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Post by Kathy on Oct 25, 2006 16:46:11 GMT -5
Bob, I've got a website for just about any frugal version of the 'city folks' guilty pleasures. ;D Here's the instructions for a homemade, wood fired hot tub. They used a boughten woodstove but I think you could probably 'tweak' it with something less expensive  Homemade Hot Tub Instructions |
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Post by bobclark on Oct 26, 2006 10:21:59 GMT -5
I would love to have a hot tub. and that was the kind i was thinking about. thanks for the link its raining here today, not bad but a heavy drizzle. the road in doesnt have rock on it yet so i better not try to get in and out till it drys a little. my stockpile of wood is going down fast. looks like i will have to scare some more money up for wood. there is a feller that owes me for some hay, but he has been a little hard up himself. looks like i will have to see if he can help me out with paying for the hay. he has a baby on the way, but thats nothing new , he always has a baby on the way. somebody needs to splaine to him the difference between a saddle mare and a brood mare  |
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Post by Kathy on Oct 26, 2006 16:51:29 GMT -5
I may be considered hard hearted but you're not asking for money without having provided a product. The contract was Hay for Cash. You held up your end and from what you said; he has a history of having hard times due to choices. I am all for giving folks a break but it's not like you were flaunting a ton of money when you made the deal for him to get hay. Having a kind heart with some folks such as this only means he will put you at dead last for paying-he knows you care about people and he'll play off that. You could have sold that hay to someone who would actually pay for it.  If he consistently had a sob story, maybe he should reduce the size of his herd since he can't afford to feed the animals. Good luck Bob, I really hope now that you've started the cabin; you'll be able to get it closed in and liveable as quick as possible.  |
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Post by bobclark on Oct 26, 2006 20:41:53 GMT -5
I may have given the wrong idea about him. he is not complaining or giving a sob story. he just ask if i could wait a bit and i agreed. there was no set time table and i am sure he will not put me off
I was so bored today now that i got started i want to work on it every day now. I will be ready for the next rainny day , I will just start in on some of the furniture that i will need. I will need a small but sturdy table and two chairs
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Post by nan on Oct 27, 2006 12:11:37 GMT -5
Check out yard sales Bob....I see chairs all of the time that are less than 5 bucks! Hey...ask for chairs for your Christmas present...at least you will know that they will be the right size!!! Unlike last year when everything didn't fit! |
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Post by nan on Oct 27, 2006 12:14:30 GMT -5
Oh Kathy....um....I have to ask....how is he supposed to downsize his herd? "I'm sorry ya'll....we are going to have to let one of you go"..... She says tongue in cheek! For some folks it is hard to have babies...and for others...it is hard not to! I am one of the hard not to types! |
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Post by bobclark on Oct 27, 2006 13:43:57 GMT -5
I like the simplicity of the mission style table and chairs. I have found plans i can buy but no free plans yet. before i would buy plans i would just look at the pics i have found and figure out my own plans. I may have to find a curved drawknife to round out the seats. I think i have the rest of the tools i would need
maybe I will have to come up with my own line of furniture. call it the Hermitage style. remembert the name of my place is Stonewall hermitage and retreat
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Post by Kathy on Oct 27, 2006 13:51:30 GMT -5
Nan, you're such a cut up! I was thinking more about reducing the hay eating herd! Although we all do need more fiber in our diets!  Bob, I think I misunderstood. I guess I'm just a little protective of you and don't want to see your kind heart taken advantage of by anyone. Sorry; that mama hen side of me comes out occasionally. |
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Post by nan on Oct 27, 2006 16:08:05 GMT -5
Bob...I KNOW I saw some free plans for tables and chairs in the mission style! I think I sent you the link...or it is on here somewhere??
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Post by nan on Oct 27, 2006 16:37:19 GMT -5
www.buildeazy.com/newplans/garden_chair_page1_6_06.htmlCute chair!!! It isn't really an indoor chair...but would work for both! www.buildeazy.com/coffee_lounge.htmlThe above is plans for a coffee table...but all you would have to do is enlarge it for a table and put some longer legs on it! Maybe some stabilizing boards across two or three sides....but it is CUTE! www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/woodworking/1273271.htmlShewy...that last one is a smancy one! NICE! If you want to reeeeeally get your brain working...try this one: www.bloodandsawdust.com/sca/turnedchair.htmlJust a few things for you to look at! Have fun! I LOVE to build stuff! I built all three of my kids a desk each when they started school....and a doll house that you could park a car on top of ....and a book case....and a couple of different park benches....and....Hmmmm......lots of odds and ends over the years! By the looks of what you have done already....you are very good with wood Bob...you shouldn't have any trouble building whatever you want to build! I can't wait to see more pics! Your flooring looks GREAT! I betcha you could have a barn dance on the thing and it wouldn't squeak!
