Going well but slow. Lots of stuff to move and up and down the ladder with the 9 foot ceiling. I also rolled the walls. That was fast. Did about half. Should be done tomorrow afternoon.
Originally Posted by Baconeater:
Paint/primer combo stuff sucks. Don't use it. Ever.
And the only time you really have to prime drywall is if your using a glossy finish on it. Throw a couple coats of eggshell finish on it and be done with it.
I always use PVA primer with fresh drywall. [Reply]
I just stained Hardwood floors in a rental property it took 10 friggin days for the stain to get dry enough to put the varnish on. WTF did I do wrong? Did I just put it on to thick ? I used a sponge mop BTW. [Reply]
Got tired of the little 2 foot wide pocket door to my bathroom. Cut out another 16 inches and put in a barn door. Course I had to paint both rooms and build my monster door. Hardest part was the trim and ripping everything with no table saw.
Who here has experience with wood burning fireplace inserts? I'm shopping around for estimates and have gotten very different quotes. I need an insert rated to heat at least 2000 sqft that is EPA approved (I guess most are these days). The insert needs to be a flush mount, otherwise I will need to extend the hearth. I've looked at the Quadrafire Voyager/Voyager Grand and the Timberwolf EPI22. Any others I should look at? [Reply]
Building a new work bench; created a gridwork torsion box table top and will get to work on the cabinet for it in short order.
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Incredibly happy with the table top. I'm going to frame in the sides with some 3/4 inch oak and put a hardboard sheet on top of that as a replaceable top but it's as flat as an iron and very sturdy, but still light enough to move if needed because of the grid work.
Dipping my toes into the wordworking thing with my new shop; man oh man do I have a ton to learn. But I'm getting there.
In related news, I grabbed a Vega Pro 50 table saw fence....holy hell is that thing amazing. I'm literally able to rip down to the thousandth of an inch using just my cursors. It also has a micro-adjustment on it so I don't have to sit there and bump it if I don't like where it's cutting. It's smooth with a very easy cam to lock.
I threw that on my secondhand 3 HP Jet 220v and that rig is a great setup now. [Reply]
Dear guy that built my plug cutter - .405 inches and .375 inches are NOT the same !@#$ing thing. And in the future, try putting a taper on the goddamn thing.
Spent 2 hours drilling out a shitload of walnut plugs to make a little more interesting look on some facing. Had all the face boards drilled and ready to rock. Started trying to put the plugs in and not a one of them fit. I grabbed my calipers and the 3/8 inch plug cutter is plugs just a hair shy of 13/32 without the taper I'd need to make them work. So rather than spend 5 hours sanding down a shitload of plugs to make them fit, I unmounted all the boards and re-drilled at 1/2 inch because I've used the 1/2 inch plug cutter in the past and I know it works.
Shit that's frustrating. A night absolutely wasted and I have softball the next two nights. I really wanted to get that done so I could do hardware work on cabinets, etc.... once the cup hinges show up on Thursday. Assholes.
Oh, and side note, walnut will stain the absolute shit out of your hands. Woke up this morning and thought I had the plague. [Reply]