I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
shut off.
I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
things.
What joke items would you put on it?
What practical useful things would you put in?
Steve
<<A stack of red corn cobs and a stack of white corn cobs?
Why red and white you ask?
You use a red cob, then a white cob to see if you need to use another
red cob.
Lew <<
About fell out of my chair laughing on that one. High redneck science,
no doubt. (He says... filing that one away for future use)
Robert
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
> rack, and many things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
Steve, I have built literally hundreds of latrines.
http://www.teamcasa.org/latrine.htm
Funny gags? Don't forget the Sears catalog - Oh wait they don't print one
any more! I like the one where the toilet paper roll only gives one sheet
at a time. Also, it must have a half moon on the door.
Dave
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Steve B wrote:
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
>
Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house, in the
winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer 100' too close.
Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can surprise your guests.
mahalo,
jo4hn
In article <nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01>,
Steve B <[email protected]> wrote:
>I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>shut off.
>
>I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
>I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
>things.
>
>What joke items would you put on it?
A brick exterior. To be really classy, you use curved bricks and make a
_round_ one.
'Walnut paneling' for the interior -- some of that fake Masonite stuff. (It's
comparatively inexpensive, and the 'picture of wood' side is impervious to
most stuff.)
A dummy security camera, and a "smile, you're on Candid Camera" sign.
Any of numerous things, (delayed-action) activated by the closing of the
door.
A fake door on an inside wall, labelled "Jacuzzi".
A trap-door in the floor, labelled "Wine cellar".
If it's on skids/runners -- so you just dig a new hole and move it, when
it gets 'full' -- a steering-wheel in front of one of the seats. Which
also leads to the possibility of tarting-up the exterior like some of the
'big rigs'.
>
>What practical useful things would you put in?
The obvious -- a roll of TP.
The not-so-obvious -- *another* roll of TP. You *will* discover that the
first one runs out at a _most_ inopportune time.
It's a whole lot easier to use at night, if there is at least 'minimal'
lighting available in situ.
Switchable heater and/or fan is not a bad idea, either.
Something to use as an 'emergency raincoat' -- again, sooner or later, you
will get caught out there by a downpour.
Aerosol air freshener.
Lysol.
In article <GLYfg.102366$iU2.27791@fed1read01>,
Steve B <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Unquestionably Confused (in
>> [email protected]) said:
>>
>> | Not really a suggestion for accessorizing a privy, but check out the
>> | outhouse design I posted at a.p.b.w.
>> |
>> | Call it truth in advertising?
>>
>> Sometimes a picture is worth more than any number of words! :-D
>>
>> --
>> Morris Dovey
>> DeSoto Solar
>> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>>
>>
>
>I'm new here. apbw?
That's how the Reverend Dr. Spooner (and friends) abbreviate the name of the
newsgroup "<a>lt.<b>inaries.<p>ictures.<w>oodworking". *grin*
[email protected] wrote:
> About fell out of my chair laughing on that one. High redneck science,
> no doubt. (He says... filing that one away for future use)
The corn cob story was told to me by my father who died in 1959.
It's been around for a while.
Someplace around here I have a copy of "The Country Plumber" by Chick
Sales.
As I remember, it was a real hoot read.
Sort of the wood worker's guide to haw to build an out house with all
it's variations.
Lew
How about a sky light. Sure would be nice to be able to read.
Puff
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> "BB" <[email protected]> wrote in message=20
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> >
> > "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01...
> >> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the =
water is
> >> shut off.
> >>
> >> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> > outhouse.
> >> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, =
and
> > many
> >> things.
> >>
> >> What joke items would you put on it?
> >>
> >> What practical useful things would you put in?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Well if you want to show that you are well off you should make it a
> > "two-holer" - then you and the wife can use it at the same time. . .
> >
> > Having the door cut so you can open the top half and enjoy the view =
while
> > the bottom part is closed shows class too. . .
