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Re: About to make an outdoor bench.

Postby penxv » Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:31 am

The 2x8s were straight, they were just damaged. So I sanded down the damaged parts.

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Postby penxv » Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:18 pm

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Have to get a drill bit and some nuts and bolts.

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Postby penxv » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:52 am

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Used the 2x12s from one of the shipping pallets for this framing for a work table. Had to sister some shit together to make an old 2x8 work for the storage higher up.

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Postby penxv » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:56 am

Fucking Amish acting like they don't use framing nailers.

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Postby penxv » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:37 pm

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On the sides, the dimensions for the pieces are 24" x 78"

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Postby penxv » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:51 am

Got the bench put together and set in place.

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A couple of Jim's fun wall friends (Phil would call them the curb squirrels) stopped by today. They're going to help me put a concrete pad around the rock bed and create a space for me to do a couple other things.

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Postby penxv » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:25 am

penxv wrote:They said, in their ridiculous instruction manual, that I would need to buy 3 bundles of roofing shingles. I needed 5 and there was barely any waste.

Fucking Amish.


This is not factually correct. They did say 6 bundles. But I thought 3 for some reason. They were still weirdly inexact. Like I had an extra wall stud that I used to make parts that were missing.

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Postby penxv » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:36 am

5/16" is actually the size of the drill bit. :(

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Postby Canuckster » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:41 am

The Amish are clearly making you use your brain instead of doing everything for you
People say they all want the truth, but when they are confronted with a truth that disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse come to destroy civilization.

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Postby penxv » Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:28 am

This is what they sent to people that paid them like 3k. They get away with so much shit.


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