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This is a glass rail system from hell that would have looked like shit if anyone else was building it. From the start it was down hill, all demension I was given to build the aluminum shoe which the glass sits in were wrong (Re-work).....So that means all the glass would be the wrong size cause it was already ordered, when the second round of glass showed up two pannles exploded during instillation. Next, the sheetmetal guy took three tries to get the cladding right (Metal caseing that goes over the aluminum shoe (Nice).....Then I have to throw the glass guys off the job because they were fucking hacks (Now I get to do their work)....This is just the tip of the iceberg when it came to problems on this job (Did I mention I had another job just as fucked up on the other side of Boston?....LOL)
When it rains it fucking pours (As they say) Well, its done and we almost hit our completion date of April 16th.....LMMFAO 
A few pictures of a headache that ive had for three months.
Do it right or dont do it at all!!!
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Re: Finally finished!.....
« Reply #1 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:00pm » |
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Very, very nice Jonny. Looks just like the stairway to heaven. 
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« Reply #2 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:03pm » |
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Damn Run-around you beat me to it.. lol
Looks fantastic Jonny, there are staircases like that between trading floors at a bank where I worked.
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« Reply #3 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:04pm » |
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Pretty damn cool there Jonny! I love shiny things. Looks like a pretty sterile office there, NOT a place for jelly doughnuts... 
I like seeing the finished products of the stuff you make.
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« Reply #4 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:08pm » |
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Jonny .....
Very nice work...and with all the chit you had to contend with to get it done....
(can just hear Jonny fireing the glass guys now....sure hope there were no little kiddies within ear shot...)
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« Reply #5 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:10pm » |
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Once again bro Class A work by a master!! If folks would just figure out if ya do it right the first time then someone (you) aint gotta fix it!! Pop always said "maesure twice and cut once" Again Jonny you amaze me as always!!
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« Reply #6 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:11pm » |
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I wouldn't wanna be fired by Jonny - that's fer sure!!
Cool work there jonny - That's cool you can do that stuff.. i cant do anything
tell us what you said the the glass guy !!! Come oN!
i'm lookin for good stories today
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« Reply #7 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:17pm » |
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on May 23rd, 2004, 1:10pm, Leesa wrote: Pop always said "maesure twice and cut once"
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Thats one smart Pop Lees, thats the motto in my shop
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« Reply #8 on: May 23rd, 2004, 1:24pm » |
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on May 23rd, 2004, 1:10pm, Leesa wrote:| Pop always said "maesure twice and cut once" Leesa |
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My motto is "No matter how many times I cut it off, it's still to short."
Nice work jonny.
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« Reply #9 on: May 23rd, 2004, 2:06pm » |
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sweeet...you are a hell of a craftsman
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« Reply #10 on: May 23rd, 2004, 2:19pm » |
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My motto is "No matter how many times I cut it off, it's still to short."
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And mine is, measure 4 times, cut once, go to the rack and get another piece of stock and start over.
Jonny.....these problems could be avoided if the designers and engineers had to put it together....
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on May 23rd, 2004, 2:19pm, Racer1_NC wrote:Jonny.....these problems could be avoided if the designers and engineers had to put it together....
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Aint that the truth, Well, I put my foot in that job and I am not one to pull it out until it is done and done right.
You can call any steel shop in and around Boston and ask who the leader in non-ferrious metal is and you will get my number
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« Reply #12 on: May 23rd, 2004, 4:39pm » |
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Really nice work.
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« Reply #13 on: May 23rd, 2004, 4:47pm » |
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Betcah you could make one mean ass POLE for clusterdancers !!!! Very nice work ya did there..........Steel King's work rocks Pam
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« Reply #14 on: May 23rd, 2004, 5:02pm » |
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on May 23rd, 2004, 2:53pm, jonny wrote:
You can call any steel shop in and around Boston and ask who the leader in non-ferrious metal is and you will get my number
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Jonny I just rang and got your number I have a job for you to put a foot in .....btw nice steps.....
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« Reply #15 on: May 23rd, 2004, 5:24pm » |
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Looks as good as a Julius Blum product. Likely nobody wanted to check the shop drawings. You saved the designers ass. He is now bragging how great a designer he is. Put a boot in his ass jonny.
ADA compliant too.
Excellent work jonny.
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on May 23rd, 2004, 5:24pm, stevegeebe wrote:| Looks as good as a Julius Blum product. |
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It is all Julius Blum, but its Plymouth rail after its cut, welded and polished
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« Reply #17 on: May 23rd, 2004, 5:49pm » |
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For all its worth to ya Bro'
DAMN NICE ....er STAIRS??!!
ya do fine work dude.
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« Reply #18 on: May 23rd, 2004, 7:06pm » |
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i am impressed... Good work bro.
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« Reply #19 on: May 23rd, 2004, 7:14pm » |
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I want one jussssssssssssssssss like that..............That is gorgeous. You da man jonny. I see your work daily in Wellesley and I proudly say... (to myself mostly) "Yup my friend jonny did that!!!" You should be proud...
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« Reply #20 on: May 23rd, 2004, 7:43pm » |
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Tres nice. I had the "privilege" of working with engineers of all ilks for 37 years and all I can say is what a bunch of collective not a very nice persons. And before you engineers get your undies in a knot, there are some good ones.
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bob, I know you tried to prevent undie-twisting but just give me a sec to fix mine. I am an engineer but I see myself as a craftsman, anyone who works with the elements and loves what they build, I always consider a craftsman. Thanks for allowing me that sec.
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« Reply #22 on: May 23rd, 2004, 8:09pm » |
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It looks like a nice descent and seems like it was a b*tch to make.
But 'tis MIGHTY GOOD LOOKIN'
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« Reply #23 on: May 23rd, 2004, 8:58pm » |
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john123,... I hear you.
I know what I am about to say may be oversimplified, after all the Boing 777 was designed all on CAD and no mock-ups were required. But computers have allowed people who should never design anything in to the design profession.
The pencil and a piece of paper, orthographic projection, descriptive geometry, all passed over for electronic glitz.
Art and craftsmanship use to be the ultimate talent sieve.
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Dude you are gifted I mean it.
Just out of curiousity that wasn't Fidelity was it. The interior looks the same.
I did a roof top garden there on the 13th floor, total nightmare. Not the job, Gilbane the construction manager. Too many chiefs not enough indians, everybody fights over who's the boss, therefore a whole lot of nothin' gets done. Then they wonder whats taking so long.
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