Gunnar Gebhard

The Kentucky stick chair is pictured above as a recommended design to qualify for this BB, so I made one.  Enjoy this video of a good folding chair being birthed from a small pile of clean teak wood.

I wanted an easy way to convert my work van to a fun van.  The solution is a hanging bed that stows on the ceiling (under platform storage is still in the design phase).  I present the mullet of recreation/work vehicle, 10/90 club of automobiles, the best of business and party.  Long story short, I built a bed.

Worst broth ever!  haha!  I suppose I will need to be practicing this more, or give the scraps to my little rotters in the compost heap.

Dimensional Lumber Wood Badge project "Rolly Shelves" has an error in the requirements.  On the main dimensional lumber wood working page, https://permies.com/wiki/pep-badge-dimensional-lumber-woodworking, it says:

rolly shelf
  - at least 8 feet tall, 3 feet deep and 6 feet wide

Then click on rolly shelf link https://permies.com/wiki/127886/pep-dimensional-woodworking/BB-PEP-dimensional-wood-rolly to view requirements and it reads:

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - at least 7 feet tall
 - at least 30 inches deep
 - at least 75 inches wide
 - very strong base and very strong connection to wheels
 - no plywood or man-made materials
 - no glue

Those are very different measurements.  There has been one project approved at the 7 feet x 30 inches x 75 inches dimensions, which seems to be a far more useful size for most shop/garage spaces.  

Which one is correct?  
Can it be edited for consistency?

Hello all.  I am in Montana, zone 4-5 ish.  I bought some ginger from a local farm a few years ago, more for the novelty of it than anything.  I never saw them selling it again, I guess the juice wasn't worth the squeeze.  It got me wondering on a smaller scale if a person could grow a dozen pounds or so of it for them selves up here?

I understand that it must be planted in January-ish and takes nearly a full year to mature to harvest.  Getting it started inside could be a challenge in low light northern winter, but once established could grow in pots with relative ease.  

Does anyone have any experience with this?  Any recommendations for seed root supply?  Soil requirements?  Would greenhouse/window boxes be of any use?  Thoughts in general?

Thank you for your insights and sharing your experiences.  I will update if I decide to pursue cultivating these rhizomes at my higher latitude.

I love this thread!

My work is carpentry and fine woodworking and I have repurposed a couple of old pianos and finally came to the conclusion that it takes so much time to strip down and reuse the mediocre materials that it is not worth it by time and money measures.  The cast iron harp is a bear to take off and move around by itself, the key mechanism pieces and parts are so small they are difficult to reuse, and there are few solid wood parts of any useful size or notable value.

However, I did make a cajon out of my grandmas old piano and a countertop for a van conversion out of another.  Then one of them had some beautiful carved corbel looking pieces that I used for a curtain rod hanger, the keyboard cover was a curved right angle and so I made some light weight floating shelves out of them.

Even if you come across an excellent looking piano and think "Dang, I can tune it up and start playing that sucker!"  Chances are that if it hasn't been tuned seasonally by a professional throughout its life that it will need restringing which can cost at least $5,000 (in my area pre-Covid).  Which is usually not worth it when considering the quality and availability of electronic keyboards.

Also, we have to face the fact that our grandmas' style is not the same as our own aesthetic tastes.  Times are tough and when I inherited grandmas china set it was put into use immediately and not just for special occasions.  Example, our cat eats off of beautiful tea saucers, definitely not the intended purpose of that set.

Even though I was able to salvage a small percentage of material from the two pianos, the overall conclusion is buy new lumber and make something that actually fits the space that you love rather than try to force a humongous heirloom into your space just because you feel guilty about sending it to the dump.

If you come across an old Baldwin, Steinway, or Chickering (among others) then ignore everything I just said and find an antique piano appraiser.  You may have won the lottery!