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Jobs in progress #143

Updated March 18, 2016

Ornamental plaster ring in Baltimore

ornamental ring is historically correct in this
                1872 townhouse

Juan, right, poses under his new ring with Salvador

Elegant ornamental ring is historically correct in this 1872 townhouse.

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A view of the finished ring.

The area of a circle is Ⲡ R2
Dad: What did you learn in school today ?
Son: Ⲡ R2
Dad: You big dummy, pie are round. Pie aren't square.

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I drew the profile and printed it out on Heavy
                stock

I drew the profile and printed it out on Heavy stock

I designed the ring with LibreOffice Draw and Kolour paint, which is like MSPaint, only for Linux. I had to mention I'm a Linux user.

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I traced the image on metal and cut and filed the
                knife in a vise

I traced the image on metal and cut and filed the knife in a vise.

After six hours of cutting and filing, I kicked back and took a break. Almost finished.

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Next I assembled the swing arm.

Next I assembled the swing arm.

The arm is ready to bolt to the ceiling. There was six inches of snow on the ground, so there was nothing to do anyway.

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Stucco chimney in Washington, DC

I cut off one flange and I had a counter flashing and
              drip edge

A piece of old coping I saved from Reston worked perfectly.

I cut off one flange and I had a counter flashing and drip edge.

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The Pebble Dash Kings still rule the roost

Stucco replaced in Chevy Chase

Curved plaster ceiling restored

Ceiling was contaminated with drywall.

Ceiling was contaminated with drywall.


Curves were run with a piece of sheet metal

Curves were run with a piece of sheet metal

More details on this project next update.

Patch and match - Stucco repair

Patches on this 100 year old house in Washington, DC

Patches on this 100 year old house in Washington, DC


Finish coat matches on the money

Finish coat matches on the money


Stucco repair in Arlington, Virginia

Stucco scored to look like block.

Stucco scored to look like block.


Matches on the money.

Matches on the money.

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