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Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. They
should have been mirror images. Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. |
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On Mar 6, 4:43*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. *They should have been mirror images. *Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. *Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. Did you check out the cold cure epoxy from Raka.com (in Fla) that I reccomended? The prethickened stuff is pretty good too... Scotty from SmallBoats.com |
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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:00:17 -0500, HK wrote:
wrote: Scotty from SmallBoats.com Sheesh...who left the screen door open? Must you always act the ass? |
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On Mar 6, 4:43*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. *They should have been mirror images. *Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. *Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. You just need to build two campers now. |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:02:08 -0800 (PST), Monkey Butler
wrote: On Mar 6, 4:43Â*pm, Frogwatch wrote: Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. Â*They should have been mirror images. Â*Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. Â*Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. You just need to build two campers now. There should be some kind of law for cutters besides "measure twice, cut once." I've done the same thing Frogwatch did. More than once. There oughta be a law. --Vic |
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Blazer wrote:
On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:00:17 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: Scotty from SmallBoats.com Sheesh...who left the screen door open? Must you always act the ass? He can't help it. It's a disease. |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:02:08 -0800 (PST), Monkey Butler wrote: On Mar 6, 4:43 pm, Frogwatch wrote: Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. They should have been mirror images. Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. You just need to build two campers now. There should be some kind of law for cutters besides "measure twice, cut once." I've done the same thing Frogwatch did. More than once. There oughta be a law. --Vic Similar. I cut a paper pattern to cut new sheetgoods for a bathroom. Promptly marked and cut the expensive flooring with the wrong side of the pattern. |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:02:08 -0800 (PST), Monkey Butler wrote: On Mar 6, 4:43 pm, Frogwatch wrote: Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. They should have been mirror images. Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. You just need to build two campers now. There should be some kind of law for cutters besides "measure twice, cut once." I've done the same thing Frogwatch did. More than once. There oughta be a law. --Vic Me too, although not as serious as a whole camper side. But if I try to play weekend warrior in the carpentry department especially doing trimwork molding, I get lost fast. If I were Frogman, I'd slap it together but only drive east or west. Eisboch |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:09:03 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote: Me too, although not as serious as a whole camper side. But if I try to play weekend warrior in the carpentry department especially doing trimwork molding, I get lost fast. Mostly comes from working too fast and not thinking enough. If I feel a hint of confusion before I cut, I don't. Too often I'm not confused, just wrong. If I were Frogman, I'd slap it together but only drive east or west. That could work. Another option is have a nice label made for it. "Manufactured by Picasso" --Vic |
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On Mar 6, 9:22 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:09:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Me too, although not as serious as a whole camper side. But if I try to play weekend warrior in the carpentry department especially doing trimwork molding, I get lost fast. Mostly comes from working too fast and not thinking enough. If I feel a hint of confusion before I cut, I don't. Too often I'm not confused, just wrong. If I were Frogman, I'd slap it together but only drive east or west. That could work. Another option is have a nice label made for it. "Manufactured by Picasso" --Vic Only drive one way, thats good. I am afraid to try the cold cure epoxy because it'll be warm very soon and then the stuf'll cure in seconds. You'll know me when you see me going down the road. |
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"Frogwatch" wrote in message ... On Mar 6, 9:22 pm, Vic Smith wrote: On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:09:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Me too, although not as serious as a whole camper side. But if I try to play weekend warrior in the carpentry department especially doing trimwork molding, I get lost fast. Mostly comes from working too fast and not thinking enough. If I feel a hint of confusion before I cut, I don't. Too often I'm not confused, just wrong. If I were Frogman, I'd slap it together but only drive east or west. That could work. Another option is have a nice label made for it. "Manufactured by Picasso" --Vic Only drive one way, thats good. I am afraid to try the cold cure epoxy because it'll be warm very soon and then the stuf'll cure in seconds. You'll know me when you see me going down the road. Coming or going? Eisboch |
