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03-18-2008, 11:15 AM
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| 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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|  A Brag and a Gloat :) G'day all, Just couldn't let this one go with out gloating a bit. A carpenter mate of mine was re-stumping a house, and dropped of about a dozen of the old stumps. They are Sandlewood and about 100 years old, so I'll see what I can come up with to use them on. Roughly 2' long and about 4" - 6" across. I don't know what it'll look like, as I've never seen any finished, but I do know the shed 'll smell sweet. 
__________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" "Better to Die on your feet, Than live on your knees" Old Jungle Saying Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers |
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03-18-2008, 11:40 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gainesville, Florida
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| That's definitely worth a good gloat Congrats! |
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03-18-2008, 12:14 PM
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| Happy to be here member  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA
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| JohnB could you explaine the term "re-stumping a house"
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03-18-2008, 12:37 PM
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| Pajaro Studio Dallas  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: If it ain't Texas, it Just ain't livin.
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| Yea.......re-stumping?
__________________ Pajaro Pete Vermont Yankee in Texas Member " Scrollsaw Association of the world " Excalibur EX-21 fanatic One of the Chosen few "You can question the sincerity of almost all of the people in your life, but you don't question your dog's!" . |
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03-18-2008, 12:51 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York
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| John, You like doing that to us don't you. Throw those Aussie thingies at us just to tweak our grey cells (what little is left) You really need to explain this one.
__________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can" |
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03-18-2008, 01:43 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gainesville, Florida
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| Coming from redneckville, I think I can answer that for you. Lots of old houses with wood floors are supported by timber stumps. If they rot your floor starts reaching to the ground! So then you pull out the old stumps and put new ones in, or bricks, or whatever you wanna use. |
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03-18-2008, 02:25 PM
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| 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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| G'day all, Magpie got it right. Just about all houses in Oz, have timber stumps supporting the floors, eg those built prior to the early 70's when concrete slabs became the norm, especially with brick homes. Most of the stumps in the South West of the State are 4" x 4" dressed Jarrah with a tin plate on the top, this prevents white ants from getting into the bearers and floor joists. I outback regions like Kalgoorlie stumps where made of what ever was available, usually Mulga or Sandlewood as Mulga is too hard for the whiteants and they don't much like the taste of sandlewood.
__________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" "Better to Die on your feet, Than live on your knees" Old Jungle Saying Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers |
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03-18-2008, 03:28 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York
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| My wifes old house was built on Locust posts. By white ants I assume we call those termites. John you really need to teach a Aussie as a second language course. 
__________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can" |
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03-18-2008, 06:15 PM
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| Wood Mauler  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Jordan Utah
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| Sweet, free wood!! Don't forget to use your metal detector before inserting said free wood into a saw blade!
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03-18-2008, 07:20 PM
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| Master Scroller  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eaton Rapids Michigan
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| Sounds like John is an ant racist. Here in michigan we never judge our ants by their colors, just by the content of their character.
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