putting a header for a window

Absolutely. In fact I exceed it by a lot. The guy who inspected a previous house gave me some tips on ways to show an inspector that I really knew what I was doing, not necessarily code but more than.

In that case I put in a sub on the opposite end of the house. He didn't blink an eye at it.

I remember him but I don't remember his name. He'd site chapter and verse, along with a translation from NECese to English.

That's why the invented the wheel. ;-)

The point is that in any place I've lived, even a sign off isn't necessary unless the job requires a building permit (read: increases the property value => increases property taxes).

That's not "avoiding" tax. That's called "evading" tax and is generally illegal, often criminal.

Sketchup is a must. It's overkill for laying out a room, though I recently used it for laying out (really, thinking though) a beam to put a hoist on in my shop. It's 13' between walls, which makes the beam layout[*] a bit important (The Sagulator helped a lot too ;-)

Sketchup is a must have for woodworking, IMO.

snipped-for-privacy@notreal.com on Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:46:45 -0400 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

When I get to the point I need something serious detailed, then some CAD will be in the works. As I said when I started the retraining program: last time I was 'drafting' it was all pencil and paper. "Computer Aided Drafting" was SCi-Fi and probably meant we'd have robots doing the final inking. The advantage to CAD is revisions. I don't have to redraw the entire plan just to move a hole an inch.

snipped-for-privacy@notreal.com on Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:35:38 -0400 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

Yes, that is sort of the point. If I don't need a permit, I can do it anyway I want. Well, within limits, attracting attention to oneself with an four story light house, or an improperly shielded nuclear reactor for power (talk about going "off grid") and you have all sorts of troubles. And as the saying goes, "What the Government doesn't know about, the government doesn't know about."

OTOH, I'm reminded of the moonshiner who got technical skill's training while in the joint. Learned to be a copper smith. And the next time he was caught running shine, even the sheriff and judge had to admit, it was the nicest copper work still he'd seen in his career.

tschus pyotr

snipped-for-privacy@notreal.com on Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:38:00 -0400 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

I do believe that it was Justice Holmes who did point out that no man is obligated to arraign his affairs for the benefit of the tax man. I forget who said that the avoidance of tax is possible the only intellectual exercise which has a real return. As I said stated above:"It is called "working with the rules".". The Rules do not allow A, but do allow X. And how is X defined? Then that is how you present the situation so as to count as an X, and not an A. It is not a forbidden "dock". It is a "wildlife observation platform." It is not a Second floor, but an attic. An incomplete house is not subject to the same taxes as a completed house. I have been told that Hughes Aircraft has small truck farm on one of their properties. That makes the property "agricultural" and not "Commercial" for tax purposes. Ask any accountant about the _legal_ ways to not show a profit. (Did you know that Star Wars has yet to show a profit, on paper? So those actors who got a percent of the net profits are out of luck. You want a percent of the gross.) And so on and so forth. You are not obligated to conduct your business for the benefit of the tax man.

But be that as it may, I take it then that you are not one to evade your taxes by taking any deductions?

J. Clarke on Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:03:01

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Ever read the web comic Girl Genius? Steampunk and there are "clanks" everywhere. Read "robots". Yes, I had that in mind when I conceived of this idea.

snipped-for-privacy@notreal.com on Sat, 04 Jul 2020 19:57:43 -0400 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

I bought a manufactured home. Part of the inspection was recording that yes, there were no wheels attached. I lived there for almost 8 years, and sold it "at a loss". But I no longer had that as a line item in my budget. OTOH, there was no way I could have found an apartment for $750 a month.

DerbyDad03 on Sat, 4 Jul 2020 14:52:48 -0700 (PDT) typed in rec.woodworking the following:

ROFLMAO.

Reg rewired his house, and called up the PUD to move the lines from the current connection, to the new connection,. They said it would cost mumble dollars. He said, "oh come on!" They said, "Them's the rules." He said, what would happen if I 'accidentally shot the line from the pole, again, like that one time last summer?* The guy at the PUD said "Don't do that Reg, we'll be out to move the hookup."

tschus pyotr

You know, I haven't seen a clank in that strip in a long time.

The annoying thing is having to go through after the random guy with the certificate and FIX everything that he messed up.

Don't be ridiculous. Any city with dense construction and a history of catastrophic fires will naturally put in place rules to prevent said fires from reoccuring.

Given modern money driven politics, it's not surprising that purchased politicians put rules in place to favor their doners, whether big biz or unions.

J. Clarke on Mon, 06 Jul 2020 02:28:04

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Mostly "constructs". But have no fear "Science!"

J. Clarke on Mon, 06 Jul 2020 02:31:47

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I'm sure that happens too.

But you have the certification, "so its all good."

As I learned in the military (and it applies elsewhere) if the Sergeant does not like you, he can quote chapter and verse as to why it cannot be done, "with all due respect, sir." If he does like you, he can quote chapter and verse as to why it cannot be done that way, "But there is an alternative.".

Knowing the system, lets everybody be happy. IF you sign out of the base at on minute after midnight that is when your leave / travel time starts. As long as you sign back in before midnight of your last day, you are good to go. I heard of a case where an airman got himself killed in a car wreck, at 2 AM Monday morning, traveling at a high rate of speed away from the direction of the base, at a distance where is would be highly unlikely for him to have made roll call. But, that was not sufficient reason to consider him any other than an airman out on a pass, not intending to go AWOL or desert.

I> have two sliding window panels (the remains of an 8 foot wide

You will have no ventilation... if you remove the center fixed window there is no place for the sliding side lights to slide... See the photo in the ad with the side light open... it slides across the face of the fixed center window.

That said, the best you can do is have two fixed windows. If ventilation is desired you will need to rethink recycling those side lights.

I assume the property was zoned single family residential. Trailers are usually barred from such areas (property values and all that).

We sold ours at a loss too. Trailers (AKA mobile homes) are next to worthless, used.