Gerry KIERNAN

Stuart

Your place looks great. I love it.

Gerry

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Stuart, I agree with the others. Your place looks great. The wood adds a special warmth to your home. Nice job there!

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stuart

I only wish I had!!!!


But it is for sure nice eye candy.

Thanks for the thought!

stuart

My place - that would be in "my Gallery."

I'm sorry if I led anyone to believe that pretty Pine staircase is mine.

My unit in My Gallery" are works of my Grandfather: Pop Pop

mkwoodworks

Nice place. Anyone ever smell fresh cut Alaskan cedar? Almost gives me a chubby.

stuart

ok I'm gonna have to be stern - lol.

That is "NOT" my place.

Cheers!!!!!!

Dvoigt

Maybe it is a generational thing... or just a matter of personal taste. I don't really care for that all pine look. Maybe it just reminds me of my grandparents house, the more notty the more I remember their place upnorth. I have seen kitchens in $800k houses that are all in mahogany and I just about pass out it looks so good to me.

Maybe that is why I like watching "wood works" on DYI over the yankee work shop. I love the things that David Marks builds and the natural finishes that he uses.... afterall watching his show is why I'm in this forum right now and why I asked this question....

TexasTimbers

Hey Stu, if you ever get tired of woodworking you can always rent your place out as a Bed and Breakfast. That is one FINE looking place!

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dvoigt I can appreciate that - I am not crazy about pine in alot of situations but think it looks great in others. Man when it gets right down to it I love most any old wood just any old where.

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most any old wood just any old where.
Same here, Texas Timbers. Too bad most of my wood stuff is only works from my grandfather. One day [daydream] I will be on par with my grandfather items. I just hope if the only wood that is cheap nuff it would be Pine.

So does anyone believe that last pic in this thread belongs to someone else???

Only I wish i has such skills and know how to do that project.


Oh well.

TexasTimbers

Stuart I don't know if your granpappy is still around, or if your dad is and might know the answer, but when I look at that balustrade, I see a craftsman who didn't use a tenon cutter and hole hawg. Obviously. I mean look at the way the balusters meet the rails with such precision and NO taper from the quick and easy tenon cutters we have now.

I don't know if it was just lots of time or an "old secret" or both, but that is craftsmanship. You ought to be proud just to call him your grandad. That is fine work.

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I have to agree with you Texas.... When I was growing up I can remember going out to some of the our family's homes.. Man I loved it there then... The nearest town was miles at the closest. I remember walking in to a couple of these Ole' homeplaces and seeing some of the work that was done in them... It was old, but still after 80 years of living in them you could see the craftsmanship and the genuine love that the builder put into them...

Stuart you are very lucky to have such craftsmanship right at your fingertips... From the picture it was exquisite...

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stuart

Hey guys [once again!]

that Pine staircase that I plugged into this thread is from PHOTOBUCKET [www.photobucket.com]

I have tried hard to convince anyone here that the pic in question is from someone I don't know, never met [at least I think so].

I simply used that pic to show and tell the great wood of Pine.

However, my both my grandpaw and dad have passed on.

I know my dad has carried his stuff over to me from his dad[me as 3rd line].

Having said that my Grandpaw indeed produced very solid quality work.

He will be a tough act to follow. Back in his day it was all by the book and not much else except trial and error.

I see a lot of common ground between my grandpaw's work and those that do it for fun or business here.

Glad I could clear this up as I'm being honest - wink.

Cheers!

arkyrick

Quote "Try living on a fixed income that the Social Security (21 years in law enforcement and I get $1080 per month,) allows and see if thrifty, frugal or cheap enters into the purchasing of these finer woods. Would I use the finer woods if possible, you bet, would love to - but the necessities of life over rides my hobby - and yes I do drive the cheaper vehicle - a GMC pickup - but then again you go with what you can afford. (Sorry for the heated reply"


Hey Larry don't fret you do what you have to I respect that, remember that GMC eats Fords & Dodges and Craps the brand he's driving.

TexasTimbers

Stuart I apologize. I was ribbin you about it being your place because I saw your flat denial on that, but my peculiar brain problem didn't allow me to read the whole thing and I really did think your grandad built it. My bad!

You shouldn't have to do this since we are all supposed to be adults here who can read and comprehend, but at this point if I was you, I might go back and edit the post where the picture is with a clear disclaimer underlined in red something to the effect "This picture is for illustrative purposes only! It is not my house and I do not know the craftsman who built it!".

Like I say you shouldn't have to do it but if you want to prevent further confusion . . . .because you know danged well future newbies are going to pop into this thread, scan it like others of us who shall remain namelss, and get the wrong idea, like others of us - who shall remain nameless.

Just an idea it's your call obviously.

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no problemo

will adjust the pics if needed in the future with "adviser" notice from the get -go.

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Arkyrick, you apparently didn't pick up on my sarcasm and tongue-in-cheek humor. I even explained it at the end of my first post AND also in another follow-up post, specifically in reply to LarrySch's.

Frankly, I don't care what car or truck a man owns or drives and is proud of or what wood he appreciates the most and enjoys working with. That was the whole point of my "jab". Different strokes for different folks. I happen to like pine very much and was trying to defend why it's popular with many folks.

We're all now or have been working stiffs throughout our lives and as such, I try to be supportive of whatever an individual takes pride in doing or owning. If anyone misread my post and took offense, that was most assuredly NOT my intention. So, rather than let anything irritating fester, I apologize if I offended anyone.

Try to have a nice day!

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I like that Staircase "YOU" built Stuart. ......How long did it take "you" to build that staircase.Maybe "you" can help me build a staircase like that.Mark

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stuart

I give up. Texas Timbers, I changed the pic's statement and location to indicate that it is a "RANDOM" SELECTION PIX FROM PHOTOBUCKET.

Maybe I will take credit for the staircase.........I will post another staircase after this post.