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xoxoxoBruce 08-04-2020 05:05 PM

When you want to post a picture from another site you can not move it from there to here. You have to download it from the other site to your computer then upload it to here.

Happy Monkey 08-04-2020 05:54 PM

If it has a simple URL, the upload image dialog can do the copying.

Diaphone Jim 08-04-2020 06:12 PM

Was what I did on the paper sculptures (1252) "hot linking?"

xoxoxoBruce 08-04-2020 06:50 PM

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Nope, it won't let you...

xoxoxoBruce 08-04-2020 08:33 PM

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I'm guessing those legs are attached to the box...

Happy Monkey 08-04-2020 09:08 PM

Hopefully you don't measure your time in nails.


Worth it, though.

xoxoxoBruce 08-06-2020 12:58 AM

Wouldn't be too bad with sharp tools and the right jigs/fixtures able to repeat reliably.

xoxoxoBruce 08-09-2020 10:03 PM

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Quarantine carving...

xoxoxoBruce 08-19-2020 12:12 AM

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Speaking of chess...

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This chess set has been made using fourteen different woods; including
1.Mahogany, 2.Walnut, 3.Flamey Birch, 4.Spalted Hornbeam, 5.Zebrawood and 6.Douglas fir.
The board is made of 1cm thick pieces of Mahogany and 7.Sycamore, with a plywood substrate.
Rows one and eight are raised up 2cm. Rows two and seven are raised 1cm.
The case is made of Flamey Birch and has been treated with diluted tung oil to bring out the figuring.

The 'dark' pieces use six different woods.
Rook - Douglas fir treated with diluted tung oil.
Knight - Zebrano [aka Zebrawood].
Bishop - Walnut.
King and Queen – 8.Oak treated with diluted tung oil.
Pawns - body is 9.Ebony, head is dyed 10.Beech.

The 'light' pieces also use six different woods.
Rook – 11.Maple.
Knight – 12.Lime.
Bishop – 13.Cherry
King and Queen - spalted hornbeam.
Pawns - body is 14.Ash, head is beech.

The pieces have been designed according to their direction of travel.
A rook can move forwards, backward or side to side.
A knight can move one square forwards, backward or side to side plus one square diagonally.
No, that’s not how the Knight moves!!!!
A bishop can move diagonally.
The king and queen can move in any direction.
Their direction of travel has been indicated by their bases, rather than by the shape of the piece.

Happy Monkey 08-19-2020 06:35 PM

Are the light ones treated with something?


If not, cherry darkens over time... could get confusing.

xoxoxoBruce 08-21-2020 10:54 PM

No idea, it didn't say. I think the whole set is ugly.

xoxoxoBruce 08-25-2020 07:33 PM

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Now that's a fireplace...

Diaphone Jim 08-26-2020 12:13 PM

That is a champ! More info anyplace?
This is fun:
http://www.forgreenheat.org/resource...ue_stoves.html

xoxoxoBruce 08-29-2020 12:52 AM

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I'm sure there is as it's surface on the net a few times over the years.

Here's a place to sit while you search...

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:edit:
I just looked up the HMS Royal George. Keel laid in 1747, launched in 1756.
Yup 9 years, but the largest warship in the world when launched.
Fought some battles, yada yada yada, in 1780 the hull got coppered but then it gets weird.

In August of 1782 anchored at Spithead while they were loading supplies for Gibraltar she tipped over and sank... 800 people drowned. What!?!?

There was about 1200 crew, 200 to 300 relatives seeing them off, 100 to 200 Ladies of the Point visiting, merchants and traders selling to the sailors, and a number of carpenters doing last minute repairs. The officers had been warned by the ships carpenter it was too far over but they ignored him.
They were all acquitted in a court marshal. :facepalm:

Griff 08-29-2020 08:44 AM

Always listen to the carpenter.

