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#1
General Board / Re: I traded a hole for a lawn...
Last post by doc henderson - Today at 05:05:09 PMI used a product called dimple board that looked like a guy wearing cleats walked all over a suspended sheet of hot plastic. it goes on and creates a waterproof sheet, with and air space behind it, so any water falls down to the drain tile and to the sump pump. did the same on the footing and 4 inches up the inside wall. it created a thermal break for the floor with pex, and effectively a French drain around the periphery of the basement floor.
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General Board / Re: I may need to build a Teep...
Last post by Jeff - Today at 04:40:09 PMTammy says I'm not allowed to sell the blanket. I'm a collector and invester and seller. She on the other hand is a horder. 
#3
Urban and Community Forestry / Re: American Elm Price
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 04:20:05 PMIn the 70's elm was common wall panelling in these parts. The living room walls and the upstairs hallway in the old farm house was elm.
#4
Health and Safety / Re: My cancer journey
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 04:17:24 PMKeep on ticking along old timer. 
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General Board / Re: The weather 2025
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 04:16:24 PMI think it got to 85° here but this afternoon thunder storms dropped it back to 64° and we have been getting rain. 1/2" of rain in the gauge so far, still raining.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Jerry’s Resharp Sharpening...
Last post by Bruno of NH - Today at 04:13:30 PMWould need to build a building add more electrical power. A trip to China. I hope Jerry's went ,if not , they will have issues. I have a friend that runs a golf cammp in China. Tells me you need to meet face to face with the Chinese people for business. He's had great success and likes the people, the government not so much.
Their blade welding technology is much better than 3/4 of the domestic welds I have seen.
Their blade welding technology is much better than 3/4 of the domestic welds I have seen.
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General Board / Re: Welcome President Trump.
Last post by Ron Wenrich - Today at 04:12:28 PMTariffs are the closest that we have to a national sales tax. The importer pays the tariff, which is passed on to the customer. But, it isn't the same for all countries. There is no tariff on goods or services from inside the US.
The Fair Tax was floated back in the '90s. I thought it was a pretty well thought out plan. But, the stickler is that the sales tax would have to be aboutut 23%. If the 23% rate was still in existence, Jeff Bezos would have paid $115 million in taxes It would abolish all other taxes, and the thought was that industry would maintain the same wage structures. That would give people more cash in their pocket. They also would give a prebate. It was a monthly payment to pay for sales tax up to the poverty level. If I recall, it was a healthy fee. The tax was only put on an item 1 time. Basically, no tax on used goods.
The Fair Tax was floated back in the '90s. I thought it was a pretty well thought out plan. But, the stickler is that the sales tax would have to be aboutut 23%. If the 23% rate was still in existence, Jeff Bezos would have paid $115 million in taxes It would abolish all other taxes, and the thought was that industry would maintain the same wage structures. That would give people more cash in their pocket. They also would give a prebate. It was a monthly payment to pay for sales tax up to the poverty level. If I recall, it was a healthy fee. The tax was only put on an item 1 time. Basically, no tax on used goods.
#8
Timber Framing/Log construction / Timber frame top/conventional ...
Last post by roycroft - Today at 04:06:51 PMHi, folks.
I'm brand new here, and hope this post isn't inappropriate. I'm an experienced woodworker, but have never done any timber frame construction. I bought a new house a year ago that has a small shop, which I am using as my wood shop. The building is 14'x28' (~4.3mx7.3m), and has a conventional stud wall frame. The wall framing is fine, but the roof was both underbuilt and sagging, and needs new shingles.
The pitch is low, with almost no overhead storage room, and based on that, as well as the structural defects, I've decided to reframe the roof from scratch, and as I'd like to have more open space overhead, I thought that a timber frame roof would both function well for me and would look good. I also need more storage in the shop, and have decided on a gambrel roof so that I can create some storage lofts above the main shop and have a large open space in the middle. I may even install a cupola to enhance natural air flow in the summer.
