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This Week’s Featured Pulp Improvement
Pulp Bath Reno 2
Pulp Bath Reno 2
Lesson of the week here at the Pulp Bath Reno 2, a sharp blade goes a long way! While that actually works for pretty much everything with a blade, this week we are specifically referring to the tile saw blade on our trusty QEP table tile saw.
Of late and for the most part, we’ve been doing a lot of straight cuts which even a dull blade can get through. As the blade gets a little less sharp, the cuts tend to not be so smooth, chips start showing their face, the tile does not end with a clean finished edge….and then, the sparks start shooting out! Like putting a grinder on metal, real sparks. And I should mention that you might think it obvious to just go ahead and change the blade, but these blades are actually pretty expensive, so not nearly the same as swapping out a jigsaw blade when the time comes. So you go ahead and get as much out of them as you can, and then….time for the new blade.
Which worked out perfectly because we had just arrived at the most intricate part of our wall tile install, and that was the wall above the sink vanity and mirrored wall cabinets. Since we had pre-hung the cabinets and pre-set the vanity, tile all needed to be cut to fit around them keeping the lines we had preciously established with the tile leading up to this wall.
And that new blade? Well, let’s just say it was up to the task! These were some of the tightest (and thinnest) cuts I think I have ever made without just plain calling it and accepting the tile in two pieces with a pushed together break you are trying to hide. Actually ended up with a couple sections of tile that were cut to less than an 1/8 of an inch (to get around the glass on the mirrored cabinets) and managed to keep them together as one complete tile (a couple pics adjacent and below). Good times all around!
Obviously that all took quite a bit of time, but on a bright note, we are about to turn the corner onto the last wall of tile, it’s the longest wall, but other than one window to go around, it should go pretty fast!
Some progress pics adjacent and below. See you next week!
Pulp Improvements
The 257 Project
Most Recent Pics for Sale
Nothing at All
A long time ago, in a small apartment in New York City, I was listening to a Prince song, simply called “7” and I was very much getting into the sound of the guitar playing, and what I perceived as an “open” chord strum, aka, just hitting those strings with no fingers applied (forgive me if that was mistaken). I tried to work that into something, and came up with a riff that I thought was pretty catchy. Not 100% sure what mood I was in at the time but decided that “you don’t need Nothing at All” was a good premise and ran with it. Years later, and also during the pandemic, decided it was a good time to rebuild it. Got busy with my wonderful musician friends and a new version it was.
Hope you enjoy!
The 1800 Project
Here’s the trailer to the exciting new movie coming out this summer (okay, so maybe not really a movie, more a couple long form video’s to document the start to finish of this project)! Truth is, had a little fun with a movie trailer template they have and this is the “story” of the 1800 Project to date. Enjoy!
The Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach Limited Edition Prints Prints
We recently mentioned that we had been gifted a fine collection of Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach “limited edition” art prints which we intend to eventually sell here from the website (will be setting up a page in our shop collection). Currently doing a complete inventory of what we have and documenting all of that. Wanted to share a little taste of what we are talking about so will feature a pic or two each week until we get that shop page up and running. This week’s sample print below!
Eastern Bluebird
