That is very nice. Is that a closet or a bathroom door I see at the back wall?
w* Gary. Looks nice a warm and cozy in there.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! there goes the neighborhood!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
welcome Garyo d* d*
[cool] roflActually it's just the paint program everyone has...not puttin' cabin $ to software......
Good photoshop skills :D
Very nice. I don't see 1x roof sheathing much anymore. I've been considering it myself with the price of rough cut pine around me. I assume the windows are single pane. Do you know how to make them double? The cabin looks like custom milled wood. Did you do it yourself?
I thought they were 1x6. I guess the rafters are spaced farther than 2 ft and would require 1.5" lumber for proper framing. Oops. Interesting approach going with 4x4's.
Can't wait to see the home made windows going in. Very nice.
Austin
Welcome aboard! Looks like a fine cabin, we would love to see more pictures of your cabin and land.Hi Tick
w* Cute little cabin - as Don said - "looks warm & cozy in there."Sassy, I think you're the only one I haven't replied to....sorry for the delay, and thank you.
There's lots of friendly & helpful people on this forum who have built some really nice cabins.
very cool!!
Just a really nice build, we appreciate you sharing it with us. Does look very warm :)
good job.
jeff
Cute place.... nice job with those pics!
Thanx Weaz
BTW, I bet you have a project or two going but can't I find it......'course I can't readily find my own threads just yet...little help here..
Sassy, yes, space is a premium.
I'm tryin' to get my better half to join, but she's on quite a few forums already.
We used to do as you and Glenn (our puters are within 10 feet of each other's) but I went and got myself banished, banned to the bone. Seems I can't keep from checking the edge, and their thought police finally had had a belly full......one day I'll get up the courage to post the little spoof video my grandson and I put together that cast me from purgatory to somewhere past the seventh ring of forum hell, but I've sworn myself to a form of righteousness, so I'm now the cherub that you see today....
Have you read any of Glenn's rants, lol. The main requirement we have here is courtesy & respect... seems like even when we don't agree, everybody still likes each other & gets along. Guess it's pretty unusual for a forum. John Raabe has set the mood for CP & is so gracious to let us all jabber away ;D besides being able to showcase our accomplishments [cool]
Gary, your cabin looks neat. But, I like your humor even more. Glenn is pretty funny too. I don't post much but I read a lot of the posts. I'm glad you are here.
wow, thats a dramatic change! nicely done.
do you have to think about these things and make an effort to be hilarious or does it just come natrually??
[rofl2]
Nice door BTW
I used a mix of kerosene/gas (as MtnDon had advised) and that did much mo bettah…but I ran outta kerosene.
Also never stand downhill to ignite if you have a choice. Gasoline vapors are heavy and flow downhill around your feet and knees
Never trust the grand slam
I don't want to make a big deal out of this and ruin your thread, Gary. but I just have to say...
[waiting]
been getting ready for the cabin trip.been secretly making the mister a favorite.its cranberry conserve.he loves this stuff.got it canned up and hid.gonna be a xmas gift for him at the cabin.we are opening gifts there that we have for each other.it will be so fun and it will look so good n my cabin kitchen.
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HERE HE IS. my builder man.I look at his building skills like he is mr santy claus.
Of course i am the elf.working and digging to get the foundation going.Haul all kinds of lumbers and hold them as long as he uses his brain and i,my gopher skills-we are good. [cool]
Yeah, marryin’ my southern lass has made a big man outta me.
Careful now, yours’ll do the same.
he is native. hes almost like a dad or grandpa even though ive only known him a few years. hes one of the wisest people i have ever met. hes down in so cal at a cancer treatment place undergoing radiation treatments for his prostate.
i ran out to portland or idaho every week for the last two years. i stopped doing that last may and i am sticking closer to home these days. better then getting a divorce
CjAl-lucky you.living in the Groves and married to a cajun gal.
i could eat some boudin right now.oh my!I awitched over to yankee foods once i got up north with my mister.sure do love to go to my sisters house in texas and get gumbo and have shrimp boils.i am trying to shoot squirels up at our woods and eat them and make my mister some hats.thats my on-
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i ran out to portland or idaho every week for the last two years. i stopped doing that last may and i am sticking closer to home these days. better then getting a divorce
Got a solid laugh out of catching up on this thread. hilarious. rofl [toilet]
I know LaGrande is quite a bit further east of Antelope, but maybe you got some residual left overs from the Bhagwan….just kiddin’…kinda.
