Just keep your head down and the fire stoked, this too shall pass.
The Meade Hall
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That's a lot of beer drinking jobs.
Since it’s the Mead Hall, maybe you meant “None shall pass!”
Of course followed shortly thereafter by “I’ll bite your leg off”.
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@65swb45
Arrived from sunny Cali today. Opening the box I felt a shift in the manverse. Order is restored.
Arrived from sunny Cali today. Opening the box I felt a shift in the manverse. Order is restored.
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Idle hands and arrested reasoning.
Temps creeping up into the 30’s today. Warming trend throughout the next few days. This could be the week that I start splashing some paint around..
Or not. I need a good warm day/night that stays above freezing.
Tomorrow I’m on a pilgrimage to “Honest Fred’s Flooring”.
Ya gotta love that catchy spin for a business name. Looking for something that checks the Ole Time-E look of days gone by. Heart Pine - Maple - White oak etc. The main room is Gun Stock Oak. I’ll pull a couple sample planks from Fred and see how it looks against the sea of pine.
There’s high strangeness afoot. About a week ago I noticed the pile of Ms Revenge “Must haves” has grown exponentially. What I didn’t notice was any additional hits on my card bill.
Not my 1st tango with Ms Revenge. I know this playbook. She’s running an insurgency. This is the early stages of her Hearts and Minds campaign. She’ll use this to lure me into a false sense of complacency. Pretty sure somewhere in this card board clad camouflage, there’s a leopard print something or other lurking.
Going straight up unconventional. She has no idea I’m countering her I’ll fated uprising. I pulled a .58cal Enfield Musket and a circa 1848 Sabre out of the safe (pics to follow) IOT regain the initiative and thwart her “Wayfair” offensive with a full on double dose of toxic masculinity..They’re earmarked for the mantle, center stage and unmistakable. “UNTIL NEXT TIME MS REVENGE”.
Beating that eclectic drum.
Had some “art” framed up that I liberated from my secret Gypsy treasury. Nothing says Meade Hall like a tattooed Celtic warrior hanging over the fireplace..
Should blend well with some late century taxidermy.
Shooting for Wednesday to make the trek out on the hill.
Temps creeping up into the 30’s today. Warming trend throughout the next few days. This could be the week that I start splashing some paint around..
Or not. I need a good warm day/night that stays above freezing.Tomorrow I’m on a pilgrimage to “Honest Fred’s Flooring”.
Ya gotta love that catchy spin for a business name. Looking for something that checks the Ole Time-E look of days gone by. Heart Pine - Maple - White oak etc. The main room is Gun Stock Oak. I’ll pull a couple sample planks from Fred and see how it looks against the sea of pine.There’s high strangeness afoot. About a week ago I noticed the pile of Ms Revenge “Must haves” has grown exponentially. What I didn’t notice was any additional hits on my card bill.
Not my 1st tango with Ms Revenge. I know this playbook. She’s running an insurgency. This is the early stages of her Hearts and Minds campaign. She’ll use this to lure me into a false sense of complacency. Pretty sure somewhere in this card board clad camouflage, there’s a leopard print something or other lurking.
Going straight up unconventional. She has no idea I’m countering her I’ll fated uprising. I pulled a .58cal Enfield Musket and a circa 1848 Sabre out of the safe (pics to follow) IOT regain the initiative and thwart her “Wayfair” offensive with a full on double dose of toxic masculinity..They’re earmarked for the mantle, center stage and unmistakable. “UNTIL NEXT TIME MS REVENGE”.
Beating that eclectic drum.
Had some “art” framed up that I liberated from my secret Gypsy treasury. Nothing says Meade Hall like a tattooed Celtic warrior hanging over the fireplace..
Should blend well with some late century taxidermy. Shooting for Wednesday to make the trek out on the hill.
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Wednesday came and went without fanfare.
Despite my best efforts to subdue the temps the bipolar weather kept me at bay. All that’s about to change. Things should start moving again with the thaw. Barring a late season nor’easter we’re going to move out and draw fire this week.
Pulled the Tower Enfield out of storage. Technically it’s an 1853 pattern, 58cal (.577) reproduction of the “Two Band” model. Cleaned and sealed with Renaissance Wax. Can’t say enough good about the wax. Developed for the British Museum. Easy to apply and a little goes a long way. If it’s good enough for the Sutton Hoo Sword and the Seax of Beagnoth it’s good enough for the Meade Hall Armory
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Thinking this will go just above the mantle in the hall or the mantle in the main room.
