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Post by Ayinger on Apr 18, 2008 20:07:52 GMT -5
I think I'd tip over in them wicker chairs.......
(Hi Cassie!)
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Post by strat-0 on Apr 18, 2008 21:16:41 GMT -5
Maybe not -- they're actually resin/fiberglass and quite substantial! My dad used to make 'em. They're almost indestructable!
Mmm, yes - Cassie likes it much better here, too, thank you!
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Post by RocDoc on Apr 18, 2008 22:46:58 GMT -5
those are resin?
pretty damned good wicker approximation if you ask me!
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Post by strat-0 on Apr 21, 2008 22:47:17 GMT -5
Yeah, pretty amazing product actually! My dad bought this micro-company in the early 90s in Florida to make the furniture (basically a small warehouse and a few wooden jigs to weave the things onto). The jigs had nails sticking out that you wrapped the strands of glass onto after getting the resin coating. After they set, you had these "wicker" things made basically out of boat hull material. It's a shame he couldn't make a go of it. He kept a few guys working and made a few buck for a while. The ones family members still have are a testament to their indestructability. They keep their color forever, too. It was a good idea, Dad - don't know why it didn't do better.
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Post by strat-0 on May 11, 2008 20:10:36 GMT -5
We got beat up pretty good by those storms last night. Lost the biggest oak tree on the place. This massive red oak was over 100 ft tall and close to 4 feet in diameter. There's a picture of it on the previous page. It took several others down with it when it went. One was a large white oak - snapped it like a twig. It's a big mess. Worst of all, it smashed my tree stairs.  It fell right on them and broke the log. It snapped the handrail and broke right through the log somewhere. Damn, I worked so hard cutting those stairs out and building the hand rails. I can't even tell if I'll be able to repair it in some fashion yet. I don't think so. I can't get to it now, with several tons of tree all over it. I'll be busy cutting it up for a while. At least we'll have some good firewood next year... If we're still here. This made me very sad. They were such a unique and functional feature of the property. But I suppose I should just thank God that none of us nor the house were hurt.  View at the top of the tree stairs. Smashed!  Like dominoes or bowling pins. Note the white oak snapped off and splintered at left. None of these are "little" trees.  These don't half convey the massiveness of this tree. |
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Post by phil on May 11, 2008 20:44:23 GMT -5
Woah! Now that's one hell of a mess ! Glad to hear you were not hurt ... Some areas got hit pretty badly from what I've seen on TV ...  At first I thought Pat's car had taken a hit from a fallen tree ! |
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Post by RocDoc on May 11, 2008 22:43:18 GMT -5
it's always sad to hear when such majestic established trees take a tumble.
this for you, and for the work involved and the cool vision you had for creating a use for that first fallen tree....well, it's gotta hurt for a little while.
reminds me of seeing the acre upon acre of devatation at yellowstone from the 1989 fire (i think it was '89...?) when we were there in 2005.
whole mountainsides, even then like 16-16 years later looking like a buncha matchsticks all burnt, scattered every which way.
but in between, you could see the new growth already turned into 4-6-8 footers in between these huge burned stumps...mother nature will always throw some weird shit at ya.
and eventually she allows it to come back.
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Post by strat-0 on May 12, 2008 16:00:38 GMT -5
I hope I can fix the stairs.
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Post by strat-0 on May 31, 2008 4:15:42 GMT -5
Wanna see something sad?   We've put in four or five days of full time cutting and hauling and still have a huge, huge mess. The stairs and rails are destroyed. I'm not licked yet, though. Got to give it a rest because I'm giving myself asthma with all this oak sawdust. Even with a mask, it's bad. And all the hauling off that grade - it's just tough work, especially with the heat and humidity now in full swing... |
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Post by Ampage on Jun 7, 2008 7:00:13 GMT -5
Woah, sorry about the mess Strat. At least your trees were toppled by nature. The city has been on my street this week cutting down all the big beautiful old tress on our merridian. Seems they want to repave the road and make it a few inches wider. In doing so they need to take the merridian in a few inches on each side. I say how about just making our street a "no parking" street and it will be plenty wide enough. Idiots. We also have the annual parade today so I have to get out of dodge otherwise I am trapped on my street for hours.
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Post by RocDoc on Jun 7, 2008 12:02:00 GMT -5
'idiots' would be the word i'd use too.
that sort of 'progress' is fucking sad as hell, for not having enough 'use' for those old trees...or at least rewarding them for having survived like that in the middle a (sounds like) seriously trafficked road for so long.
in this area here, i've seen it happen over and over.
commonwealth edison here is the fucking worst in the guise of ensuring the safety of their lines. tho they offer up lip service that they're not there to elimininate the trees around their lines...but then they end up butchering them horribly.
only on the rarest occasion have i seen the trees become a priority
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Post by strat-0 on Jun 7, 2008 15:56:40 GMT -5
That's a shame about the trees on your street, Amp. I'm about to turn to the task of cleaning up again.
Don, I hope you're not getting flooded like Indianapolis. I saw where it's in places as far south as Vigo County where I lived.
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Post by Ampage on Jun 7, 2008 16:48:22 GMT -5
That's the kciker Doc, my street is not busy at all. Lake Erie is at the end of it so there is no reason for anybody to drive down in unless going to someones house. It is one way on each side of the merridian and because people for whatever reason insist on parking in the street instead of their driveways UPS turcks have hit parked cars and the ice trucks have difficulty in the winter. Boo hoo is what I say to that crap. It has been alright for the last 60 years!!! They are trying to appease us by planting more trees when they are done - I am sure they will resemble a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Those trees played a big part of the whole Americana feel I had when I bought my house. Oh well, what can I do?
Good luck with the continued clean up Strat - looks tedious.
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Post by strat-0 on May 19, 2009 3:09:15 GMT -5
I built this coffee table a couple weeks ago. Never tried that before! This is solid poplar, built from raw lumber with nothing fancier than a circular saw, belt sander, drill and hole saw, a simple miter box, and some elbow grease! No "plans" but my imagination!  A view of the back. Note my tricky corner braces!  KJ bought the little tray unfinished for a couple bucks and I finished it to match.   ...And a coon watching me from a tree.  |
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 17, 2011 12:19:09 GMT -5
Well. . . . been in Utah now for, eleven years. Got married here. . . . . Shasta (sisyphus) and I've been married for a little over a year and a half. Utah is a magnificent territory.
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It fell right on them and broke the log. It snapped the handrail and broke right through the log somewhere. Damn, I worked so hard cutting those stairs out and building the hand rails. I can't even tell if I'll be able to repair it in some fashion yet. I don't think so. I can't get to it now, with several tons of tree all over it. I'll be busy cutting it up for a while. At least we'll have some good firewood next year... If we're still here.