My initial design idea is to install some tie beams spaced 8' apart, that land on the existing wall plates. I would then install some summer beams to support the loft floor joists and the roof support structure (which I'm still working on).
My immediate questions are two:
1. What would be a good way to attach the tie beams to the existing structure's wall plates. I would prefer to not have visible fasteners such as hurricane plates, but if that is what is necessary I can work with that. A sub-question would be whether I should think about reinforcing the stud walls where the tie beams land, i.e. install additional studs or a post inside the stud wall? I want this to be safe, but economy of materials and economy of floor real estate are inportant.
2. While doing my design, I'm designing from the wall plates up to the peak of the roof to get the overall structure sorted, then I anticpate I'll need to start doing calculations from the top of the roof down to the tie beams to determine the loads on each member so I can calculate the timber sizing. Is this the general way timber frame structures are designed, or is it a good way to do so?
Thanks, and I hope not to be too much of a bother. I'm pretty self-reliant when it comes to learning, but I do need to be pointed in the right direction at times, and that's what I'm asking.
I should be able to post a rendering of the initial design at some point soon, but I don't have that ready quite yet.
Cheers.
--Stephen
I'm brand new here, and hope this post isn't inappropriate. I'm an experienced woodworker, but have never done any timber frame construction. I bought a new house a year ago that has a small shop, which I am using as my wood shop. The building is 14'x28' (~4.3mx7.3m), and has a conventional stud wall frame. The wall framing is fine, but the roof was both underbuilt and sagging, and needs new shingles.
The pitch is low, with almost no overhead storage room, and based on that, as well as the structural defects, I've decided to reframe the roof from scratch, and as I'd like to have more open space overhead, I thought that a timber frame roof would both function well for me and would look good. I also need more storage in the shop, and have decided on a gambrel roof so that I can create some storage lofts above the main shop and have a large open space in the middle. I may even install a cupola to enhance natural air flow in the summer.
My initial design idea is to install some tie beams spaced 8' apart, that land on the existing wall plates. I would then install some summer beams to support the loft floor joists and the roof support structure (which I'm still working on).
My immediate questions are two:
1. What would be a good way to attach the tie beams to the existing structure's wall plates. I would prefer to not have visible fasteners such as hurricane plates, but if that is what is necessary I can work with that. A sub-question would be whether I should think about reinforcing the stud walls where the tie beams land, i.e. install additional studs or a post inside the stud wall? I want this to be safe, but economy of materials and economy of floor real estate are inportant.
2. While doing my design, I'm designing from the wall plates up to the peak of the roof to get the overall structure sorted, then I anticpate I'll need to start doing calculations from the top of the roof down to the tie beams to determine the loads on each member so I can calculate the timber sizing. Is this the general way timber frame structures are designed, or is it a good way to do so?
Thanks, and I hope not to be too much of a bother. I'm pretty self-reliant when it comes to learning, but I do need to be pointed in the right direction at times, and that's what I'm asking.
I should be able to post a rendering of the initial design at some point soon, but I don't have that ready quite yet.
Cheers.
--Stephen
#9
General Board / Re: Welcome President Trump.
Last post by Ron Wenrich - Today at 04:00:38 PMIt is earned from the standpoint of being a citizen. That comes from either birthright or through naturalization. It doesn't come from getting a driver's license.
Govt can take it away voting rights, as in the case of someone serving more than 5 years in jail.
I have no idea how you could make them incremental or earned without it being seen as a Jim Crow law.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let you do it.... Mark Twain
Govt can take it away voting rights, as in the case of someone serving more than 5 years in jail.
I have no idea how you could make them incremental or earned without it being seen as a Jim Crow law.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let you do it.... Mark Twain
#10
General Board / Re: I may need to build a Teep...
Last post by Texas Ranger - Today at 03:35:05 PMA little tail never hurt any thing.