Am I jumping the gun ()??? Meeeybee, but January was a long year and I need a propaganda win.
Despite my best efforts to subdue the temps the bipolar weather kept me at bay. All that’s about to change. Things should start moving again with the thaw. Barring a late season nor’easter we’re going to move out and draw fire this week.
Pulled the Tower Enfield out of storage. Technically it’s an 1853 pattern, 58cal (.577) reproduction of the “Two Band” model. Cleaned and sealed with Renaissance Wax. Can’t say enough good about the wax. Developed for the British Museum. Easy to apply and a little goes a long way. If it’s good enough for the Sutton Hoo Sword and the Seax of Beagnoth it’s good enough for the Meade Hall Armory
.Thinking this will go just above the mantle in the hall or the mantle in the main room.
Am I jumping the gun (
)??? Meeeybee, but January was a long year and I need a propaganda win.
You are not the first that I have heard sing the virtues of Renaissance Wax.
I addition to Land Cruisers ... I have an addiction to vintage training/match rifles that the US government purchased and loaned to universities & other programs to foster marksmanship and firearm safety. Some years ago, these programs were shut down and the rifles returned. For the past ~2 years the CMP has been selling these used nail-drivers to the public. I have since purchased a safe full (Winchester 52s, Remington 40XBs, H&R M12s, Kimber 82Gs) and I have been showing these gems some TLC. Others are doing the same and many have shared pictures of the results that they achieved with basic cleaning followed by Renaissance Wax is inspiring.
(Please accept my apology for my long winded lead-in)
And no you are not jumping the gun on your fireplace plans. Such a work of art deserves the showcase that you have planned. Kudos
I addition to Land Cruisers ... I have an addiction to vintage training/match rifles that the US government purchased and loaned to universities & other programs to foster marksmanship and firearm safety. Some years ago, these programs were shut down and the rifles returned. For the past ~2 years the CMP has been selling these used nail-drivers to the public. I have since purchased a safe full (Winchester 52s, Remington 40XBs, H&R M12s, Kimber 82Gs) and I have been showing these gems some TLC. Others are doing the same and many have shared pictures of the results that they achieved with basic cleaning followed by Renaissance Wax is inspiring.
(Please accept my apology for my long winded lead-in)
And no you are not jumping the gun on your fireplace plans. Such a work of art deserves the showcase that you have planned. Kudos
MatthewMcD
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+1 for Renaissance Wax, I use it on all my "trophy antique guns" and cannot believe how good they look.
RevISK
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I actually use it for my old Deardorff 8x10 camera from the early 50’s, love it. Hadn’t thought of using on other things I shoot with.
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Flooring samples, two candidates in this species.
Found a mill in the great state of GA that will drop ship. Yellow heart pine, oil finish. YHP was/is found throughout the southern US in older homes. Janka hardness of 875. Very durable. I can get it pre-disastered with saw marks for a nod to a rustic rough cut for that Ole’ Time-E feel. Comes in a choice of 6”- 8”-10” width. Short lengths = nothing under 7’ lengths. Goes down with standard flooring nails.
(A) Left candidate brown/gold undertones, vibes with the browns in the pine/wall color. (B) Right sample has red/gold undertones vibes with the red oak in the main room and the cedar/pine.
BLUF: I don’t think I can go wrong with either choice. I’ll take some pics next to cedar base board and a painted wall later this week.
Post log: Never give the old man time to think. Change(s) are inbound. Just a small tweak here and there.
Found a mill in the great state of GA that will drop ship. Yellow heart pine, oil finish. YHP was/is found throughout the southern US in older homes. Janka hardness of 875. Very durable. I can get it pre-disastered with saw marks for a nod to a rustic rough cut for that Ole’ Time-E feel. Comes in a choice of 6”- 8”-10” width. Short lengths = nothing under 7’ lengths. Goes down with standard flooring nails.
(A) Left candidate brown/gold undertones, vibes with the browns in the pine/wall color. (B) Right sample has red/gold undertones vibes with the red oak in the main room and the cedar/pine.
BLUF: I don’t think I can go wrong with either choice. I’ll take some pics next to cedar base board and a painted wall later this week.
Post log: Never give the old man time to think. Change(s) are inbound. Just a small tweak here and there.