> >
> >
> > BB
> >
> >
>=20
> That keeper is going to the file. I had a suggestion that we put a =
window=20
> in the top half of a one part door. But I like your Dutch door idea =
better.
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> I just had the thought of making a divider between the two holes, and=20
> putting two pieces of screen with a gauzy cloth between them like a =
Catholic=20
> confessional. So the two could talk, but have privacy.
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>
Steve B wrote:
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
>
Steve - You have been posting about your outhouse project since last
october. you haven't built that crapper yet? Thought you were going to
be done by spring.
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"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>> Having the door cut so you can open the top half and enjoy the view while
>> the bottom part is closed shows class too. . .
>>
>>
>> BB
>>
>>
>
> That keeper is going to the file. I had a suggestion that we put a window
> in the top half of a one part door. But I like your Dutch door idea
> better.
>
> I just had the thought of making a divider between the two holes, and
> putting two pieces of screen with a gauzy cloth between them like a
> Catholic confessional. So the two could talk, but have privacy.
Indeed. Don't make it _too_ close in there. An elderly gentleman who
expired in the necessary up here required tearing the place half down to
get him out. Frozen, though. A call to remember.
Run an underground cable to supply enough power for a small light so you can
find the TP in the dark -- you may not want to turn it on for long in summer
as the mosquitoes will find you faster. It may also be useable for a small
heater for winter, just to make life a little bit more comfortable. Possibly
with a switch in the cabin to pre-heat the privy. All that means you need to
weather-strip the door and have any openings closable to keep the heat in.
On second thought, why not an AC for summer use, controlled the same as the
heater.
"Ross Hebeisen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> how bout doing a 2 story set up
>
"David Merrill" <[email protected]> wrote in
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*snip*
> I'll leave the design of a suitable 'spider evicter' as an exercise
> for the interested reader :-)
>
> David Merrill
>
A series of pinball flippers, maybe? Use the rest of the electronics
from the pinball table creatively in the outhose ;-)
Puckdropper
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"Robert Bonomi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A brick exterior. To be really classy, you use curved bricks and make a
> _round_ one.
>
> 'Walnut paneling' for the interior -- some of that fake Masonite stuff.
> (It's
> comparatively inexpensive, and the 'picture of wood' side is impervious to
> most stuff.)
>
>
Nope, wrong woods. Was a group, once again, out in Utah, I believe which
made them from plywood. Called themselves the Birch John Society....
Hi,
If you are in cold country, and paln to use the
outhouse in the winter, consider making a seat
cushion (with a hole) out of styrofoam. It warms
instantly to the touch of one's usually protected
backside. A small radiant heater is also nice. I
used a little butane camping thing.
My only other suggestion to to make it two
stories, but that can be messy for those using the
lower level.
Enjoy
Roger
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Morris Dovey wrote:
>
> Unquestionably Confused (in
> [email protected]) said:
>
> | Not really a suggestion for accessorizing a privy, but check out the
> | outhouse design I posted at a.p.b.w.
> |
> | Call it truth in advertising?
>
> Sometimes a picture is worth more than any number of words! :-D
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
Lee Michaels wrote:
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
>> rack, and many things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
Putting a flush handle on the wall beside one of the holes is bound to
get some questions. If you offset it from the wall enough, you can add
the in-bowl linkage attached to a chain that either goes through the
seat beside the hole, or down the through the floor.
If you really want to get fancy, you can add a switch to it that's
connected to a small tape player that plays the sound of whoooooosh each
time it's pulled.
I'm a bathroom reader. All my FWW and Lee Valley books are in there. If
the cabin has electricity, a small elect lamp is a good idea. Or some
sort of candle/oil lamp that's safe enough to use in a wood structure
(if there is such a thing). As well, tons of reading material. If you're
not as far north as I am, you can still be almost warm after 10 minutes
out there, and a few books will help.
Tanus
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"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Roy Smith wrote:
>
>>
You could find an old tank and mount it above the seat with a "dummy" pipe
to the seat and the pullchain hanging down.
How about a very small corn crib....for all of those left over cobs.....aint
nutin like recyclyn.
