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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Se=F1ior_Popcor on September 10, 2009, 7:08 pm
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> Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > > > creative1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > > What grades did you achieve? C-? All the way to A+?
> > > =A0From F to A+. We regarded F as Failure, E as poor yet some
> > > friends preferred E over store bought C grade.
> > Not bad.
> Taste is subjective. An E grade was when the finings didn't
> clarify as expected so a smoky color yeasty flavor was left
> with a sweet taste of unfermented sugar, so it was low in %
> plato scale, but the gals liked it...sweet and easy.
Sounds like I'd like that brew with a stew; and a Heineken with home-
made chocolate chip cookies.
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> > > > Any secrets you'd care to divulge on the hi-grade batches?
> > > Water quality, cleanliness, temperature, care to do it
> > > (the ingredients) right, good ingredients, patience, some
> > > measuring and book keeping to track experience.
> > Like a standard of anything of quality I suppose.
> > > Well if I had to choose between a good bottle of Champagne
> > > and an A+ beer, it would hard :-).
> > Wow again. Maybe I dislike drinking beer because I just haven't had
> > any A+'s.
> > What would you recommend for a store-bought A+ that I could get over
> > here (Ottawa)?
> Go to an upscale pub, or try Heiniken.
Do you know the way to San Jose, wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa-a...
Deedle deedle deeee...
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Posted by creative1985@gmail.com on September 11, 2009, 10:09 am
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> > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > > creative1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > What grades did you achieve? C-? All the way to A+?
> > =A0From F to A+. We regarded F as Failure, E as poor yet some
> > friends preferred E over store bought C grade.
> Not bad.
> > > Any secrets you'd care to divulge on the hi-grade batches?
> > Water quality, cleanliness, temperature, care to do it
> > (the ingredients) right, good ingredients, patience, some
> > measuring and book keeping to track experience.
> Like a standard of anything of quality I suppose.
> > Well if I had to choose between a good bottle of Champagne
> > and an A+ beer, it would hard :-).
> Wow again. Maybe I dislike drinking beer because I just haven't had
> any A+'s.
> What would you recommend for a store-bought A+ that I could get over
> here (Ottawa)?
> > > I'd love to have an old free piano. Maybe once I get settled and into
> > > my PAB house.
> > > It would flatter the frame and the acoustics might be nice.
> > > Do you play the piano?
> > About as well as pig's fly, great until I hit the ground.
> That question was directed at Don, although anyone was welcomed to
> respond.
When I was child in rural PA the neighbors had a piano and 5 kids our
age and everyone of them received formal training.
Hanging around with them at their house I naturally picked up on some
stuff. The first thing I ever learned was the first part of that TV
show called Wagon Train.
Never got anywhere with it and left it alone. At the time I was taking
trumpet lessons as Herb Alpert was all the rage at that time and I
needed braces. The dentist told my dad to get that kid braces for $600
or buy him a trumpet for $150. I got the trumpet. A year later my
younger brother got drums. I dropped the trumpet when I was 11 and
picked up a guitar and was hooked, listening to the Beatles and all
the stuff that was going on in the mid 60's. By the early 70's I
regained some interest in keybords again due to the influence in the
psychedelic shit that was going around, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer,
etc. and bought a cheap Casio keyboard that was huge for about $50 at
Kmart and started all up again. By 74 I dropped it again and went on
my world tour for a few years. In the mid 80's my interest was piqued
again and I got involved on a professional level. Over the years since
I've traded and bought/sold maybe 20 or more various keyboard set ups
and in the mid 90's I started getting involved with midi stuff. I had
various triggers and just sold a midi-guitar on ebay a few months ago.
In 1980 I had a friend that played keyboards in the Silver Bullet Band
(Bob Seger) and he showed me some stuff, then he ripped me on a dope
deal and we parted ways. I've never gotten beyond mediocre in any
music stuff because my interests always wane. Much of music is
repetition which bores me tremendously. When I sit down to play,
guitar or keyboards, it is usually made up stuff, sort of like a 2
hour long medley, that goes from one end of the spectrum to the other.
As I said, I get bored easily. My wife always says I'm the inventor of
the 30 second song, all 500 hundred of them, strung together.
