a photoblog of what i did today.....

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

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I ended up going with untreated poplar cuz the hardware store only had that and oak.

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

That's why it's so ... widely liked.


I'll see myself out.

waaaitaminit. If it's so "widely liked", why is it still available unlike the other species?

[Clodfobble]

Widely liked = popular = poplar

It was a stretch, and I'm sure Zen feels appropriately ashamed.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Ha! Bet he doesn't.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Widely liked = popular = poplar

It was a stretch, and I'm sure Zen feels appropriately ashamed.

I got that. I challenge that. If it *was* WIDELY LIKED, why is there still some of it on the shelves for sale, when the other wood, presumably "not poplar", is sold out?

Zen's puns are unmatched, but this one while both obvious and euphonious was logically backwards. Or is that upside down? Perhaps that's his logic....

[Chocolatl]

I actually didn't like the poplar, popular or not.

Back to MDF, with a non-toxic wood sealant on the way.

Also going to attempt to make a few to sell.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by BigV

I got that. I challenge that. If it *was* WIDELY LIKED, why is there still some of it on the shelves for sale, when the other wood, presumably "not poplar", is sold out?

Zen's puns are unmatched, but this one while both obvious and euphonious was logically backwards. Or is that upside down? Perhaps that's his logic....

Well, if you want, you could look at it from the other direction: what if other woods were so unpopular that they were never stocked in the first place? My grocery store has no starfruit, but lots of apples, not because people hate apples, but because the grocery store is appropriately anticipating consumer demand.

(Please don't mind me though, I'm just entertaining myself...)

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

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(Please don't mind me though, I'm just entertaining myself...)

Oak a.

[footfootfoot]

Poplar grows exceptionally fast and big. And pretty much all over. Maple is chopped up and burned out here, along with Cherry, Ash, Oak, Birch. There's plenty left over for sawyers. Price and availability fluctuate by what's being cut. There are many many wood puns that I will not repeat. The poplar one is perennial.

Woodworkers have a lot of time, alone with nothing but their own minds to keep them company. If it's a wood pun, it's been said.


Now, Choco, what's not to like about the poplar? Were you using 1/2" MDF and the Poplar is 3/4"?

[glatt]

Poplar only comes up to a foot wide, so you have to join it to make it bigger. Is my guess.

[Chocolatl]

Nah, both were 3/4", just the poplar was a lot rougher. It splintered so easily.

[ZenGum]

[slightly embarrassed giggling]

Originally Posted by BigV

Oak a.

u-huh.

[BigV]

My neighbor across the street is demolishing his house and I asked him if I could have the bricks from his chimney. He said yes, and his demolition crew piled the whole bricks on a couple pallets on my driveway. They were not cleaned, only separated. I'm cleaning them.

What labor intensive work.

The left pallet represents about six hours of intermittent work as I figured out the best combination of tools to remove the mortar. I've settled on a hatchet. I went through hammer, chisel, power chisel and my favorite pair of gardening gloves in the course of cleaning 54 bricks. I have got to find a way to increase my output.

Note to self: don't forget the ibuprofen with breakfast.

[zippyt]

V invest in a brick hammer , trust me on this , they are the AMAZING !!!!!!!!

Oh and a wide brick chisel

[BigV]

saw those on some video... I guess I'll get them before breakfast. thanks man!

[xoxoxoBruce]

On your way to the hammer store and back, drag some bricks on the pavement.