Steve B (in wwKfg.102320$iU2.10038@fed1read01) said:
| Would it be best to use cedar or redwood for the outside? Another
| wood?
It wouldn't be important to me. I'd use whatever was local and
inexpensive and plan on replacing it when time and weather dictated.
An inexpensive pottery water pitcher and basin, a bar of soap, and a
reasonably clean towel add up to Civilized Luxury in the context of an
outhouse.
It'd probably make more sense to worry out how to keep towel and soap
both dry and convenient than to be fussy about the wood...
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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Steve B wrote:
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
>> rack, and many things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
>> What practical useful things would you put in?
>>
>> Steve
> Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house, in the
> winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer 100' too close.
> Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can surprise your guests.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
HEY (lady) (fellow) we are painting down here>>>>>>>
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> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> An inexpensive pottery water pitcher and basin, a bar of soap, and a
>> reasonably clean towel add up to Civilized Luxury in the context of an
>> outhouse.
And the old archaic for pitcher is ewer.
Steve
Robatoy (in [email protected])
said:
| In article <[email protected]>,
| jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
|
|| Steve B wrote:
||| I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the
||| water is shut off.
|||
||| I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
||| outhouse.
||| I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
||| rack, and many
||| things.
|||
||| What joke items would you put on it?
|||
||| What practical useful things would you put in?
|||
||| Steve
|||
|||
|| Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house,
|| in the winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer
|| 100' too close. Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can
|| surprise your guests. mahalo,
|| jo4hn
|
| I'm sure our friend Morris can built a little battery powered
| servo-driven rodent/snake/hand/BabyChuckyFace/... with some green
| LED eyeballs to go BOOGA BOOGA when lifting the lid?
|
| ..may not have to sit down after that..anymore...
| off to the showers
Morris would go hi-tech to the extent of building an uplevel cistern,
downlevel septic system, and installing indoor plumbing. Hmm... Solar
panels to heat water and keep the house warm (above freezing, at
least.)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Unquestionably Confused (in
> [email protected]) said:
>
> | Not really a suggestion for accessorizing a privy, but check out the
> | outhouse design I posted at a.p.b.w.
> |
> | Call it truth in advertising?
>
> Sometimes a picture is worth more than any number of words! :-D
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>
>
I'm new here. apbw?
Steve
Search google for "incinerator toilet" and put it inside in it's own little
area or in the bathroom along with the regular toilet
They can use either electric, gas, or propane and don't require water.
I have had to use outhouses in back country mountainous rural area's while
visiting relatives at different times of the year.
To me, they are one of the most miserable experiences of rural life and
plain out terrible in the dead of winter,
when raining, and not to forget middle of the night. They attract insects,
especially spiders, snakes like them,
and they stink, especially in the summer. We had outhouses in Vietnam with
1/2 barrels of kerosene under the seat that
had to be burnt off every couple days. I think they were even worse because
of the smell of burning crap and kerosene.
On the light side of this, I remember one farmer that had his wallpapered on
the inside.
You can also check through the pictures of outhouses from the Official Tour
of American Outhouses
including the two story outhouse.
http://www.jldr.com/ohindex.shtml
CC
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
> rack, and many things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote
> As with building a house, there just isn't any "doing it once and
> doing it right".
Well, I think that's only partially true. What about the foundation? The
plumbing? The electrical? If it's not right, what's the alternative?
Nothing lasts forever, but selecting the proper tools, materials and
techniques and TRYING to just do it once beats doing it more than once.
Especially when the first version of the job has to be removed, and the
second version tried.
I was a welder by trade. In that craft, a lot of times you get only one
chance to do it right, or you will mess it up. When doing welds that
require x ray testing, you get ONLY one try, and it has to be right, or you
have to cut the whole thing out and do it over. Sometimes that means the
difference of days of work. And lots of money.
I have always suggested to people "do it once, do it right" as a caveat to
give it your best the first time instead of just putting a band aid on a
problem, as so many people tend to do. Or just doing a half fast job.
