Has anyone seen my specialty plates?

[netty2424]

I just built a table with cedar post legs and used Wolman Rain Coat. Seems to have worked well.

Thank you. I'll check it out. Do you happen to know off hand if that's oil based?

 

[netty2424]

Good lord. I would saw off an arm if I tried either of these things. Kudos to you both.

I love tearing ship apart and making it new again. I'm certainly no carpenter and as a result definitely not as efficient as a professional, but with a little math, some planning, and careful use of power tools, it's extremely rewarding to me to make ship with my hands.

 

[netty2424]

You can go to Home Depot (or elsewhere) and buy a clear sealant in a small quart-sized can. Buy a cheap bristle brush and go to town. Brush with the grain and not perpendicular to it.

BTW cedar is naturally water resistant but it will turn gray over time (see most every backyard fence).

I sealed my post with a tinted sealant that might’ve just been “western red cedar” in color and it looks great.

That's what I've got is a western red post. It's a beautiful piece of wood with a very small live edge in one corner. Want to preserve that red color as best as I can.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Thank you. I'll check it out. Do you happen to know off hand if that's oil based?

Nope, sorry. I’d go look but I’m on the golf course. It sure didn’t seem oil-based though.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Good lord. I would saw off an arm if I tried either of these things. Kudos to you both.

For some reason I don’t have a photo of it finished, but here’s what it looks like. All appendages remain attached, though i did drop a large piece of the melamine mold I built to form the tabletop. Smashed my left big toe to hell, but my toes apparently have Deadpool superpowers.

 

[ATC Frog]

Nice New Mexico chiminea, FiL.

 

[PurplFrawg]

Good lord. I would saw off an arm if I tried either of these things.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Nice New Mexico chiminea, FiL.

Bought that at Jackalope in Santa Fe, drove it home, then found the same damn one at a garden store 1/4 mile from our house.

 

[nwlafrog]

Mrs. NWLA’s Mother’s Day will consist of a one hour massage and one hour relaxation float pod (sounds strange, but it’s supposed to be incredible https://www.driftawayfloat.com/)

Also, I took her out last night and ran yo-yo’s on Caddo Lake in her father’s old boat that we restored. Our best catch was a 6lb bass to go along with 4 catfish and a white perch. Had a blast.


Here’s NWLA jr with the bass.

 

[SnoSki]

Mrs. NWLA’s Mother’s Day will consist of a one hour massage and one hour relaxation float pod (sounds strange, but it’s supposed to be incredible https://www.driftawayfloat.com/)

Also, I took her out last night and ran yo-yo’s on Caddo Lake in her father’s old boat that we restored. Our best catch was a 6lb bass to go along with 4 catfish and a white perch. Had a blast.


Here’s NWLA jr with the bass.
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I love fishing for catfish, but I’m not sure what you mean about yo-yos. Is that like a trotline?

 

[Peacefrog]

For some reason I don’t have a photo of it finished, but here’s what it looks like. All appendages remain attached, though i did drop a large piece of the melamine mold I built to form the tabletop. Smashed my left big toe to hell, but my toes apparently have Deadpool superpowers.

I really like that table. Nice work.

I intend to steal it next time you are on vacation.

 

[nwlafrog]

I love fishing for catfish, but I’m not sure what you mean about yo-yos. Is that like a trotline?

A yo-yo is an automatic reel that you bait and then tie off to a sturdy tree limb or nail to the tree itself. When a fish takes the bait it automatically sets the hook and yanks it up. Then you retrieve the fish. We set 12 yo-yos late last night and checked on them this morning. Retrieved our fish and re-set them. It’s a pretty fun hillbilly drinking sport.

Drive until you find some good looking trees which are an abundance on our lakes. Set yo-yo’s, fish with rods and drink until you hear a reel trigger. Drive to said reel and take your fish. Drink. Repeat

 

[Purp]

Mrs. NWLA’s Mother’s Day will consist of a one hour massage and one hour relaxation float pod (sounds strange, but it’s supposed to be incredible https://www.driftawayfloat.com/)

Also, I took her out last night and ran yo-yo’s on Caddo Lake in her father’s old boat that we restored. Our best catch was a 6lb bass to go along with 4 catfish and a white perch. Had a blast.


Here’s NWLA jr with the bass.
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Caddo is a great lake for some wild life. My uncle used to take me out there with a seine. We caught a pretty large alligator gar in it once. Probably 3 foot long. Darner was large and pissed.

 

[bleedpurple]

A yo-yo is an automatic reel that you bait and then tie off to a sturdy tree limb or nail to the tree itself. When a fish takes the bait it automatically sets the hook and yanks it up. Then you retrieve the fish. We set 12 yo-yos late last night and checked on them this morning. Retrieved our fish and re-set them. It’s a pretty fun hillbilly drinking sport.

Drive until you find some good looking trees which are an abundance on our lakes. Set yo-yo’s, fish with rods and drink until you hear a reel trigger. Drive to said reel and take your fish. Drink. Repeat

Yeah. I’m game. When and where.

 

[nwlafrog]

Caddo is a great lake for some wild life. My uncle used to take me out there with a seine. We caught a pretty large alligator gar in it once. Probably 3 foot long. Darner was large and pissed.

Great duck hunting on Caddo too

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

I really like that table. Nice work.

I intend to steal it next time you are on vacation.

Good luck. That’s about 9 square feet of 2” thick concrete. You don’t have enough friends to help lift it.

 

[ShadowFrog]

Take the riverboat “tour” on Caddo.
If the boat looks/feels familiar, it is.
They bought’m used from 6 Flags.

 

[nwlafrog]

Good luck. That’s about 9 square feet of 2” thick concrete. You don’t have enough friends to help lift it.

Challenge accepted.
We will rig a mechanical pulley system to your porch and hoist it up, then slide a dolly under it and use a small jib crane fitted to the bed of a truck to load it up and then proceed to upgrade Peace’s digs.

 

[ATC Frog]

Bought that at Jackalope in Santa Fe, drove it home, then found the same damn one at a garden store 1/4 mile from our house.

We did essentially the same thing. Moved one from NM to OK and then found out we could have just bought one locally or in TX (and it got a big ass crack in it during the move, so it was useless anyways)

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Take the riverboat “tour” on Caddo.
If the boat looks/feels familiar, it is.
They bought’m used from 6 Flags.

LaSalle’s River Ride? Loved that as a kid.