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> I recall CBC's Kids In The Hall's flying pig, who entertained people
> in boring line-ups.
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Posted by creative1985@gmail.com on September 11, 2009, 9:55 am
> creative1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > On Aug 31, 10:28=A0pm, "creative1...@gmail.com" <creative1...@gmail.c=
om>
> > > wrote:
wrote:
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> > > > Go get your feet wet, right now.
> > > > Buy a cheap chisel, a sharpening stone, mallet and find a piece of =
raw
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> > > > sizeable wood somewhere.
> > > > (around here you can get a raw piece along the road)
> > > > Figure out what to do then get at it.
> > > > In fact, get 2 pieces of wood and choose one of the joints on your
> > > > plan and build that joint, to the correct size.
> > > > You'll quickly get a feel for whether you like it or not.
> > > I took a woodworking course in college and have already made some
> > > stuff then and since, if with power tools as oppose to woodworking
> > > hand-tools, except in college, where some chisels were used.
> > > > I wasn't sure if I'd like lathe work but I had to spend about $500 =
> > > > find out.
> > > > Since Jan of this year I have more than 800 hours on that lathe.
> > > Sounds like fun.
> > > > Didn't know if I'd like stone carving, but right now I have about 5=
> > > > hours into it over the past 2 weeks.
> > > > Whats neat is that you remove only the stuff that doesn't look like
> > > > what you want the end result to look like.
> > > > You just keep stopping and looking at the thing from all angles and
> > > > see what else needs to be removed.
> > > > Thats a whole nuther way of looking at stuff.
> > > I've done some sculpture in college as well. It was enjoyable, but no=
> > > as practical as I'd like.
> > > BTW, 'other' is actually faster to type by one letter than nuther. ;)
> > > > For example, I built a chair a couple months ago from reclaimed
> > > > lumber.
> > > Cool, I did a few things with leftover lumber too, including a spiral
> > > table as a proof-of-concept (very reminiscent of the concept of that
> > > burnt-down house, the construction of which Pierre managed) and a
> > > snake-like sculptural lamp.
> > > Both items got snapped up, but I want to put them online, so they'll
> > > either have to be done again from scratch or simply modelled/rendered
> > > in 3D.
> > > I also did a lamp out of, in part, dial test indicator clamps and
> > > metal rods. Remember that picture I posted awhile back of that
> > > makeshift toilet-flush lever? Well that was leftover from the
> > > project. :D
> > > > I started with a single piece of wood and had to keep adding stuff
> > > > until it looked like a chair.
> > > > I didn't do a very good job.
> > > > Seems I cut stuff off better than I had stuff on.
> > > > The chair functions fine but its not ideal.
> > > > My wife loves it, but I know better.
> > > Soul/spirit counts.
> > > > I'll build another one and it will be even better.
> > > > Last friday night I sat on a chair I made, with my feet on a stool =
> > > > made, my beer set on a table I made and all of it was on the deck I
> > > > made.
> > > > With my bare hands with no help from anyone, all paid for by me.
> > > > Kind of a neat feeling.
> > > > Now I need to learn how to make beer, then my world will be complet=
> > > > (yeah right) =A0 =A0:-)
> > > Well why not? Many people make beer and it's supposed to be similar t=
> > > wine in terms of ease-of-creation.
> > > Myself, one of my goals before my grand exit is to make my own
> > > "moonshine"-- at least one batch, just to have done it. Maybe I'll
> > > exit because of it. ;)
> > Depends on how much you want to invest I guess.
> > My son gave me a beer making kit for christmas last year and there it
> > sits still in the box.
> > I looked into it and I have to have 48 glass beer bottles first.
> > Well I rarely drink so it would take some effort to collect them.
> > Further, where do you put those 48 bottles once their filled?
> > In the frig of course, and I don't see that happening.
> > Plus, the entire process is sort of messy, time consuming, and
> > requires additional things that must be purchased.
> > For the little bit that I drink its just better to go buy a 6 pak and
> > be done with it.
> > Now back in my 20's, it was a different story.... =A0heh
> We made beer for a few years, at 1st to save money, then
> because it was fun. I had to quit drinking beer for diet, it was
> too good :-).