Just MHO, YMMV.
Steve
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01...
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and
many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
>
Well if you want to show that you are well off you should make it a
"two-holer" - then you and the wife can use it at the same time. . .
Having the door cut so you can open the top half and enjoy the view while
the bottom part is closed shows class too. . .
BB
> In article <nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01>,
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water
>> is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish,
>> gun
>> rack, and many things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
>> What practical useful things would you put in?
I was in a Tractor Supply [for the first time] today and there on
their book/magazine rack was a thin, hardcover book "Outhouses" by a
Holly Bollinger. Mostly pictures but some real unusual styles. FWIW.
--
"New Wave" Dave In Houston
Steve B wrote:
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack,
and many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
A stack of red corn cobs and a stack of white corn cobs?
Why red and white you ask?
You use a red cob, then a white cob to see if you need to use another
red cob.
Lew
"Noone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>> Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house, in the
>> winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer 100' too close.
>> Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can surprise your guests.
>> mahalo,
>> jo4hn
> <snip>
> I imagined a LOUD hollow "God that stinks... what died?" played shortly
> after seating
> Tom
A buddy of mine has a battery powered fart maker, and a remote. I wonder
what the range is on those.
Steve
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I certainly respect your work ethic and your desire to get it right
> the first time.
A friend of mine is a veterinarian. He told me a quote they told him at vet
school.
"Better is the enemy of good."
On your first try, try to do it good. Then don't mess with it, because most
likely, you will goof it up trying to make it better.
Stand back. Take a look. Think about it. Get your stuff ready. Have a
plan. Then give it a good shot. Doesn't even have to be your best shot.
I just hate doing things more than once, especially when I'm listening to
that little voice, "If you'd done it right the first time ................"
Thanks for the input.
Everyone tries to get it plumb and square, then reality takes over.
Steve
Steve B (in UKYfg.102365$iU2.27881@fed1read01) said:
| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| news:[email protected]...
|
||
|| I certainly respect your work ethic and your desire to get it right
|| the first time.
|
| A friend of mine is a veterinarian. He told me a quote they told
| him at vet school.
|
| "Better is the enemy of good."
|
| On your first try, try to do it good. Then don't mess with it,
| because most likely, you will goof it up trying to make it better.
Hmmm. I assume your internet connection uses an Intel 4004 processor
equipped with a paper tape reader/punch, a 128KB flexible disc and
(maybe) a 7MB 2311 drive. How on earth did you manage a baudot current
loop connection to the web? - Or perhaps you like the many times
improved descendants more...
| Stand back. Take a look. Think about it. Get your stuff ready.
| Have a plan. Then give it a good shot. Doesn't even have to be
| your best shot.
I do that - then get to work again. Enjoy the results!
| I just hate doing things more than once, especially when I'm
| listening to that little voice, "If you'd done it right the first
| time ................"
Yeah, me too. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a permanent
"good enough" for anything.
| Thanks for the input.
|
| Everyone tries to get it plumb and square, then reality takes over.
True - tho I just built a new CNC router that'll get you within
0.00023" (that's twenty-three hundred-thousandths of an inch) of true.
If you need better (for an outhouse?) I'm willing to go back and try
again, even though it'd be another do-over. ;-)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/JBot.html
"EXT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Run an underground cable to supply enough power for a small light so you
> can find the TP in the dark -- you may not want to turn it on for long in
> summer as the mosquitoes will find you faster.
I will be putting in a solar powered motion light.
Steve
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote
>I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
> rack, and many things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
Well, the crate of corncobs is a favorite.
My grandfather used to do this to folks who visited him. He always told
them that he was going to build on a bathroom soon. (But he already did.) He
was a prankster. He would also hide the toliet paper.
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>
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01...
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> outhouse.
>> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and
> many
>> things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
>> What practical useful things would you put in?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
> Well if you want to show that you are well off you should make it a
> "two-holer" - then you and the wife can use it at the same time. . .
