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Tabu
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From: Port Hope, Ont.
|  Posted: 2008-07-05 08:37 am Permalink
Very nice pad. Very finished and cozy look to it. Sweet.
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tikifreak1
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From: Northern Virginia
| Posted: 2008-07-06 5:40 pm Permalink
Thanks Tabu, it's getting pretty cozy!!
Put up some shelves today for my mug collection which sucks, I know!
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tikifreak1
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From: Northern Virginia
| Posted: 2008-07-18 6:24 pm Permalink
made some flicker bulb torches and lit up some puffers!!! Also started to do some faux lashing.
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tikifreak1
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From: Northern Virginia
| Posted: 2008-12-22 05:01 am Permalink
Made a new lamp this weekend. I saw some cool ones people were posting on here so I thought I would give it a shot. If any lamp experts see this I have a question.....I've seen some lamps that the bottom and top of the lamp are enclosed, how do you make it to access the light bulb? Also, what are peoples methods to do the bamboo circles at the bottom of the lamp? I went through about six sticks of it and the cuts weren't clean so it took forever to clean them up and then I just hot glued them.
Thanks,
Craig
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Sneakytiki
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From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2008-12-22 05:46 am Permalink
If your cuts aren't clean enough get a blade with more teeth, specifically for "finish" work. I'm not sure what kind of saw you are using but that's my 2 bits.
Looking Keen btw!
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tikifreak1
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From: Northern Virginia
| Posted: 2009-08-30 09:09 am Permalink
I was bored so I took down a perfectly good hand rail to put up these 4 inch poles and then it went on from there. Looks like I just moved up to the middle floor!?!? Next is ceilings and more trim work when I get more materials.
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Slacks Ferret
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From: Calgary
| Posted: 2009-09-01 10:06 pm Permalink
looks nice!
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Polynesiac
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From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-02 1:50 pm Permalink
you're like the energizer bunny, dude...just keep goin' and goin'!
Your basement (and know the start of the upstairs) looks real nice and "cozy" as you put it. If the pictures make it look this good, I can only imagine what it's like to be there!
I love the addition of the bamboo railing and the bathroom looks real classy. very well done!
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MooneyTiki
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Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Jensen Beach,fla
| Posted: 2009-09-11 1:26 pm Permalink
Very cool TikiMent!!! Have lots of fun down there, Aloha , Mooney
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seafoamer
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From: ma
| Posted: 2009-09-12 4:55 pm Permalink
Great transformation, I love it!! It looks great!
I'd love to move down to Virginia or North Carolina someday.
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Trad'r Bill
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From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-14 01:13 am Permalink
TikiFreak - your place looks sweet man. I know what you mean about the rough bamboo cuts. I put masking tape around the pole before I cut it. This gives a clean cut but takes forever to peel the tape off. I know you can get special Japanese bamboo hand-saws, but that would also take forever. As you know, you need a ton of bamboo sections for these lamps. I'd like to hear what other people use to cut their bamboo cleanly/quickly.
Trad'r Bill
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teaKEY
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From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2009-10-02 09:42 am Permalink
love it all but the ceiling is the fav.
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Queen Kamehameha
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Joined: Oct 21, 2003
Posts: 1374
From: So Cal
| Posted: 2009-10-03 3:43 pm Permalink
looks great, I like it all, especially the detail on the stairs!
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2009-10-03 10:23 pm Permalink
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On 2008-07-06 17:40, tikifreak1 wrote:
Thanks Tabu, it's getting pretty cozy!!
Put up some shelves today for my mug collection which sucks, I know!
No Mug collection sucks, you just put together what you like, its all cool!
Keep up the great work.....
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2009-10-03 10:28 pm Permalink
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On 2009-09-14 01:13, Trad'r Bill wrote:
TikiFreak - your place looks sweet man. I know what you mean about the rough bamboo cuts. I put masking tape around the pole before I cut it. This gives a clean cut but takes forever to peel the tape off. I know you can get special Japanese bamboo hand-saws, but that would also take forever. As you know, you need a ton of bamboo sections for these lamps. I'd like to hear what other people use to cut their bamboo cleanly/quickly.
Trad'r Bill
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I have been using a Hitachi Mitre saw 10" with a good quality fine tooth blade, I make slow cuts, seems to work great so far, just make sure you have a sharp blade.
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