Need Help With Cutting A Beam

[beenthere]

Progress is great to see. 

[DeepWoods]

Well I have been working hard since my last post.  Our screened porch is all but completed, at least from the outside.  I want to thank all of you that contributed, and commented on all the questions I had, and posted on the forum.  As I stated earlier, I am not a carpenter.  But after all the help from this forum, I can say I have accomplished what I set out to do.  Because my original post had to do with cutting a beam, I won't post all the pictures of all of the different aspects of the build.  But here are a couple pictures of the almost completed porch that you helped me build.

Here are the cross ties and main beam in place and connected together with the tee braces that I made.


 

This is the view from the road,  I need to do some reseeding of the grass, but wanted to wait until I was all done with construction so it had a better chance to grow back.


 

And here is the end view.



  

And finally a couple pictures taken from the lake


  

 

I will be cutting the 1x6 t&g starting in a few weeks, the wild blueberries are ready to pick, so hopefully by this time next year, the inside will be completed.  Maybe by then, I can call myself a carpenter.

[Magicman]

I love an "add on" that does not look added on.  Yours is very nice indeed and thanks for the picture update.   

[thecfarm]

That came out looking mighty nice.

[barbender]

Very, very nice work for someone that "is not a carpenter" ;) I hear the blueberries are thick up in your country this year, I wish I had time to sneak up there.

[redbeard]

Very nice you did a great job.

[47sawdust]

Deepwoods,
I've been doing carpentry work for 40 years.You sure you aren't sand bagging on us?That is some very nice work.I really appreciate someone who keeps a clean and orderly work site.The help stays safe and the job comes together the way it is supposed too.Please don't post any pictures when you do become a carpenter,some of us would sell our tools and just fish or pick blueberries.
Best to you and your friends,
Mick

[DeepWoods]

I did 30 years of fixing stuff at the Target Stores in Minnesota.  I did pick up a few carpentry skills, but no way would I or any skilled carpenter call me one.  I get by, but it takes me a lot longer to figure things out when it comes to building things.  If you notice, I don't include any close up shots of my work.  There are plenty mistakes that don't show in the pictures I post.   And getting to the final details take me a long time.  In fact in my previous house, it took me till the day we moved out to finally put the last piece of base moulding in.  I tend to procrastinate.  Anyway, thanks for all the compliments.  The mosquitoes have been thick this year, and Mrs. DeepWoods and I can now enjoy a bug free porch.  8)

[DeepWoods]

Well I thought I might give an update to an old post of mine.  It has been about 2 1/2 years ago when I finished the exterior of our screen porch.  Well over this past winter I was busy in my shop turning a pile of 1x6x10' red pine into T&G for the ceiling.  I didn't keep track, but I'm guessing I may have as much as two hours invested in each board from log to final installation.  Each board has two coats of clear poly on them before installing so I didn't have to do all that finishing work above my head on scaffolding.  I hadn't planed on Denim pine, but somewhere along the way, I must have had some drying issues.  The only problem is I didn't have enough to do the entire porch, and I think the boards that I cut last fall, to complete this project, may dry without any blue in them.  Oh well.  So hopefully by this time next year I can update this post again to show a completed porch

 

[Peter Drouin]

looking good, 8)

[barbender]

Very nice!

[richhiway]

Love the project. Thanks for all the good advice!