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Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9845874 05/04/15
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL T LEE Campfire Kahuna
T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	And here I thought bent nails and "owl eyes" were a normal part of any carpentry job! George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: tree house project. T LEE #9846338 05/04/15
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming eh76 Campfire Kahuna
eh76 Campfire Kahuna Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming	Originally Posted by T LEE And here I thought bent nails and "owl eyes" were a normal part of any carpentry job! You've seen my work apparently Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.

Re: tree house project. eh76 #9846928 05/04/15
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL T LEE Campfire Kahuna
T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	My personal experience Sir, I am a world class wood butcher! George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847026 05/04/15
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,576 Northwest Missouri 7 7mmMato Campfire Tracker
7mmMato Campfire Tracker 7 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,576 Northwest Missouri	My grandma would of made me pull the bent nails and straighten them. She hated to waste nails always had a bucket full of straightened and pulled nails for using on stuff like fence boards chicken coops any thing but the house. The house you used new nails on. She lived thru the depression didnt waste anything. Nice tree fort Dave and Joey I've always been different with one foot over the line.....

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847040 05/04/15
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,036 Minnesota 338Rem Campfire Tracker
338Rem Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,036 Minnesota	Originally Posted by northern_dave A few photos from the weekend. Winds were high, so being up in the tree platform was non fun. The rechargeable battery for my framing/sheeting nailer went bad on us. So, we did some hammer swinging, which is actually an important part of a kids tree fort. We are paneling the exterior of this fort with recycled barn boards, there's plenty of board cutting involved. [img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e...ads/tree%20fort/IMG_7292_zpsmc8rxt0d.jpg[/img] here is our first 6' high sidewall ready to go up into the tree. [img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e...ads/tree%20fort/IMG_7293_zpslpmhe3kr.jpg[/img] These little details, are true American boyhood. [img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e...ads/tree%20fort/IMG_7294_zpszm9r2i0o.jpg[/img] Your boys smile in the 5th pic from the top is priceless. You are a good dad, Dave. When its time to fight, you fight like you are the third monkey on the ramp to get on Noah's Arc... and brother, it is starting to rain! The chair is against the wall.

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Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847056 05/04/15
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	We just talked about that last night, how when we were kids we had to scrounge rusty used nails and straighten them all before we started a project. Something clever here.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847316 05/04/15
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 44,596 Likes: 14 south of south local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana
local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 44,596 Likes: 14 south of south	I've bent a few nails in my time. Sometimes cut nails over the top of my thumb, which I'm especially fond of. Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847350 05/04/15
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter
Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD	Hard to believe Preacher is as old as he is. My lil man got his first loose tooth this weekend. remember when he was like this? Recognize that rock? Man these kids grow up fast! great project man! Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young. Calm seas don't make sailors.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847404 05/04/15
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,066 Likes: 1 B bcolorado Campfire Tracker
bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,066 Likes: 1	Originally Posted by northern_dave We just talked about that last night, how when we were kids we had to scrounge rusty used nails and straighten them all before we started a project. Fond memories...when we were kids and decided to build something first thing was to empty the coffee can with the bent nails and straighten enough for what we wanted to build. Thought it was seventh heaven first time seeing a 50lb box of "new" 16 penny nails.

Re: tree house project. bcolorado #9847532 05/04/15
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,514 Between the Treasure and Magic A Akbob5 Campfire Tracker
Akbob5 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,514 Between the Treasure and Magic	Originally Posted by bcolorado Originally Posted by northern_dave We just talked about that last night, how when we were kids we had to scrounge rusty used nails and straighten them all before we started a project. Fond memories...when we were kids and decided to build something first thing was to empty the coffee can with the bent nails and straighten enoungh for what we wanted to build. Thought it was seventh heaven first time seeing a 50lb box of "new" 16 penny nails. Man, isn't that the truth. Fond memories for sure. If I remember right, some of those old coffee cans had some kind of ring on them, sort of bent over double on each side of the rim. Think there was one laying around the house and my brother fell on it and cut the palm of his hand pretty bad. Sorry for the distraction, old things connecting the dot moment. Bob Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