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Frogwatch wrote:
On Mar 6, 9:22 pm, Vic Smith wrote: On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:09:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Me too, although not as serious as a whole camper side. But if I try to play weekend warrior in the carpentry department especially doing trimwork molding, I get lost fast. Mostly comes from working too fast and not thinking enough. If I feel a hint of confusion before I cut, I don't. Too often I'm not confused, just wrong. If I were Frogman, I'd slap it together but only drive east or west. That could work. Another option is have a nice label made for it. "Manufactured by Picasso" --Vic Only drive one way, thats good. I am afraid to try the cold cure epoxy because it'll be warm very soon and then the stuf'll cure in seconds. You'll know me when you see me going down the road. Is this guy a relative of yours? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Btfsplk |
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On Mar 6, 10:14 pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote: On Mar 6, 9:22 pm, Vic Smith wrote: On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:09:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Me too, although not as serious as a whole camper side. But if I try to play weekend warrior in the carpentry department especially doing trimwork molding, I get lost fast. Mostly comes from working too fast and not thinking enough. If I feel a hint of confusion before I cut, I don't. Too often I'm not confused, just wrong. If I were Frogman, I'd slap it together but only drive east or west. That could work. Another option is have a nice label made for it. "Manufactured by Picasso" --Vic Only drive one way, thats good. I am afraid to try the cold cure epoxy because it'll be warm very soon and then the stuf'll cure in seconds. You'll know me when you see me going down the road. Is this guy a relative of yours? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Btfsplk All I have to do to get a new wardrobe is to start some project involving epoxy. No matter how careful I am, soon all of my pants have epoxy on them. It's like, "I'll just touch up that tiny area there, I wont' spill anything", WRONG. Right now, I do not any pants other than a suit that arent epoxy stained. It gets on the carport concrete too, makes my wife crazy. Muriatic acid doesnt touch it. |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote: All I have to do to get a new wardrobe is to start some project involving epoxy. No matter how careful I am, soon all of my pants have epoxy on them. It's like, "I'll just touch up that tiny area there, I wont' spill anything", WRONG. Right now, I do not any pants other than a suit that arent epoxy stained. It gets on the carport concrete too, makes my wife crazy. Muriatic acid doesnt touch it. Get a pair of overalls to keep in the shop/garage. Good ones. Thick so oil can't easily penetrate. Make sure they are loose and don't bind at the shoulders, otherwise you won't wear them. Make sure they have big legs too so you don't have to take your shoes off to get in, otherwise you won't use them. For most people anything less than XL is too small. Roll up the legs if you have to. Don't worry about how you look in them. Once in the habit you'll never screw up your pants and shirts again. --Vic |
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On Mar 6, 11:00 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: All I have to do to get a new wardrobe is to start some project involving epoxy. No matter how careful I am, soon all of my pants have epoxy on them. It's like, "I'll just touch up that tiny area there, I wont' spill anything", WRONG. Right now, I do not any pants other than a suit that arent epoxy stained. It gets on the carport concrete too, makes my wife crazy. Muriatic acid doesnt touch it. Get a pair of overalls to keep in the shop/garage. Good ones. Thick so oil can't easily penetrate. Make sure they are loose and don't bind at the shoulders, otherwise you won't wear them. Make sure they have big legs too so you don't have to take your shoes off to get in, otherwise you won't use them. For most people anything less than XL is too small. Roll up the legs if you have to. Don't worry about how you look in them. Once in the habit you'll never screw up your pants and shirts again. --Vic Between acid at work and epoxy at home, my clothes dont stand a chance. "Worry about how I look?" what an unusual concept. |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:09:46 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote: On Mar 6, 11:00 pm, Vic Smith wrote: On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: All I have to do to get a new wardrobe is to start some project involving epoxy. No matter how careful I am, soon all of my pants have epoxy on them. It's like, "I'll just touch up that tiny area there, I wont' spill anything", WRONG. Right now, I do not any pants other than a suit that arent epoxy stained. It gets on the carport concrete too, makes my wife crazy. Muriatic acid doesnt touch it. Get a pair of overalls to keep in the shop/garage. Good ones. Thick so oil can't easily penetrate. Make sure they are loose and don't bind at the shoulders, otherwise you won't wear them. Make sure they have big legs too so you don't have to take your shoes off to get in, otherwise you won't use them. For most people anything less than XL is too small. Roll up the legs if you have to. Don't worry about how you look in them. Once in the habit you'll never screw up your pants and shirts again. --Vic Between acid at work and epoxy at home, my clothes dont stand a chance. "Worry about how I look?" what an unusual concept. Doesn't mean you can't comb your hair. |