Had an Aunt that lived in The Dalles…kinda high up in The Thousand Friends of Oregon…got poisoned by the Rajneeshees. Darn near died. She’s gone now, but really had some stories.
Up till then my policy was let bhagwans be bhagwans……..
.........One of my favs was when the Bhagwan would have everyone herded into the gym for the weekly orgy. He said it really cut down on the tensions of life,...........
I'm now a believer.
Ahh yes the holidays at the cabin! I can't wait until Friday when we head to ours to spend New Years there!!!Now see? That's enjoyin' the event full circle....anticipation.
And yes, Don, my brows are still intact, so I still rival Breshnev's twin caterpillars and Rooney’s mesquite outgrowths…did have some close calls with straight gas last year, however………..
Now see? That's enjoyin' the event full circle....anticipation.
Bring back pix, big fella
just experimenting.....and the bird song I'd sure like to identify....what a happy little guy makin' everyone's morning a joy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrc1NRie4Ng
I did it Don!
Now the universe.....
I had an experience this weekend as well. My nephew stood up on the bucket of a front end loader to pour gasoline on the top of a large brush pile. He threw a lit piece of cloth on top of the pile then I heard a loud 'poof'. I looked back and everything was alright - except that my nephew and bobcat skid steer was far too close to the fire. It started out raging and didn't stop. I learned that we need to think safety.... even if we're just in the backyard piddling around!!! d* d* :( ;D
Yes, the chain saw dance.
I darn near dislocated both shoulders on an old McCulloch.
Turns out, if you leave gas in ‘em all winter, the diaphragm gets all stiff and persnickety.
d* :) ::) c*
LMOA I love it -- so I'm NOT the only one!
Funny thing though, these new fangled Husky's and Stihl's have a very effective choke so I'm not doing that dance too often any more ;) But man of man have I done that! Cussing and swearing and hopping all over the place with my wife laughing in the back ground saying something like "Look kids, he's doing the chain saw dance again"!
Yeah, bought mine new in ’99. They called it a ‘stripper’, no extras, no radio, no nothing, and no back seat.
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Gary, glad to hear you and the missus made it home safely. A couple of weeks ago my old pickup did me the favor of springing a leak two days before I left town to go up to the cabin. Both of the bottom radiator hoses turned to sieves at the same time. Turns out they were original hoses. My bad I should have changed them years ago. All three radiator hoses are now new.
We are headed your way next summer so I can bicycle more of the coast highway. I hope we get a chance to meet up.
Gary, I do admire your writing!
Gary,
Started reading this thread and before I got to the bottom thought, this guy should write professionally (or maybe you do)! I'm an avid reader and loved your writing :) Why a book? although that would be grat. Why not some short stories? or perhaps an article for a magazine. Your writing style is so humorous, yet something that I could relate to (if familiar with chainsaws, jeeps or whatever-lol) Anyway, just my opinion. What is your book about? BTW, I've had that happen to me too! Lost my article draft which was soooo discouraging. Only happened once though! :-\ Always save everything (often) now on both my hard drive and a jump drive (love those). Thanks for an entertaining story. Cathy ;D
Hey Gary,
I too enjoy writing, but most of mine has been in the realm of politics. Where I learned that you can get some serious attention much faster than you had hoped! I tend to write on the factual, reasoning, and objective... which is good and all, but I still have not learned to combine it with humor and a humorous motif like you have. You are really good at that. The humorous motif is what makes the writing interesting and enjoyable - despite the content. That's an area in which I have a lot of room to grow.
I mean how do you tell people they are crazy while making them smile at the same time? ???
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I'm like you. As I start to get the sheds finished up this year my mind has started to wander to an actual cabin build.Exactly.
