Some pictures of the project this week.
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…and the nice weather continues… This new project we are working on is turning out pretty cool. We built this huge timber truss, (well, Chris and Scott built it, I just drew the pictures for them). These are 10×10 Douglas Fir Timbers. the joints are mortise and tenon held together with oak dowels. Above is … Read more
The weather has been unseasonable warm lately. Highs in the mid 70s and sunny. It’s been like this all week…I had a beautiful ride out to our lake access project on Burntside the other day. This is an interesting project in that there was no plan to begin with. Actually there was a plan but … Read more
Back to the water access site on Burntside… As we approach, we can see the gable glass is now installed: …and from the inside: We have cut a few of the other window and door holes and they are ready for installation.The roof shingles have been finished since the last time I was able to … Read more
I guess I’ve gotten a bit lazy over the summer and not posted much here. We have been working on a project that is water access on Burntside Lake…a small log cabin. These pictures were taken the last time I was out there a couple weeks ago. This is the approach from the lake as … Read more
This project was, for the most part, finished a couple months ago, but I was there this past week installing a microwave oven and finishing some other loose ends and thought I would take some finished shots. Not the most impressive of projects, but it turned out nice, and these people will make good use … Read more
Interesting little side project I am helping out with. A small log cabin on a lake access site…I made my first visit to the site last week. It was a nice sunny day for a boat ride. The owner had been contracting with a local barge and excavating company to work on the site prep … Read more
I managed to throw together a quick screen door this week and get some other things in order before I went on a trip with the 6th grade class as a chaperon, to the Environmental Learning Center in Finland, (Minnesota).Here’s the screen door. I have to build a lot of these since decent wood screen … Read more
A week ago we drove a car out to Phoenix for my son who is living there. We took a ton of pictures, but here are just a few:We started off in the afternoon about 4:30 PM from Ely. We took two cars from to the cities and left one there by the airport so … Read more
In the last couple weeks, we god some window in this little project and started on the siding. We pre-stained the siding a dark brown. Here the first courses are going on: It seems like the project is going slow, but we have run into some decision making snags and things that took some time. … Read more