My Project + Your help = New Home

[stumppuller]

I'm so glad I found this site as I am in the initial stages of developing a home on my 12.25 acre site in the Santa Cruz mountains of Calif. I have just started using my new Jinma 284 to help with this project. Previously it was me, my wife, a chainsaw & shovels & such.

Progress to date: Refurbished old well, but only 1gpm; drilled a new well w/ 30gpm ; Bought a shipping container to garage the Jinma; Designed the house (SIPs) & had it detailed; Passed the septic perk tests; got Building Site Approval from county; submitted for Building permit; took down about 20 small Redwoods to use for posts & such - 24 more to go (larger);

Currently doing extensive research on: In-floor radiant heating; kitchen design; appliance selection; interior design; Garage/Shop design. Also, I need to figure out how much my little tractor can do with the loader, BH, PHD & chipper. Looks like a box scraper might also be needed.

If someone will tell me how to insert photos, I'll show you all what I'm up against. (which will seem insignificant compared to what I've been reading on some of these other posts)

That's it for now, Bruce

[3RRL]

Yeah Bruce, I was gonna say to post photos.
It's always nice to see a picture which explains what you are talking about or doing.
You will need to open a Photobucket account (free) and follow the steps on how to do it.
Here is the section where all the forum information help is:
Forum Help Info
You can go to each topic and learn how to post pictures, shorten up long url links etc. All these features work on different forms too, at least the ones I belong to.
Rob-

[stumppuller]

Ok - I'll give the photo uploads a shot here.












OK does this work?

[stumppuller]

Ooops! Sent too many other things I'm working on. The last 2 photos are my new tractor. The video is a "hired gun" digging for my perk tests.

Sorry about the OT stuff, but I'll figure this out eventually & send the tractor stuff.

Bruce

[stumppuller]

Is there another way to attach pix other than Photo Bucket? It is very hard to use.

[quikduk]

Bruce, there are all sorts of "free" image hosting services online. You just have to see which one works best for you.

Personally, I like Photobucket. It can take a while to upload all my images but then I select them all and have the program generate the HTML code for the "image clickable thumbnails".

I then copy all of the code into MS Word, use a "space" between each image in a particular group and then write and organize my text around these groups. I then post this info in one or multiple replys etc. and TADA, it works.

FWIW, I do not know of a simpler way to post organized photos and information.

HAHAHA, Simple I said...and I just re-read what I just typed...

[GuglioLS]

Bruce,

Your property looks heavily wooded - very nice.
Anyone who can make that fancy inlaid wooden bowl will not need any help building a home! That bowl is a work of art and is totally awesome, can I have one?

Larry

[quikduk]

I have done some turning in the past. That bowl looks great. It appears that you have Purple Heart, Padouk (or Pauferro) and a lighter wood like Maple or Ash.

The last complex laminate wood project I did was of two lamps...but they weren't turned, just laminated, quartered and then re-assembled. I did one out of Koa and another out of scraps including Purple Heart, Maple, Walnut, Pauferro and two types of Teak.

I wish I had more time to woodwork but not right now.

Keep up the great projects.

Ken

[stumppuller]

Ken - Bocote, Yellow Heart & Purple Heart, if I remember right. The bowl is made up of 3/4" thick strips which are glued together using a tounge & groove cutter on my router table. The result is an 8" square, stripped plank 3/4" thick. I borrowed my dad's "Ringmaster" Which cuts concentric, tapered rings which can be rotated, stacked together and glued-up. A bit of finishing with sandpaper, plugging the spindle hole, and you have a bowl. Some of the prettiest bowls are of a single wood type such as a cedar bowl turned paper thin so that light shines through highlighting the dark & light wood tones.