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The window casing has been installed, and I have been fooling around with the sill to make something different.
The top trim will be painted before it is installed, just like the sill should have been. I'll take my time and do the first undercoat now.
That is really neat and different, I have never seen that done before but I like it. Hopefully you will show us some pictures when you have the finish on your windows.
I forgot about that huge leaf while ago, that has to be the biggest leaf I have ever seen on a tree in my life. Next year could you take a picture of the tree it came off of, I sure would love to see that.
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Jim, the tree in post 3442 is the one. Except that I zoomed in to the top of the tree so you could see some leaves, the bottom is about barren now. I'll try to get you a pic on the next sunny day.
We should have one of those by about next July.
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Get a few names under your belt...you're going to need them.
Whenever astro buffs get together, the talk always ends up referring to something in the night sky.
"Hey, did you see the latest pic of M51 that Rich took?" If you're an amateur astronomer, you know what that is.
But before you become conversant with the Messier objects, you should probably go after some of the constellations.
Winter will soon be upon us in the northern hemisphere, and everyone's favourite will soon be visible. Who doesn't like Orion? It's loaded with goodies and is a good signpost in the night sky. If Orion is high enough in the sky, his belt will direct you to Sirius, the brightest star. A line from Bellatrix through Betelgeuse will take you to Procyon...another moderately bright star. Following the belt in the opposite direction will lead you - more or less - to Aldebaran. Heading right out the middle of the top of Orion will lead you to Capella. This will be very nearly due overhead at night.
Get used to looking up and being able to immediately identify the big and little dippers, the W in Cassiopeia, Polaris - our north star which is at the end of the handle of the little dipper - the Pleiades, the Hyades, the great square of Pegasus, Cygnus the swan, often referred to as the northern cross, where the Andromeda galaxy is, the double cluster and so much more.
Any star chart will show you all this and a hundred times more. And we haven't mentioned the planets yet...
Get a few names under your belt...you're going to need them.
Whenever astro buffs get together, the talk always ends up referring to something in the night sky.
"Hey, did you see the latest pic of M51 that Rich took?" If you're an amateur astronomer, you know what that is.
But before you become conversant with the Messier objects, you should probably go after some of the constellations.
Winter will soon be upon us in the northern hemisphere, and everyone's favourite will soon be visible. Who doesn't like Orion? It's loaded with goodies and is a good signpost in the night sky. If Orion is high enough in the sky, his belt will direct you to Sirius, the brightest star. A line from Bellatrix through Betelgeuse will take you to Procyon...another moderately bright star. Following the belt in the opposite direction will lead you - more or less - to Aldebaran. Heading right out the middle of the top of Orion will lead you to Capella. This will be very nearly due overhead at night.
Get used to looking up and being able to immediately identify the big and little dippers, the W in Cassiopeia, Polaris - our north star which is at the end of the handle of the little dipper - the Pleiades, the Hyades, the great square of Pegasus, Cygnus the swan, often referred to as the northern cross, where the Andromeda galaxy is, the double cluster and so much more.
Any star chart will show you all this and a hundred times more. And we haven't mentioned the planets yet...
Good gravy, and all of this was off the top of your head, I will be tickled if I can learn a 10th of what you just said. This has got to be the most interesting subject I have undertaken in many years. I look forward to knowing and becoming familiar with the things you just said.
Every once in a while there will be programs about the stars and planets on the History and Science channels, I watch ever one I can find. Thanks for the tips Keith, they and you are much appreciated.
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The plan is for the warm air in the breakfast nook to come in by convection or fan power to the guest bedroom. It seems to work either way, the fan just speeds things up.
After the cedar was installed on that last wall, I cut a hole for the vent.
The missus wanted to go over to town and magically find something suitable (???) to use as a vent. Good waste of time and money that would have been.
I used a piece of cedar, drilled a handful of holes in it, and glued a piece of screen to the back side.
I have also made vents using the table saw.
Lower the blade, tilt it to about 45 deg, place the board, raise blade, move board forward, lower blade, move fence a little, repeat as needed.
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I have also made vents using the table saw.
Lower the blade, tilt it to about 45 deg, place the board, raise blade, move board forward, lower blade, move fence a little, repeat as needed.
Yours looks fine, too.
Sounds like a good idea. What happens when you raise the blade? If it is at a 45º angle, won't it want to push the wood away as the blade rises?
How would you keep that from happening?
My blade tilts right, so as it rises, it would want to move the wood to the left.
Buddy, that looks great, a perfect match. Keith, I made some vents like jl did with my table saw out of mahogany but it has been so long ago I don't remember how I did it, I do remember it was hard as the dickens to make exact though, I do remember that.
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I got to thinking about that vent, and when we made the louvered doors for the boats (which is exactly what I should have done here...duh) we would make up the slats. Then make the door frames - usually quite small being on boats - The middle part of the frame had grooves cut in it at a 45º angle - just exactly like jl said.
The outer parts of the stiles were slightly wider than the center part so that it would contain the louvers. Slip the louvers into place, glue the back side of the stile on and that was it. We usually used to try to make up all the doors at the same time, so as not to have to make repeated setups.
I have no idea why I couldn't remember to do that today.
Perhaps when I get around to making the closet doors, I will remember that. That might be awhile, since there are no closets yet.
...another thought just occurred to me...it does happen sometimes...if someone wanted to make a set of louvered shutters for their home, they could make them for a tiny fraction of the price of something store bought.
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