>
> Having the door cut so you can open the top half and enjoy the view while
> the bottom part is closed shows class too. . .
>
>
> BB
>
>
That keeper is going to the file. I had a suggestion that we put a window
in the top half of a one part door. But I like your Dutch door idea better.
I just had the thought of making a divider between the two holes, and
putting two pieces of screen with a gauzy cloth between them like a Catholic
confessional. So the two could talk, but have privacy.
Steve
In article <[email protected]>,
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hang up a roll of this stuff:
Yyyyouch!
In article <[email protected]>,
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Morris would go hi-tech to the extent of building an uplevel cistern,
> downlevel septic system, and installing indoor plumbing. Hmm... Solar
> panels to heat water and keep the house warm (above freezing, at
> least.)
Yabbut... all well and good...but not even ONE little wee prank?
On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:58:48 -0500, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>This machine allows me to do both of these things; and truthfully, I
>don't have any tools in my shop that'll give me that kind of
>measurement accuracy - but I can _feel_ it in the fit of the joints.
>:-)
Aha! I was wondering what you were using to check that! :)
Sounds like a nice machine.
In article <[email protected]>,
jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve B wrote:
> > I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> > shut off.
> >
> > I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> > outhouse.
> > I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and
> > many
> > things.
> >
> > What joke items would you put on it?
> >
> > What practical useful things would you put in?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house, in the
> winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer 100' too close.
> Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can surprise your guests.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
I'm sure our friend Morris can built a little battery powered
servo-driven rodent/snake/hand/BabyChuckyFace/... with some green LED
eyeballs to go BOOGA BOOGA when lifting the lid?
..may not have to sit down after that..anymore...
off to the showers
r
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 16:09:14 -0500, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>True - tho I just built a new CNC router that'll get you within
>0.00023" (that's twenty-three hundred-thousandths of an inch) of true.
>If you need better (for an outhouse?) I'm willing to go back and try
>again, even though it'd be another do-over. ;-)
All right, Morris, I'm suitably impressed... but what kind of wood are
you using that can actually hold that kind of split-atom tolerance?
I've seen metal machined to those kind of specs, but it seems
impossible to do it with wood.
Even with MDF, the fibers are bigger than that, aren't they?
Prometheus (in [email protected]) said:
| Even with MDF, the fibers are bigger than that, aren't they?
The fibers are smaller (I think) but it doesn't really matter - it's
accurate enough for what I do.
The accuracy isn't really wasted. While a thou one way or the other in
placement of a joinery element isn't usually critical as long as
there aren't any cumulative errors, the _fit_ of two boards being
joined does matter. I've produced some joints with the bigger 'Bot
that cut either so tight that they need to be assembled immediately or
are loose enough to need spackle/grout - without any option for a
happy medium.
There were two objectives in building the new machine: firstly, to be
able to /specify/ a glue gap and actually have better control of the
fit; and secondly, to be able to use the spindle/router horizontally
so I could cut into the ends of boards longer than the height of the
supporting table (a shortcoming of the larger 'Bot with its
vertical-only spindle).
This machine allows me to do both of these things; and truthfully, I
don't have any tools in my shop that'll give me that kind of
measurement accuracy - but I can _feel_ it in the fit of the joints.
:-)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
[snippage of some wonderful ideas]
...maybe add:
a velvet Elvis painting... or those dogs playing pool/cards.
a plastic 'wrought iron' torch.. with one of those electric flat
filament 'flicker' bulbs?
A Red Green bobble head.
A well-equipped outhouse should have a mirror and a bidet.
Steve B wrote:
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
>
Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01>,
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
>> rack, and many things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
>> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Magazine rack, which depending on the TP situation, could be a very
> practical item.
>
> Condom dispenser. Or, if you prefer, feminine hygiene product dispenser.
> Or both, if it's a unisex outhouse.
While you're about it, why not a diaper changing station? And maybe a
hot-air hand dryer (which, carefully situated, could also provide some much
needed heat in critical locations).
