Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 5:40 amNice and roomy … 
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The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 5:40 amRe: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 2:22 pmI'll take two please. And if they zip together into a queen size, so much the better.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 4:12 pmThat, with the wife’s Yoga mat under it and I’d be comfortable … Rolls up , zips up … It’s CAMPING eh !!! 
Rolls up , zips up … It’s CAMPING eh !!! Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:45 pmWow. A year has passed since I was there for the tractor meet. That was great fun.
Don't get demotivated. Sometimes life gets in the way of living. Hope to see you getting TPCE on the road soon.
Next week I'm off on my 3rd Annual Even Better Than Last Year's Road Trip road trip. Alaska or bust!
Don't get demotivated. Sometimes life gets in the way of living. Hope to see you getting TPCE on the road soon.
Next week I'm off on my 3rd Annual Even Better Than Last Year's Road Trip road trip. Alaska or bust!
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:04 amThat was a good time! (...even tho it rained a bit.)
Thanks for the encouragement, Capn'. I'm slowly picking away at the Jeep front axle project, but you are right, I need to be more self motivating.
Thanks for the encouragement, Capn'. I'm slowly picking away at the Jeep front axle project, but you are right, I need to be more self motivating.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:16 pmOkay, I am on an "official delay" at the moment, so at least this past weekend and into this week I can't be considered as slacking.
Karl asked me to help put ship lap planking up on the ceiling of the shop. He is motivated by the immanent arrival of his new CNC lathe and wants to finally get the bare insulation closed in while the shop is in transition. Both of the smaller lathes and the old air compressor have already been sold and are gone, the "new" (bigger quieter) replacement compressor has been moved in under the stairs, and Karl wants to get the ceiling done while we can still shuffle most everything else around; before the new lathe is set in place and the technician comes to certify the install (or whatever it is that they do when they commission a new piece of equipment).
So we dragged the miter saw down the stairs, set it up strategically out front with the big stack of lumber (a full bundle of random 1x10's at 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 ft lengths); had to use the fork truck to move the bundle from where the delivery truck dropped it. Karl borrowed a scissor lift from one of his collaborators (thank goodness, we would not attempt this job w/o one). Believe it or not he was able to move the scissor lift in the bed of his new 3500 Ram, using the fork lift and long fork extensions to lift it out, all within the rated capacities of both pieces of equipment (ask Karl what the capacity is on any equipment and his standard reply is usually, "virtually unlimited", but this time he was legit).
The first day, Saturday, it was kind of slow going as we found what worked and what didn't, getting through the learning curve. We kept joking that if we had been "real" carpenters we would have been fired already, or never even gotten hired. The basic strategy was for me to cull lengths off of the pile while Karl stayed up in the lift and nailed them up. For the longer boards we would try to pre-cut a few more lengths so that when I got up with him to handle the longer ones we could get a few more than just one done. We got the first bay to the left of the shipping hatch done with the light fixture converted to LED's
On Sunday we made better time getting the side to the right of the shipping hatch done and about half of the next full bay. We found that it was actually more efficient to break the longer boards down so that Karl could handle them by himself, which kept the work flow going better. We had a little less yield that way, but are still getting pretty good use out of them without much drop.
So I will probably be helping with that all through the rest of this week (evenings) and into next weekend.
I'll get a pic or two if anyone cares to see.
Karl asked me to help put ship lap planking up on the ceiling of the shop. He is motivated by the immanent arrival of his new CNC lathe and wants to finally get the bare insulation closed in while the shop is in transition. Both of the smaller lathes and the old air compressor have already been sold and are gone, the "new" (bigger quieter) replacement compressor has been moved in under the stairs, and Karl wants to get the ceiling done while we can still shuffle most everything else around; before the new lathe is set in place and the technician comes to certify the install (or whatever it is that they do when they commission a new piece of equipment).
So we dragged the miter saw down the stairs, set it up strategically out front with the big stack of lumber (a full bundle of random 1x10's at 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 ft lengths); had to use the fork truck to move the bundle from where the delivery truck dropped it. Karl borrowed a scissor lift from one of his collaborators (thank goodness, we would not attempt this job w/o one). Believe it or not he was able to move the scissor lift in the bed of his new 3500 Ram, using the fork lift and long fork extensions to lift it out, all within the rated capacities of both pieces of equipment (ask Karl what the capacity is on any equipment and his standard reply is usually, "virtually unlimited", but this time he was legit).
The first day, Saturday, it was kind of slow going as we found what worked and what didn't, getting through the learning curve. We kept joking that if we had been "real" carpenters we would have been fired already, or never even gotten hired. The basic strategy was for me to cull lengths off of the pile while Karl stayed up in the lift and nailed them up. For the longer boards we would try to pre-cut a few more lengths so that when I got up with him to handle the longer ones we could get a few more than just one done. We got the first bay to the left of the shipping hatch done with the light fixture converted to LED's
On Sunday we made better time getting the side to the right of the shipping hatch done and about half of the next full bay. We found that it was actually more efficient to break the longer boards down so that Karl could handle them by himself, which kept the work flow going better. We had a little less yield that way, but are still getting pretty good use out of them without much drop.
So I will probably be helping with that all through the rest of this week (evenings) and into next weekend.
I'll get a pic or two if anyone cares to see.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:07 pmKC,
It took a hard deadline (IRG III) for me to step on the gas and get it done.
Toward the deadline, I was putting in about 30 hours a week on the trailer.
In the end it was/is worth the effort. Going camping again this weekend.
Keep at it and it will be done... 
It took a hard deadline (IRG III) for me to step on the gas and get it done.
Toward the deadline, I was putting in about 30 hours a week on the trailer.
In the end it was/is worth the effort. Going camping again this weekend.
Keep at it and it will be done...
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:09 pmPictures would be nice.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:24 pmThank you for the encouraging words, Wolfgang. You're right. Once my deadline became a 4 year blur I kind of got to feeling like I would never finish the elephant. But I have too much inspiration, effort and money invested to not get 'er done, so it shall be.
The stone is starting to roll again, albeit slowly. I'm picking up speed again. Thank you and everyone for the encouragement to carry on, and all of the support all along. I can't tell you all how much your support has meant to me.
The stone is starting to roll again, albeit slowly. I'm picking up speed again. Thank you and everyone for the encouragement to carry on, and all of the support all along. I can't tell you all how much your support has meant to me.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:55 amNo Rush eh KC … Take your time …
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:04 amKC, I've missed your journal. Not having the time to do my own, yours was sort of a vicarious experience. Any pictures you can post would be much appreciated here. Now, off to meet the siding contractor. For the house, not the TD...
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:41 amThank you Glenn (GPW) and Glenn (Butcher), both, for the support.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:56 pmKC as always your project has been an amazing journey, and you're documenting it has been fascinating and fun! I'm sure I speak for many do what you can when you can. we will be here cheering you on the whole way!
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Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:31 amThanks Ned.
Re: The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:33 amBuild it and you will camp..... See the campers rolling out of the cornfields.......
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