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  1. #601
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTTC View Post
    I know some kids that would love to go down that slope

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    I do too.....

    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    Sounds like a "Billy Cart" Challenge!!!

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    ....and it sure was!

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    It needs a snow blower and sled winter in Camden can get cold enough

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    Wow! She had her teeth then.

    Sammy has a gappy smile now

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    Default Spraygrass

    Your palace is looking good.

    Your mention of the trucks spaying grass brought back fond memories of the days when I used the process to revegetate many kms of roadsides and degraded sites.

    It is a very effective process and quick.

    The main guys I used were Spraygrass from Vineyard.

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    The magic elixer:
    The simplest process is mixing the seed, fertilizer and wood pulp and a tackifier in a big tank on a truck. An agitator keeps it mixed. They add a green dye so they know where they have sprayed.

    The truck drives along and a guy with a big hose sprays it on the bare ground.

    We often had another trailer behind the truck that would spray straw and bitumen over the Hydroseeded area. The straw provided a nice blanket for the seed. The fine bitumen mist tacked the straw in place.

    Your area might be a bit small to get them to do your job.

    I used to combine several jobs to make it worthwhile for them to travel to the North Coast.

    You could give them a call and see if they can do your job the next time they have other work in your area. They were good guys to deal with.

    or you could spread seed and fertilizer by hand and water it with a garden hose?
    Pretty boring and no fun tools or machines to play with but effective.
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    I think every dude would like that cannon thing for the backyard

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    A cannon in the front yard might deter the neighbours complaining about the noise from the shed
    As for the lawn, an alternative is to use plugs if you can find a wholesaler who will sell them to you. Otherwise, just grab a few rolls of turf and a spade and cut the turf into squares, plant them out and top dress to level.

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    I've still got my vote in for a timber deck extending out from the sheds veranda

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTTC View Post
    I've still got my vote in for a timber deck extending out from the shef veranda

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    It's funny you should say that! I had discussed it again recently with H. The doctors say I should be able to see out of both eyes again by Monday week!
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    It is always a good idea to keep a safe distance and remove any throwable objects from the vicinity when discussing shed improvements. The story when buying a new sewing machine always seems to be different somehow and improvements to the sewing room always seem to get immediate approval in my experience. The fact that the last sewing machine cost $5000 is just a small blip on the financial front and can be ignored as inconsequential. Such is life.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    It's funny you should say that! I had discussed it again recently with H. The doctors say I should be able to see out of both eyes again by Monday week!
    Its a good thing there will be some fellow woodies at the fair. We will deacribe to you what you eould jave ordinarily been able to see for yourself [emoji6]

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTTC View Post
    I've still got my vote in for a timber deck extending out from the shef veranda

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTTC View Post
    Its a good thing there will be some fellow woodies at the fair. We will deacribe to you what you eould jave ordinarily been able to see for yourself [emoji6]

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    Yeah, right, I can see us now, you lame, me blind and Pacman pulling us around on a length of rope!
    We will be taken to EVERY spoon carver and EVERY froe salesman on this side of the equator!
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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post

    .... and today was the first time I could practice what I had learned, but in the new shed.
    This, to me, is the real fun part of setting up a new work space. The main lesson from the thread above was that Clarke Rubbers' 'pre-cut' foam only really works for rectangular items and is very quick to do.....

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    ........ BUT organic shapes require much more thought AND their 'kaizen foam' clone.....

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    It it will be some time before I'm ready to reach for the scalpel and it will be a chore to do but the result SHOULD be very satisfying.

    fletty
    Almost exactly a year later and I have finally bought the Kaizen foam. Timbecon stock it and the price is pretty good but transport cost to Sydney is HORRENDOUS so I added a trip to Melbourne to my Lost Trades weekend. I knuckled down today and this is the result....

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    .... the kaizen foam is easier to cut than the Clarke Rubber clone and I got much better at it as I went along.

    fletty
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    Nice looking job. I love the ratioale to attend the trades fair 😉

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    Wow Fletty - that is beautiful

    Regards

    Keith

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