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   Devin | Feb 25, 2008 04:52am | #1

   very nice.

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   andyfew322 | Feb 25, 2008 05:11am | #2

   THat's very cool. great job

    

   Ductape can fix EVERYTHING!!!

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   Jim_Allen | Feb 28, 2008 10:11pm | #3

   Very cool BB.

   You gotta hate that HVAC vent though, eh?

   Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

   
   

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   runnerguy | Feb 29, 2008 12:21am | #4

   Wow!! That's a feast for the eye.

   Thanks for sharing and VERY nice job.

    

   Runnerguy

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   Oak River Mike | Feb 29, 2008 12:24am | #5

   That is awesome.  Any pics of it before drywall?

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   brisketbean | Mar 01, 2008 03:04am | #6

   no framing pictures of that one, but have some of others.

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   FatRoman | Mar 08, 2008 02:59pm | #7

   Love to see the framing pics if you find them.Really nice work. Congrats!'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

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   brisketbean | Mar 10, 2008 06:38am | #10

   i dont have any framing pics of this ceiling but will post some of other groin vaults.

   
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   casolorz | Mar 10, 2008 06:54am | #11

   Thank you so much for those pics and the info, I am sharing it with my builder to see what he says.
   We are in Wichita, Kansas, construction here tends to be pretty low priced compared to the coasts, I am guessing closer to what you see in Texas. --Carlos

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   BUIC | Mar 10, 2008 10:02am | #15

     Nice way to use a track crimper for the framing.  Very nice...buic

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   susiekitchen | Mar 10, 2008 07:19am | #13

   Your question reminded me of a similar type construction done by the architect I worked for several years back. I took some pre-drywall pictures one day, and we all decided that no matter how nice the finished product, it was a shame to have to cover up the structure. It reminded all of us of a cathedral.

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   casolorz | Mar 08, 2008 05:53pm | #8

   Very nice, we had just been looking at a different one we saw on a magazine. How much more expensive is it to do something like that vs a regular ceiling?

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   brisketbean | Mar 10, 2008 06:34am | #9

   there are lots of variables that influence cost, location, availability of experienced tradesmen, complexity of ceilings etc. One of the ceiliings that i do in the texas market for about 7500.00 goes for about 50,000.00 in the new york market. If you give me details i can give you a better answer as to cost. More of my ceilings can be seen at Ultrabend.comgood luck john

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   susiekitchen | Mar 10, 2008 07:16am | #12

   Very pretty - commercial job or a residence?

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   brisketbean | Mar 10, 2008 07:19am | #14

   not sure which picture you are refering to but they are both in residences.john

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   alrightythen | Mar 10, 2008 11:38am | #16

   Great stuff!! Can you explain a bit on method using the metal tracks. Are you using regular steel stud tracks, or is the what I've see advertised; flexible steel tracks for arches.

   Do know how they went about drywalling? do you know if it was 1/4" board and do you know if they had to moistent the board to make the bend?

   again, GREAT STUFF!

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   brisketbean | Mar 10, 2008 03:18pm | #17

   alrighty;The framing material is 20 gauge steel studs that we bent with the track bender, sold by Radius Track Corporation, the barrels are not true radius but are more of an oval. The drywall is standard 1/2" drywall,it was slightly dampened on the compession side and bent with my patent pending drywall bender. It takes about 5 mintes to bend a sheet. The tightest radius on this frame was about a 34" radius.john

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   alrightythen | Mar 11, 2008 03:54am | #18

   I love it... reminds me of some of the work I learned on when I started out with The crew I used to work for. Barrel vaults, domes, etc. Never got to learn on a groin Vault though, and we cut all our ribs out of plywood, I must have cut thousands of LF of curves when I worked for those guys. If you lived close by I'd love to come help you out for a day or two for free, just to get some more experience doing that kind of stuff.

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   JDRHI | Mar 11, 2008 05:50am | #19

   Always love your stuff bb.

   Cudos!

   J. D. Reynolds

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    Hudson Valley Carpenter | Mar 11, 2008 07:08pm | #20

    Groin Vault?  I have a friend by that name. Olympic pole vaulter, Harvey Groinvault.  Or is it Grenvald?