Quote from: deemery on Today at 09:28:40 AMTomO:  Have you seen "Coyote vs Acme"?

dave

No! Not a cartoon guy. It's #4 on the if we are really desperate listing which means we will wait till it hits the home screens.

We decided after viewing a greenhouse we will skip the movies this week.

TomO

Decided to get the dock built before I went any further. Since I hate trying to work with dowels I went with 8x8's for the legs instead. Not wanting a totally square looking leg I did a little work on them. Started by wire brushing them a bunch of times then I sanded off the edges to get rid of the squared look. After that I took each leg and turned it clockwise in a piece of sandpaper. While not round they're not square either. Colored with my usual chalks & clear alcohol then gave them a liberal coat of A&I. The actual deck is made from 6x6's for a frame then covered with 1x4's for a beefier look. The "barnacles" were made by dipping each leg into white glue then re-dipping them into a container with medium grey ballast.



Here's another angle of the dock.



With the dock set in place I thought it would be easier to paint the water color on the wood before gluing in place. I started with a light blue craft paint along the sea wall. The shallower the water the lighter the color and visa versa. Before the light blue paint dried I used a blue for the rest of the area and blended the light into the regular.



Prior to glueing in place I used dark green chalk and clear alcohol and carefully dabbed the color onto the "barnacles" and allowed to dry. Then the dock was glued into place and I set the building in place to see what it would look like.

Next I want to extend the "dock look" down the left side of the building and add rails on the side where the second story opening is. Thanks for stopping by and for all your great comments and/or suggestions; they're really helping with this build.

Quote from: Jerry on Today at 09:41:34 AMLarry hate to tell you but today is the beginning of Fall!! 

Then somebody screwed up; according to my calendar on the wall it's the 23rd...tomorrow; but no matter
it still feels like it today anyway.
Actually I stand corrected!! According to the "Weather Wizards" Fall starts at 8:10 pm TODAY; so barely the 22nd.

Quote from: robert goslin on September 21, 2026, 05:31:18 PMLooks good Bernd.

Thanks Rob. Much appreciated.

QuoteYou've still got all those fancy tools.

I don't consider them fancy. To me they are just the tiny brother of the CNC machines I got to work on during my machine tool career. As a matter of fact I'm looking at adding a fourth one. My financier called this week and told me I had $10,000.00 coming my way. Nice to be at that age were the government says you need take out money from your 401K.

I've been looking at the Makera Carvera and the Makera Carvera Air. The Carvera has an automatic tool changer where the Carvera Air is a manual tool changer. There is a fourth axis and it can do PCB boards, something I did also for model railroad items by hand. Plus it has a laser module for doing engravings. Among other things you can cut all sorts of non-ferrous metal, plastics, wood, resins and steel. Much more versatile than just a plain laser or a 3D printer due to the fact it can cut so many different types of material.

https://www.makera.com/products/carvera?variant=47673536086241

QuoteI remember that sketch that Frederic did.  Old RRL forum memories.

It was just the thing I was looking for on the quarry line.

More pics later tonight.

Bernd

Good Morning All,

Thanks for opening and breakfast Rick. Enjoy rebuilding your modeling material.

Started out with a walk with a temp of 74F but with really high humidity from the heavy rain last night. We got 1.5 inches.

Back from Dad's appointment which was a waste of time. I did sleep well last night and actually have energy today. After chores I will read the landscape build section probably a couple times so I understand the entire process before I start on it.

Karl if you want it warmer I will trade with you.

Jerry good luck at the workbench.

TomO good luck with the greenhouse.

Larry good luck getting to the workbench.

I hope everyone has a good day.

Morning everyone

Rick thanks for the coffee & breakfast.
Get those supplies winter is coming!!

James have a good day laying track.

Larry hate to tell you but today is the beginning of Fall!! 

Karl glad you made it home safely.

TomO you do the important stuff!!

Weather in South Jersey is cloudy with rain coming.  Could be a real stormy day so say the "WEATHER WEENIES"!
Hopefully wall 3 will be completed today.

Everyone have a great day!! 

Jerry

TomO:  Have you seen "Coyote vs Acme"?

dave

Jeff thanks for taking and sharing the photos.

Good morning from wet again Wisconsin. We may not even hit 60f degrees today as the guess is 58. Plus it's on/off rain again

Rick, the greenhouse will not be close. About a mile from where we are now but still on property of course. It will be at one of the locations thought about before Terry and the daughter picked the now discredited wetland view. Too many mosquitoes there but there are many good reasons for the greenhouse where it's going but I'm not sure the house is one of them 

Jerry, I am not the gardener Terry is. I help with moving dirt and compost. If pressed I will help with the daily watering. While not 100% certified organic Terry uses no insecticides or fertilizers.

The Amazon greenhouse ordered and paid for Sunday is no longer available. She got a message yesterday but no refund. Today we will look after her medical appointment at a greenhouse the local technical college construction class builds and sells. Recommended by the excavating contractor. Says he installs around 4 a year from the class his son happens to teach! So we will look. They build he says about 6 a semester and primarily 4 tiny home shells. I no longer will try to install so the contractor will!

The equipment sell off continues. Today 10 plate F 60' weathered box cars to Cleveland and 4 new in box molten sulfur cars and custom paper mill parts to Colombia, Tennessee. More things sold in the last few days than the previous 8.5 months combined. All to former weathering clients

We have not decided on a Tuesday movie out yet. We've been gone the last 2 Tuesdays but there wasn't anything to see in our opinions. Debating if there is any for tomorrow

Enjoy your day
TomO