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Sheena's Mom's Sweet 'Tater Pie! 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons of butter, softened 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 unbaked pastry shell Combine...

Jack... I'm in total agreement with you, there. I worked up a couple of ways of doing it: one (an idea I got from Sparkey) that is a quarter-turn hatch and the other, which I still have to work the bugs out of, my "2-drawer lock" idea in my last post. Still, both seal up too well for my...

JEM, Been playin' with the idea a little bit... the seal was something I got to thinking about... Right, now, I'm playing with a two drawer lock trying to work out maintaining a seal.... Do you know what I'm tryin' to do? Trying to work up a sketch, now, so I can work it out...

Obie, Correct me if I'm wrong.... what you're thinking of is a bulkhead with a hatch cover, right? JEM, what I think he's describing, if I'm correct, would be hatch way, cut somewhat like Sparkey's photos show, with a plywood hatch maybe held in place by inside cabinet catches... an...

Hi, ya Mick.... Went back to that site about the AVXL Plus... Closest distributer is Mexixo City. E-mailed them to see what I could do about getting some. Hopefully won't be too hard to get. Thanks, again, Mate. Dad

Mick, me mate! If'n y'was a woman.... (an' better lookin') I'd prob'ly smooch on ya's. Thanks for the lead on th' AVXL.... sounds like what I've been lookin' for. I have a few cabinet jobs comin' up that it could come in useful for as well as some furniture projects. If what you...

Th' only good thing an aluminum 'noe is good for is meltin' down to sale with th' sodie cans :wink:

Windyaker, I agree, polyurethane glues CAN be messy... It took me sometime to learn to use it properly. That honey texture, y'know. When using it though you've got to keep in mind that 4:1 expansion ratio. I've got some of those syringe style glue applicators I use for it, so applyin a...

Shoot, Sparkey; Us nuts gotta have nutty ideas.... thars goota some squirrel out there needs t' learn from our screw-ups :D ! It's just most th' time, our nutty ideas actually amount t' something.... which makes it better for the learnee! :D :D Dad

John, I don't know if you realize it, but, brother, you done saved me a whole heap o' time on the building process! :D :D :D I am surprised you use yellow glue, though... but I do see your point about the 'glass an' epoxy... hmmmm.... I've pretty much quit with the yellow glue on my...

Windyaker, Thanks for the information. Really like that design you've got there. Tell me, is the walnut inlayed or cut into...? It's a very nice detail in the design. Also, you said something about butting the strips together. How does that hold up for you as compared to scarfing? Or...

All said, Jack, it all boils down t' each person and his own feelin' o' comfort. Used to be, I'd go chasin' after snakes... y'know... th' deadly kind... (was big time into collectin' the things when I was a kid... made good money sellin' th' venom 'til they changed th' rules on me)but...

Jack, T'ain't a matter o' messin' with Mother Nature... or her critters... It's a matter of respectin' what the Good Lord put on these ol' rivers here for us to enjoy and be a part of. I'll grant ya, there's no fear like the fear o' one o' those big ol' gators grabbin' hold o' ya and...

Westcoastpaddler; Sparkey wrote: "As far as paddling with the Gators they are rather docile creatures..." This I can attest to. I tend to love carrying my old 8 X 10 camera around in the bayous, sloughs, and marshes here in SE Texas and have spent time wading chest high in water with...

Jack, Me, too... on the cedar... though, th' mizzus is awful upset about th' walnut... nice thing, though, is that recliner sure is comfy for sleepin'. By th' Sheena saw that "our Princess" ... Called to tell me about it... her roomate says she ain't quit smilin' for 2 days now... Told...

Aye, aye, Skipper.... Would dat be chocklet er hops? Hey, guys, in all seriousness, though, my little Miss 20 on a scale of 1 to 10 said to send thanks for advise on woods. Got her to agree on a mix of white and red cedar (luckily, I already have some) with a hi-lite strip of ash bordered...

Aw, Jack; Ya talkin' guns or my perferred drawin' tool... pencils? :lol: :lol: Okay, okay.... I'll start on that back child support come Monday....

Just read Jack's last post on this thread...... :oops: Think I better do somethin' 'bout me name..... I mean, Lawdy Laws Laws, !!Now, I even got Jack callin' me "Dad"!!! :oops: :shock: :oops: I know I got eleven grandkids....but, Land Sakes, that mean I gotta claim Jack? Cain't...

I'm not sure how it'd do for a 'yak but, my guess, it would make a beautiful boat of any kind. Have made some beautiful baby furniture out of it for the grandkids when they started coming along. Being a hardwood I think the only worry would be the weight. Not really up on 'yaks so I...

Well, I figure I oughta have an answer from her this weekend when she comes in from school. She wants to go pick out her wood. I do about have her convinced cedar would be the way to go, though. Especially when I pointed out she's just 5'6" weighing in at 90 lbs (:shock: prob'ly shouldn't've...