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You may want to have a double after watching this...
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Structural Integrity "Insanity come's first"
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Geeeeez, R-13 was not going to let me crash out tonight until I posted a pic of the door he's working on. It's nice R-13. Uh RipJack, you want him back now?
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Here's a video review less captions and posts of the build-up. I'm not sure but it seemed at least one way to do this was to upload it to youtube then transfer it here. Hope you enjoy.
This is the first time I've tried something like this video. So it's mediocre. I hope to add tunes on part 2.
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I see your point boss. Thanks. I notice YT offers editing tools. There you can DL and add like instrumentals to your published vids. Man, I sure am learning a lot of stuff. It wood be cool for others to make and add vids of their projects, like turning and box making...etc. I for one wood like to watch instructional vids. Just a thought. But as I view some of the incredible projects woodbarter members have produced, I realize there's no end to the talent here. I think the vid I posted is more or less sub-optimal, being that it does lack sound, and could be considered somewhat boring. Unless of course you're deaf, no pun intended. Maybe I'll try a caption between the pics approach next time. I trust your judgement and look forward to your advice with great anticipation boss! Cool
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This is one thought. You can review the next vid on YT and then approve it or suggest changes before it's posted. That wood be cool! What do you think boss?
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This is one thought. You can review the next vid on YT and then approve it or suggest changes before it's posted. That wood be cool! What do you think boss?
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We got a good portion of the front wall done, door jamb shimmed in and set the door in place. Calling it quits early to have a wee bar-b-que. Then guna hit the road for a little fishing...see ya Monday!
Have a great weekend! Dee
Have a great weekend! Dee
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i just updated the vid on youtube with music by way of youtube edit tools. it automatically updated here too.....eeeeek! i dunno how it's does that. oops hope it's ok, i prolly shoulda checked with u b4 i did that boss. sorry heh my bad
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senc, it's workin for me.......u still got no audio m8?
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senc, it's workin for me.......u still got no audio m8?
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In-coooooooooming! Today, for the most part, I think I know what Sargent Hulka went through. But seriously I found a useful little tool at the hardware store that is going to come in handy. And here to demonstrate it, all the way from NC is none other than SENC. This little caliper is plastic, but that's fine for our purpose, and it will be great for inside and outside measurements on all sorts of stuff. I found it in the $1 bin...can't beat that!
Tomorrow we'll talk about and show how the flexibility properties of glue are going to work to our advantage. Until then...
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Tomorrow we'll talk about and show how the flexibility properties of glue are going to work to our advantage. Until then...
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I have another tank, and I think we can use both of them tomorrow to show the flex properties glue. Here's the equation: wood (walls)+glue+pillars=multi angled walls! I think we can get at the very least an octagon going, that wood leave us with an interesting roof line. Here's what I have in mind. And FYI this is actually were I grew up surfing and fishing as a kid! Notice the size of the waves...guess what...yep, you got it...I was wash machined many times there!
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Uh oh! henry's in the mix too!
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Like I always say..."a monkey could do the job of a CT or MRI tech, but when you need an abstract perspective, look for an ultrasound tech". That being said, I was messing around with a software program I use to create some neat landscapes and generated this image I thought was cool. Then set the structures up in front of it, turned the lights out, grabbed my cell phone...correction, grabbed the cell phone first (so I woodn't trip in the dark and break anything), then did some bracketing and look how this came out. Actually the K-tower was shot with the lights off with camera flash active. That's why it's a wee bit crooked. I was guessing. The other image was lights on with no flash. My eyes are trained to detect various echo-textures, but I think anyone can see the obvious difference. You decide which one you prefer.
Just another fun way to make the structure come to life! Going to work something like this into part 2 of the Structural Integrity vid. Cheers!
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Just another fun way to make the structure come to life! Going to work something like this into part 2 of the Structural Integrity vid. Cheers!
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These are post processed and edited images. And to think this all started with a little peace of wOoD!
