at 3/8" then hacksaw a slot down it length wise. cut it just about 1/8" longer than what the basket pieces are thick. Heat it up, place on the basket, then use a cold chisel to spread the "legs" apart. Update on my thievery, first i have an idea of who done it. We have a boarding house/apartment place a few doors down that has some shady folks moving in and out right now. I do not like to judge a book by its cover but in the time i have lived here this has never happened before. New people close and the carryout a couple doors down has made a few complaints about the new neighbors. Of course with no evidence the police can not do anything. second, my insurance will pay for it. I have just started the claim so it is in the works. I guess that i lost about $800 in equipment, fortunately i am one of those people who wants the lowest deductible i can get, in my state that is $500.

Made this for the wife this weekend.

Tiki torch can thing Here is a pleasant surprise going to the shop. A few power tools missing but my home owners insurance should cover it. I hate city life.

Been mostly in the mid to upper 80's here. Been making these torches for a couple weeks now. The ball on the bottom is a piece forge welded on then rounded up. Need to get me a ball swage to make them a bit purtier.

That tool box reminds me of the one i made in shop class in high school.

I always need boudin. I will get my daughter to makes us a pot of chicken and dumplins for a nice lunch on Saturday. She has gotten pretty good at making them. And no she does not use canned biscuits she actually makes the dumplins.

I do not use propane, hence the pile of coal in the barn. I also do not see a propane forge doing much at all to heat a 30'x30' barn with 25' peak at the roof. I have a propane torpedo i use in my shop now. It will heat the shop up pretty quick so i run it for a few minutes then shut it off till it gets to cold to be comfortable. Even doing that i will run through a 20# tank of propane in about 3 days. That would be kind of cost prohibited in that large of a space i would think. I am thinking one of those 2 barrel type wood burning stoves or maybe a pellet stove.

JHCC, thank you for the correction. I completely read that wrong. So no a membership is not required. They should have the details up in the next couple days, keep checking back.

As far as demos go the only one i know for sure is Mark Asprey will be doing his at 6:30 Friday evening. Cost is $65 in advance or $70 day of. Your spouse/kid (under 12 free) can join for another $20. You must also get a SOFA membership, $20 for a year. Camping on site is available. limited electricity and RV hook ups, those must be claimed in advance. No sanitation hook ups, restrooms and showers are in the buildings along with outside portajohns. No campfires are allowed on the ground, so if you wish a fire bring something to get it up off the ground.

Started clearing out the new shop space. Running out of room in the old one. The back corner i will put a floor in and make an "office" out of, the coal will stay put and a bunch of stuff to get moved around. I am hoping that by fall i will be moved in which most likely translates to next spring. My only problem i have not figured out is how to heat it in the winter. While digging around and clearing things i found 4, 20' section s of 3/8" round bar and a couple pieces of pipe.

JHCC, that is brilliant. I have a couple missing on one of my boxes as well. Being a Snap -on box i went to the Snap-on dealer and found that they are no longer available for older boxes.

Just got my flyer in the mail for this years Quad state. Mark Aspery will be doing a demo this year. Along with Lin Rhea, Richard Sulivan, Allen Kress, Clayton Spencer, and the Cinci guild.