Yeah, the root system. Always a worry for me there. I think you have the same (pumice) soil as we do, if I recall correctly.
We are sitting on a big pile of 1.4 million year old Ignimbrite. Our volcano is called extinct by some but dormant by many other scientists. Front row seat is what we are sitting on. ;D There are hot springs and areas where the sulfur smell is very strong.
We’re 15 mi due east of Crater Lake (Mt Mazama).
It’s just a pup at approx. 8000 yrs old.
Lotza geothermal in our area…at least that’s what I tell my wife and distant neighbors (damn sriracha anyway)
Well now, that’d sure beat the inevitable long walk and bap over the head when I finally lose that lone marble rattling around my skull.
Thanks for giving me something to look forward to.
Hope it’s on the 4th of July
neighbor had a cougar watching TV through the patio door window. Connie girly screamed, that liked to scared the poor cat to death. It headed for the creek. Never showed back up to see the next episode.
Badgers like to be petted and scratched behind the ears. :D Actually young ones can be domesticated.
Oh and very nice work by the way :) Always enjoy the escapades too ;) d*Well, OJ, I’ve shopped T&G and car decking, thinking I needed all the help I could get, as far as securing a good, tight fit and no warpage. But, man, the lumber yards think a whole lot of their crappy, loosely graded boards. Pricing is a bit nuts.
Oh and very nice work by the way :) Always enjoy the escapades too ;) d*
Note to the Garry Santa - Please a Saw Stop Saw for Christmas!!!
I missed that you were planning on living there some how! Good on you guys! I hope you enjoy it and get some relaxing in after all the initial 'gettin' ready part :)‘relaxing’
wow..cool gary. You got your place sold that is huge. Now the adventure begins...learning through doing..congrats on making your dream real.
Woodshed..ha... I just got something up this year as well. The reality is that I think when i piled the wood in pile (to shed water) and put a tarp with tires holding it down it seemed to have worked better keeping wood dry then my new skidable redneck/repurposed tin roof shed. maybe i'm wrong though sometimes its tough to look back when you need to keep your eyes on the horizon...bt winter is a good time for that kind of reflection. My best to you gary...woot.
no
not this year
it is a dream for one day
got sumpm simple?
Reading the thread and thinking that maybe what we need is a section in the forum for "Solar" for newbies/noobs...
This is what you need~ solar panels (this size and from this company)............
I agree with Don (sorry for the hijack) but perhaps we could have a section where people describe their systems and what they use them for? Maybe that might help but as Don says there is really no majic bullet here. Best bet is to start with you electrical needs (how much, how often, how long etc) and use the PV spreadsheet to start to see what you might need.Man, I agree.
I sometime size solar systems at work for projects arround the world, its easy to get lost with % here and % there, an amp here and amp there.
When i was starting out I'd try and size a system do all the calcs, there are many ways to do the calcs...all slightly diferent
I'd then get either a company to quote or simply check sizes against an available kit.....ie from a supplier who has already sized panel-controller and batteries..to insure I was in the right ball park.
Even from the suppliers they'd provide a diferent calc, but often the end result was the same even though he'd used diferent fudge factors...
ie http://www.altestore.com/store/Packaged-Systems/Off-Grid-Cabin-Systems-Solar-Packages/c466/
Dont get too carried away with the tech
Interesting find on the genny, I'll want to know how it turns out.Will letcha know.
I built a small shelf type deal at the top of my walls and stuck them on the top to hide them from sight and they shine up the ceiling. Have them under cabinets, and will have them run along my porch ceilings when I get that far
.... If you make your deposits wrong at the bank they have to alert Homeland Security & Treasury and they can and will and do confiscate your bank account. Glad we are all living in the Home of the Free and the Land of the Brave,
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It all just sticks in my craw a bit, and I'm not even political.....
wait.....SQUIRREL!!
One solution to the no address situation might be The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc who offer a street address. I'm not promoting it, just saying.
Here you can get a street address for any piece of property in the county. That also gets your location into the system as a location for 911 emergency services, fire medical, police. We also have reverse 911 where the county can send messages by phone or text to warn of wildfire or other potential disaster. Sure that means "they"will have your address but "they"already have you on the tax rolls anyhow.
