What is this? - Page 11

Uisge Beatha · 08-02-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

I think that the boards are straight. The arc is an optical illusion.

You could be right (I originally dismissed the appearance in picture #1 as such), but the second and third photos do show trapezoidal pieces. They also seem to indicate a spread in the border of the marks on the patio.

HungLikeJesus · 08-02-2007, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uisge Beatha

You could be right (I originally dismissed the appearance in picture #1 as such), but the second and third photos do show trapezoidal pieces. They also seem to indicate a spread in the border of the marks on the patio.

Not optical illusion; optional illusion. It's not for everyone.

And is it an Ark or an arc?

With the exception of the split board, I think that they are all straight 2x8 or 2x10s.

TheMercenary · 08-02-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

Not optical illusion; optional illusion. It's not for everyone.

And is it an Ark or an arc?

With the exception of the split board, I think that they are all straight 2x8 or 2x10s.

Fish eye lense camera. Straight boards. Looks like fencing. They all split like that when you pull them off to replace them. Who knows.

Uisge Beatha · 08-02-2007, 12:42 PM

Hmmm, I just don't know about this one. However, I do have a mental image of BigV wringing his hands while chuckling evilly as we all go nuts trying to figure it out.

monster · 08-02-2007, 09:55 PM

A canopy for the deck

zippyt · 08-02-2007, 10:19 PM

knilin !!!

beauregaardhooligan · 08-03-2007, 10:24 AM

Recycling wood flooring?

BigV · 08-03-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint the psychic

Whatta ya want, "the wood I had around behind my shed that had spiders under it and then I built a treehouse out of it" ???

Stop stalking me.

That is exactly the right answer! Congratulations!

I have a triangular rim joist and some joists parallel to base of the triangle. The trunk of the tree extends through the rim joists at the apex of the triangle, and these boards, they are tapered, carefully tapered, cover the trapezoid that represents the "lower" 3/4 of the triangle. They are the deck, the floor of the treehouse.

The black marks on the patio are pieces of tape that I used to approximate the locations of the supporting members. It made laying out and cutting the deck boards much easier. I was standing on the ground, not on a ladder or in the air, you understand. By the way, there are not enough of them to finish the deck in these pictures. That's why you can see the lighter boards (2x4x8s) at the right. They're just there to fill things in visually for me. A placeholder for me to imagine how much more lumber I'll need to complete the deck.

Things are kind of on hold right now, but the next chance I have at a picture, I'll show you the details. The treehouse will likely be a whole thread, like the roof project.

Good call Flint!

Flint · 08-03-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Stop stalking me.
That is exactly the right answer! Congratulations!
...
Good call Flint!

WTF . . . . . . . . . . . . . I guess I kinda thought, what would you be building with weathered lumber like that... nice project, btw.

beauregaardhooligan · 08-03-2007, 05:32 PM

<They are the deck, the floor of the treehouse.

I was technically correct, even though Flint, & Elspode beat me to it!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2007, 05:38 PM

That's the tree you're killing, in the course of building that platform, to see over the fence when the chick next door is sunbathing,

BigV · 08-03-2007, 03:08 PM

Which makes this one, also interesting, not very mysterious. What is this?

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2007, 03:27 PM

I was going to say Ponderosa Pine, but the bark looks too thin, and I can't smell any vanilla.

glatt · 08-03-2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

I was going to say Ponderosa Pine...

I was going to say "sticky."

BigV · 08-03-2007, 03:59 PM

Good close guess... you may be right. Two needles per bundle, semi circular in cross section so when pressed lightly together the show a round bundle, puzzle piece bark, very fast growing. There's a lovely Western Hemlock next door, and an amazing Western Red Cedar across the alley. It's a very green neighborhood.

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zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	knilin !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's the tree you're killing, in the course of building that platform, to see over the fence when the chick next door is sunbathing, __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Which makes this one, also interesting, not very mysterious. What is this? Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Hmmm, I just don't know about this one. However, I do have a mental image of BigV wringing his hands while chuckling evilly as we all go nuts trying to figure it out.

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beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	Recycling wood flooring?

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HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I was going to say Ponderosa Pine, but the bark looks too thin, and I can't smell any vanilla. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-03-2007, 03:59 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Good close guess... you may be right. Two needles per bundle, semi circular in cross section so when pressed lightly together the show a round bundle, puzzle piece bark, very fast growing. There's a lovely Western Hemlock next door, and an amazing Western Red Cedar across the alley. It's a very green neighborhood. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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