Official... raise your post count thread!!

[rschap1]

The week has started a little early...
55 degrees and sunny now
Weekend wasn't all bad either
Spent time in the garage and driveway.
No frostbite or freezing

 

[Bobcat]

BAMM!

Mornin!:seeya:

Short Sleeve Weather !!!!

 

[rschap1]

Awesome ! ! !
Forecast says mid 60s and sunny

 

[Bobcat]

Mornin!:seeya:

Did My first Ipe Deck Yesterday....Sh*t's expensive, but beautiful.

 

[fund razor]

We replaced a pedestrian bridge over a pond at work and I specified IPE for the deck. We had no fake finishes anywhere, and I wanted the wear of trex but a real wood. It was probably overkill, but it's sweet. Meh.... $100,000 pedestrian bridge... what the heck.

 

[Blue Oval]

Did you have a cold IPA when you got done with the IPE?

 

[Ratickle]

I will not comment, but:

https://www.terramai.com/blog/ipe-environmental-sourcing-issues/

We are going with trex (or similar) at this point for our new dock. We were going to use plain treated pine, but fake wood casts the same with the jack-up in prices down here on real treated wood. I paid $9.51 for a 10' grade 2 2x4 the other day.

The price of the dock has doubled in just over a year while waiting for permits.....:banghead:

 

[rschap1]

Happy Mid Week
60 degrees but a little cloudy
Lots of melting

 

[Bobcat]

Mornin!:seeya:

That makes it even funnier...My Clients are Eco-Warriors...Well, in Voice only...They have two High end Houses, two Porsche's , and a an Airplane. They are also

looking for a Powerboat:rofl:

I'll wait til after I'm finished to drop that Bomb on Them.:reddevil:

 

[Blue Oval]

Morning

 

[fund razor]

Mornin!:seeya:

That makes it even funnier...My Clients are Eco-Warriors...Well, in Voice only...They have two High end Houses, two Porsche's , and a an Airplane. They are also

looking for a Powerboat:rofl:

I'll wait til after I'm finished to drop that Bomb on Them.:reddevil:

I like our Ipe even better now. :sifone:

 

[rschap1]

Close to 60 still

 

[Bobcat]

Mornin!:seeya:

Had 2x4's and 1x4's strapped to the Roof of the Van all day....65 MPH , They didn't make a Sound...Pulled into the Gas Station for Beer..

and They all slid off of the Front when I stopped:blush5:

Cutting Them into Pickets this AM...

 

[rschap1]

BUMMER

Good thing they didn't go off the back and into someone following


HAPPY FRIDAY
A little cooler but sunny
May even be a decent weekend
Hope so ! !

 

[Ratickle]

Mornin!:seeya:

Had 2x4's and 1x4's strapped to the Roof of the Van all day....65 MPH , They didn't make a Sound...Pulled into the Gas Station for Beer..

and They all slid off of the Front when I stopped:blush5:

Cutting Them into Pickets this AM...

Damn, that was lucky I guess.

 

[Bobcat]

Mornin!:seeya:

It's a hell of a Tailgating Deterrent:reddevil:

Anyway, taking a chance on this $116 Chipping Hammer from Home Depot...I wanted the Milwaukee..but at $900 , it'll have to wait.

Going to chip out some Fence Post Concrete this Morning ... If I get a Year out of it I'll be Happy.

 

[Blue Oval]

So it is like a mini jack hammer?

 

[fund razor]

Mornin!:seeya:

It's a hell of a Tailgating Deterrent:reddevil:

Anyway, taking a chance on this $116 Chipping Hammer from Home Depot...I wanted the Milwaukee..but at $900 , it'll have to wait.

Going to chip out some Fence Post Concrete this Morning ... If I get a Year out of it I'll be Happy.

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Let's do the math.
Classic Harbor Freight Chinesium power tool survival odds: "Chipping hammer*"
Making it through the project: 70%.
Making it through a year: 40%.

*Percussion tool weighting required, deduct 20%:
Making it through the project: 50%.
Making it through the year: 20%.

Good luck!!

 

[fund razor]

So it is like a mini jack hammer?

That's a generous description. I would have said "non rotary hammer drill."

 

[Bobcat]

Mornin!:seeya:

This is Home Depot Freight...It's made in a Classier Sweat Shop in china...

Didn't get a chance to use it yet...maybe Today....In between Golfers on the 6th Hole Tee Box.