Sure has been quiet around here lately???

[Pat Pixley]

WOW! everyone sound like they have some pretty big plans  '> .   Well we've had  some family problem but
were getting through it. ( some of you know )
The projects the wife has for me, New basement windows and a gas fireplace downstairs and I think
 there was talk about a retile in the bathroom .
As far as my project list,  get this Selectivend 64
done  then either start a Cav. 64 or a Ideal 55  
Then I think I maybe roped into a tear off of a roof  '>

But I think we will be staying around to deal
with this family problem for this year.

 Pat

[Eric]

Ahhhh... the porch thanks BobK for that sore spot! Ha
As I might have told you all last year our house is about 90 years old
is our first house and we thought it would be FUN  fixing it up....
Well 9 years later... I hate it... then I love then I hate it again...
We tore the old porch off (my brother in law pulled it off with his truck
after we cut the rafters and pulled all the supports and bolts)
That was the fun part...well my dad is a structural engineer. We shot
all the corners, angles blah, blah and put the walls up.... looking good....
While we where setting the rafters for the roof he said “Now you know the house has settled over the years¨.... not thinking anything of it we
continued to work but at the end of the day as I was putting things away
in the shed I turned and looked... The porch appears crooked!!!!!
It's not.... the house had settled but the porch looks about 4 inches off and when the porch roof is overlapped with the rest of the roof it looks off..
So we're going to adjust the new roof to follow the house roof line...
So folks the walls are straight but I'm gonna build the roof to follow the house roof. '>
Thats' were my Quikold money is going.....
Now as Tax Refund draws near... She has her eye on a new kitchen floor...
 Will it ever stop.... '>

[sodaworks]

I've been really swamped in my shop playing catch up. I'm putting the finishing touches on a C55 and starting a on a V81B. I also have a couple of sq. top 56's to build. One in coke and one in "Oakland Raiders". This should hold me over til the middle of summer. I also just picked up a 73 Honda CR250M Elsinore dirt bike that I plan on doing a 10 point restoration on this winter. I am going to start racing it in the vintage mx and grandprix races starting next Feb.

[BrianB]

As of right now I'm juggling a few different projects. On the hobby side I've been working on restoring my Vendo 56RT and hopefully that should be done by mid to late Fall.

I'll also be helping MCarter hang his Chicago Coin Bandbox and get it hooked up to his juke, that should be a fun one! '>

I'm also in the process of re-engineering a nichrome-60 wound ceramic heating element for my Popperette Popcorn Machine. while doing some initial testing on the machine after I got it I succeeded in blowing the ceramic insulator apart. After some failure analysis, it turned out that I had only dealt the final blow to it. The insulator had suffered some trauma well before my time and already had some signifigant cracking and was only being held together by the nichrome.

I'm also in the process of finishing my 1520 sq. ft. basement. As of last weekend I have all of the perimeter framing up and am now starting on the interior walls. To boot, I'll be painting my daughters room soon to match her decor choice, the Indianapolis Colts! Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Then we'll be getting the entire interior of the house painted! We've only been in it for 5 months now and the speed at which things are getting done is breakneck.

[BrianB]

Some more pic's!

[SIGNGUY]

Brian, Looks like a big project on the basement. I noticed the basement walls. are those just thesmall builders brick? I've never seen a basement built like that before? or is it just decor? Interesting, all iv'e ever seen is the large builders block that are about 16" by 8" and about 8" deep, or the Poured walls.. Must be a different climate than the great north where I'm at.
Good luck on the projects... Looks like you'll have your hands full.

[Jim]

Everybody is so busy!
With spring and summer coming, I'm sure some new finds will be popping out of the woodwork...

[Eric]

I agree Jim... Our time of the year is approaching folks...
Can't wait to see what this group finds this summer....
Good Luck folks!!!!! Can't wait to read the “Finds of the Week”!

[BrianB]

Signguy-

It's kinda big. It's definitely the biggest project that I've ever tackled before. So far it's been challenging at times but also really fun. A perfect justification to get new tools!  '>

Actually they're standard 8' thick poured walls. What they did is reverse the forms so that instead of having the brick pattern on the outside, it's on the inside. It's done purely for cosmetic reasons.

Personally if I had of been the original owner when they built I would have preferred to have smooth walls on both side of the pour.

[SIGNGUY]

Ok, now I get it... well and now you covering it up anyway so no bid deal I guess!... I redid a few basements and yes, new tools are a necessity for those projects!!! :'>  Will this be a gameroom, family room or what? Can't wait to see it, is it a walkout?? My next house MUST have a walkout!!!