With (37) hours logged I have all (8) posts complete. I am pleased with my progress and pace to date.
It must be warming up because Sherry even visited and took a few pictures :)
Monday, March 16, 2009
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Spring is nearing. This weekend brought temperatures in the upper 40s, the first bluebird of the year, and a group of deer feeding in the woods. I was able to work in the barn with the door open and I actually took my gloves off a couple of times. Life's simple pleasures.
With (37) hours logged I have all (8) posts complete. I am pleased with my progress and pace to date.
It must be warming up because Sherry even visited and took a few pictures :)
With (37) hours logged I have all (8) posts complete. I am pleased with my progress and pace to date.
It must be warming up because Sherry even visited and took a few pictures :)
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Great start. I've enjoyed watching your progress.
ReplyDeleteI like your mortise machine, which looks familiar, but the brand escapes me (my memory is not what it was). I also really like the photos on the site here. They're artistic in a way I wish I could pull off. And of coures I enjoy the content.
ReplyDeleteMark v R
Nice to hear from you. It was your blog that I found one night that really gave me the inspiration to start my project. Thank you for the great content on your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The web is really good for getting us folks with somewhat esoteric hobbies in touch with one another. I've added a page to my site with links to other folks cabin sites and of course yours is on it.
ReplyDeleteI'm noticing that the joinery on your posts looks to be somewhat more sophisticated than mine. They look really nice.
How much access do you have to your site? Mine clears of snow after Memorial Day, with the road being open only about 5 months of the year. I'm guessing this will be the Summer for putting your project in place and getting it closed in. Do you have a time window you have to get it closed in by, or can you get to it no matter what?
Anyway, thanks again and compliments on the site and project so far!
I am located in Wisconsin so access is a relative thing. No hard timeframe. My family has not seen the site so the first year out may be just to pick the building site and pour the foundation piers. That way I have another year to finsih the timbers and get more boards for the floor/ceiling and slab siding.
ReplyDeleteMakes sense. Where I'm at the snow can do a lot of damage to partly built stuff. Aparently an undecked set of joists will get broken up by the sideways forces of heavy snow, and decks have a history of collapsing even when the builders think they are well-supported. So in my location once you start building the floor structure you are pretty well committed to getting it roofed and sheathed.
ReplyDeleteIf I build another structure, I might give that theory a test, though. I eventually want a basement (it allows keeping a source of unfrozen water) under a somewhat larger cabin. And I just don't see myself getting that done in one season. So if I get around to that project I may well try to make a massively reinforced floor and then do the next level the following year. But that's probably a decade away.
Wisconsin to Montana is quite a distance!