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voice room

mrtrim — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:21:19 GMT

im wondering how much interest there would be in haveing a voice room . in otherwords you could have a lumberjock room where you could go in and talk pretty much the same as on the phone . all you would need is a microphone plugged into your pc . its worldwide so martin or grumpy could talk to ms. debbie or karson for as long as you want and its free . you can have as many people in the room as you want . any one can have a room of thier own . you also can have a locked room where anyone would need a password to get in . this program also has video capabilities . the voice rooms are a free download . if you want video i think you have to pay about 39 a year ive belong to this site off and on for about 10 years . i used to have a room where you could play live music . i think theres great potential for jocks here check out paltalk .com

i chuckled

mrtrim — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:47:23 GMT

The day after his wife disappeared in a kayaking accident, a Canadian man answered his door to find two grim-faced Mounties. ‘We’re sorry sir, But we have some information about your wife,’ said one Mountie.
‘Tell me! Did you find her?’ the anguished husband sobbed.
The Mounties looked at each other. One said, ‘We have some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?’
Fearing the worst, the ashen husband said, ‘Give me the bad news first.’
The Mountie said,’I’m sorry to tell you, Sir, but this morning we found your wife’s body in the bay.’
‘Oh my God!’ exclaimed the husband. Swallowing hard, he asked, ‘What’s the good news?’
The Mountie continued,’When we pulled her up, she had twelve 25 lb. snow crabs & 6 good-size lobsters clinging to her.’
Stunned, the husband demanded,’If that’s the good news, what’s the great news?’

The Mountie said, ‘We’re gonna pull her up again tomorrow!’

morning chuckle

mrtrim — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:58:50 GMT

ESTATE PLANNING 101
>>
>> When Bob found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly
>> father died, he decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with.
>>
>> So, one evening he went to a singles bar where he spotted the most
>> beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath
>> away. “I may look like just an ordinary man,” he said as he walked up
>> to her, “but in just a week or two, my father will die, and I’ll
>> inherit 20 million dollars.”
>>
>> Impressed, the woman went home with him that evening and three
>> days later, she became his stepmother.
>>
>> Women are so much smarter than men.

new face frame clamp

mrtrim — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:23:05 GMT

i for one have never been really pleased with kregs ff. clamps . ive had problems with the face side not being exactly flush and caused a lot of sanding , not every one but enough that i thought there was reason to search for a better way . i do a lot of wainscoting and the frames are quite often 12 / 14 ft. long . so if i have a few that are not flush it takes a while to sand them in . ive read here that some guys use the kreg clamps to keep them aligned and then add a regular clamp to keep it from slipping when screwing it down . my purpose for buying the pockethole system was to save time and increase production , and all the clamping defeats my purpose . if you have similar problems heres what i did

the two rear tines push the stile and rail separately against the flat steel face . i tried it out on two frames yesterday , the first joint wasnt perfect . i increased the pressure slightly and the rest came out quite flush .
overall im pleased with the outcome , however i may add some quarter sized feet to the rear tines . the clamp cost 22.00 the steel plate was donated by my machineist neighbor thanks to him and thank you for looking !

the making of a small wall shelf

mrtrim — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:45:09 GMT

one of our fellow jocks asked me to help him thru the process of makeing a shelf similar to one i had posted , i ageed and he called me . well over the phone wasnt going that well so i told him id try to do a blog . this will be the first time so ill give it my best shot !

the one im going to do has the sides flared back to the wall at 30 degrees instead of returned back on a 45. like a mantle top would be if you prefer its the same process just cut 45 s instead of the 30s

first ill make the bottom piece . i made mine about 2 in. wide and about 24 in. long i cut a 30 deg. angle on both ends . and i routed a small profile on the front and sides

next ill cut the crown moulding . when cutting this on a mitre saw you would lay it on the saw upside down
and make sure the back side is flat against the fence ( see arrow )

you can check to see that you had it bedded right by laying the piece on its face and with your square check the cut at the bottom edge it should be sq. .

cut the front piece at the proper length with an outside corner cut on 30 deg. on both ends . and then the side pieces get cut the same with outside corner cuts at both ends as well and both 30 deg.

now ill apply the crown mldg. to the bottom piece with a little glue and a few brads . i usually put the front piece on first

then i apply the two sides . youll want these to be exactly the proper length any discrepancy will show up when you mount it to the wall . again i use glue on the crown joint and the to the bottom and a couple brads

next i make the top . i allow a 1/2 or so overhang on the front and two sides . and make sure the back is flush . notice the two holes i drilled and counter sunk . these want to be 3/8 in from the back edge and 4 or 5 in. twords the center . i now router a small profile on the front and sides . personally i usually do the bottom edge where the top meets the crown . but thats what ever you like better , you can do the top instead or even both

then i attach the top with brads up thru the crown into the top

next i make a piece of deadwood for mounting to the wall from the back i measure the with of the cavity, and cut a pice of scrap that width and short enough to fit in the cavity

this piece will get mounted on your wall with screws and hopefilly catching a couple studs then the shelf slides over it and two screws in the holes that were drilled thru the top down into the deadwood . and thats about it hope it was understandable and not too ugly ! thanks

photo bucket

mrtrim — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:25:28 GMT

im haveing problems uploading photos from photobucket to l. j. im getting an error it seems my privacy settings are blocking photobucket . i checked my settings and its set at mediem where its always been . ive uploaded from there several times in the past . this has been happening the past couple days any ideas ?

new guage

mrtrim — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:55:48 GMT

i think these may be standard on next years models ! lol

my shop

mrtrim — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:42:24 GMT

heres a couple pics of my shop first my make a big mess area

then my lumber storage and put things together area

need router

mrtrim — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:36:06 GMT

im looking for a new router probably 3 h p or more for a panel raising bit . im looking for suggestions on this subject thanks

sketchup question

mrtrim — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:48:02 GMT

i just downloaded the sketchup program, i got that plus something called layout as well the layout thing expires in 460 minutes or somthing . is that a separate program or a part of sketchup ?