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HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
Nope. ;) While it is handmade, not by mine ;)

Kind regards,
Oliver

One of my aspirations in life is to build a German Christmas pyramid.  Your advent project looks very similar.

Just repairing the candle arch ... Building a pyramid is definitely another level. :) Would you plan/layout it yourself if you did it, or use available/bought plans? There are quite a couple of shops dedicated to scrolling, selling plans, like this one:https://laubsaegenshop.biz/epages/7...4-6f98-45b7-9db3-e355e79ea05e/Categories/59/4 (Not affiliated!)

Kind regards,
Oliver

Hi Oliver - I'll definitely look at the plans, but I was thinking of buying a kit for my first go at it.  For this Christmas I may just buy one assembled for my wife - she loves them.

Hi Harvey,

thought of you today. It's my job to assemble this every year and place new candles into the candle holders once they are done.

My parents bought this decades ago for my grandparents, now it lives on, here. It's not high end by any means, but nice to look at anyway. :) Thought you, maybe your wife, might enjoy the pics! :)

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Kind regards,
Oliver
 
six-point socket II said:
HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
Nope. ;) While it is handmade, not by mine ;)

Kind regards,
Oliver

One of my aspirations in life is to build a German Christmas pyramid.  Your advent project looks very similar.

Just repairing the candle arch ... Building a pyramid is definitely another level. :) Would you plan/layout it yourself if you did it, or use available/bought plans? There are quite a couple of shops dedicated to scrolling, selling plans, like this one: https://laubsaegenshop.biz/epages/75b27a44-6f98-45b7-9db3-e355e79ea05e.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/75b27a44-6f98-45b7-9db3-e355e79ea05e/Categories/59/4 (Not affiliated!)

Kind regards,
Oliver

Hi Oliver - I'll definitely look at the plans, but I was thinking of buying a kit for my first go at it.  For this Christmas I may just buy one assembled for my wife - she loves them.

Hi Harvey,

thought of you today. It's my job to assemble this every year and place new candles into the candle holders once they are done.

My parents bought this decades ago for my grandparents, now it lives on, here. It's not high end by any means, but nice to look at anyway. :) Thought you, maybe your wife, might enjoy the pics! :)

...

Kind regards,
Oliver

Very cool!  I had a friend whose family had one when I was growing up, and I used to love being able to watch it.  I ordered the kit from Erzgebirge-Palace - should be here soon.

Cheers,

John
 
Isn’t this a symbol of what the essence of Christmas is all about...peace on earth and good will to ALL of mankind.
 
HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
HarveyWildes said:
six-point socket II said:
Nope. ;) While it is handmade, not by mine ;)

Kind regards,
Oliver

One of my aspirations in life is to build a German Christmas pyramid.  Your advent project looks very similar.

Just repairing the candle arch ... Building a pyramid is definitely another level. :) Would you plan/layout it yourself if you did it, or use available/bought plans? There are quite a couple of shops dedicated to scrolling, selling plans, like this one: https://laubsaegenshop.biz/epages/75b27a44-6f98-45b7-9db3-e355e79ea05e.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/75b27a44-6f98-45b7-9db3-e355e79ea05e/Categories/59/4 (Not affiliated!)

Kind regards,
Oliver

Hi Oliver - I'll definitely look at the plans, but I was thinking of buying a kit for my first go at it.  For this Christmas I may just buy one assembled for my wife - she loves them.

Hi Harvey,

thought of you today. It's my job to assemble this every year and place new candles into the candle holders once they are done.

My parents bought this decades ago for my grandparents, now it lives on, here. It's not high end by any means, but nice to look at anyway. :) Thought you, maybe your wife, might enjoy the pics! :)

...

Kind regards,
Oliver

Very cool!  I had a friend whose family had one when I was growing up, and I used to love being able to watch it.  I ordered the kit from Erzgebirge-Palace - should be here soon.

Cheers,

John

That sounds great John! Would love it if you share some pictures when you're building it. :)

Cheese said:
Isn’t this a symbol of what the essence of Christmas is all about...peace on earth and good will to ALL of mankind.

