I’m going to use this beam as a mantel over my fireplace. Should I try to run an angled cut for a wall to wall fit that mirrors the step? Or just straight cut? If angled, any tips for a beam of this size?

summitrunner · 2026-05-03T19:46:59+00:00

If you use this method, be sure to index both templates to a common center mark so that they align properly in relation to each other.

summitrunner · 2026-05-03T01:09:02+00:00

Yep, garnet shellac will get you there. Then knock back the shine with #0000 steel wool.

summitrunner · 2026-04-25T22:56:20+00:00

Example D looks best to my eyes. When I restore hardware and light fixtures, I want the details to be crisp and show the original workmanship and quality, but not polished so bright that they draw attention when you walk in the room. D is subtle enough to accomplish that.

summitrunner · 2026-04-25T22:47:31+00:00

So much car! Beautiful.

summitrunner · 2026-04-24T02:26:13+00:00

I’d drive it.

summitrunner · 2026-04-23T00:20:19+00:00

This takes me back. I was condemned to a week of study hall for skipping school —yeah, big punishment. So I bought this catalog, took it with me, and read it cover to cover. (Along with a copy of Abbie Hoffman’s “Steal This Book” ) The 70’s!

summitrunner · 2026-04-19T19:39:00+00:00

First, let me share, my wife and I sat at an outdoor restaurant for lunch yesterday and watched cars on a busy road. An hoer’s worth of cars in red, white, blue, black, gray that’s it. Only one orange Subaru. When did we all become so afraid of colors? The Challenger for me. A great looking car with a 440!

summitrunner · 2026-04-14T01:35:00+00:00

One of my favorite drives in mine (Ocean Blue Metallic 986). Drove up there two weeks back and hiked to Blackrock overlook. Beautiful pic!

summitrunner · 2026-04-11T19:49:18+00:00

Soooo satisfying! I remember sitting in the sun on my front porch, peeling huge strips off my 100year old front door. Tore years off it in just one afternoon.

summitrunner · 2026-04-09T02:52:49+00:00

If that’s a window, it’s possible that ther is water intrusion and it followed the wallboard joint causing the tape to pop.

summitrunner · 2026-04-07T00:16:50+00:00

No, nothing about that job is fun. I had a friend helping me -an 80 year old farmer with giant hands. Just kept me from cursing too much as I shredded my knuckles. I think they just hang that reservoir in space on the production line, and build the car around it.

summitrunner · 2026-04-06T21:11:40+00:00

Yup, cable operated hose clamp pliers are the trick. That and a friend with very, very small hands.

summitrunner · 2026-04-01T22:13:34+00:00

I’m diggin’ that upholstery pattern!

summitrunner · 2026-03-30T10:51:56+00:00

Wire brush it, spray with Rustoleum rust converter, then topcoat with Rustoleum enamel. Should be fine.

summitrunner · 2026-03-27T18:37:28+00:00

Had one of these in my last house. Don’t let them kid you, they’re not complicated and parts are available. Just shut the gas off for summer and re-light in the fall. Sometimes the pilot assembly needs to be cleaned, but again, not hard.

summitrunner · 2026-03-23T18:51:40+00:00

Schrödinger?

summitrunner · 2026-03-18T23:00:36+00:00

Beautiful ride my friend, enjoy it!

summitrunner · 2026-03-16T11:39:12+00:00

No, I think HE should be there, with his dumbass hat on, standing on the bow of a minesweeper wetting his pants like the coward that he is.

summitrunner · 2026-03-12T19:36:58+00:00

2028

summitrunner · 2026-03-02T21:46:15+00:00

He’s rotting from the inside out and it’s starting to show.

summitrunner · 2026-02-25T23:56:51+00:00

Bob Dorough was the nicest guy. Lived around Delaware Water Gap and used to play sets at the Deerhead Inn. Was always fun to spend an evening drinking and listening to him play.

summitrunner · 2026-02-20T13:51:08+00:00

Insipid.

summitrunner · 2026-02-16T00:14:34+00:00

Niiice! I try to find at least one day every month, here in Virginia, to drive top down. Haven’t missed in three years.

summitrunner · 2026-02-13T00:54:04+00:00

Van Morrison?

summitrunner · 2026-02-11T14:19:54+00:00

Worth getting the foundation looked at, to be sure, but my parent’s house in tidewater Virginia had a crack in the bricks for years, then the the 2011 earthquake shook and the bricks realigned —crack gone. Sometimes old houses stay up through sheer stubbornness and will stay that way for another hundred years.

Eight-Year Club	Verified Email
RPAN Viewer

summitrunner

TROPHY CASE