We were able top get a street address at our cabin easily enough (had to have for propane and phone).How (without a permit)?
How (without a permit)?
We were able top get a street address at our cabin easily enough (had to have for propane and phone).
As for the rest: lower / eliminate debt load and have cash reserves not in the bank ;)
That's my thought. I don't trust them but must use them so keep a savings for the things we need it for etc...but I also believe in self sufficiency and the ability to pay for things if the bank aint open ;)
Interesting find on the genny, I'll want to know how it turns out.
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Good to hear :)I have a lot of Ryobi tools actually.Well, I'm rapidly becoming a convert.
How (without a permit)?
...Speaking of grief...
Was it you that also had some back surgery?No, never gone under the knife….yet.
Not meaning to hijack a thread but
Some day I'd like to just stay tooI don't believe you'd ever regret it...
Tried walking on grass today for the first time,tried that once
Oh, also got an inverter/Jenny
I’ll change out the oil after an hour or so of running.
Not totally happy with the design, but glad it runs quiet.
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Scary storm... happy you came out of it unscathed.only 40' deep
How deep is your well? What kind of well is it, hand dug?
[cool] I am jealous ??? But wait I have stayed pretty busy as well. :-\ You know this retirement thing is still better than the grind...... ;)
Gary I am sure you have figured out this thing called life. It is the journey not necessarily the destination. Step back and take a look. Gosh I did that. ;D I am sure that you have more motivation but maybe on a slower pace than your job ever had. ;)Man, you got that right, John.
It is the journey not necessarily the destination.
Using a chopping maul has been so therapeutic.
Using a chopping maul has been so therapeutic.
Gets the tension out.
Loosens the ligaments.
Keeps the bones from creaking some.
I’ve cautioned her on over doing it....
Couldn't agree more. Once I get a good rhythm going I feel I can go for hours.
keep cuttingSounds right, but the slovenly side of my brain sez, ‘naw, not gonna do that…’
Once you have enough wood for this winter, keep cutting. The newly cut frozen sections split very nicely. Then they have a whole year to dry/season. ;D I am a year ahead at this point.
Gonna sleep on this, so hope to see y’all’s input in the morn.
The other thing is, my lady is gonna go to her artsy fartsy class tomorrow and I vowed, after my last episode, to never touch a power tool that has teeth while she was gone.
Does feel nice to get to a place where - 'What the heck' - we so experienced that last year..... Floors were done - moved in without an occupancy permit Ellen said she was not spending another minute in the fifthwheel. It just felt good to get moved in and after a year of hitting hard to kick back and take a nap. A long winters nap. I so enjoyed that but come spring was more than ready to go hit it again. One thing nice I think about your cabin a couple cords of wood should put you through.
I may make some wood ricks tomorrow
neaten the place up
If the wood is not fully seasoned, it splits easier when frozen. Back home in Canada I cut trees in November, December, hauled it home and then in January when things were solidly below zero got out the maul. That was the next years firewood.
maybe just a little doll...with nail holes
Hey, hey...whoa
The wood rick I'm talkin' about is for face cords, wood piles.
So that Ryobi Genny didn't work out? No warranty for it?So, here we go.
anyone ever hear of Seafoam?
I've used it. It's a pretty good maintenance product, but it won't fix anything.yeah, stabbing at things before I take it in
When / if you get solar and don't use the Honda every day you should then drain the carb bowl after use. There's a handy dandy drain screw and hose you see after removing the side cover.
Interesting idea...what's the reasoning?You either run it enough to not have the gas in the bowl slowly evaporate and turn gummy or somehow you are plain lucky. Some people will shut off the gas and run the engine until it quits believing that will empty the carb bowl. I used to do that with my Yamaha... it had separate gas and ignition on/off controls, the Honda EU's have both functions in one, so they can not be run dry. One day after running the Yamaha till it quit I removed the bowl. There was still a tiny bit of fuel in there. There was also a tiny bit of varnish from the many previous years of running dry. Honda engineers are cautious folks and so they provide a drain. It is very simple to use. I do wish the side panel removal was tool-less though. The Yamaha EF2000i generator also has a bowl drain as does the Yamaha ATV we have.
