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Post by Aussienot on Jan 5, 2005 21:54:21 GMT -5
Six coats of marine varnish, blue and black paint stripes, sand - with 18 hours drying time between coats, the Cistine Chapel didn't take so long to paint. Finn loves it. Here he is, right after the board has dropped. I love the concentrating with the tongue and the foot spread showing how hard he's trying. He was flying over it at good speed for about the dozenth time when I got this shot. I set up a great course this morning working on obstacle discrimination and tricky turns on the jumps. After the photo shoot we had a lot of fun racing around. The neighbors and their guests were hanging over the brown fence watching and cheering, which was pretty cool.
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Post by Brooke on Jan 5, 2005 22:33:26 GMT -5
Ah! And he loves it! He's such a Jock. lol I can't even imagine Kuma doing that. She's such a wuss. The teeter is beautiful. You did a great job! ;D
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Post by Willow on Jan 6, 2005 13:27:19 GMT -5
I agree! Great job, Linda and Finn!! That does it! This summer I am setting up stuff like that in my yard for my dogs!!
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Post by Laura on Mar 19, 2005 2:23:22 GMT -5
Linda, that teeter is awesome, as is the pooch flying over it ! What I'd really like to know though, do you have the plans to make one of those and would you let me use them ;D?
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Post by Aussienot on Mar 19, 2005 3:01:10 GMT -5
I bought the base and the hardware off ebay, and paid a kings ransom to have it mailed here. I bought the board locally. 'Thomas Lumber' guys are really helpful to this female and even delivered the board free - they are just around the corner .
What I can do is photograph the base, and take some measurements. Will do tomorrow. I do think you could make one yourself.
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Post by Aussienot on Mar 20, 2005 4:28:11 GMT -5
The teeter base is made from 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe. In addition to the pipe, it uses 8 T connectors, 4 Y connectors for the feet, and 2 three way connectors at the top of the triangle. The steel rod that connects the board to the base is 21 inches long on the straight side, with a bend of 3 inches. There are two 1 1/2 inch plastic tubes used as spacers to hold the board centered in the base. The board is 12 feet long by 1 foot wide by 2" deep. I painted it several times, sprinkling clean sand onto the paint with the last three coats for traction. I added several coats of varnish, also adding the coat of sand. Groovy racing stripes optional. Screw and glue two D clamps on the bottom side of the board (so that you can slide the rod through). Position the D clamps about 6 inches off center. One end needs to be heavier to drop. I have found it easiest to set up by placing the board on the ground upside down, the aligning the holes in the upside down base and threading the rod thru, then tipping the whole thing up. I hope this makes sense. You may want to use PVC cement to glue the base together once you have it fitted and assembled. If you look at the photo on top, the support pieces have come loose! I cemented it and have not had that happen again. If you can't read any of the measurements, just im me. I converted them all back to imperial just for you.
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Post by Laura on Mar 20, 2005 15:48:51 GMT -5
Lin, you're da bestest ! I've been looking for good teeter plans forever, these are perfect, pretty explanatory, and most important, sturdy! I know what I'll be doing next weekend if it's nice out!
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