My timber frame build

[Magicman]

That is a beautiful picture.  In time, it will be more so. 

[Ljohnsaw]

Best laid plans ...

Got up this morning with plans to T&G two pallets of 2x8s. Beautiful clear, calm morning.  Moved the sawdust trailer over to my neighbors cabin where there's power. Moved the MP200. Moved my flatbed with a pallet load. Got all the extra stuff out of the cabin basement (roller tables, dust blowers, power cords) and set everything up.

Flip the switch, nothing. Check breakers - basement is dark. Tree crew working across the street. I go ask them if they had PG&E turn the power off for them or did they drop a tree on the line. They said no

Go to PG&Es outage website. Unexpected power outage affecting 50-499 customers. No ETR. Great.

Two hours later, the expected return to service is another 2.5 hours away.

On the plus side, my logger confirmed that a load of 16s will be here around noon or so. The 25s will probably come on Friday.

[GRANITEstateMP]

That's great news that the log truck is headed your way!

[Ljohnsaw]

The 16s have landed, the 25s should be here Friday morning. 

Five logs and he said something about scaling around 5,200 bd-ft. I had grumbled a bit that the last load had two logs that only made blocking they had so many huge knots. So he knocked out one log. Anyhow, that big one is 42"+. Should get some good boards out of these.

[Andries]

There's a race coming up here...

John on the mill making lumber
John checking the snow report.
John on the edger, then checking the weather report.
T&G and yup, what's El Ninã up to?

Finger crossed for a long spell toward fall.

[Old Greenhorn]

Andries, I think that race started a week or three ago.   Following John's build for a couple of years now I think his weather can change at the drop of a hat and the season can be over 'just like that' and he has a lot of winter prep to worry about too that is much more than a day or two's work. I think I (and many of us) know how fast his head must be turning now to hit his goals.
 As a very interested spectator I can't wait to see the peak of that roof closed up.