Interesting idea...what's the reasoning? I've got an el cheapo Champion that I've had since about 07 and I've never drained anything in it (except the oil to change) and it runs like, well, a Champion to this day.
How's the winter treating you?
So that Ryobi Genny didn't work out? No warranty for it?
It's been in Phoenix for eight weeks now.
'They're in the process of deciding whether to replace it or repair it'
On the other hand, my baby EUi gets fixed locally (just another quality perk not initially seen when pricing)
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My digital-ocular measurement system seems a little out of calibration, as I'm having difficulties assessing the dimensions of your shop floor. Would that be something like a 16' x 24' shop, or is it a little smaller?
snows a comin'
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is that an elk bugle I hear in the distance?
Now that you have your supply of wood in and your workshop finished looks as if you are all set for the winter with a place to go and get out of the little woman's hair occasionally. ;) Looks good Gary.Heh Heh
Keep a fire indeed! Glad to see all is well and hope you and the misses are staying warm and not throttling each other ;) :D d*
Stay warm my friend.
Heheheh... always get a kick outta your posts.
Can you show us a closeup of the paint-job on the loo? Almost looks like faces...
PS: I could have very well asked this same question a year ago and already forgotten the answer so forgive me if this was already answered. I am sooOOooOoo looking forward to retirement, you have no idea.
Questions, anyone?
Lines are open
I like the design. Foam wrap, I was gonna ask about the cold seat... that wrap is well needed. Is this your only toilet?
Where do you empty the bucket, do you have some compost pile or barrel or something?
Time for a passive solar heater?
6 months and no update? Hope all is well Gary!?
Nice to hear everything is OK.Thank you Mr Adam
The last thing I am when reading your posts is "bored". Inspired is more the word I would use.
You're looking more buff... this lifestyle suits you and seems to be making you a healthier person.
Glad to see you are using your workshop for leisure as well as work.
Keep well.
Nice to hear everything is OK.
The last thing I am when reading your posts is "bored". Inspired is more the word I would use.
You're looking more buff... this lifestyle suits you and seems to be making you a healthier person.
Glad to see you are using your workshop for leisure as well as work.
Keep well.
...Two and three year olds choking on the filtered water of a dozen middle aged crotches...
thinking about a gigantic magnifying glass...
tour the local dump......Fresnel lens from a rear projection TV !.......be careful you don't set your outhouse on fire !
Thanks for sharing. Brings up a lot of memories...
.....and stay safe up there!
Just read your entire thread Gary. Wow...that was good! Love your pics and your writing.
Imagine I will be down that way but may not be until July when we do the re-union in GP :)
Bringing the camper though so might be able to stop by for a visit ;)
No small feat. Wish I had your energy.
That's an impressive woodpile(neatly) stacked reserve.
Glad all is well bud! Sorry we missed you this summer but had 10hrs to drive home...long day!Understand
Any chance of making that bear your dinner? The fur might help keep you warm this winter too... just a though.Yeah, considered offing ol' Blackie, but...can't
Always nice to hear from you, and your building skills seem to improve with each new build, things are getting fancier in GaryOLand.
What a beautiful lake!
Nice frames!I used to know that feeling
Glad to hear you're keeping the fire going and doing something enjoyable this winter! Me? I'm ready for more cabin time!
I almost feel like I know you now. ;)
That's mighty neighborly of you good sir. I may just take you up on that one day. I have a cousin that lives in Bend Oregon that I haven't seen in close to 20 years and would love to go visit. I don't fly, so it takes time to plan a 2750 mile journey by car. If and when I do, I'll give you a quick ring for sure. It would be an honor to meet you and the Missus... maybe show my wife how retirement is supposed to look like.
:D
That's a beautiful place you have there Gary.
Last thing I did today was make a screen door for the main cabin
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would you do it the same way the second time around?
Glad to hear all is well bud!
Moved to town
Selling the place