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Does an Oak Whisper? |
Shad the chance to visit Bermuda last month. The turned a weekend trip into a beach weekend. For me it is exactly what I needed at the end of the winter, warm water, beach sand, drinks with umbrella.
The was my first trip of what I hope to be many to Bermuda. Though it is a small crowded island, I found it very nice and quaint. The golf course are wonderful and the people great,
The setting up a pavilion is an experience that many people will never have the opportunity to try.
Overall the steps are:
1. Layout the roof, stretch the roof tight
2. Mark each corner on the ground
1. Unlike many modern nylon tents, the roof will be going straight up and be the same size standing up as it is on the ground.
3. Setup a stake about 3′ from the roof in front of each grommet, two at the corners.
4. Layout a finial, rope and pole by each stake.
5. Raise the corners up with a pole attaching the two corner ropes.
1. The poles will go on the mark you made earlier.
6. Setup the floor you have decided to use.
7. Now add the center pole/poles on the floor.
8. Bring in the rest of your gear.
9. Finish putting all the poles and ropes.
10. Add all the walls
11. Put the mud flaps under the poles
1. Make sure your floor bathtub’s along the poles and not under them
12. Finally, if your tent has wall loops, stake the edge of the wall down
As you can see the setup process is pretty straight forward and will take about an hour and half to do. A pavilion that has been setup to be taunt, well staked and roped; it will withstand the worst of the storms, keep you and your gear dry. A canvas pavilion will also allow you to sleep in late as it takes a long time to warm up. Unlike a modern nylon tent, which is guaranteed to let you get up early each morning as the temperature quickly spikes.
Over the years I have owned several Pavilions from Tentsmiths <http://www.tentsmiths.com>, the only issue I have ever had with them is leaking at the various pole grommets. This is minor issue as we place a floor tarp that is bath tubbed around the edges and no water actually made it in, but my mud flaps would be sitting in water for two weeks at time. This causes them rot faster. This is not a design issue, but a fact of the way a pavilion works.
Several years ago, I invested in a complete set of Finials for the tent. These finials were designed with an inset piece that when seated on the pole with a rope it pulls down over the top of the pole; this forms a tight seal that most rain water cannot make past. Thus solving my water in the tent issue. Here you can see how the ropes wrap around the base and pull down sealing the tent to the pole.
Painting the Fenial should be in a color that contrasts to your tent, thus painting them gold is great example of why metal on metal (gold on white(silver)) is bad. I need to repaint these a Dark Blue that will compliment the Dark Green trim of the tent and make the Fenial “pop” out.
Corner Fenial
The above photo is of my tent with the Finials seated and pulled tight. This is 14×14 Marquis with a single center pole. We also have a Marquis 14×12 with ridge pole, 10×14 Museum wedge and finally Kelli has a 12×12 wall tent. All of these are from Tentsmiths. I will say the Museum wedge is my favorite as it has little to no poles penetrating the canvas.
Had a terrific day, January 29, 2012, all the kids spent the day at home and we had a great family birthday for my wife. This is the first time in about a year that both girls, their beau’s, and my son all stayed in with us. It was like Christmas all over again. I do like these days. guess you can say I am getting older again.
Interesting isn’t watching an add on the tv and they advertised a coin with 24ct clad using 14 milligrams which means it has a whopping 0.000493835467 ounces. That means at $1600.00 there is a total of $0.78, yep that is 78 cents. They want a $9.95 per coin and will limit you to a total of 5. hmm Nice profit margin.
I just have to wonder at these “deals” on TV. Do they really think that people can’t take a minute and figure out that it is not a deal? How do I find them to buy something silly for me?
Over the last several months, I have become a fan of the cocktail “The Old-Fashion”. The subtle hints of citrus and cherry mixed into the whiskey brings a blend of flavors that I find most enjoyable. Now that I have come to learn how to mix it, I enjoy asking bartenders to make it for me. A good bartender will stop and look at you, then ask what whiskey you want in it. As the bartender mixes it up, people around the bar will stop and ask the bartender what is that. This is what a bartender likes, a new drink that people may order and regulars will want.
I have found over the past few weeks that is hard to learn, especially when there is not a product. My goal is to learn about the Openstack networking layer, Quantum. Today it was announced with a new working copy at the site: http://wiki.openstack.org/Quantum. Terrific news. Now to read, try, test, learn.
They say you build it and they will come, well I guess that is wrong. I offered a fighter practice at my house this week, I had one person contact me with I can’t get out of work. Now I know that feeling, I have to force myself to leave many days. The others who said maybe were a no show. I will try again, though next week looks like the Hurricane may be finishing up here. We will see.
So I come home this year and have multiple projects to do for after Pennsic. This is not supposed to happen.!!
First project, Stain and seal a new table, chest and an old table. This has taken the week.
Next project: Get a fighter practice going here at the house.
Next project: Walls on main tent need new mudflaps.
Next: Would like to add a front fly to my main tent. Have to think on this.
Now I am seeing sites and articles on wood working and really want to try some of this.
So I am back from Pennsic, I must not of fought much as I want to do many things. Today, refinish the Butcher Block Bar in the kitchen after work.
On Saturday, or Sunday, I found Howard’s Butcher Block Conditioner with Mineral Oil. Now they had one with Vitamin E. Why would you wood need Vitamin E? Anyways I digress, our Bar had 10+ years of wear on it. I pulled out my palm sander, wish I had a belt sander now, and 60, 100, 150, 220, and finally 330 grit paper. I took the 60 grit and stripped all the places that had marks/dings/rings etc.. Once that was done, I did the whole surface to a nice level. Changed out to 100, repeat, 150 a few passes and finally 220. I am keeping the 330 for the finally shine maybe.
I have now place two coats of oil on the board let it soak in 20 minutes and repeat. I will do this 3 or 4 times. The color is nice golden brown and the counter looks almost new.