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PostPosted: November 3, 2015, 8:29 am 
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Just a minute now........after a debriefing with Capt'n Morgan I do believe that table is just about the safe height for me.
Yeah, I do have to concede that Perry has a point there. As they say, "You can't fall off the floor." Well, most folks can't anyway...
I think I remember it happening once to Bubba and Jose Cuervo... I don't recall the details for some reason. :rofl:

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Get that table off the floor and put casters under it. Your knees will thank you.
Storage is at a premium in my garage, so I put a shelf on the lower level braces.

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I find that working at ride height helps me visualize.
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I'm 60 so I'm always in pain anyway, what's a little more or less?


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"Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something", Wesley, in 'ThePrincessBride'. :D I thought I'd mentioned my skills are pretty primitive. Didnt think I could build anything with legs and manage to get the top flat. Your right though, a raised build table would be better for the back.


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Hey Kyle, I thought you built a great table...............with very, very short legs :lol:

Now I can go to bed.

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"Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something", Wesley, in 'ThePrincessBride'. :D
But what about the ROUSs??? :mrgreen:


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"ROUS's...? I don' t believe they exist.", [Same movie] - Though occcasionally that's my pet name for the Grandkids.Sometimes they appear when right when I'm weld or almost have a compound angle cut figured out. Wanting something made. A toy boat. A little chair. Sigh. I'll clamp a old piece of wood on top the shuttle area. The "chitlens" will sit in a lawn chair in the passenger area & happily "help", sawing on the wood or putting screws in it. This gives me a diversion to throw together a rough copy of what they asked for. The kids will sand and smear paint on the toy. All said'n done, off they go, leaving behind thank you 's and happy memories.


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"Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something", Wesley, in 'ThePrincessBride'. :D
But what about the ROUSs??? :mrgreen:



I have no idea what that is. Care to explain for us youngins?

Are you using that body on the frame? That's awesome looking!!

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You've never seen "The Princess Bride"? Wow, you are young! Made in 1987, can't be more than a couple of years older than you! 'ROUSs' are Rodents Of Unusual Size. Check 'em out here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOv5ZjAOpC8

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Don't feel bad, Josh.
I'm older than dirt, or so my daughters tell me, and I didn't have a clue. Although it is one of my wife's favourite movies, I have slept ( ahem!, sat) through it many times. Never saw that scene. Sweet dreams. :rofl:

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You've never seen "The Princess Bride"? Wow, you are young! Made in 1987, can't be more than a couple of years older than you! 'ROUSs' are Rodents Of Unusual Size. Check 'em out here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOv5ZjAOpC8


Born in 1988.

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Um, I was quoting those words from memory.Kind of a inside joke between anybody who knew something of the film... shoot, now the secret is out and everybody will be using them! :o The jig for the front frame.


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Kyle, that movie contains so much wit & wisdom I feel compelled to share it with our younger, and more deprived Locost Brethren! Enjoy, Justin! :cheers:

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I'll have to look it up and give it a watch.

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Will see if this goes thru.


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