I think new money appreciates good craftsmanship - if they earned their money by making quality things.
People who both take pride in their work AND build something for a living appreciate craftsmanship in whatever form it appears.
I on the other hand appreciate something I've built, even if it s
I learned carpentry from my father and got my first year electrical
apprenciship papers. I was taught furniture and cabinet making from a
neighbour as a teenager. Mr. Kytaychuk was a great craftsman. There's
no way I could do it professionally, but its good stuff to know.
In this area, especially
Yeah, we live in a time of unions and pre-fab construction where the
attention to detail and the art of woodworking and carpentry and building
are no longer the norm; not to say that you can't get great quality... But
something has to be said for the old school trades.
My grandfather and my dad bu
Exactly, most of the people who can do lathe and plaster are at least
well into their 60's or older. Great craftsmen.
larry
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:03:05 -0400, Tangorre, Michael
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My grandfather who is 81 still does it now and then for friends and family.
> He is in Elm
My grandfather who is 81 still does it now and then for friends and family.
He is in Elmira, NY :-)
> Just try and find a good lathe and plaster guy. Almost impossible.
>
> This house however was pretty much trashed. It was really
> beautiful in its day but had been turned into a ruin almost
>
Just try and find a good lathe and plaster guy. Almost impossible.
This house however was pretty much trashed. It was really beautiful in
its day but had been turned into a ruin almost by a succession of
owners who simply did not give a damn. The people who hired up really
wanted to restore the pl
Ouch. Don't you hate doing stuff like that to old houses? You can
almost hear them groan. My dad keeps asking me - "exactly what do you
like about old houses?" I try to explain it to him, and he just
doesn't understand. He wants things to be shiney and new and never
break down. I want things to hav
Sacrilege! Plaster and lathe ROCKS!
But I wouldn't run any current through those old wires. I have a hard time believing people still use wires that aren't properly grounded, let alone run anything where water is an issue without GFI.
The hardest thing I had to do lately was sawzall through a 2-i
I hated working with that sort of wiring. In one place, a house about
100 years old or so, it had the very old style of wiring - 3 separate
bare wires on the knob and tubes.These wires were set directly into
the plaster - the place was all ancient lathe and plaster - harder
than stone at that poin
Yikes! And I thought finding old knob and tube wiring in my house was
bad. I think the house had 4 fuses originally, at least. :)
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:20:02 -0400, Jerry Johnson wrote:
> I bought a house in Connecticut in '88. Late 50s split level ranch.
>
> When we started to redo the basement
I bought a house in Connecticut in '88. Late 50s split level ranch.
When we started to redo the basement, we realized the previous home owner was an idiot.
He had wired everything from a single breaker (on a 20 breaker box).
And he used 16 gauge wire (think lamp cord.)
And it all came together in
Jim Davis wrote:
> Silly question, but did you unplug the cleaner before resetting the fuse?
>
> If the thing that blew the circuit is still there and on it'll just blow
> again instantly.
My other suggestion is that wiring or connections were wet. We recently
discovered that a leak over our ga
You probably had the wrong exit fuseaction :-)
xfa.unplugVacuum
:-)
corny FB4 joke :-)
> -Original Message-
> From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:28 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Anyone know anything about house fus
Got it working. Don't ask me how, but its working now.
_
From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:46 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Anyone know anything about house fuses?
At that point Sandy call an electrician.
larry
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004
Silly question, but did you unplug the cleaner before resetting the fuse?
If the thing that blew the circuit is still there and on it'll just blow
again instantly.
You might also look for other things on the same breaker and turn them as
well - we've got a problem here (for example) that we can h
At that point Sandy call an electrician.
larry
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:39:21 -0400, Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael isn't home, and isnt answering his phone
>
> Basically yesterday our basement flooded. Our old steam cleaner wasn't
> working so yesterday it was the wet/dry vac a
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