> We would grade the beer (usually lager), C being same as
> store bought, B superior, A was awesome and A+ was
> better than champagne - it had a hint of orange and exploded
> when it hit the tongue.
> I'd chill a few higher grades (family size pop shoppe bottles)
> for special occasions, like when friends were expected.
> Crack it, and it fizz's up, sometimes to overflow, gently fill
> pre-cooled mugs, and enjoy the brain light up.
> > > > BTW: All of those things, the chair, footstool and table were built
> > > > from the old deck boards I removed from my own house, all weathered
> > > > and gray with green algae on the bottom side, so they already look
> > > > antique and valuable! LOL
> > > I just helped this attractive young woman take an old discarded metal
> > > Ikea futon-bed frame out the "Sept.1st. moving-day throwaway pile".
> > > It's amazing and shameful the stuff they throw away around here in
> > > Ottawa.
> > > While helping, I spotted an old chaise longue (tattered, but with
> > > obvious wooden integrity beneath) and a perfectly-good antique chair
> > > poorly-painted neon-blue.
> > > Take an easy weekend to strip the paint and sand it down and you'd
> > > have something you'd pay quite a bit for in the shops.
> > > There is much wrong with our disposable markets.
> > I can't argue with that.
> > I've been gradually working toward a non-throwaway environment but I
> > question if its possible.
> > Just this morning my wife and I were talking about that.
> > We're also trying to eliminate plastics from our lifestyle and thats
> > even more impossible it seems.
> > Sliding around in the *Free* section of craigslist for bloomington
> > this morn I came across some people that want to get rid of an upright
> > vintage piano. So I'm trying to figure out how to go get it. Several
> > things are not in my favor. 1st, they want it gone right away, its
> > raining today, and I don't know if my truck can carry that much
> > weight. Also, I need at least 1 person to help and then I'm not sure
> > what that thing will do to the floor in our living room that was built
> > to code. In my opinion the floor joists are inadequate, but it was
> > inspected by gov't drones so that makes it acceptable to them, but not
> > to me. To be safe I'd want to get under that crawl space and sister
> > joists onto the existing floor joists and that crawl space is only
> > about 3' high at that point - kinda cramped. Then, the whole thing
> > needs to be stripped down, repaired and restored and then
> > professionally tuned. You see where this is going right? My wallet
> > isn't bottomless, and I don't like the idea of doing the restoration
> > work (chemicals and all that) in the living room. I could do it in the
> > workshop but then I have to move it again into the living room. I
> > think by typing all this stuff out it helped me to see the
> > light...........
> Given these new fangled light compact electronic organs, you'd
> need to be a real avacado <sp> of old piano classic sound to
> justify the restoration effort, though it could sell for nice $, if
> you
> know how.
> Them big stand up piano's can fill a room with nice resonance with
> some skilled fingers caressing the ivory's.
> Ken
I have 2 keyboards set up in my office right now, connected to 2
different amp rigs, and 4 more out in the garage.
2 Roland's, 2 Yamaha's and 2 more I can't remember. 4 of them are my
son's that he bought from Trent Reznor about 10 years ago.
Alot of piano playing is the *feel* of the keys (tacit) and nothing
beats the feel of a straight piano as far as weight and resistance go.
One of my Rolands has an adjustment for that sort of thing but it is
just that. On an upright the opening of the lid allows the sound to
escape into the area and installing mirrors or any hard surface on the
underside of the lid can enhance the sound. If you want to get jiggy
wit it you can have someone open and close the lid in rhythm to what
you're playing to get a pseudo Lesley sound. Look it up. Anyway by the
time I had arranged for Muff across the road to help me with his horse
trailer the piano was gone. However I seen yesterday some has a free
triple key organ they want to get rid of and it has a Lesley built
into it. Yowza.....
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Posted by creative1985@gmail.com on August 31, 2009, 10:32 pm
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> > > Rico, as promised; the exploded joint-detail Google 3D Collada-file-
> > > import seemed to work ok, using Blender and ACAD 10, and I'm
> > > pleasantly surprised it came in at perfect scale to my own posts as
> > > well:http://www.sfu.ca/~rmacinty/Arch/JoinDetl.png
> > > The only thing that appears missing is a peg-hole on the upper beam.