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thunder wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:39:02 +0000, Richard Casady wrote: I once ordered a sheet of 5x10 plywood. I cut it carefully. If not summer would have been gone before I finished the boat. A magazine, I think it might have been Popular Mechanics, had a contest to see what you could make out of 1 4x8 sheet of plywood. One of the designs was for a picnic table which a girlfriend decided to make. It was a clever design. You could take it apart in a minute, and store it in the trunk of a car. The design might have been for one sheet, but I would have needed 1/2 dozen sheets to make all those cuts right. The girlfriend swore she only needed 1 sheet. I didn't believe her. ;-) You don't have a laser guided template cutter saw in your garage? :) |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:29:59 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:02:08 -0800 (PST), Monkey Butler wrote: On Mar 6, 4:43 pm, Frogwatch wrote: Building my truck mounted camper, I made both sides the same. They should have been mirror images. Now I have to make another before I can put the sides on. Other than that, the project is going much slower than expected mostly due to very cold weather where I could not use epoxy. You just need to build two campers now. There should be some kind of law for cutters besides "measure twice, cut once." I've done the same thing Frogwatch did. More than once. There oughta be a law. --Vic Similar. I cut a paper pattern to cut new sheetgoods for a bathroom. Promptly marked and cut the expensive flooring with the wrong side of the pattern. I once ordered a sheet of 5x10 plywood. I cut it carefully. If not summer would have been gone before I finished the boat. Casady |
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On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:39:02 +0000, Richard Casady wrote:
I once ordered a sheet of 5x10 plywood. I cut it carefully. If not summer would have been gone before I finished the boat. A magazine, I think it might have been Popular Mechanics, had a contest to see what you could make out of 1 4x8 sheet of plywood. One of the designs was for a picnic table which a girlfriend decided to make. It was a clever design. You could take it apart in a minute, and store it in the trunk of a car. The design might have been for one sheet, but I would have needed 1/2 dozen sheets to make all those cuts right. The girlfriend swore she only needed 1 sheet. I didn't believe her. ;-) |
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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:22:03 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote: That could work. Another option is have a nice label made for it. "Manufactured by Picasso" Alexander Calder painted an airplane for Braniff Airlines. For an encore he did a toolbox for one of the mechanics. Casady |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote: It gets on the carport concrete too, makes my wife crazy. Muriatic acid doesnt touch it. And a damn good thing. Muratic is HCl, and sea water has plenty of both H+ and Cl- ions. That acid will eat the concrete. The epoxy is there to stay. Casady |
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On Mar 6, 6:42*pm, Blazer wrote:
On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:00:17 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: Scotty from SmallBoats.com Sheesh...who left the screen door open? Must you always act the ass? Yes, it's all he has. No brains, no abilities, so....... |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: All I have to do to get a new wardrobe is to start some project involving epoxy. No matter how careful I am, soon all of my pants have epoxy on them. It's like, "I'll just touch up that tiny area there, I wont' spill anything", WRONG. Right now, I do not any pants other than a suit that arent epoxy stained. It gets on the carport concrete too, makes my wife crazy. Muriatic acid doesnt touch it. Get a pair of overalls to keep in the shop/garage. Good ones. Thick so oil can't easily penetrate. Make sure they are loose and don't bind at the shoulders, otherwise you won't wear them. Make sure they have big legs too so you don't have to take your shoes off to get in, otherwise you won't use them. For most people anything less than XL is too small. Roll up the legs if you have to. Don't worry about how you look in them. Once in the habit you'll never screw up your pants and shirts again. --Vic and maybe a drop cloth? |
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On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 12:10:33 -0400, "mmc" wrote:
and maybe a drop cloth? Guess you'd need one with the "exotic" stuff Frogwatch uses. Never messed with more than small epoxy stuff myself. I always have a container of oil-dri for the garage, and plenty of rags. No good for paint or stuff that dries hard though. If I know I'll get a mess I put rags under the work. Have a big rag container too. I'm real big on rags since my Navy days. I used to requisition them and recall they were one of most expensive "consumables." Think they were over a hundred bucks for an 80 lb bale, and that was in the '60's. All cotton though. We didn't waste them. Never had a painted concrete floor. They look nice, but so does crushed oil-dri to me. Only time I use a drop-cloth is for painting or tuckpointing a chimney, but they are a handy option. --Vic |
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