Yeah, I think that it does, but I do sometimes get too involved in it, to the detriment of familial considerations.
Wayne
I have to admit I wiped a tear away from my eye.
I call it enthralled Wayne, when I get involved way into my hobby. Sometimes we get wrapped up in doing the things that we love to do. I do not believe there is anything wrong with that. Sometimes our loved ones have to accept the things that make their other loved ones happy.
You need not feel any remorse or guilt that you have something that you love to do. At that point maybe your loved ones should give you a little more room[Y]
I have seen your work and it is beautiful. I would only hope your family appreciates it as much as I do.
TF
Original Masonite was very water resitant, we used to use it for underlay on vinyl floors. Moved to California and could not get it anymore because of the chemicals used to make it.
Luan is no longer used for underlayment for linoleum floors. As it ages it tarnishes and stains the felt on the underside of the linoleum causing it to yellow. Now they suggest some high-grade quarter inch plywood for underlayment.
Who knows? Siding fails every year after year, even cement board. What will they think of next?
When I need to use Masonite for an application, I use it as there is no substitute.
And I cut it with a fine-tooth jigsaw blade unless straight cuts are involved I use a table saw.
TF
I guess I am dating myself. When I had Wood Shop in Junior High a jigsaw was a stationary floor saw. With all this talk of using a jigsaw I had to do a search and see that the term jigsaw and sabre saw have become interchangeable.
Rick
Maybe I should have posed the previous posts about fascias like this:
Have you considered painting your fascia a complimentory color. It could have the effect of greatly enhancing the layout when viewed standing back.
Many layouts have been displayed, such as David Barrows CM&SF and Rob Spanglers wp8thsub, and complimentry paint REALLY makes for a nice overall look. David and Rob recognize this displays their layouts to a good nice visual effect.
Anyway, take it for what it’s worth. When I"ve viewed layouts with painted fascias, it’s hard not to notice how nicely it enhances and frames the layout, drawing the eye to the scenes.
Don’t worry. I took woodshop in Jr. High as well, way back around 1974. But we had a full set up there with a professional grade table saw, band saw, power table sander, table jig saw etc.
Our shop teacher wisely impressed on us to respect the hazards of those power tools. He showed us a dent in the metal door in-line with the table saw, where it once caught and launched a peace of lumber like a missile at the door (missing the student thankfully). He rammed a peace of wood into the power sander showing us how much it took off in just a second - that could be your finger! And of course the band saw - yikes. That could take fingers off in a fraction of a second.
When I got into the hobby later, it was commonly discussed in magazines how some would use what was called a jigsaw to cut cookie cutter layout table tops. It’s also referred as a Sabre saw, and I tend to use that name to avoid confusion with the table top jig saw.
Starting when? My current home was builtin 2006 and we pulled up the linolium around the master bathroom toilet to fix a leak and some rotted wood. The entire master bath floor is underlaid by luan.
We do plan to pull it up and tile the floor. My wife is a pretty skilled tiler. She had to fix the terrible job done by a contractor in our shower floor and so she ended up doing our basement bathroom as well.
Jim, I wasn’t at all offended by your comment, and totally agree that the layout would look better with the fascia painted. I won’t, however, paint the sliding panels or the lift-off ones, nor the kick-panels…as long as they’re hiding the mess, they’re good enough as-is.
Wayne