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Old 04-02-2021, 02:28 PM   #21 (permalink)
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In theory you could position a lead balloon over your build site and use that like an umbrella.

The key is to laminate the lead, like mylar!

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All I know about Oregon weather is from Grants pass, driving through the grass farms mid state where it always seems rainey and Portland where weather comes either warm and wet or cold and wet....

I built cabinets professionally, and didn't bother with tolerance. Just cut all the horizontals at the same time without changing the table setting.

Otoh, at the sheet metal place, with a 5 ton male pattern 9 foot diameter, 10 degrees of warmth would make almost .25" oversized parts.

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All I know about Oregon weather is from Grants pass, driving through the grass farms mid state where it always seems rainey and Portland where weather comes either warm and wet or cold and wet....

I built cabinets professionally, and didn't bother with tolerance. Just cut all the horizontals at the same time without changing the table setting.

Otoh, at the sheet metal place, with a 5 ton male pattern 9 foot diameter, 10 degrees of warmth would make almost .25" oversized parts.
You must have bad luck with weather. In the months of July and August Portland has an average of 7 days with rain with total accumulation of less than 1.5 inches. Even from June - September the average is only 4.6 inches.

The first year I moved here was an exceptionally good summer. I arrived May 20th and it might have rained once a month from then until September. Mild temperatures and no wildfires. So far that hasn't been replicated.
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I recall one year with 60 days without rain. Don't remember which year or whether that's a record.

People started getting nervous, then relieved.
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Want to buy jointer--and a time machine!


When I finished cutting the boards I realized two things: I needed to use a jointer first because none of the boards were straight laterally, and I could have cut them the same as last time, but a quarter-inch long, and trimmed the ends as necessary.

I put a nail in each end to see how I did. That lateral twist came back to haunt me. That bottom board is flush against the window, but an eighth of an inch away on both ends

Also, there are little things stuck to the frame, making the boards fit worse. I am sure that a sanding block would remedy that, but it is the smallest problem here.

I know what route I need to take!
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Hire a professional?
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I know what route I need to take!
The time machine would be a good investment. You could get clear fir for what you paid for the knotty cr*p.
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Better use for the time machine would be to go back and install proper materials and better weatherproofing in this first place
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Obviously the best use of time travel would be to go back to 1982 and take State--whatever that means. The State Science Fair? What would happen if I invented iPads in 1982? Would that be enough to win the science fair?

Then a few years later I could sneak into Show Low, remove the window trim, waterproof the back, and go on with my billionaire ways.

How about going back three years, buying a planer and a table saw in the first place, making the inside edge straight, and using that to cut a 45° angle?

Then I would have some hot stock tips for myself. I would also ask my employer "Can I put clients on probation if they miss three consecutive sessions without an illness?"

That would save a lot of problems.

Oh! Also replace the radiator in my Civic before I blow a head gasket and not park my Accord next to the house!

Ask Mom if my brother could pay me something for working with him. I am sure he would have benefited if I started earlier and somehow we aren't spending enough.

Find someone else to write me a letter of recommendation a year and a half ago, instead of wasting time with our old neighbor. Yes, maybe a letter from one of their teachers could have carried weight, but he wrote incomprehensibly, so that would count against me.

I wouldn't wait for my brother's SLP before applying to grad school last year, I would start as soon as they open, have the clearinghouse request a letter directly, and finish all of that much earlier.

I would also request official and unofficial transcripts from that community college that I attended in 2005 earlier.

One program never looked at my application because the clearinghouse didn't give me all of the instructions in-time. I needed to wait until U.S. business hours to talk to someone in India to once again be told that I didn't follow instructions that I had no way of knowing.

I don't remember exactly when I replaced my timing belt, but be extra-careful reinstalling the valve cover, and making sure that I don't pinch the spark plug seals. Then if I still start having Tuesday Troubles, replace the distributor.

Never drive to Tucson. I can't get stranded (or heartbroken) if I never drive to Tucson!
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A joiner is a pretty big peice of kit, maybe a power hand plainer might do the trick.
I have one, it's the most efficient tool I have to make a really big mess really fast.

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