Way out in the weeds ........
Posted: 16 Mar 2019 12:15
As far a reloading any way .
As many of you know I'm kind of a tight wad when it comes to buying buying components I'll squeeze a 45 ACP out of an 06' with stops at any place that the neck split doesn't affect .
Obviously I use tools that are inexpensive where I can and get the results I need otherwise I wouldn't be here .
So we're building a house which is as of today 9 months behind schedule .... Plenty of stories there I won't go there , leaving it at MIL , steps , dog , travel , contractors Dad's departure and life running over me like a 43' penny welded to R/R tracks .....
This morning I placed an order for a saw mill . I will have to get some more bands right away , and likely have to build a rail extension , but it's going to pay for itself in fairly short order .
The land that the house will live on has roughly 4000 trees per acre mostly oak . Yeah , I'm having a moment getting the idea of oak lap siding to gel fortunately there is an abundance of pine , cedar , gum and some hickory also . With basic lumber going towards $0.75/ft this makes good sense . It will start off by saving me about 15 yd of cement and buying something on the order 90 sheets of plywood/sturdy board and siding for floors and exterior walls . Dad had sanders , plainers , routers , wood lathe , jointer , dove tail jigs , and a host of other tools to make really nice wood faces from 3/8 cedar closet T&G to solid and panel in set doors . He just never bought the mill . All the houses we built and all if the money he spent on nice wood and he didn't buy one when he finally had 21 acres of lumber to use for all the stuff he built and lumber he has/had laid in and he still didn't do it .
So that'll be here in a week or so . I had intended to go out today and set grade and lines but kids , cranky Ms , and angry sinuses have derailed that ...... I think I'll shop plumbing maybe new USB fitted outlets and heat capture dryer vents .
As many of you know I'm kind of a tight wad when it comes to buying buying components I'll squeeze a 45 ACP out of an 06' with stops at any place that the neck split doesn't affect .
Obviously I use tools that are inexpensive where I can and get the results I need otherwise I wouldn't be here .
So we're building a house which is as of today 9 months behind schedule .... Plenty of stories there I won't go there , leaving it at MIL , steps , dog , travel , contractors Dad's departure and life running over me like a 43' penny welded to R/R tracks .....
This morning I placed an order for a saw mill . I will have to get some more bands right away , and likely have to build a rail extension , but it's going to pay for itself in fairly short order .
The land that the house will live on has roughly 4000 trees per acre mostly oak . Yeah , I'm having a moment getting the idea of oak lap siding to gel fortunately there is an abundance of pine , cedar , gum and some hickory also . With basic lumber going towards $0.75/ft this makes good sense . It will start off by saving me about 15 yd of cement and buying something on the order 90 sheets of plywood/sturdy board and siding for floors and exterior walls . Dad had sanders , plainers , routers , wood lathe , jointer , dove tail jigs , and a host of other tools to make really nice wood faces from 3/8 cedar closet T&G to solid and panel in set doors . He just never bought the mill . All the houses we built and all if the money he spent on nice wood and he didn't buy one when he finally had 21 acres of lumber to use for all the stuff he built and lumber he has/had laid in and he still didn't do it .
So that'll be here in a week or so . I had intended to go out today and set grade and lines but kids , cranky Ms , and angry sinuses have derailed that ...... I think I'll shop plumbing maybe new USB fitted outlets and heat capture dryer vents .