Posts made by BigDub

Here is another piece, one that has been on my mind for a while, to create, that is.

@Kehaulani said in A little humour:

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

And, actually, that's no joke.

Very true. One of the best meals I ever had on a flight was Sweet and Sour Halibut. Absolutely mouth watering, nice sides ( can’t remember what those were ) but for a commercial flight, not first class or any class for that matter, one of the best meals you could ask for. This was in around 1973, San Francisco to Newark, NJ on United Airlines.

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@BigDub said in A little humour:

Butt eye cud bee wrung.

You were, so I made the correction... you shorted your Butt size.

Did anyone else ever try only using the suggested words given by autocorrect and see what comes out?
No need to ask. Yes. I have done it.

I dare say I make more mistakes with the help of autocorrect than I did previously without it.
Butt eye cud bee wrung.

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

@BigDub said in Woodworking?:

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

Those slat widths better be under 2 and 3/8 inches or I report you to Children's Protective Services!

No measuring devices were used for the making of this cradle. It was organic, zen, visually driven creation. It all comes together by feel.

Just put the call in. Let me know these slat widths when you get out:

Those bars appear to be 3” apart, it appears to me, visually speaking

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

Those slat widths better be under 2 and 3/8 inches or I report you to Children's Protective Services!

No measuring devices were used for the making of this cradle. It was organic, zen, visually driven creation. It all comes together by feel.

Here is the cradle I made for our first grandchild. The Cherry wood was given to me by a very good friend who once baby sat for our daughter ( future mom of our grand daughter).
The tree was milled from her property. It had been struck by lightning. The cradle was m original design by myself. It has a lot of sentimentality to it...from many levels!

@Curlydoc said in Woodworking?:

@BigDub Look up taboret at Blicks.

Oh, like the art supplies?

@tjcombo said in Woodworking?:

Diving into woodworking with a CNC router is an interesting place to start. The real joy of woodworking (JMHO) is working with hand tools. I do have a good collection of power tools and use them to relieve the drudgery and hard yards of some jobs, but there's nothing quite like watching wood shavings peel out of a hand plane.

Here's a long term project that's nearing completion - hand and power tools used, but not much opportunity for assistance from CNC gear...

Good move building it outdoors. Many Are the stories of people who built boats in the basement.....are they true? Some of them, yes, I believe.
Nice job, so far. I would love to see photos of it finished.

@administrator said in Woodworking?:

@BigDub said in Woodworking?:

This is another thing I made. A rolling storage cart. Fairly simple, but what made it so much more simple to make was the use of the pocket hole Jig. One of the best things for fastening. All the screws are hidden because I did them from the bottom. There are 100 screws holding this together!
It is surprisingly strong and stable, too.

How did you make the pocket holes? I would love to know.

There is a kit available By Krieg and other companies called the pocket hole jig. It consists of a special drill bit for pilot holes, a guide so that the hole is made in the precise angle needed, special screws for this purpose, and a square head bit fitting the screw heads. The way the pre drilled hole is made allows the screw to be flush with the surface and will not be seen from the angle affords the strongest attachment by the way it goes into the side grain.
There are various price points, but here is what one kit looks like.

@Curlydoc said in Woodworking?:

@BigDub , Could use as a taboret.

Oh, definitely. As soon as I find out what a taboret is.

This is another thing I made. A rolling storage cart. Fairly simple, but what made it so much more simple to make was the use of the pocket hole Jig. One of the best things for fastening. All the screws are hidden because I did them from the bottom. There are 100 screws holding this together!
It is surprisingly strong and stable, too.

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

Does this count:

I built this entire laundry room cubicle myself with bead board from Lowe's to match the cabinets I also purchased from Lowe's. The sink cabinet I made from the extra pieces to match the cabinets I mounted on the wall.

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

What about working around wood? I put this wall of back-splash in with the help of my wife again with marble tile I got from Lowe's. Worked from 5 pm to 5 am the next morning to complete the project on a cold (8 degree F day) in February. Had to run a heater in the garage to keep the water from freezing in the stone cutter. Did the entire profect (facing wall not pictured) for $380.00!

Sorry. No, this does not qualify.
Haha, very nice!

@administrator said in Woodworking?:

Anybody here like woodworking? I just bought myself a bunch of tools to get started in woodworking, including a CNC router.

I have done a lot of woodworking and enjoy it very much.
I built a dining room table, music cabinet, coffee table, bathroom vanity, other cabinets, two cradles, and a trumpet. Out of wood.

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

FACT: Einstein applied for a Chair of Mathematics in Zurich and was rejected because "his theories were too far-fetched for use in academic teaching."

That, sadly, is amazingly similar to my situation, except for the chair of mathematics job, and having theories.

@Dr-GO
That’s how my face would look too after being with Einstein.
Look at his teacher's face. Seems to me his expression says,
“ I didn’t learn a single thing in school!”

Not sure what happened with my post, but here goes again.
This is the last of my “one painting a day sky scapes”.
I added some water and maybe a sailboat, for the topping.
This was done in the total real time of approximately 2 1/2 hrs start to finish.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

This is the painting for day two. From the best of my recollection, I tried to show how it looked driving along a highway from Charleston, South Carolina to Bluffton, SC as I drove, the boredom became exhilarating with the flaming sunset. Here’s the best I could remember.!

Remember how l commissioned you to paint an ocean scene from my memory?

Yes. How could I forget. Quite a challenge, that one!