> Sandpaper dispenser, for taking care of the occasional splinter.
>
> I remember one time back in Boy Scout summer camp, we went on a three-day
> canoe trip and spent one night on some island somewhere that had a
> *locked*
> outhouse. Why somebody would lock an outhouse is beyond me. Were they
> afraid something would get stolen??? Rather than break the lock off, we
> just unscrewed the hinges on the other side of the door :-)
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Tanus wrote:
> Lee Michaels wrote:
>> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>>> shut off.
>>>
>>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
>>> rack, and many things.
>>>
>>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>>
>
> Putting a flush handle on the wall beside one of the holes is bound to
> get some questions. If you offset it from the wall enough, you can add
> the in-bowl linkage attached to a chain that either goes through the
> seat beside the hole, or down the through the floor.
>
> If you really want to get fancy, you can add a switch to it that's
> connected to a small tape player that plays the sound of whoooooosh each
> time it's pulled.
>
> I'm a bathroom reader. All my FWW and Lee Valley books are in there. If
> the cabin has electricity, a small elect lamp is a good idea. Or some
> sort of candle/oil lamp that's safe enough to use in a wood structure
> (if there is such a thing).
Well, an Aladdin with a smoke bell should do fine, give out a good dela of
light, and make a not insignificant amount of heat. Remember, oil lamps
and candles were all that they _had_ for most of history. When I googled
"Aladdin oil lamp", <http://www.oillampman.com/start.html> was the second
hit--he's got lamps for just about any occasion.
> As well, tons of reading material. If you're
> not as far north as I am, you can still be almost warm after 10 minutes
> out there, and a few books will help.
>
> Tanus
>
>
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Unquestionably Confused (in
[email protected]) said:
| Not really a suggestion for accessorizing a privy, but check out the
| outhouse design I posted at a.p.b.w.
|
| Call it truth in advertising?
Sometimes a picture is worth more than any number of words! :-D
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
- make it a 2-holer and tell people that there is a hole for each leg
and a nice clean board to poop on.
- add plastic spiders on the boards
- no toilet seat, just the holes
- Sears catalog for those 'oops' moments
- a few dried corn cobs on the side too
- the infamous half moon cut into the door
- leave it tilted to one side just for grins
- beware of snakes and alligators sign
- maybe even a little piped in music of farts or jungle animals or
halloween screams
- cold wet spagetti on the floor (worms)
- you might even add a little water spigot under the boards and give the
'guest' an occasional shot of cold water from afar on their butts from
time to time - or a small blast of air.
Ahhhhh, the things we did when we were kids to outhouses................
Steve B wrote:
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
>
Robatoy (in [email protected]) said:
| In article <[email protected]>,
| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
|
|| Morris would go hi-tech to the extent of building an uplevel
|| cistern, downlevel septic system, and installing indoor plumbing.
|| Hmm... Solar panels to heat water and keep the house warm (above
|| freezing, at least.)
|
| Yabbut... all well and good...but not even ONE little wee prank?
On /washable/ toilet seats, paint "Abandon all hope, ye who enter
here".
On a more serious note - get a gallon plastic jug and an
appropriate-sized piece of PVC pipe and build a screw-to-the-wall
urinal. The PVC should extend at least 6" below the deck and
sealed/cemented to the floor. Do artistic trimming of the plastic jug
and paint a large "P" over it so first-time visitors won't be
confused. Nobody likes a sticky/wet toilet seat - and you'll accrue
serious points with your female visitors.
An outside wall might be a good place to mount a dry sink for washing
up before/after.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:13:34 -0700, "Steve B" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Would it be best to use cedar or redwood for the outside? Another wood?
>
>STeve
>
Also, If you look at books - outhouse on Amazon you will find more
than you want to know about them. I have wanted to build a shed
that looked like an outhouse. Fake vent pipe and all.
On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:13:34 -0700, "Steve B" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Would it be best to use cedar or redwood for the outside? Another wood?
