Duck Pond Redneckery


Actually this is the last of the old wood. I had to splice scraps together just to make a 69-½" for under the window. But I ran out of screws. So it didn't get put up yet.

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The other day I discovered that if I remove the center console I can fit ten foot lumber in the van. No need to rumble the old 77 Ford around.

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Yesterday they only had 3 decent ten foot planks so I got a 12 footer. It also fits in the van with the rear door closed. 😎

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That barn is gonna look good when you're done.
 
This is almost one whole gallon of oil base paint.

Latex would have gone further but wouldn't have soaked into the wood for good adhesion and sealing. And it would be peeling off before spring.

The only new wood is the one on the corner. The rest is old wood that soaked it up like a sponge.

I went ahead and painted it because I wanted to put that white vinyl corner piece on.

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But that's where I left off.. I'm out of wood. I was only able to reuse about half of what I pulled off because the rest is either too rotted or was cut for the two windows that were there. I don't know why they thought that corner room needed two windows but I'm only putting in one.

I went and spent $100 on new wood last night after taking this picture.

It's supposed to rain all day today. 😒
Try some Primer before the Top Coat
 
you forget who you're talking to.

"when he's done"...?????

duck...???

you had better not sit and wait for him to finish...........

it's gonna be a while.
It took me 6 hours to cut 7 pieces of wood, sand the whiskers and corners down, and get ONE coat of primer on them.

😳

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That's all new wood except the red one. The small white one is going over the door to replace the rotted 1x4.
 
Damn. What was the hold up?

On the other hand, it's more than I accomplished today.
Messing with the stupid table saw. I forgot I pretty much had to rebuild the damn thing.

The crank to tilt the blade takes two hands to turn. I took it apart and cleaned it up and greased it.

Just to cut a bevel on the top of the piece that's going over the door so rain will roll off.

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Cant tell in the pic but the bottom of that piece is cut at a 5 degree angle upwards towards the wall side, so the lowest point is the front.
 
Depends on how much h rain comes in.
Supposed to be 77 and SUNNY Wedsday..

Gosh though I been home a damn week been DARK and Raining every freaking day..

Hope atleast a NICE DAY before I gotta go back

I dunno last year it rained like heck every day.

Farmers planted and replanted washed away the seed..

Those lucky enough get into the ground and HOLD was a Skimpy Crop
 
It took me 6 hours to cut 7 pieces of wood, sand the whiskers and corners down, and get ONE coat of primer on them.
sheesh, yesterday, i pulled up all the tomato plants, bagged them for the garbage truck that was coming. cleaned up the entire garden, trimmed the hedges, cleaned the entire yard, washed my car, and cleaned the interior, repaired 2 windows, did the laundry, cleaned one of my guns, and i was done in less than 5 hours, even stopped for a sammich, which was NOT a good idea, tasted like gun bore cleaner, then took a shower, then watched 2 contractors break up a section of my sidewalk, and lay down new concrete, took a nap after all that............

and you had issues..?????

if you can't do the job at your age, WTF are you gonna do when you reach MY age..????
 
sheesh, yesterday, i pulled up all the tomato plants, bagged them for the garbage truck that was coming. cleaned up the entire garden, trimmed the hedges, cleaned the entire yard, washed my car, and cleaned the interior, repaired 2 windows, did the laundry, cleaned one of my guns, and i was done in less than 5 hours, even stopped for a sammich, which was NOT a good idea, tasted like gun bore cleaner, then took a shower, then watched 2 contractors break up a section of my sidewalk, and lay down new concrete, took a nap after all that............

and you had issues..?????

if you can't do the job at your age, WTF are you gonna do when you reach MY age..????
Reaching your age is a statistical anomaly.
 

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