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Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9847684 05/04/15
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,281 Likes: 2 The Land of Cotton GeoW Campfire Ranger
GeoW Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,281 Likes: 2 The Land of Cotton	Kinda wish my son had a dad more like yours does. g "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon! "A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9848266 05/04/15
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	I just see this as my last chance for this tree house project. Joey is 11 now and if I wait any longer he may not be interested. I've talked about this for a while and now I pretty much have to make the time for it because the window is closing on this opportunity. I'm really glad we are doing it, its a lot of fun and he's following me around like a shadow. I'm learning that it works well to just sort of think out loud when you work with a kid on a project. That way you are teaching them more stuff. They don't know what you are looking for when you sight down the length of a board. But when you don't and say "what I'm doing now is looking for a crown in this board. And I don't mean like a king's crown, a crown in a board is the outside of a bend, see? Look down the board, see the crown?" And so on. There ate hundreds of little tips you can pass along rather than just doing stuff for a kid. That's the tricky part for me. I'm getting better at it. Its easier when you can see that they are hanging on your every word and soaking it all in. Its very lucky for me that joey is really into it. My little helper is going to help me build a new BBQ cooker for at home here when this tree fort is done. Something clever here.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9848308 05/04/15
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,253 Likes: 37 Flyover Country Teal Campfire 'Bwana
Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,253 Likes: 37 Flyover Country	Dave - I'm the same with my son as I show/teach him things. Basically you just turn into a woman and say everything you're thinking as you're thinking/doing it and they pick it up pretty quick. It's how he learned the basics if reloading and building an AR. Brewing beer too. Run at the mouth while doing stuff together and they'll remember. Me

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9848794 05/05/15
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by northern_dave We just talked about that last night, how when we were kids we had to scrounge rusty used nails and straighten them all before we started a project. I usually scrounged them out of Dad's shop. I remember it well. A 6" deep, thick cardboard box about 10"x10" filled with a mixture of nails. Every nail known to man was in that box. I can't remember the amount of times he needed nails and I had to run into the woods to find the box at the last fort I left em in. Usually found his hammer he needed right next to it as well. Camp is where you make it.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9848802 05/05/15
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by northern_dave My little helper is going to help me build a new BBQ cooker for at home here when this tree fort is done. Camp is where you make it.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #9853188 05/06/15
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,281 Likes: 2 The Land of Cotton GeoW Campfire Ranger
GeoW Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,281 Likes: 2 The Land of Cotton	Originally Posted by northern_dave I just see this as my last chance for this tree house project. Joey is 11 now and if I wait any longer he may not be interested. I've talked about this for a while and now I pretty much have to make the time for it because the window is closing on this opportunity. I'm really glad we are doing it, its a lot of fun and he's following me around like a shadow. I'm learning that it works well to just sort of think out loud when you work with a kid on a project. That way you are teaching them more stuff. They don't know what you are looking for when you sight down the length of a board. But when you don't and say "what I'm doing now is looking for a crown in this board. And I don't mean like a king's crown, a crown in a board is the outside of a bend, see? Look down the board, see the crown?" And so on. There ate hundreds of little tips you can pass along rather than just doing stuff for a kid. That's the tricky part for me. I'm getting better at it. Its easier when you can see that they are hanging on your every word and soaking it all in. Its very lucky for me that joey is really into it. My little helper is going to help me build a new BBQ cooker for at home here when this tree fort is done. Well said, Well done! "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon! "A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #11201250 05/22/16
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	So, about that g'damn sky house.... We're getting closer. Something clever here.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #11201274 05/22/16
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ... Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter
Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ...	Beyond cool! The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #11201286 05/22/16
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,118 Likes: 1 South Carolina MadMooner Campfire Ranger
MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,118 Likes: 1 South Carolina	Hah! He'll be taking girls up there by the time ya finish it! “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Re: tree house project. northern_dave #11201289 05/22/16
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,118 Likes: 1 South Carolina MadMooner Campfire Ranger
MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,118 Likes: 1 South Carolina	By the way, that is a KATF. (KickAssTreeFort) “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

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