The Great Cabin Erection!
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Forest Shepherd Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:37 am
It's hard on the hands, honestly, getting something of this size erect. But when you're actually in the midst of it, gripping your tool and hammering away like a piston, it's hard to beat the pure physical satisfaction.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by azriel Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:40 pm
Wowzers 
I wonder how many others can say that ? You have very skilled hands Forest. He knows how to use them this guy............. 
I wonder how many others can say that ? You have very skilled hands Forest. He knows how to use them this guy............. _________________
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by halfwise Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:11 pm
It's fitting that you managed to top all the previous comments by far, Forrest. 
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by azriel Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:01 pm
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
"There are far, far, better things ahead than any we can leave behind"
If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you always got
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Bluebottle Sun Oct 29, 2017 5:03 pm
Forest Shepherd wrote:It's hard on the hands, honestly, getting something of this size erect. But when you're actually in the midst of it, gripping your tool and hammering away like a piston, it's hard to beat the pure physical satisfaction.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Bluebottle Sun Oct 29, 2017 5:04 pm
Good on you Forest. 
My father has done several similar things at our cabin. Luckily we don't have termites. 
My father has done several similar things at our cabin. Luckily we don't have termites. _________________
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Eldorion Sun Oct 29, 2017 5:55 pm
Bluebottle wrote:My father has done several similar things at our cabin.
Not with an audience around I hope.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by azriel Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:36 pm
An all ticket event then 
Just be careful in the front seats...
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Bluebottle Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:53 pm
Guys guys, as Forest legal representative, I must insist we not inadvertently besmirch Forest good name or reputation. I am sure his conscience is as clean as the whitest snow.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by halfwise Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:19 pm
Who said anything besmirching? It's all been complementary that I can see.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Bluebottle Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:47 pm
It's all implied, m'lud', something the young people nowadays refer to as slang, or colloquialism.
Now there is absolutely nothing shameful in a young lad "gripping his tool and hammering away like a piston", as they say. All completely normal activity.
Now there is absolutely nothing shameful in a young lad "gripping his tool and hammering away like a piston", as they say. All completely normal activity.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by halfwise Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:09 pm
Upstanding, I'd say.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by halfwise Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:19 pm
Just had a delicate thought. Are you putting in a, uh...water closet? Not totally needed with the great outdoors, except maybe your great outdoors tends to fill up with snow.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Forest Shepherd Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:31 am
halfwise wrote:Upstanding, I'd say.
Definitely vertical anyway!
I have plans for a shower, sink, and toilet in the downstairs. I was considering a composting toilet, but there isn't space underneath so that it would have to be one that uses a small amount of water. Water is not your friend when it comes to composting toilets, so I might just run a line down to the septic tank. I don't know. I'll deal with it later!
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Forest Shepherd Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:35 am
They are a pestilence! Anyway, do you go camping at this cabin? Is it off in some secluded wilderness spot or something?Bluebottle wrote:Good on you Forest.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Bluebottle Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:07 am
halfwise wrote:Upstanding, I'd say.
I believe the young people call it amorous congress, m'lud', no mere celestial convergence.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Bluebottle Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:08 am
Forest Shepherd wrote:They are a pestilence! Anyway, do you go camping at this cabin? Is it off in some secluded wilderness spot or something?Bluebottle wrote:Good on you Forest.
Often, yes, but it is more like a house. It is in a forest on a hill by a lake, not wilderness per se, but def nature.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by halfwise Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:48 am
Ah, so with the plumbing it will be a true abode, not just a writer's shed or the like.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Forest Shepherd Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:26 pm
Indeed!
I've been side-tracked by a time-intensive job on the cabin. I wanted to add some scandinavian flavour, so I've been carving a kind of sea-dragon or something into the fascia.
An early close-up:
(Don't mind the goods drying in the background!)
Almost done here:
It's based on the eaves on the Hove Church in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway.
I've been side-tracked by a time-intensive job on the cabin. I wanted to add some scandinavian flavour, so I've been carving a kind of sea-dragon or something into the fascia.
An early close-up:
(Don't mind the goods drying in the background!)
Almost done here:
It's based on the eaves on the Hove Church in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by halfwise Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:35 pm
Wow!
I like the dryingherbs pipeweed in the background. Very medieval as well.
I like the drying
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Eldorion Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:24 pm
Damn, that looks awesome. Great stuff, Forest! Is that primer on the fascia or are you planning on leaving it white?
Great stuff, Forest! Is that primer on the fascia or are you planning on leaving it white?
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Norc Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:09 pm
cannabis ?! hohoho merry christmas i say.
love the cabin details! can we come visit when it is done?
love the cabin details! can we come visit when it is done?
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Forest Shepherd Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:27 pm
But of course!Norc wrote:cannabis ?! hohoho merry christmas i say.
love the cabin details! can we come visit when it is done?
Just primer for now. I didn't want to screw it up in place until I had painted it, and I couldn't paint it until I picked out a colour theme for the entire building. I'm now thinking the dragon-y thing is going to be red on a green background. Sort of a brick red on olive green kind of thing. Kind of like this:Eldorion wrote:Damn, that looks awesome.
I doubt the, aherm, pipeweed of yore was quite so... potent (or big-flowered!)Halfwise wrote: Wow!herbspipeweed in the background. Very medieval as well.
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Eldorion Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:14 am
That looks like a neat color scheme. Thanks for keeping us updated on your progress!
Thanks for keeping us updated on your progress!
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Re: The Great Cabin Erection!
by Norc Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:56 am
Forest Shepherd wrote:But of course!Norc wrote:cannabis ?! hohoho merry christmas i say.
love the cabin details! can we come visit when it is done?
definitely coming to visit ...
i like deep dark brown or black-is tar colours with clear blue accents.
also, i recommend just googling images of "cabin porn".
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