Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place

[steaks&anvils]

Glad you have good options to "rough it" for the night.

Somehow I doubt you ever get caught too flat footed...

 

[harley jim]

I cut block and dry fit them to the holes in the wall.


Then I mixed some mortar and set them. I'm going to leave the 18"x 24" hole and make a door so that I will have access to this end of the crawlspace.

We got the second coat of paint on the east wall and tomorrow I am going to run the rest of the electrical on the west wall so Pat can start painting it. If I have time I'll start trimming the windows.

 

[harley jim]

Thanks S&A, your right, if they pulled the plug tonight we wouldn't miss a beat,

 

[pop pop]

Now aren't you glad you didn't go solar?

 

[harley jim]

I'm not sure, its 11:03 and I'm still sitting in the dark

 

[steaks&anvils]

I'm not sure, its 11:03 and I'm still sitting in the dark

It's times like this that there is a baby boom in nine months

 

[harley jim]

Well the power came back on at 1:30 this morning, I was in bed but not sleeping, so I put my cpap mask on and went to sleep, sometime later it went off again so off comes the cpap but I did go back to sleep, dont know when it came back on but I got up at 8:00
I wired outlets and ran some more conduit, for the first time ever there are outlets in the basement!

BEFORE

AFTER
we got the west wall painted up to the water heater.

The patch job came out nice.
Tomorrow we are going to case the windows.

 

[xtremek]

Looks like you got a lot done the last couple. My mom had all kinds of oil lamps when I was growing up. I remember the power went out early one evening in the winter. Out came the oil lamps and board games. Plenty enough light.

 

[harley jim]

I have been getting more done latley, I dont have the interruptions now that I have had most of the summer. If I know that I'm going to need to go somewhere to talk to people, like raising money for the lodge or other business, I dont like to work before hand and get sweaty and dirty so I tend to do nothing.


Pat has collected oil lamps forever, and we can cook a dozen different ways so surviving without power dosnt bother us too much, the well will hold enough pressure for maybe one good shower then we are out of water, so that and heat in the winter are the reasons for the generator.

 

[harley jim]

Had to go to lowes and pick up a few supplies, then to the basement for a little work.
I mounted the windows in a mortar frame a while back and today I built extension jambs and trim for the inside.

The extension jambs are mounted off of the concrete block with some ½" uhmw plastic spacers I had in the shop, then the void was filled with low expanding foam and the trim was pin nailed to the jambs. My Brother called from Oklahoma and talked for a couple of hours so not much work got done.


Tomorrow morning I have to go get stitches out then I'll caulk and paint inside and start the mortar trim on the outside.

 

[xtremek]

WOW!!!! The windows look really nice.

 

[Bob Heine]

Jim, with all the windows and natural light your basement is a real asset. The basements I grew up with had little spy holes at the top of the wall. I believe they were called Hint-O-Window.

 

[harley jim]

Kirk, thanks it's coming along nicely
Bob, that's the windows I'm used to, barley big enough to see out of. We had the three windows made to match the other windows in the house. It should be nice looking when it's done, we are hoping to stucco the outside and things should look seamless, we hope.

 

[Jayman17]

HJ, your windows look real good. That trim install looks nice and tight!
The fresh paint really brightened up those basement walls too.

Jay

 

[Bears Fan]

Windows look great

 

[harley jim]

Jay, Tony, thanks, I got side tracked today and tomorrow. It's just slow going right now.

 

[don long]

Hey Jim
I'm ready to set the windows in my saloon and since you have all this experience in hanging windows how about dropping by and lending a hand?
Basement is looking good now lets get back to playing with some toys in the shop lol

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Hey Jim
I'm ready to set the windows in my saloon and since you have all this experience in hanging windows how about dropping by and lending a hand?
Basement is looking good now lets get back to playing with some toys in the shop lol

Don't bother installing windows. The cowboys will just start a fight over the girls upstairs, and someone will get thrown through them. It happens in every western documentary I watch.

 

[harley jim]

I'll be right there Don,
I'm really really missing my shop time, this whole summer just got out of hand with trying to finish up lingering projects, and getting volunteered to do several things that I didnt even know I wanted to do(said with sarcasm). I need to finish this basement and get the new building set in place then I can get some QST in, I hope.
Uncle willie, I saw that same show!

 

[harley jim]

Got another little nasty project out of the way today, I knew when I bailed the bil out last month when his print shop screwed up and lost his artwork that this was going to happen. I made the trophy lables for this Saturday's car show.

It's a smaller church show so not a big job. We got him a new laptop and I'm going to transfer the music from the old laptop to the new one and set up some new genres if I can remember the password.

 

[harley jim]

Had a Dr. appt. this morning, stopped and got the new switch for the stove, took the truck through the car wash, the automated teller told me to wait while my membership was verified, it was and the gate went up. I told the guy at the door what had happened and that I didnt have a membership, he motioned me in and told me not to argue with the machine.