Amen to that [member=44099]Cheese[/member]

Kind regards,
Oliver
 
Thanks & yeah.  [big grin]

Cold enough for Glühwein already in your part of G? We had the first frost last night, about -2 C° and I had to de-ice the car this morning for the first time.

Kind regards,
Oliver
 
six-point socket II said:
Cold enough for Glühwein already in your part of G? We had the first frost last night, about -2 C° and I had to de-ice the car this morning for the first time...

Had my first Glühwein on the last weekend of November. [emoji41]
Unplanned, but we were at an old monastery where they were already pouring out cups. [emoji39](and it was cold enough)

It’s been freezing here for the last two weeks, roughly. At least enough for de-icing in the mornings.

What is worse is that it get’s harder to keep the shop warm and there are still so many projects to finish.... [emoji51][emoji33]
 
SRSemenza said:
Nice picture within a picture  [wink]

Seth

Yeah, candle arch builder in a candle arch. :)

grobkuschelig said:
six-point socket II said:
Cold enough for Glühwein already in your part of G? We had the first frost last night, about -2 C° and I had to de-ice the car this morning for the first time...

Had my first Glühwein on the last weekend of November. [emoji41]
Unplanned, but we were at an old monastery where they were already pouring out cups. [emoji39](and it was cold enough)

It’s been freezing here for the last two weeks, roughly. At least enough for de-icing in the mornings.

What is worse is that it get’s harder to keep the shop warm and there are still so many projects to finish.... [emoji51][emoji33]

Sounds great! Maybe I'll allow myself a cigar over the weekend and pour a Glühwein. :)

Yeah, my basement "workshop" isn't heated either. It only gets some warmth from the hall if the door is open. I didn't need to yet, but I have a small air heater to warm the foot space under my working table and desk. You might want to try that, does wonders ...

That said, I rather feel a little chilly than sweating my a** off. ;)

Kind regards,
Oliver
 
six-point socket II said:
That said, I rather feel a little chilly than sweating my a** off. ;)
I totally know what you mean. ;)

But (pun intended) my shop is a free standing garage, so no heat donations.
I’m using a small heater to circulate some air and have two “baby grills” ;) Radiant heaters installed. They switch off automatically and need to be restarted, but I like the safety convenience.

Makes it bearable. I need to close off some additional gaps in the garage door, but I need to build some more projects to get the stacked plywood out of the way first. [emoji23]

I have not had cigars for a long time. I stopped when smoking in bars was banned.
Though I sometimes fondly remember the taste of a John Aylesbury Candela with a nice Mojito.
 
grobkuschelig said:
six-point socket II said:
That said, I rather feel a little chilly than sweating my a** off. ;)
I totally know what you mean. ;)

But (pun intended) my shop is a free standing garage, so no heat donations.
I’m using a small heater to circulate some air and have two “baby grills” ;) Radiant heaters installed. They switch off automatically and need to be restarted, but I like the safety convenience.

Makes it bearable. I need to close off some additional gaps in the garage door, but I need to build some more projects to get the stacked plywood out of the way first. [emoji23]

I have not had cigars for a long time. I stopped when smoking in bars was banned.
Though I sometimes fondly remember the taste of a John Aylesbury Candela with a nice Mojito.

Ok, that's a different story then. Safety is a good point in regard to those heaters, they can be quite an hazard. But then again, when used with common sense like we do, no problem. :)

Don't get me started on that beyond-stupid ban ... And now it seems even to be overturned here, as my old place started pouring drinks again, just not sure if they serve it, or if you have to pick it up at the "counter" ... I don't get it.

But it also doesn't matter to me anymore, during the ban we mainly used a hotel for meetings and get togethers that would serve drinks "at the door" of the smoking lounge. Meaning you could order inside the smoking lounge, and then there was a table at the entrance, bartender would stick his/her head in and let us know drinks were served ... We just had to carry them into the smoking lounge on our own for it to be legal ... Kinda like the brown bag ...