>
>STeve
>
This site has a bunch of outhouse pics.
http://prairieskeleton.tripod.com/index.html
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Steve B wrote:
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
>> rack, and many things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
>> What practical useful things would you put in?
>>
>> Steve
> Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house, in the
> winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer 100' too close.
> Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can surprise your guests.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
HEY (lady) (fellow) we are painting down here>>>>>>>
I recall reading when I lived in Arizona that, historically, the majority of
serious/fatal black widow bites occurred in the early years of settlement
and resulted from the spiders' fondness for spinning their webs on the
cool,dark underside of outhouse seats (and, of course, the lack of access to
advanced medical care). Need for caution still pertains:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/black_widow_spider_bite/page9_em.htm
I'll leave the design of a suitable 'spider evicter' as an exercise for the
interested reader :-)
David Merrill
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01...
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
>snip...
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>
>
On Tue, 30 May 2006 08:43:17 -0700, "Steve B"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>shut off.
>
>I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
>I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
>things.
>
>What joke items would you put on it?
Make a two-seater, then fill one of them in with a pair of legs
sticking out. Put a motion sensor on them so they give a couple of
kicks when the door opens.
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote
> An inexpensive pottery water pitcher and basin, a bar of soap, and a
> reasonably clean towel add up to Civilized Luxury in the context of an
> outhouse.
>
> It'd probably make more sense to worry out how to keep towel and soap
> both dry and convenient than to be fussy about the wood...
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
We have a gravity fed water system from a spring. It will be easy to tap
into it and make a sylvan hygiene station. I wasn't worrying a lot about
the wood. I just like doing it once and doing it right, rather than the
trial and error method.
Steve
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:L6Pfg.102345$iU2.10592@fed1read01...
|
| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote
|
| > As with building a house, there just isn't any "doing it once and
| > doing it right".
|
| Well, I think that's only partially true. What about the
foundation? The
| plumbing? The electrical? If it's not right, what's the
alternative?
I think I understand where you're coming from - and I think we're
talking crosswise. I agree with you on "right" and "wrong". I also
think that even when something is done "right", there is almost always
a way to do it "better".
In some cases there is only one opportunity to get something right;
and in others there it's possible to do a best possible first job and
return as often as might be desired to make improvements.
| Nothing lasts forever, but selecting the proper tools, materials and
| techniques and TRYING to just do it once beats doing it more than
once.
| Especially when the first version of the job has to be removed, and
the
| second version tried.
True. I've discovered that darned near everytime I do something new, I
discover later (sometimes not much later, and sometimes even before
I'm done) some still better way it could be done. It doesn't seem to
matter whether I'm planting a garden, building a house, writing
software, or building a machine.
| I was a welder by trade. In that craft, a lot of times you get only
one
| chance to do it right, or you will mess it up. When doing welds
that
| require x ray testing, you get ONLY one try, and it has to be right,
or you
| have to cut the whole thing out and do it over. Sometimes that
means the
| difference of days of work. And lots of money.
I'm with you. Most of my career involved production of "mission
critical" software where anything less than absolute reliability meant
large financial damage or accidental deaths of innocent people. I
really do understand "getting it right" - but in the process of
getting it right, I frequently discovered better and more reliable
ways to do those same jobs - and nearly always realized better ways
still after the project had been completed and the customer
well-satisfied.
| I have always suggested to people "do it once, do it right" as a
caveat to
| give it your best the first time instead of just putting a band aid
on a
| problem, as so many people tend to do. Or just doing a half fast
job.
A cabin, to me, is recreational living space. It's not a production
job - it's more like a piece of artwork in progress. To me, part of
the enjoyment would be continuing enhancement and improvement on a
schedule (or none) of my choosing. I think I'd even try to design
stuff so that it'd be easy to modify/improve...
| Just MHO, YMMV.
I certainly respect your work ethic and your desire to get it right
the first time. I think I'd approach a cabin a bit differently - but
this variety of perspective is what makes people interesting. I wish
you much satisfaction and enjoyment.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
"David Merrill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:m0hfg.998889$xm3.303005@attbi_s21...
