Gonna have to get a ladder and something to get me up in the air to get more of the can wall built. About 5 feet up in the air now on the one section by the door. Planning on starting under the end of the trailer most likely tomorrow (thursday) with the retaining wall.
Got the phone lines back up this afternoon. Attached them to the cable wire and then wrapped them with the floursencent safety straping so maybe tall trucks (herrington’s) will see them and not tear them down.
Helped Bill replace his clutch master cylinder.
Finished up a large wooden mallet too. Had already made the head and handle but wasn’t too impressed with it so took it apart and after cutting some rings off a drive shaft turned the head down a bit more on the ends and installed them on each end. Cut some 8p nails down to about an inch long and after drilling 3 holes around each ring nailed them to the head. Cleaned it up on the grinder and put the handle back in.
Long day done. The plastering is really wearing on my fore arms. Guess I will do what I can and then rest and do more when I can. Only got another few thousand cans to go… 😉
Power lines went down this morning about 4 am. Pine tree took them out this time. Called around and got prices on a pole to move the service to the road. Went to get Bertha (ford f350 with a 8×12 steel bed) to unload to go to marvins to get a pole when Cat hollered at us that the power company was here.
They were, all 10 of them. They spliced the wire back together and rehung it. Took them between 1 and a half to 2 hours I guess.
Bill and I cut a bunch of limbs off and the guy in the bucket truck did the higher ones so the drive is much wider and taller now.
Phone lines are still on the ground. Got the stripped ends twisted to the line coming into the trailer so its working anyway. Will get them up and attached to the trailer tomorrow baring additional accidents and depending on how I feel.
Quite itchy right now. I think I got poison ivy on both arms while attaching the strap to the totally covered pine log this morning. 3 times. Then it was also all over the dead oak in front of the trailer that I cut while the lines were down.
Am somewhat exhausted and the way my arms are hurting may not be up to anything tomorrow.
For now gonna go wash a bit then use the cortisone spray and hope for another 3 hours of relief…
Got the door installed. Or in. Or kinda in. The 2x6x16 went in fine. The 4×4 likewise. And the door. Added another 2×4 on the other side of the door frame closest to the qhut.
Mixed about 3 shovel fulls of topping mix with water and started stacking cans. Got the bottom of the area between the qhut and the 2×4 by the door frame stacked up to about 2 feet high. Mixed another like amount and coated the outside ends of the cans and then used the leftovers to start with the rock on the trailer side of the door.
Slowly it goes, day by day…
Shooting stars suspected of climate meddling | The Register
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Hummmm… Weather control by dust cloud. Wonder when someone will suggest that we send up our own talc bombs?
Got the storm door moved from the center wall of the qhut to the greenhouse entrance in the end wall of the 12 wide. Footing dug where the door is going and blocks set in place for sizing. Cat has gone to get weekend food stuffs and a hose pipe. Will start pouring cement when she gets back.
Built a set of steps out of industrial shelving standards. Still got to cut the 2×6 or 8’s to make the treads but this way I can adjust the step height as needed. Make nice semi portable steps. Got to get a couple of longer uprights for the bottom and then I can add hand rails out of pipe, bamboo or wood as the mood strikes. I think I have figured out a way to use the erector set or bolt together type to build a spiral stair case to the second floor. Will try to remember to charge the cam and take pix as I build that.
Still got to get the nails out of the fiberglas window on the end of the qhut. The second floor support is going to over lap it about a half an inch. Will be covered up inside and out anyway so no biggie. Soon as I get those out I’ll set the 2x6x16 and then the corner 4×4 and drive the angle bracket into the ground to hold it level and square. Then will take the 4×4 out and pour the cement and lay the blocks, and put it back in. Then will be able to set the door and start on laying cans and bottles to make the qhut side wall section.
About got the root cellar hole filled and packed. If not for the packing I would have some energy left but can’t leave voids so am wearing me out. Got to get it almost filled to put a ladder on it to pull the nails out of the fiberglas.
Sequential Vortex # 7532 on this project…
teardrops
These things are cool as hell! I want to build something along these lines. Got the old camper frame and some of the interior is still good. Wonder how one would work as a clam shell? hinged along the front so the entire body hinges up from the rear like these do with the kitchen but with outside walls. gonna have to think on it…
Working on the old greenhouse area again. Plastic is off of part of the back wall and getting ready to start on the foundation under the front door. Planing on starting with a 2x6x16 8 feet above the existing floor line across the back wall of the greenhouse and extending out to the mobile home. Will drop a 4×4 treated post from there to the foundation at the corner and then frame the door in from that side, extending the header over to the side of the qhut and anchoring it into the metal there. Will fill the qhut side with cans, bottles, old electronics, as the mood and material strikes my fancy. And I got a LOT of fancy to strike at with all the junk around here.
Want a shed type roof to extend from the top of the qhut to the edge of the trailer or a bit beyond. Still working the mechanics there. Have thought of putting a deck above the door with the flooring the top of the roof. I may just put a tin or tire roof on it for now and add a deck to the top later. Tis all gonna happen later anyway so guess that should go without saying.
Junk building at this scale should be interesting. I got most of the materials or will make do other than the concrete. Need to check with the plant in Ragland and see what they charge by the 55 gallon drum. There is supposed to be a guy that delivers and will pick up your empties and drop off filled drums but haven’t gotten the 2 different people that have said they would ask about it to do so. Need to just get a name and call him myself if guess.
Guess I will get back at digging the foundation trench. Doesn’t seem to extend an inch without me being there digging… 🙁
Custom Vessel Sinks and Bathroom Vanity Design
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Interesting stuff. I wish the site was a bit more informative but still interesting. Wonder if the Lithistone is available in bulk?
Jville.net
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Just getting through with a facelift on Jville.net. Now got to get the Jacksonville Business Directory pulled apart and into a database and I’ll be about through with this site anyway…
BalisongXtreme
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This dude has some interesting moves…
Worth the download time if you have fast access just to watch.
Houses of the Future
Cardboard house. Another one. But this one is made out of recycled materials and has a plastic membrane roof and water tank (read the article) liner. Interesting concept. Still not sure about the practicality.
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New Scientist Breaking News – ‘Singing’ wings help prevent small-plane stalls
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The use of sound to increase the adhesiveness of the wings surface to air. Novel concept.
But can you see the effect if the amp(s) goes out while in low speed mode? Especially if they reduce the size of the wings the full 20+%. Need to make it mechanical and built as an inverse(?) harmonic of wind speed so the vibration increases as surface airflow decreases.
Quite an interesting concept. Makes me suspect some of the buzz produced by insect wings in hover mode are a variant of this concept.
Odors sensed differently from mouth, nose
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Yea. They are. Love the massive amount of information contained in this article. 🙁
Saturn’s rings have own atmosphere
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And therefore may be harboring an advanced civilization started by refugees from the lost continent of Mu!
Sea Ice May Be On Increase In The Antarctic: A Phenomenon Due To A Lot Of ‘Hot Air’?
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Will be interesting if this does come about. And should cut the ocean level increase a bit. From the article:
“However, findings from our simulations suggest a counterintuitive phenomenon. Some of the melt in the Arctic may be offset by increases in sea ice volume in the Antarctic.”
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And at what point does this navel gazing sequential vortex of platform and os’s create a black hole and suck itself and everything around it into oblivion?
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