The Home Ownership Thread

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Wow we have TWO artisan woodworkers now!

 

[Numbernine]

Wow we have TWO artisan woodworkers now!

Anybody remember the guy from New York who used to post in this thread. His user name was an Italian reference? He had a pretty impressive home shop.

 

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SkinnyGoomba?

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

I use a TE22 from Hilti for drilling into concrete.

Every once in a while I have to embed a stud into concrete with epoxy and boring the hole with a rotary hammer is just so much better than a hammer drill.

I fought with a hammer drill on one job then moved on, not interested in spending a whole day drilling a few holes.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Added a few things to the shop over the past few years. I basically work out of two places which is a bit annoying but I’m looking for a larger place to house the whole kit at some point.


Having trouble adding photos since it complains that the photos are too big.

 

[Numbernine]

I use a TE22 from Hilti for drilling into concrete.

Every once in a while I have to embed a stud into concrete with epoxy and boring the hole with a rotary hammer is just so much better than a hammer drill.

I fought with a hammer drill on one job then moved on, not interested in spending a whole day drilling a few holes.

Hilti was the tool of choice in the construction circles I ran in for anything 1"and under. After that if you had more than a couple holes we called a core drill contractor

 

[cross22]

Added a few things to the shop over the past few years. I basically work out of two places which is a bit annoying but I’m looking for a larger place to house the whole kit at some point.


Having trouble adding photos since it complains that the photos are too big.

That's too bad, would love to see more of your work.

 

[SixOhNine]

embed a stud ... boring the hole ... spending a whole day drilling a few holes

All I see is sex jargon

 

[double00]

backyard is finally coming to life ... boards are going in . grade is getting set .

 

[otc]

I’ve ripped out this much aspen root from the yard so far…

There’s much more where that came from…but that’s at least all the worst of them. Ran out of time to dig more out before putting seed down (might already be a bit late).

Seed going down tomorrow. Holes from digging are filled and did some minor regrading around the foundation where stuff was low.

 

[otc]

And yes, I know they will just keep invading. And presumably BOTH ends of each section I removed is going keep growing and sending up shoots because that’s just how Aspens roll.

I’m not 100% sure if they belong to me or not, but my neighbor cut all his out and it was fine. I might like to at least thin them back. I don’t want to lose the shade but replacing them with something calmer would be nice.

Larch is an option. Native to the area, shade in the summer but drops needless to give back the mountain views in the winter.

 

[double00]

we were considering a small stand of aspens in the backyard for awhile , they are quite native here . but looking into it they are very short lived as specimens and tend to run so

one of the world's largest organisms is a vegetative stand of aspen :

Pando (tree) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[otc]

They put them in all over here in new builds because they grow fast and look pretty (and are native)…and the developer won’t be around in 15 years to deal with the mess they have made. At least they are mostly too weak to hurt foundations?

I suppose in the very long run they usually self thin and allow other longer lived trees to take their place, but that’s a long way away.

I wouldn’t mind if it was just the shoots coming to everywhere, but they turn the yard into a massive tripping hazard and make barefoot painful, so my goal is to get the yard cleaned up before my son is running around with friends back there.

 

[brokencycle]

I planted a quaking aspen at our house in Minnesota. I love them - the noise they make in the breeze is very satisfying. I wonder if it has caused any problems.

 

[otc]

The 3 in my old back yard weren’t THAT bad…

But there are probably 50 of them on the other side of my fence, many of which are mature and 30+ feet tall. That’s a lot of roots.