Happy Monkey 09-01-2020 03:49 PM

I'm always stubbing my toe on my chair, and its feet don't even stick out past the seat.

xoxoxoBruce 09-01-2020 07:50 PM

That won't happen if you walk backwards. :haha:

xoxoxoBruce 09-01-2020 10:01 PM

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I don't think many people have ceilings this high but you can cut a hole for it. ;)

Gravdigr 09-02-2020 02:28 PM

The odd cubby on the upper right side is just killing me.

xoxoxoBruce 09-03-2020 10:23 PM

Yeah, 4 that go in from that side, plus 4 down below.

xoxoxoBruce 09-12-2020 04:53 AM

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Or just whittle and call it art...

BigV 09-12-2020 11:02 AM

I really like that one!

Gravdigr 09-12-2020 03:12 PM

Head, shoulders, elbows, knees, but no toeses.

Can't decide if I like it, or no.

xoxoxoBruce 09-12-2020 11:22 PM

No toeses because if you assign those bumps to shoulders an elbows it would have to be kneeling. It's waiting for the fire to gender reveal.

Diaphone Jim 09-13-2020 11:24 AM

When I first heard of that party down south, I thought it was some teenager announcing his/her decision.
Fireworks in that area in September are not a good idea.

Griff 09-13-2020 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 1057931)
I really like that one!

Same.

xoxoxoBruce 09-15-2020 02:35 AM

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It dawned on me that maybe after 1200 posts you're sick of the do-it-yourself bullshit and just want to buy some stuff.
Fair enough, here ya go, my buddy Louie will fix you up. Louie, Louie Vuitton ...

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Or maybe...

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Now do you remember why you got into doing it yourself?

Diaphone Jim 09-15-2020 11:46 AM

Got it! Hanging chair for the price of three 2020 Tesla Model 3's.

xoxoxoBruce 09-16-2020 01:21 AM

Easier than building a ramp and door to get the Teslas into the living room.

Griff 09-16-2020 06:23 AM

But the Teslas could act as your house battery whereas that...

xoxoxoBruce 09-17-2020 01:46 AM

House batteries? How plebeian. You think I should dismiss the crew in the power generation station behind the indoor riding ring?
How would they ever they feed their wives and babies... and polo ponies?

Gravdigr 09-17-2020 03:41 PM

I have a solution:

Feed the wives and babies to the polo ponies.

What? Polo ponies need their protein.

xoxoxoBruce 09-19-2020 02:15 AM

It would be more fair to have the wives, babies and polo ponies, rock-paper-scissors to see who eats whom.

xoxoxoBruce 09-29-2020 12:02 AM

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I'm impressed...

Griff 09-30-2020 06:43 AM

Amy Walters had Happy Monkey's art prominently displayed on her shelf last night.

Clodfobble 09-30-2020 10:24 AM

For real? Or just a piece of art that looks like his style?

Griff 09-30-2020 02:34 PM

Art in his style, as far as I know.

BigV 09-30-2020 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1058762)
Amy Walters had Happy Monkey's art prominently displayed on her shelf last night.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 1058768)
For real? Or just a piece of art that looks like his style?

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1058782)
Art in his style, as far as I know.

Similar to his style, given that the panes are not regular polyhedrons.

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Happy Monkey 09-30-2020 05:03 PM

I have done occasional pointier triangles, where the math works out:


https://live.staticflickr.com/4047/4...403fe3c8_c.jpg


I don't think I've ever done that particular shape, though, with the square-base pyramids. I wonder how that works out.

xoxoxoBruce 10-02-2020 01:45 AM

In Bethlehem, PA they sell those stars like she has, along with the pointier Moravian Stars.

Griff 10-02-2020 08:01 AM

What are they constructed with?

xoxoxoBruce 10-02-2020 03:39 PM

Glass or Plastic, depending how deep your pocket.

Gravdigr 10-08-2020 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 1058870)
In Bethlehem, PA they sell those stars like she has, along with the pointier Moravian Stars.

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1058893)
What are they constructed with?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 1058920)
Glass or Plastic, depending how deep your pocket.

Seeing as it's Bethlehem, you'd think they'd be made of steel.

fargon 10-08-2020 08:20 PM

Groan

Gravdigr 10-08-2020 08:24 PM

:D

Diaphone Jim 10-09-2020 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1059541)
Seeing as it's Bethlehem, you'd think they'd be made of steel.

Or myrrh.


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