The Log house Project begins........

[Obed]

Well the nailer is all apart and it's the firing valve seal which is not an o-ring, but a harder opaque plastic ring which was shattered. I have a new one on the way for $13 shipped.

Rick,
You remind me of the people of yesteryear who did most things themselves, everything from building their own houses, to growing, storing, and cooking their own food, to making their own clothes and furniture.

I often think that if some calamity happened in this country that disabled the national infrastructure, our people would not have any clue how to survive. These days, many families don't know how to cook something that didn't come in a box. Most of us even pay someone to do the simple act of cutting our hair.

Obed

 

[forgeblast]

M7 Sometimes you can get cheap rebuild kits on ebay.

 

[forgeblast]

M7 Sometimes you can get cheap rebuild kits on ebay.

 

[MotorSeven]

I often think that if some calamity happened in this country that disabled the national infrastructure, our people would not have any clue how to survive. These days, many families don't know how to cook something that didn't come in a box. Most of us even pay someone to do the simple act of cutting our hair.

Obed

I cut my own hair, much to my wife's chagrin. But you are exactly right and if "we" don't figure out how to live with a lot less I fear we are going to be real sorry in the not to distant future.

So using my back up brad nailer, I finished the Man Bathroom....

Two walls done:

The third on the way:

All done:

 

[MotorSeven]

Sorry it won't let me edit the double pic.

Then I set the sink and head:

It was a pretty good day........

build walls...check
trim out said walls....check
install and hook up sink.......check
install and hook up toilet that claims it can flush a bucket of golf balls.......check
clean up work area, and pick up pint of purple PVC Primer by the cap....check
have said pint of purple pvc primer leave the cap and fall 3' to the floor...check
Have said purple pvc primer splash all over the new cedar wall and create a hazmat spill on the tile....CHECK

 

[MotorSeven]

Dirty Harry has not been ridden in almost a year....and is looking very forlorn:

 

[Obed]

Sorry it won't let me edit the double pic.

Then I set the sink and head:

It was a pretty good day........

build walls...check
trim out said walls....check
install and hook up sink.......check
install and hook up toilet that claims it can flush a bucket of golf balls.......check
clean up work area, and pick up pint of purple PVC Primer by the cap....check
have said pint of purple pvc primer leave the cap and fall 3' to the floor...check
Have said purple pvc primer splash all over the new cedar wall and create a hazmat spill on the tile....CHECK

Were you able to clean up the primer or did it leave a permanent mark?

 

[tnmike]

That purple primer stains really bad. Did it come off the cedar? I'm doubting it did.

I have thought about the national calamity scenario quite a bit. There are very few people who are truly self sufficient. I know one family whose life would not change much if all modern conveniences went away. They are a family of five living on an income of 28K a year. (earned income) Barring a medical emergency they would thrive. I know quite a few others who would survive with great difficulty. The rest (90 percent) would die within the first year.

 

[PAGUY]

"ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE"

 

[MotorSeven]

Sometimes I feel like a Neanderthal in shoes. Take away my shoes and I'd be running through the woods with a spear grunting like Tim Allen or Ron Perlman(Quest for Fire).