Anyway, I drastically lowered my consumption of cigars because of my health, and now it's just one, from time to time. Not a frequent visitor anymore to smoking lounges/bars & shops.

Kind regards,
Oliver

 
When I was ten, I, along with all the rest of the kids in our small village, took up smoking.  It was early 1941 and already, patriotism was exposed and the come on for kids was the cigarette advertisers thought of a way to get to young kids. They sold Wings Cigarettes, every pack had a picture card showing a war plane. Those cards were the size of baseball player cards. We bought the cigarette to get those cards. Most of my pals grew to like the tobacco, but i hated the smoke. I lasted about two weeks and just quit--- cold turkey. Along the way, there was an elderly lady in the village who discovered we were all smoking. She was very religious and would often preach to us about our sins.  One day, she got a bunch of us together to preach about the sin of smoking. As she went on and on, she finally old us that, "Why just a couple of weeks ago, i was walking thru town and i saw a man sitting on a barrel in front of a store and smoking" she went on.  "I told him, young man, if you don't quit smoking, the devil will get you."

"Well, Lady, I have been smoking for just over 90 years. I will take my chances with the devil."

The lady, by now, figured she had our full attention and went on. "And don't ya know, exactly one week later, that man died." 

I quit smoking a few days later. Not because of what the old lady preached. I just hated tobacco. I hated the smoke. I never smoked again. I sometimes think about that old lady and the old man who had been 39 even longer than I have been 39. I laugh to think how long he had been smoking and it was time for him to pass into another world. Not because of his smoking. It was just his time.
Tinker
Tinker
 
I smoked for about a month when I was 15, long, long, long time ago.  Camel unfiltered, wasn't too hard to give them up.  The only smoking, Swisher Sweet cigars, after that was on camping trips in the sixties and seventies for mosquito protection.
 
My uncle Al (who was the family rebel) talked me into smoking a 12" tourist cigar in Florida when I was around 10.  I turned green, threw up, and have never been tempted to smoke anything since.

Many thanks to uncle Al, though I didn't think so at the time.
 
rst said:
I smoked for about a month when I was 15, long, long, long time ago.  Camel unfiltered, wasn't too hard to give them up.  The only smoking, Swisher Sweet cigars, after that was on camping trips in the sixties and seventies for mosquito protection.

Yeah, I tried that a few times when fishing and camping. I decided I could stand the bugs better than I could stand the weeds. My grandfather, who I never saw more than 5 or 6 times in my/his life, used to smoke cigars. I could not stand anywbere near him when he was smoking. He was a bookkeeper and accountant for a tobacco company(tent grown) up around North Hampton. I remember the devestation of his tobacco fields being washed down the river during the hurricane of 1938.
Tinker
 
Cheese said:
Hey Oliver, I have the same style wagon and was constantly re-inflating the tires on a bi-weekly basis and replacing tires. I finally got fed up and purchased solid urethane tires for it. Fantastic conversion, right now the wagon has probably 500# of porcelain tile sitting on it, been like that for about a year.
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So today was the day. Another flat. But I was prepared. I had 4 solid urethane tires waiting to be put on the cart. :) Thanks again [member=44099]Cheese[/member] !!

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 
six-point socket II said:
So today was the day. Another flat. But I was prepared. I had 4 solid urethane tires waiting to be put on the cart. :) Thanks again [member=44099]Cheese[/member] !!

Enjoy Oliver...they're on my wagon...they're on my wheelbarrow...best investment ever!! [big grin]
 
I might get a pair. A few weeks ago a hand truck tire was so deflated the tubeless seal was lost and had to take it to a tire shop to blast air in and set the seal.
 
My mower tires were constantly getting flats on the front caster tires. Mostly from wild rose thorns. I chop into those bushes with the front of my mower without getting far enough in to get thorns in the back tires. My equipment guru suggested solid tires for the front. End of problem. I have not had a flat on the front tires for 5 years now.
Tinker
 
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