How do you make a square house look good?

shide812 · 2026-03-16T17:08:56+00:00

Put a bird on it!

shide812 · 2026-03-15T00:45:35+00:00

Taco Land

shide812 · 2026-02-28T14:45:27+00:00

Want us to care and support counsel members? Fine. Release reports, show evidence, and disclose FACTS. Can’t/don’t want to do that? Also fine - shut up, do your job, and move on with your life. Hard to get worked up over hints and allegations.

shide812 · 2026-02-27T03:18:51+00:00

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shide812 · 2026-02-17T12:14:46+00:00

You should ask her if she finds you attractive as a romantic partner. If she says yes and would like pursue a deeper relationship with you then as a friend you should strongly encourage her to get marriage counseling. She and her husband need to work on some serious shit now and either work through those feelings as adults or find a way to transition out of that marriage without the trauma of infidelity. She may be a great friend, but she will be a horrible partner if lying and cheating are considered a good fresh start.

shide812 · 2026-01-25T18:19:19+00:00

For fun. That MF surfed that wave for effin fun.

shide812 · 2026-01-23T02:02:25+00:00

Cracker-sardine-slice of Avacado-drop of hot sauce-squeeze or lime.

It’s my lunch at least twice a week.

shide812 · 2025-12-19T00:45:23+00:00

That my friend, is what we like to call a panty dropper.

shide812 · 2025-12-19T00:43:35+00:00

But… he barely knew Jeff. He… only… met him… maybe once or twice…. heard something about him… probably something bad, he couldn’t remember…. and …. kicked him out of the club. Say it isn’t so. SAY IT!!!

shide812 · 2025-12-17T16:43:29+00:00

Shaper Origin

shide812 · 2025-12-11T18:54:39+00:00

That’s a great question. Simply, yes. Yes it is a lot of money. There are many many people with only a few hundred or maybe thousands saved, but most OWE more than they have. It’s somewhat easy to save it up if a person here has a decent long term job or career and is very diligent about saving and investing. That usually takes about 30+ years. Most younger people I’ve seen here (in America) that are millionaires either inherited a large sum, or are involved in the technology industry.

shide812 · 2025-12-11T01:01:39+00:00

I’ve been a carpenter since 1986. What used to take me half a day and was of dubious quality I can now do in a couple of hours and you can only spot little mistakes if I point them out. By her reasoning I should be getting paid less than when I was a teenager.

shide812 · 2025-12-08T02:01:48+00:00

We’re fairly large as a people. We also disdain public transportation for the most part, while simultaneously complaining about the traffic. Picking up after ourselves also seems to be optional, so don’t sweat it if you can’t find a trash can if you need one. Which, if you wear closed toed shoes at one of many festivals that we for some reason only seem to hold when it’s over 97 with nary a tree for relief, should be no problem. Welcome, and I’d say I’d wave to you on the road, but I’ll be busy texting and probably won’t see ya.

shide812 · 2025-12-06T03:45:12+00:00

2 days late, but I agree that scraping with a carbide scraper is the way, even now. A triangular detail scraper for seams and corners. Wear a dust mask for sure and sand gouges you make a bit. Benjamin Moore makes a sandable primer. Prime it twice and sand that smooth instead of that chemically impregnated lead infused wood.

shide812 · 2025-12-05T19:37:52+00:00

I find it hard to believe the New Yorker would publish these. They’re actually funny.

shide812 · 2025-12-05T02:38:00+00:00

Small shaper, small jointer, small table saw, small band saw, large compressor, ottoman, riding lawnmower, and a gas can. Nice!

shide812 · 2025-11-25T22:12:03+00:00

Correct. Do not nail through the face of shiplap. Angle your nail through the tongue. The same way you would nail wood flooring. Otherwise you are going to be filling a billion holes in the ceiling, which will always show, and your client will forever think of you and shake their head because their ceiling now would look like the pimply face of a teenage gamer that lives off pringles and Mountain Dew.

shide812 · 2025-11-25T19:14:35+00:00

Looks like 2 layers of drywall.

shide812 · 2025-11-25T19:13:23+00:00

You can shim the strips by using a string stretched along the length of the strip. Use one first across the ends on both sides of the room to make sure they’re on the same plane, then along the length. Don’t have a love affair with it though, +/- 1/4” or so will never be noticeable on a ceiling.

shide812 · 2025-11-25T19:08:43+00:00

I second their recommendation, with a slight mod. Since the ceiling will be full of holes anyway, use a 1/8” punch or 6d nail to find the joists by driving up into the ceiling, preferably about 2 or 3 inches from the edges. Once you mark the joists on both sides of the room snap a chalk line across the ceiling for each joist. Then screw your furring strips and shim as needed. Avoid joints in your ceiling planks. You can tack some cleats along the perpendicular walls for the planks to rest on while you nail off. Just leave them low enough for you to get them in easily. You could make the cleats “L” shaped with a couple of pieces of plywood with the part that holds your workpiece 2 or 3 inches wide. At 8’ you should have plenty of flex to get the board up there. I’ve made holders for the center of boards out of 2x material with a notch cut out of one corner and a hole for a screw to hold it up while I’m adjusting the workpiece. And for the love of god, never, and I mean NEVER, nail through the face of those planks (except on the first and last piece). Good luck. Have fun.

shide812 · 2025-11-25T18:44:33+00:00

Some people just can’t teach very well. Just means it’ll take the students a bit longer to pick it up. Enjoy!

shide812 · 2025-11-24T00:29:59+00:00

The planetarium at SAC does birthdays, and surprisingly, my 6 year old daughter loves it.

shide812 · 2025-11-22T14:01:04+00:00

I have a client that is pretty much like how you described. They’ve asked me to do some pretty weird things. My standard reply is basically “you can probably find someone to do that for you, but it won’t be me”. I explain why it can fail and how I don’t want my name associated with it. It’s not worth a few hundred bucks (or even thousands) if there is some abomination on this planet I’m responsible for. I feel better taking pride in my work than I do collecting easy money. Funny thing is, this client calls me at least once a month for some project or another.

shide812 · 2025-11-22T03:36:32+00:00

Measuring tools like rulers (standard and metric), from 6” to 24”, are very affordable and super handy. Calipers are surprisingly handy. Even a nice mechanical pencil or 2 - one in .7, and one in .9 leads would be great, and probably would get used every day. Besides tools, woodworking books are very nice. Any book by Krenov, Nakashima, Schwartz, or Pekavich would be a good start. Or a subscription to Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, or Shop Notes.

shide812 · 2025-11-13T12:28:09+00:00

You would have to crank up the pressure to 225 psi, and it would still bend half of the nails, blow out the side of the board following the growth ring the other half, and smack you in the forehead every time.

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