Gotta keep it clean. It needs wax!

 

[xtremek]

I thought Pines was on wax duty for this month, and Uncle Willie was up for November.

 

[harley jim]

You know how that goes, mention work and all you see are back pockets!

 

[harley jim]

I got a present from Rivennhewn today.
It's a 105mm artillery round, base that was used for an ash tray.
I have a couple of other pieces of WWII ammunition art so he added to the set.



I did a little polishing on it. I'll put a clear coat on and put it on the shelf with the other pieces.

 

[steaks&anvils]

I got a present from Rivennhewn today.
It's a 105mm artillery round base that was used for an ash tray.
I have a couple of other pieces of WWII ammunition art so he added to the set.



I did a little polishing on it. I'll put a clear coat on and put it on the shelf with the other pieces.

That is too cool!

I worked on a military facility (Rocky Mountain Arsenal). Out back of our lab building for the smokers, they had the cool, painted yellow, half bombs (belly and fins) filled with dirt. There were a few blue ones around at different buildings too.

Some even had flowers in them some times.

I really wanted to swipe one, but that never seemed like a very good idea...

 

[mybigwarwagon]

You know how that goes, mention work and all you see are back pockets!

Hey, I told you I needed to drive it home to do a good job.

 

[xtremek]

Solid brass, that has to weigh a bunch.

 

[RivennHewn]

I got a present from Rivennhewn today.
It's a 105mm artillery round base that was used for an ash tray.
I have a couple of other pieces of WWII ammunition art so he added to the set.



I did a little polishing on it. I'll put a clear coat on and put it on the shelf with the other pieces.

I sent you a “Barn Fresh” item.

You turned it into a showpiece!

Nice work

 

[harley jim]

Kirk, it weighs a bunch, it's going to look good on the shelf.
Riv, I spent about an hour and a half on it, I sandblasted the inside, sanded the outside with 120, 600, 1000, then polished with red roughe stick. I want to give it one more polish then clear coat it. It will have a place for ever on my shelf.

 

[RivennHewn]

Kirk, it weighs a bunch, it's going to look good on the shelf.
Riv, I spent about an hour and a half on it, I sandblasted the inside, sanded the outside with 120, 600, 1000, then polished with red roughe stick. I want to give it one more polish then clear coat it. It will have a place for ever on my shelf.

Where do you find the time for all your projects?

Ya’ll are putting most of us to shame

 

[harley jim]

Us old farts dont have anything better to do!

 

[don long]

Polishing brass is so rewarding. I just love it.
You made that barn find jump. Nice work Jim.

 

[harley jim]

Thanks Don, yes it feels like you can make progress so fast with brass. I have an ashtray that was manufactured in my home town that I found here in Tn. I think it has a 50 cal. round on it. I want to polish it and then clear coat both of them (something you taught me). Pics to follow.

 

[harley jim]

We spent the day driving around to salvage stores trying to get ideas for the cabin and to find flooring for the basement, we have this place that we like in Trenton Ga. but today wasnt the day to go there. The interstate was shut down with multiple accidents so we took alternate routes from the gps, there were wrecks there also it took about four hours longer for the trip today. We did find flooring on sale at our local Home Depot, 20 minutes from home, geeze!

 

[harley jim]

The car show was canceled due to rain. Yea!!!
I worked in the basement today, did some painting and caulking, drilled some holes and pulled some wires. I moved a truck load of stuff to the storage trailer. I'm close to installing the cieling, I need one day without rain so I can pull the cctv wires through the vinyl siding and close up all the holes/penetrations in the walls.
Tonight is the 5000th saturday night opry.
The grand ol opry is the longest running radio show in the world.
It is being aired by several apps.
I'm watching circle tv on the peacock app, it's on YouTube also.
In case you didnt know I'm a traditional Country Music Junkie, I can sing along with Hank Sr., or Hank Snow, or Marty Robbins all day long.

 

[shortykorte]

The basement is really shaping up Jim.

 

[don long]

All we watch on T.V. is the western channel and you are right the windows in the saloon are for throwing guys through them lol
Raining out a car show? whats that like? can't remember when that has ever happened out here!!!

 

[RivennHewn]

All we watch on T.V. is the western channel and you are right the windows in the saloon are for throwing guys through them lol
Raining out a car show? whats that like? can't remember when that has ever happened out here!!!

Down there it’s called sweat

 

[xtremek]

I remember going to the original Grand Ole Opry when I was a little kid with my parents and grandparents. Back when Minnie Pearl was middle aged. Sat under a drip in the ceiling.

 

[PelicanPines]

Windows look great.

Truck looks wonderful... yea needs to be polished.

You should get a Generator... you know... for those power failures.

All caught up now... that brass shell thing would make a great lamp.