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Post by kitaye on Oct 28, 2006 13:14:03 GMT -5
I was at the local living village a couple of weeks ago and sat on the most comfortable chair.
It was a wide seat(18-20"wide x 16"deep) made from the cutoff from the sawmill(rounded outside of a log with the bark still on it). The curved bark side was down. The legs were made from 3 inch branches stuck into holes on the bottom. The back was just a wide plank(looked like it was a stave from a barrel) that was pegged into a notch of the seat. The seat was then smoothed and shaped to fit the butt just right.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2006 5:52:21 GMT -5
Building furniture is so much fun! I love that you can get EXACTLY what you want. I'm simple so it works for me.
I thought it was funny that you mentioned Osage Oranges, didn't realize they were up north. We have it here, it's called 'bois de arc' pronounced bo-dark, it's also known as iron wood because once it cures it's nearly impossible to cut. It also floats (an old joke the loggers would play on newbies- making 'iron' float). Anyway, it's great stuff. Most of the houses around here that are 50+ years old have the stumps as a foundation. My husbands grandparents house included. It doesn't rot, typically the wood beams will rot/go to termites long before the bois de arc. Another cool thing that the grandparents taught us (According to them, the indians taught the settlers and that's why they called it Osage orange) the weird green fruit of the tree is a great pest control product. They are somehow used in the stuff you buy. You just toss a few of the things under the house and set a few by the front/back doors and it keeps bugs away.. especially Roaches! It works like a charm.
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Post by bobclark on Oct 29, 2006 10:42:58 GMT -5
the rain we got made it too wet to get all the way back to the shack yesterday, so i cut fire wood instead for mom and dad. the neighbor stopped me on the road and paid me almost all he owed on the hay without me even asking. this morning i bought another two bundles of the 2x4s from the action house. that should be enough to get the walls up and posibly the roof as well
now i am on the lookout for cheap or free shetting to cover the outside walls and roof. Poor people have poor ways, but we can still get it done some how. Im not poor at all but i just dont have any money ;D
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Post by Kathy on Oct 29, 2006 12:42:26 GMT -5
Im not poor at all but i just dont have any money ;D Bob, I think that's now called cash challenged! I'm so glad the neighbor paid you and you could get some lumber! You're going to be in your own cozy little cabin in no time! |
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Post by bobclark on Nov 2, 2006 19:58:58 GMT -5
I started framing the walls today. I will try to get some pics soon
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Post by nan on Nov 11, 2006 20:15:53 GMT -5
Have you been able to get any work done with your grandpa being so sick? I bet it helps you to get your greiving out of your system by working on it this next week! Hang in there! When Grandpa died I used to talk to him when I was working in the garden! He loved to garden and I KNOW that he could hear me! (((HUGS)))
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Post by bobclark on Nov 12, 2006 15:42:57 GMT -5
I got the two main walls done last week and then today my nephew helped me get them stood up in place. we talked about grandpa while we worked on it. now that those two walls are up i can work on it this comming week. grandpa will not be buried til thurs ,so the preacher of his choosing can get back from vacation.
I am afraid me and mom will go around sometime this week. but i am doing my best not to get her going. she can realy spin out of control sometimes, thats where i got it from. I just dont want to compound her greif. Im not looking forward to all the people that i have to smile and nod at and all the religious stuff.
mom told my sister that she want to use his death to evangelise. to me it is her wanting to exploit a death into a recruting siminar
Im prolly over reacting , but Im just not in the mood for a bunch of that.
it may cause me to have a anurisim but i am not going to go toe to toe with her if i can at all help it.
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Post by bobclark on Nov 20, 2006 16:35:40 GMT -5
I have been working on the shack and thought i would take a few pics for ya all, but for some reason i cant get them to down load on to the puter. I will have to try again
I should have it closed in within a week
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Post by Kathy on Nov 20, 2006 17:00:31 GMT -5
Wow, that's great news Bob!  Just in time before the snow starts building up. Do you have snow already on the ground or are you still waiting for that first dusting? |
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Post by bobclark on Nov 22, 2006 16:45:06 GMT -5
no snow yet. we have barly had any good freezes yet
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