>I recall reading when I lived in Arizona that, historically, the majority
>of
> serious/fatal black widow bites occurred in the early years of settlement
> and resulted from the spiders' fondness for spinning their webs on the
> cool,dark underside of outhouse seats (and, of course, the lack of access
> to
> advanced medical care). Need for caution still pertains:
In Utah, it is the hobo spider, similar to the brown recluse in its bite.
Steve
Steve B (in nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01) said:
| I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the
| water is shut off.
|
| I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
| outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish,
| gun rack, and many things.
|
| What joke items would you put on it?
|
| What practical useful things would you put in?
|
| Steve
Catalogs and corn cobs are for sissies.
Hang up a roll of this stuff:
http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/humor/stainless_steel_toilet_paper.ht
ml
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01...
>I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
> rack, and many things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
>
> Steve
>Practical>> Fur lined seat (flip up seat for the gents.) and an electric
>heater controlled from cabin. Turn on a while before going to out house.
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In article <nKZeg.98039$iU2.96066@fed1read01>,
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
> shut off.
>
> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting outhouse.
> I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun rack, and many
> things.
>
> What joke items would you put on it?
>
> What practical useful things would you put in?
Magazine rack, which depending on the TP situation, could be a very
practical item.
Condom dispenser. Or, if you prefer, feminine hygiene product dispenser.
Or both, if it's a unisex outhouse.
Sandpaper dispenser, for taking care of the occasional splinter.
I remember one time back in Boy Scout summer camp, we went on a three-day
canoe trip and spent one night on some island somewhere that had a *locked*
outhouse. Why somebody would lock an outhouse is beyond me. Were they
afraid something would get stolen??? Rather than break the lock off, we
just unscrewed the hinges on the other side of the door :-)
Steve B (in nCMfg.102325$iU2.37498@fed1read01) said:
| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote
|
|| An inexpensive pottery water pitcher and basin, a bar of soap, and
|| a reasonably clean towel add up to Civilized Luxury in the context
|| of an outhouse.
||
|| It'd probably make more sense to worry out how to keep towel and
|| soap both dry and convenient than to be fussy about the wood...
|
| We have a gravity fed water system from a spring. It will be easy
| to tap into it and make a sylvan hygiene station. I wasn't
| worrying a lot about the wood. I just like doing it once and doing
| it right, rather than the trial and error method.
Really nice to have that kind of water supply! "Right" has a lot to do
with why you have the cabin and with your vision of your/its future...
As with building a house, there just isn't any "doing it once and
doing it right". There will always be something needing
fixing/maintaining. If whatever you build pleases you, then the
maintenance becomes a pleasurable activity - and if the place doesn't
please you, then the maintainance becomes burdensome.
Not much help, am I? :-)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
"No" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Steve B wrote:
>> I need to build an outhouse at my cabin for winter use when the water is
>> shut off.
>>
>> I want to put up some kooky things, and make it a real interesting
>> outhouse. I have thought of things like TV antenna, satellite dish, gun
>> rack, and many things.
>>
>> What joke items would you put on it?
>>
>> What practical useful things would you put in?
>>
>> Steve
> Steve - You have been posting about your outhouse project since last
> october. you haven't built that crapper yet? Thought you were going to be
> done by spring.
>
Hell, we had to wait for the snow to clear. Went up there a couple of weeks
ago and worked on a retaining wall. Am taking some wrought iron and
electric hoist up this coming weekend.
I'm retired, and there still isn't enough time to do everything. In the
meantime, what's the harm in getting more info? Nothing like good planning
and research.
Steve
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
<snip>
>>
>>
> Keep in mind that if you build the outhouse 100' from the house, in the
> winter that's going to be 100' too far and in the summer 100' too close.
> Also, put a speaker under the seat so's you can surprise your guests.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
<snip>
I imagined a LOUD hollow "God that stinks... what died?" played shortly
after seating
Tom