I didn't reveal what software program was used to render the backgrounds...well, it's Terragen 1 developed by Planetside UK, and it's a free download. There is also Terragen 2 and 3 for advanced users. If you google images and Terragen you will be able to explore some truly amazing works of art. Terragen 1 is the easiest to use but all the software does have tutorials. Terragen 1 also does not have plants nor can it generate planets. T2 and T3 does have plants and can render planets. DO NOT be intimidated by these programs, however complex they may seem. With a desire to learn, and little imagination, anyone can do this. If you are interested in learning how to use them, I have no problem helping you. If I don't know an answer to your question...no worries...I'll make something up! However, I am no expert with these programs.
I'll be back later today to discuss some roof options for our structure, with a little help from Bigfoot, R-13 and SENC. Until then, have an awesome day.
Peace, Dee
Image 1 and 3 are rendered with Terragen 2. Image 2 was rendered using a combination of T2, PSP, and "Spacescape" software.
I didn't reveal what software program was used to render the backgrounds...well, it's Terragen 1 developed by Planetside UK, and it's a free download. There is also Terragen 2 and 3 for advanced users. If you google images and Terragen you will be able to explore some truly amazing works of art. Terragen 1 is the easiest to use but all the software does have tutorials. Terragen 1 also does not have plants nor can it generate planets. T2 and T3 does have plants and can render planets. DO NOT be intimidated by these programs, however complex they may seem. With a desire to learn, and little imagination, anyone can do this. If you are interested in learning how to use them, I have no problem helping you. If I don't know an answer to your question...no worries...I'll make something up! However, I am no expert with these programs.
I'll be back later today to discuss some roof options for our structure, with a little help from Bigfoot, R-13 and SENC. Until then, have an awesome day.
Peace, Dee
Image 1 and 3 are rendered with Terragen 2. Image 2 was rendered using a combination of T2, PSP, and "Spacescape" software.
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Sorry I don't have pics today. There's 2 more walls being glued together with windows in them. This structure is going to be octagon in shape, so we need 8 walls. An octagon is pretty easy to do. The angles from the axis to any multi-sided structure or shape can be arrived at by dividing 360 by the number of flat sides. Thus 360 divided by 8 = 45 degrees and so on. So 45 degrees is the angle from a center axis. I prefer the easy way, working from the center out. Here's an image to help understand how this is done.
I'll be sure to have pics tomorrow...I promise.
Peace, Dee
I'll be sure to have pics tomorrow...I promise.
Peace, Dee
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Alright, I did manage to get a pic! yay! Enter the OCTAGON. But wait, it's not an octagon...yet. All the guys gathered around to discuss the fact that we are going to have 8 sections and 8 pillars all glued together to form one really long wall. So here's the question...how are we going to make it an octagon? Figure it out. No, you can't take it apart either. I'm not giving any glues, I mean clues. Remember, you can not disassemble the wall.
5 sections including the door jamb as a section, the other 3 sections standing up ARE going to be glued together like the 5 are now, so it will be one continuous long wall. But how is it going to become octagon shape without taking it apart? If you can't guess, you'll have to wait til tomorrow! I sure hope what I'm going to try works, else I'll be lookin purdy dumb.
Peace, Dee
5 sections including the door jamb as a section, the other 3 sections standing up ARE going to be glued together like the 5 are now, so it will be one continuous long wall. But how is it going to become octagon shape without taking it apart? If you can't guess, you'll have to wait til tomorrow! I sure hope what I'm going to try works, else I'll be lookin purdy dumb.
Peace, Dee
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A video of Stan Munro's INCREDIBLE "Toothpick City"...and again, to think it all began with one wee toothpick!
Toothpicks are wood too!, Dee :cool2:
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No, that's not the hand of God! Albeit, in a manner of speaking each one of us is a creator.
Image 1: here's 3 different wall sections. Image 2: single stacked wall section displays the flex properties of the glue. Image 3: what I'll refer to as a tri-pick stack. it takes 2 1/2 x's the TP's to make this type of wall.
In Image 2 you can see the wall is still one long section, and this afternoon that will become an octagon...without taking it apart.
Peace, Dee
Image 1: here's 3 different wall sections. Image 2: single stacked wall section displays the flex properties of the glue. Image 3: what I'll refer to as a tri-pick stack. it takes 2 1/2 x's the TP's to make this type of wall.
In Image 2 you can see the wall is still one long section, and this afternoon that will become an octagon...without taking it apart.
Peace, Dee