I would be picking the right of those two, but you know what they say about opinions…
I'd be inclined to agree with that. The one on the right gets my vote. Not that we were voting or anything.
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im leaning to the right but that could be for other reasons
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I’ll snap a few pics with the samples down next to the red oak flooring tomorrow and do a comparison/contrast. I’m also picking up one last paint sample IOT dial in the wall color.
They may be calling those samples yellow heart pine but that's not a term I have ever heard before. There is yellow pine flooring and heart pine flooring. About the only way to get true heart pine today is to get it sawn out of reclaimed beams from around 1900 +/-. True heart pine is red and isn't typically stained. At one point early in our marriage we bought my wife's grandparents house in Mobile, AL which was build in 1912 and had heart pine flooring throughout. Damn near impossible to refinish that stuff is so hard. We expanded a bedroom and it took me a bit of time to find actual heart pine for the flooring. Finally found someone that was cutting the flooring out of old stevedoring warehouse timbers that were close to 100 years old. Here's a one pager with a bit more information and a photo of unstained heart pine.
Now having said all that, I think the yellow pine flooring will be fine. We used it in a cabin that my Father in law built 30 years ago and it has held up just fine. It is much softer than oak flooring though whereas true heart pine is almost equivalent.
FWIW, I was always cautioned about going wider than 4" in a humid climate. Don't know if that applies to the Mead Hall. Apparently the flooring will cup over time. I was told the only way to prevent that from happening is to face nail the board in the middle every couple of feet. I decided to go with 4" boards (white oak) in the last house that we built for that reason.
Now having said all that, I think the yellow pine flooring will be fine. We used it in a cabin that my Father in law built 30 years ago and it has held up just fine. It is much softer than oak flooring though whereas true heart pine is almost equivalent.
FWIW, I was always cautioned about going wider than 4" in a humid climate. Don't know if that applies to the Mead Hall. Apparently the flooring will cup over time. I was told the only way to prevent that from happening is to face nail the board in the middle every couple of feet. I decided to go with 4" boards (white oak) in the last house that we built for that reason.
RevISK
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I like the one that doesn’t elude to something it has nothing to do with.
I’m eager to see the oak though.
I’m eager to see the oak though.
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@WarDamnEagle
I think I’m guilty of mislabeling.
The samples I have are listed as “mature longleaf southern yellow new growth heart pine” from Vintage Pine Flooring out of Buford GA. This is my 1st foray into the “other than oak/hickory” species so I may have jumbled the term(s) in translation.
What I’m looking at is definitely not old growth heart pine, which IMHO is a beautiful flooring befitting something other than a hunting camp. In my selection criteria it was too cost prohibitive for a humble project like the Meade Hall..
Caveat: I do have an inquiry out to a company in NC for a quote on a true reclaimed heart wood in an engineered flooring. It’s a very rustic looking cabin grade. I’m kicking’ the can and price shopping to see if it’s even feasible.
In the batters box.
My next test runs are traditional oak and something (TBD) in an engineered flooring from a local vendor (Honest Fred’s). Trying to pull the red/orange/browns out of the cedar/pine ceilings. Haven’t ruled out hickory flooring.
I’ve never used engineered flooring. But it has an appeal. Especially for something like the Meade Hall.
Edit: Butterscotch oak is on the shortlist. Meets the red/brown/orange color criteria.
I think I’m guilty of mislabeling.
The samples I have are listed as “mature longleaf southern yellow new growth heart pine” from Vintage Pine Flooring out of Buford GA. This is my 1st foray into the “other than oak/hickory” species so I may have jumbled the term(s) in translation.
What I’m looking at is definitely not old growth heart pine, which IMHO is a beautiful flooring befitting something other than a hunting camp. In my selection criteria it was too cost prohibitive for a humble project like the Meade Hall..
Caveat: I do have an inquiry out to a company in NC for a quote on a true reclaimed heart wood in an engineered flooring. It’s a very rustic looking cabin grade. I’m kicking’ the can and price shopping to see if it’s even feasible.
In the batters box.
My next test runs are traditional oak and something (TBD) in an engineered flooring from a local vendor (Honest Fred’s
). Trying to pull the red/orange/browns out of the cedar/pine ceilings. Haven’t ruled out hickory flooring.I’ve never used engineered flooring. But it has an appeal. Especially for something like the Meade Hall.
Edit: Butterscotch oak is on the shortlist. Meets the red/brown/orange color criteria.
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