Good point

Got a paint tip. If you have some paint sitting around and it's gotten really thick and you're getting brush marks that won't go away. You can revive it with Penetrol for oil based and Floetrol for latex. Add a little at a time until the paint flows evenly, when you apply the paint the brush marks should go away after 3 or 4 minutes. Don't add to much.

👍🏻good to know

I actually really like painting. Just don’t like set up and tear down

@Deleted User here's the windows after I used penetrol in the year old paint

That paint is dry. You can see my paint brush in the first picture

So here's a sweet old tool no one uses anymore. A gimlet. Used to make a threaded hole to help start screws.

@RevStench yeah man those are beautiful! That’s a lot of skilled work. Shit I need a gimbal- I usually just a drill bit to start screw holes

Dude the gimlet is a game changer.

Usually I'm doing everything one handed and this just made getting a screw started so easy, no fighting the screw to stay on the bit when I'm trying to screw it in.

@Deleted User hey sorry, it's called a gimlet.

Yeah those are really great

@RevStench cant tell how many metal shards I’ve had from holding shitty screws to get the started

For sure, I use a lot of 3/4in number 1 or 0 screws, square head. They dance around so much and I fight them every single time. But not anymore with a gimlet.

Favorite carpentry channels on YT? https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulSellersWoodwork/playlists

Paul Sellers uses _all_ hand tools. It's very comfy

Here's something cool. This window's bottom sash is bigger than the top, and to get proper ventilation you have to get the top sash out of the way, the top sash disappears into the wall. This one goes up, some drop down into the wall. It's hard to see.

Old levels

Early 1900s plane I use

The Ecuadorians apparently use a clear hose filled with water

Works no matter how far apart the two ends of the hose are.

Oh neat. I guess they can't figure it out how to square a block 😆
I guess you could use a lot of different things.

@Deleted User I was trying to figure out how you would plane a piece of wood with a hose

I get it, a level

Well I think they use it for cutting their structural timbers, 4x4s, etc

The new baby is pushing me out of my office, so I was thinking about building a new one using the shell of a car port the old owner used for his RV. What’s a good resource (books, etc) that I could use, for a beginner? Also, does this seem like a doable project?

I don’t mean using the whole thing, but maybe building two rooms in it.

Yes sir, you can do that. When I get home today, I'll get together what I can to try and help you.

@RevStench Thanks so much.!

So I don't know your skill level, so here's a good start. You're going to have to pour a floor, or you could build it out of wood. It would be similar to hanging the floor of a deck. You can insulate under it.
You need to check the building code in your state.
https://milligansganderhillfarm.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/how-one-man-built-his-pole-barn-house/

This will give you an idea of what needs to be done, depending on the share of the existing structure.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Barn-to-House-Conversion/

With the size of it you could build two rooms in the back and still pull your car into it.

Framing the walls be easy, you can add some studs stick them against the purlings, insulate the wall and drywall.

Putting a ceiling on is cake too. This whole project is time consuming if you're doing it alone.

If you want exterior windows you'll have to frame them in, basically doubling the 2x's and adding support footers and headers.

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