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I am currently converting a gyuto with a western style handle to an eastern style.   Then I will make several wa handles.  Exotic hardwood is on order. 

Sam Adams egg table.

Magic concrete carpet for the magic box.

I am always amazed at the capabilities of the people here...i cant build squat and i certainly aint one for formatting and packaging nicely.   I just want to get things functional.u. +1 on that homemade smoker from basic junk @GregW....and all the refinishing old slabs of wood into essentially works of art.  I never had the patience, vision or creativity to do all the stuff you guys come up with.  Its sort of like when i played football, you want the guy carrying the ball brought down?  Im your man but i have to warn ya, it wont be pretty but it will be effective....

I have no finesse, building skills or vision.   I can copy a good idea and if i really get into something like pizza dough or charcoal retort kiln making, ill research these ideas to the nth degree and create a reliable, effective and duplicatable process every time.    I will also provide all of you guys whatever ive learned alomg the way so that perhaps you can avoid the stupid moves ive made and make it better....

Hntnhrd said:

I love "barnwood " type projects!! Kitchen looks great @Focker . Did a whole wall in a buddies man cave out of recycled barn wood and used metal roofing as a wainscoating. I'll try to dig up some pictures. 

Thanks bud.  I have a rough cut live edge slab of my grandpa's walnut that I would love to make a cutting board out of.  My dad would give it to me for this.  Was hoping you could pm me the details.  He used to own a sawmill and trucking company in Hillsdale, IL, so the wood we still have from his barn, is good stuff that he put aside.

Its actually a little of both.

I am somewhat handy but to build this from bare lumber would never happen.

this was intended to be built on to concrete and epoxied into place. As you can see its on my deck that sits 6 ft above grade.

I was in talks with the maker of the kit they couldn't offer any suggestions to mount this to the deck. So I had to come up with the mounting brackets myself.

I used an adjustable 6x6 deck support bracket that would be normally mounted to a concrete pile. It has a large bolt and nut to adjust a sagging deck if needed, somewhat similar to a jack pole. I drilled through the deck, placed the bracked bolt through the deck, through an 2x6 cut to length in between the joists, put a steel plate below the 2x6, and then tightened it up with the nut. I also screwed the 2x6 on both sided through the joists.

I had to lag bolt the brackets to the posts so I now had the issue of the bolt heads sticking out farther that the coping. I had to router out each side of the trim, 4 bolts per post, then screw them all together making perfect corners.

When I posed my plans to the manufacturers engineer, he was very impressed and he wanted pics during and after the mounting was complete. He was going to offer this as a solution to others wanting to put it on a wood deck.

 It was a lot of extra work to figure it out and plan, but its rock solid and doesn't move with the strongest of winds we face. Yes it came from a kit but it still took me a week to assemble and get mounted. This was a feat for me, and Im very proud of the finished product knowing its built by me and its safe.

pgprescott said:

@hondabbq
I'm curious about the shade kit.

Its on to rails on either side of the pergola. It has a 2" drop from one side to the other and I set it up to drain to the far side of the deck so any water build up will drain away. It can be fully retracted or extended with a rope tied to the canopy ends with attach points on either end girders. It can be retracted to either side.

This one was called "The Breeze with retractable canopy" It was on sale at Costco last summer for $1000 off. It was way cheaper through Costco than direct. At the time it was full price on the site, but its on sale now. It was still cheaper through Costco yet by $1800 from the current price.

Its from a company out of BC called Outdoor Living Today. website of the same name.

pgprescott said:

hondabbq said:

pgprescott said:

@hondabbq
I'm curious about the shade kit.

Its on to rails on either side of the pergola. It has a 2" drop from one side to the other and I set it up to drain to the far side of the deck so any water build up will drain away. It can be fully retracted or extended with a rope tied to the canopy ends with attach points on either end girders. It can be retracted to either side.

Its from a company out of BC called Outdoor Living Today. website of the same name.

So, it can be used in light rain and wind? I assume not in heavy rain and wind?

We mostly wanted it for shade, It gets hot on our back deck and makes it unbearable to enjoy the deck. Now we can sit out and relax and not have the sun beating down on us.

We have sat under it in a light rain with no issues. You have to be conscious of the rain accumulation and not sit on that side as it ill drop on you if the furniture is under the edge of the canopy. Kind of useless for a  side rain as well depending on the wind speed.

Straight down rain its all good. We retract it every night  we go inside and it has held up well so far. Again, we only had it up for about 4 weeks before I had to remove the canopy. It says you don't have to but I did and I will every spring and fall.
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northGAcock said:

Focker said:

Sam Adams egg table.

Magic concrete carpet for the magic box.

Tailgating is the best. Love the SA nest.

Thanks bud, it was a fun winter putz project.  Then I had to buy a truck to match. lol

Makes towing the small so much easier, egg never leaves the truck.