> > > Blender has a direct Collada-import script and DXF/DWG export script,
> > > so conversion was more straightforward than described.
> > > Don; As you might tell (see link image), your previous suggestion to
> > > add a "mannequin" for scale-visualization really makes a difference.
> > All of those joints must be pegged, 2.5" dia I believe.
> Roughly 1" according to a book I have, but I think more than one peg
> is used.
Don't forget to taper and grease them pegs and offset the holes so
that when you drive the pegs in it draws the joint tight, but not so
tight it splits the wood - specially after a few years and the wood
dries out. Humidity has an effect on that stuff.
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Posted by creative1985@gmail.com on September 6, 2009, 10:45 am
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> wrote:
> > > Rico, as promised; the exploded joint-detail Google 3D Collada-file-
> > > import seemed to work ok, using Blender and ACAD 10, and I'm
> > > pleasantly surprised it came in at perfect scale to my own posts as
> > > well:http://www.sfu.ca/~rmacinty/Arch/JoinDetl.png
> > > The only thing that appears missing is a peg-hole on the upper beam.
> > > Blender has a direct Collada-import script and DXF/DWG export script,
> > > so conversion was more straightforward than described.
> > > Don; As you might tell (see link image), your previous suggestion to
> > > add a "mannequin" for scale-visualization really makes a difference.
> > All of those joints must be pegged, 2.5" dia I believe.
> Roughly 1" according to a book I have, but I think more than one peg
> is used.
> > I'm getting ready to venture into the post & beam philosophy myself on
> > a smaller scale.
> Rockin'... I have a feeling, if possibly wrong, that not all P&B uses,
> or can use, the same joinery as regular woodworking, and/or vice-
> versa.
> > Gonna build a drawing table the old fashioned way, 6' long x 3' wide x
> > 30" high and every little thing counts cause the cost of the hardwood,
> > red oak, is astronomical - no room for errors.
> When I'm blading in Vancouver, one of my main routes takes me by a
> small antique shop that sometimes features antique drafting tables in
> the window. They seem popular since they disappear almost as soon as I
> see them. =A0People like adjustable tables and drafting tables are some
> of the most adjustable.
I was at this guys woodworking shop up the road the othernight and I
was completely blown away.
He had just come back from a woodworking convention somewhere and had
won a workbench in a raffle.
It was steel framed and wood topped, 4' x 8' and had a foot pedaled
hydraulic lift mechanism on it. Cool. Pump the pedal and it would
raise or lower to whatever height he wanted. It costs $2000 and he won
it! Lucky dawg.
Anyway, walking from the house to his shop I saw this giant machine
sitting outside and asked what it was. It was about 30' long and 8'
high x 8' wide, all steel, and had a big square funnel on one end.
Well, it was laying on its side and was the biggest *dust collector* I
ever saw. He said it holds 120 construction sized plastic trash bags
and has a 48" dia fan attached to a 30 hp electric motor. Jayziss!
Instantly I started wondering why this guy needed that much dust
collection hardware and in another minute I found out why. Man, I
never saw stuff like what I then saw in my entire life, in fact, I
didn't even know such things existed. And this was in that guys
backyard shop. I'm still reeling. Oh yeah, he told me that if I want
to use any of his stuff just say so.
**He is having a custom burner made that will collect the dust from
his dust collector via an auger system. The burner will be 2 stage and
very little smoke will escape from it and it will then heat his shop
and possibly his house too. Pretty cool, using stuff that would
normally go to the landfill to lower his energy costs AND he gets to
write all of it off on his taxes because the wood and the machines are
all business expenses. Smart.
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> > > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > > > creative1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > > Se=F1ior Popcorn-Coconut wrote:
> > > > What grades did you achieve? C-? All the way to A+?
> > > =A0From F to A+. We regarded F as Failure, E as poor yet some
> > > friends preferred E over store bought C grade.
> > Not bad.
> Taste is subjective. An E grade was when the finings didn't
> clarify as expected so a smoky color yeasty flavor was left
> with a sweet taste of unfermented sugar, so it was low in %
> plato scale, but the gals liked it...sweet and easy.