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ohiofarmer
18 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Mostly buttoned up.  The soffit needs finishing on a warmer day.  Cutting the plastic pieces in the cold is never fun.

 

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Then I replaced the drip edge and fascia.  I left a gap at the bottom of the board to allow for soffit to fit in the channel.  It’ll shed water, and that was my goal for the day!

 

 

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  Just a tip for cutting vinyl siding or soffet.  Just make a slide jig for your circular saw that holds it square to a cutting table and use an abrasive blade for the cuts. It will not chip out, I promise. If the job is small, a thin cutting disc on a hand held four inch grinder works as well

 

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Pullstart
28 minutes ago, ohiofarmer said:

  Just a tip for cutting vinyl siding or soffet.  Just make a slide jig for your circular saw that holds it square to a cutting table and use an abrasive blade for the cuts. It will not chip out, I promise. If the job is small, a thin cutting disc on a hand held four inch grinder works as well

 


I’ve got a compound miter saw that slides.  I’ve always turned the blade backwards.  It does pretty well too, but I’ve not heard of abrasive blades for it.  Cool!

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Handy Don
21 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Mostly buttoned up.  The soffit needs finishing on a warmer day.  Cutting the plastic pieces in the cold is never fun.

I added proper blocking where necessary and replaced the fascia board.

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Then I replaced the drip edge and fascia.  I left a gap at the bottom of the board to allow for soffit to fit in the channel.  It’ll shed water, and that was my goal for the day!

Good job.

I'm guessing that the ends of the rafters and maybe even the roof deck under the shingles have been wet for a while in that area. If so, they’ll need to be looked at for possible mold. Keeping the soffit open for now will let you get a good look in the warmer weather and you can remediate as necessary.

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Pullstart
1 minute ago, Handy Don said:

Good job.

I'm guessing that the ends of the rafters and maybe even the roof deck under the shingles have been wet for a while in that area. If so, they’ll need to be looked at for possible mold. Keeping the soffit open for now will let you get a good look in the warmer weather and you can remediate as necessary.


There was some sign of moisture at one point.  I am not sure if it was before this damage, or after.

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ohiofarmer

Pullstart I am not sure what size abrasive blades will fit your miter saw as I am guessing it to be a ten or twelve inch. Possible choices might be for a metal chop saw or a concrete saw. Make sure the thing is rated at the RPM of your miter saw

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Mickwhitt

Finished the garage conversion by laying thick plastic floor tiles today. It's lovely and warm in there thanks to fitting radiators connected to the central heating system of the house. Time to start mmoving machines in. 

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ebinmaine
17 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

Finished the garage conversion by laying thick plastic floor tiles today. It's lovely and warm in there thanks to fitting radiators connected to the central heating system of the house. Time to start moving machines ... 

 

Excellent!!! 

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formariz

Put this one to rest today. 
 

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 Thinking about the next one

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cleat

Beautiful work.

I can't wait to see your next one.

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Ed Kennell
3 hours ago, formariz said:

Put this one to rest today.

Amazing Cas.     Wish I had just a drop of your talent and patience.

 

Couple questions;

Can we see details of the neck yoke attachment to the frame?

Where is it going?

Will oxen wear it or is it for display?

Do the neck yokes spring open for installation on the oxen?

How are they pulled back together on the animal?

 

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formariz
53 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Amazing Cas.     Wish I had just a drop of your talent and patience.

 

Couple questions;

Can we see details of the neck yoke attachment to the frame?

Where is it going?

Will oxen wear it or is it for display?

Do the neck yokes spring open for installation on the oxen?

How are they pulled back together on the animal?

 

Thank you Ed. Just a lot of practice and yes patience. This particular one is of great importance to me. Although its style is unique to the area I am from, it contains influences in style and techniques from a few individuals whom I learned from, therefor the inscription on it. It is also the only one ever fully documented through out every step of its construction. I am the last and only one who makes this particular type of yoke and I want to leave a record of how they were made for future generations. 
 

 Yoke is fully functional and ready to be used.  I hope one day to take it overseas and use it at least once. For now it will just be displayed here and “eventually “ in my children’s and grandchildren’s homes. 
 

 The neck yokes (arches)are sprung open and fitted around oxen necks. The yoke is then lowered over their necks fitting arches into their respective leather straps. Metal pin is then placed through holes in arches holding oxen to yoke. Oxen team is then backed up to cart’s tongue or pulling bar which is fitted through leather straps in center of yoke. Yoke is then secured with a wooden pin driven through straps behind yoke as shown on photos of model below. 

 

 Straps attached to yoke

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 Arch inserted through straps
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 Pin placed through arch holding it and yoke together.

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 Method of holding yoke to cart.
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Stormin

Superb work again, Cas. Did you make the model one as well?

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formariz
7 hours ago, Stormin said:

Superb work again, Cas. Did you make the model one as well?

Thank you. I only made the tiny yoke. My oldest son made cart and a friend overseas made oxen and man.

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formariz

It’s cold outside and I am retired. So it begins again.

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Achto

Took an air boat cruise through the mangrove's.

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19richie66
12 minutes ago, Achto said:

Took an air boat cruise through the mangrove's.

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I remember those critters 😁

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SylvanLakeWH
11 hours ago, Achto said:

Wisconsin farmers alert to new pests brought in by global warming... Cheese curd futures are tumbling due to threats to dairy cows...

Wheel Horse owners asked to circle their herds to protect vulnerable cattle...

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Fixed the headlines for ya...

 

Mild winter up there? :confusion-confused:

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Achto
1 minute ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Fixed the headlines for ya...

 

Mild winter up there? :confusion-confused:

 

:ROTF:

 

Real mild. :lol: Cows are getting too expensive to raise. Gonna try milking gators instead. :lol: Hope to get a herd established before the pythons move in.

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Ed Kennell
1 hour ago, Achto said:

Hope to get a herd established before the pythons move in.

I hear The python has become a big cash crop .    They make some high dollar boots and pocketbooks

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SylvanLakeWH
1 hour ago, Achto said:

 

:ROTF:

 

Real mild. :lol: Cows are getting too expensive to raise. Gonna try milking gators instead. :lol: Hope to get a herd established before the pythons move in.

 

Maybe hire @WHX?? to do the milking... might be entertaining... :scared-eek:

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Ed Kennell
1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Maybe hire @WHX?? to do the milking.

I nominate Kev to hold the bucket.

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ebinmaine

You get that to happen I'll send my Photography Department.  

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Horse Newbie

First thing this morning… take a load of Lois’s she-shed construction trash to the dump…

Well…. construction trash and some other things that need to be tossed…

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ebinmaine
2 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

First thing this morning… take a 

.... Walk down to the basement which is not outside because it's too cold here. 🥶🥶🥶🥶

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Ed Kennell
3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

it's too cold here.

A balmy 8F here this AM with 25 MPH winds.

 

78F downstairs by the wood stove.  That's where I hibernate.

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