This, that, and the other

[wroughtn_harv]

Then it was a simple matter of putting it all together so the scientists and their buds could see and touch a sample of what I had in mind.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The hiccup in the get up of course is I'm not interested in fabricating and installing thousands of feet of fence. I don't have the resources to contract with government entities. I don't want to become a fence company capable of doing that. And I'm sure as heck not interested in building and installing it by myself.

So I've went to a major fence company and they agreed to work with A & M and I'd get a designer fee and maybe a consulting kind of thing.

We had the sample powdercoated and delivered it to the facility.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

No good deed goes unpunished.

A & M loves it and wants numbers to see if they can afford it.

Fence company calls me with a hiccup. Everywhere they send pictures of the sample they get the same reply. "It's pretty. We can't do it."

Today there's supposed to be a meeting with the people at A & M and the fence company, yeah, me too. If they go for it it looks like I'll be supplying the double helix pieces for the installation.

It could be worse. I could be having to become a fence company.

 

[mikim]

to see if they can afford it.
It's A&M - they have more money than the gov't .... UT might have more - looks like yer gonna be REAL busy for awhile.

 

[EddieWalker]

Harvey,

It's always amazing to see what you come up with. Until I saw the sample pics of it powder coated, I didn't have a clue how it was going to look.

Did you finish the cedar post entrances? I'm dying to see how the second one turned out with the rock base and forked posts holding up the cross beam.

Eddie

 

[RobS]

Looks fantastic Harv, good luck with the project. You've capture the spirit of DNA masterfully!

 

[TBDonnelly]

Absolutely Beautiful!

It could be worse. I could be having to become a fence company.

I have this 'rolly coaster' design in my head.....could you help me design and build it?

Don

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Harvey,

It's always amazing to see what you come up with. Until I saw the sample pics of it powder coated, I didn't have a clue how it was going to look.

Did you finish the cedar post entrances? I'm dying to see how the second one turned out with the rock base and forked posts holding up the cross beam.

Eddie

Eddie, I've been going seven different directions and all of them without a map. However, I've got the powdercoated gate assembled and I'll try to get some pictures of it tomorrow.

Here's some photos of the pieces at the powder coaters.

 

[dbdartman]

I love it! The roller is pretty nice too.

Skydive Dallas? So tell me, who's jumped?

 

[jinman]

to see if they can afford it.
It's A&M - they have more money than the gov't .... UT might have more - looks like yer gonna be REAL busy for awhile.

That's a great idea! If A&M doesn't buy it, paint it burnt orange and sell it to UT.

 

[rox]

Harv,
has anybody tld you ltely that you are a freak'in genius! Honesly that gate is freak'in amazing. I swear it is your bEST ork ever. I admit I a a huge fan of the pond project, but for beauty f design I swear the double helix tops the whole pond project.
You say that you dont wnat to build this, okay i understand that, but would it be possible to find a very very talented person, a welder or some other similar profession, that once you have shown them the design they could work for yu and continue on. You have the equipmet, you ahve the pattern, we all know you are an excellent teacher, really can you teach someone this or am i out in left field? I am sure you will stick to your price but hopefully you can find a way to do the project, i totally bet they come up with the $$$.
On a side note i have some good news to share about the olive farm so you might check for a topic from me in ruaral living.
Honestly harv i totally LOVE the double Helix, you da man!

 

[txdon]

... Everywhere they send pictures of the sample they get the same reply. "It's pretty. We can't do it."

You've got the DNA isolated now all you have to do is clone it.

I really thought the first pic of the gate was wood. How do they do that? You could actually make a steel building look like a log cabin with no maintenance.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I think we got ourselves a sell. They loved it. As I understand it's nothing but a matter of getting it through the channels and into installation mode.

Thanks for all the compliments. Once again we got lucky. And as we all know, I'd rather be lucky than good. Anyone can be good, that only takes effort.

Now before you pooh pooh my lucky statement consider a couple of things. The idea of a DNA strand luckily came to mind when I was thinking about a theme for the center. I was even more fortunate to have a roller that had a character flaw. All I had to do was adjust the flaw into an attribute. We went from resisting spiral to encouraging it.

Let's not forget that the spiral we got happened to be exactly the spiral we needed, three hundred and sixty degrees in ten feet. That was pure luck and I'm proud for it.

The way it will work if it goes as planned is the fence company will ship the pipe to me along with the three eighths inch rod. I'll cut, twist, and fabricate the DNA strand in ten foot sections. The fence company will pick up the completed pieces and then ship them to the powder coater and then install the fence.

Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Urban Solutions Center

Jim, here's a photo or two for you. I thought you and Don might recognise the tractor and operator if you looked real close.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

You've got the DNA isolated now all you have to do is clone it.

I really thought the first pic of the gate was wood. How do they do that? You could actually make a steel building look like a log cabin with no maintenance.

I'm going to borrow that line Don.

I've got a bunch of pictures of the process of the wood grain powder coating. However, since it's a new process they allowed me take pictures but asked that I not explain the whole thing, especially with photos.

The way it works is the pattern is on a paper more or less. The material, this instance, pipe, is powdercoated twice, once with a silver base followed with another color that's the real base coat. The paper pattern is attached via vacuum to the material and then it's baked on. The paper is removed and voila, wood grain.

What was extremely interesting to me was Roland (the owner and bud of Red Rocker) explained that if I made the gate out or aluminum instead of steel they could guarantee the color for twenty five years due to the cleaning process they use for aluminum.

That got my wheels a turning let me tell you. I could make gates that could be shipped across the country and installed by professionals or handy individuals that wanted the look of wood with the strength and longevity of aluminum.

 

[GaryBDavis]

Harv,

Well, you have impressed me with these two projects and I'm a hard guy to impress. A truly amazing mind you have in that nogin of yours.

 

[txdon]

Harvey, it looks like all this talk of A&M has got Glenda in the agriculture mood. Is she going to plant a regular garden or take after you and do WOW garden from some of those "genetically altered" seeds from A&M?

 

[EddieWalker]

Harvey,

Nice to see Glenda enjoying her retirement!!!!! She'll have to start her own thread on her garden to give Jim some competition in growing ocra. LOL

Eddie

 

[Bird]

Harvey, do you know how long A&M's research facility has been there? I think the first time I was there was about 50 years ago when it was way out in the country west of the little town of Plano. As far as I know, it's never moved, but the town did.

 

[jinman]

Harvey, do you know how long A&M's research facility has been there? I think the first time I was there was about 50 years ago when it was way out in the country west of the little town of Plano. As far as I know, it's never moved, but the town did.

It was just west of UTD when I worked there in the early '80s. I used to drive by it on Coit Rd. and then pick up the country cowpath called Hwy 544 to go up to Denton. My, my, my... how times and that area have changed.

Harvey: I think I see a lot less stessful look in Glenda's eyes. It must be the smell of sweet diesel exhaust.

 

[Bird]

Jim, I graduated from high school in Plano 50 years ago and drove back and forth to college in Denton on FM 544. That was also our drag strip when we were teenagers, and we drove the other direction on FM 544 out of Plano to Wylie to fish, swim, and play in Lake Lavon.