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Post by Jolly on Apr 18, 2022 23:11:33 GMT
What could you build on your homestead, using only materials found in a thirty yard circle from the perimeter of your house?
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Post by UseLess on Apr 18, 2022 23:33:48 GMT
If I can use what's in the basement: lumber, wood scraps, metal sheets and rods, insulation panels, heavy tarps, big canvas boat cover (no boat), 20' square rubber sheet, a few windows and screens, nails, screws, glues, lefover paint, yada yada?? Almost anything.
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Post by Cabin Fever on Apr 18, 2022 23:44:26 GMT
A log cabin or two....
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Post by gob on Apr 19, 2022 16:45:50 GMT
I have a shovel sooo...........a missile silo?
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Post by Jolly on Apr 19, 2022 18:24:51 GMT
Got enough trees within 30 yards?  |
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Post by Jolly on Apr 19, 2022 18:25:39 GMT
I have a shovel sooo...........a missile silo? I think with a shovel, all you get is a well. Unless there's some interesting stuff out in the shed... |
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Post by Cabin Fever on Apr 19, 2022 18:56:29 GMT
Got enough trees within 30 yards?  I'd say so. All of the green in the photo below are pines of at least 12" diameter. The yellow lines are 30 yards long.  |
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Post by paisley2 on Apr 19, 2022 22:00:25 GMT
I could build a castle.
Or an igloo
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Apr 20, 2022 1:44:00 GMT
It really depends on whether the FedEx truck has just arrived.
I've got the tools and equipment to build most anything from wood or steel, but I'm out of room, I've already built everything we need.
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Post by fixitguy on Apr 20, 2022 2:03:50 GMT
A few Swedish fire logs and a nice beer can collection. If you let me include my other property, well then, what do you want to make?
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Post by fixitguy on Apr 20, 2022 4:57:33 GMT
Back in 1982 our cub scout leader gave all us kis a brown paper bag of stuff. We all had equal amounts, and had to make something.
I remember making a race car from the bag of stuff.
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Post by Jolly on Apr 20, 2022 23:51:41 GMT
A few Swedish fire logs and a nice beer can collection. If you let me include my other property, well then, what do you want to make? Just 30 yards. Knowing this bunch, if I gave you the whole place, a lot of y'all could build most anything. |
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Post by joebill on Apr 21, 2022 1:41:27 GMT
Considering the use of compressed earth block, not much of a limit to what could be built from that dirt. Be a LOT of work, though......Joe
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Post by joebill on Apr 29, 2022 8:29:25 GMT
Back in 1982 our cub scout leader gave all us kis a brown paper bag of stuff. We all had equal amounts, and had to make something. I remember making a race car from the bag of stuff. Speaking of that, Rodeo New Mexico is nearly at the anniversary, again, of celebrating the date when we hanged Brown Paper Bob! B.P. Bob was a strange dude who dressed himself from head to toe in the brown paper that paper sacks are usually made from, including his hat, belt, everything but his boots. Instead of your traditional trial, the town just held a vote, and B.P. Bob lost by a landslide and was sentenced to hang by the neck until he was dead quiet. You see, Bob's crime which brought down the wrath of the small community upon his had was RUSTLING!..... .....Joe |
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Post by paisley2 on Apr 29, 2022 15:35:30 GMT
I could build a castle. Or an igloo Well the igloo is off the table now.. So it's a sand castle! |
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