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On 27 Jul 2004 07:11:49 -0700, (DonkeyHody)
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George,
I feel your pain. I'm "helping" the kids build a tree house. Nothing
fancy, just an 8X12 deck, dead level, built around two trees that are
about 3 feet apart, cantilevered off the trees with no other support;
with a gabled roof and plywood walls, painted to match the house. No
glass in the windows or paneling on the interior walls or anything
fancy like that. But I have to keep reminding myself that it's just a
tree house. I find myself obsessing over each joint, and each
surface, just like you described. I can hear the voice of some fellow
woodworker point out some place where a joint isn't tight, or an edge
isn't rounded over. Or worse; the silence that goes with contempt. I
don't even have any woodworkers who come over to critique my work,


sure, glad to help out, from right here in my chair....


"You're not just going to leave it like that, are you?"

"I dunno, y'think that's strong enough?"

"Nah. that board's too crooked to use there."

"Woah! you can see that gap from the street!"

"Geeze... sand it down a little, willya... kids are gonna be using
this thing..."

"man, I hate it when I hit my thumb like that. hurt bad?"



Now that it is up, could you move it over to the left just a ..., no, I
think to the right...,

I thought it was going to be out of oak. How could you make it out of pine
and put it in an oak tree.

Hey, isn't that backwards.

Could you make the windows a little smaller?

It's too high, lower it just a little

No, I liked it better where it was before you moved it. Would it be
possible to move it back?

Uh, the building inspector says you need a permit.......

Oh, could little Johnny help? After all, it will be his clubhouse.

That mahogany is a little dark. Should we paint it white?

How come you used those angle cuts on the windows, wouldn't it be easier to
just make straight cuts to put the boards together?