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<body>On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:13:51 -0500, Joe Johns <woodwork@twistedknotwoodshop.com> wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Royce wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This has kept me busy the last couple of weeks...</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Royce, Royce, Royce...dude, I'm not gonna allow you to just waltz in here saying the Corncob Art Festival begged you to do something and so you did this'n that and you only have to tweak one little thing and expect to pirouette outta here leaving us hanging with just that. So...you're gonna have to spill yer guts.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">1. What the hell is wiggle wood?</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You know that bendy plywood stuff...I have used it a couple of times. It is really flexible along the 4 foot dimension of the 8 x 4 sheet...That is how</div><div>it has been described to me as 8 x 4 instead of 4 x 8. Anyhow I thought of using just thin plywood and that would have probably worked, but I knew this would and just went with that...I could get 1/4 or 3/8 thicknesses and I went with the 3/8.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">2. Why aren't the vertical ribs on the top section of the far left panel in line with the lower ones (I'm an excellent noticer).</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I suppose the 2 or 2 and half weeks would explain that....a couple of late nights and poor lighting in the garage....acutally I am happy that</div><div>most of them lined up as well as they did. Most of those were just set on a quick measurement and because of the curve they were squared</div><div>up on the let's split the difference method.</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">3. Didja use SketchUp to model this?</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I did not, but I did use a cad program I have to lay out the curve...I wanted to have a local print shop to plot me out a full 8 foot curve so it would </div><div>be easy to lay out the first one, but since I am here in corn cob country, they didn't have a program to read my files, so.....because the curve was the same for the entire thing I scaled it down to one sheet and took measuremenst at 6 inch increments and then transferred that to a sheet of plywood and then printed a ten inch section of the curve and marked it off using my measurements of every six inches. Worked fine but sure seemed like a lot more work than it needed to be, but it worked.</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">4. That's an awful lot of cutting and assembling - two weeks? You musta been working like a rented mule. Who'd you have helping ya?</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It was pretty much me...a couple of late nights and a little help from the wife, but not to bad. After I got the first curve laid out I was able to use that for a pattern. The backs of the ribs have just been cut with a jigsaw and sanded a little bit, but for the front side I would cut close with the jigsaw and then trim the edge with a router so they were all the same. Really jealous of those guys with the cnc router for just a bit.</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">5. 'Splain some the more tragic moments like the gut wrenching fear of hauling all the pieces there and assembling them</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There was plenty of pain in the butt moments....to move them around in my garage I had a couple of small 4 wheel moving carts and had to run them in and out of the garage to make room. The bottom ones got heavy. As far as panic when taking them in...my son helped me load them on the trailer and then I just screwed a couple pieces of scrap on the top to make them all one piece, and then strapped them down. But....hauling in one load I noticed that they sure seemed like they were moving to much....anyway, stopped to check them out and it turned out that the strap I used to secure them had the free end come loose and got under the trailer wheels...pretty much happy I didn't have to remake one. The biggest fear was putting the thing together....like I said I didn't have the space to assemble before I took it in so...I was sure counting on everything fitting.</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">In other words...CHRIST, this is epic! Do tell all (especially the price they paid).</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well when we started my concern was I didn't want the thing tipping over and at first they said it could be cabled to the ceiling so I was just gonna make it 6 or 8 inches deep and then they decided they wanted it on casters so I ended up making the bottom 2 foot wide and it tapers to around a little over 7 inches at the top. I figured they could always put sandbags on the bottom, but after getting it installed it seems pretty stable. And they finally settled on just furniture gliders on the bottom. I believe there is about 25 sheets of 3/4 in ply and 12 sheets of wiggle wood in the thing and of course and crap load of screws and staples. I don't know if you can tell from the picture or not, but it is made of 15 separate pieces. 8, 4 x 8 sections, 4, 2 x 8 sections, 2, 4 x 4 sections and a single 4 x 2 section.</div><div><br></div><div>As far as price goes, the first estimate was $4200 and then they started changing things around so we ended up at $5500. Not a bad thing, but I think this my be my last huge project.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems like a lot to me, but I am frugal ( maybe cheap is a better word ) </div><div><br></div><div>All things considered, they talked to a company that makes custom movie screens and they were wanted in the $12,000-$14,000 dollar range. When I went in to look at what they wanted I tried to give them suggestions that may have been less expensive but this is what they wanted so this is what they got.</div><div><br></div><div>While we were in there installing this thing we did talk to a employee that grew up not far from our house and he said the last display they had in there were artworks from around the world and their shipping bill was $25,000 so that made me feel a little better about what they paid me.</div><div><br></div><div>Of all things, I am glad my son is close and willing to help, cause I would not have been able to do this without him....he's a good kid.</div><div><br></div><div>Royce</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm proud of ya, Royce, ya dun gud!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </div></div></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Joe,<br></div><div>The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"</div><div>Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - <a href="http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com" target="_blank">http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com</a></div></div></div>
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