I think my house is sold, so here we go...
I'm doing a 36x72 timber framed gable barn with 1/2 will be my mechanic shop which will double as temporary living quarters while we design our "forever" house which will be a similarly shaped frame. The other half will house my wood shop. The front will feature a shed dormer spanning two 12' bays, and the rear will have a full length lean-too to house the mill and maybe a kiln in the future. I'll be doing plate joinery in the name of simplicity and timeliness. Perhaps I will move on to real joinery in the house frame. I hope to not have too many retarded questions :-\ I hope to saw the main frame components out of ash or white pine and saw the perlins from cottonwood. My thoughts are to sheet over the perlins and spray in a closed cell foam, and then a false 3.5" interior wall for added insulation and mechanicals. I have an architect modifying plans I bought from a website called barngeek. He has details for the roof insulation I don't recall at the moment. 24' of the mechanical shop will have a scissor truss or hammer beam for some indoor basketball ;D
I'm pretty pumped and stressed. We have a lot of stuff here and our next temporary living arrangement will be a subdivision lot with a 1 car garage. No room for the mill, tractor, a garage full of tools, piles of lumber, big mower, etc, etc.
First we will move, then wait for the frost to break, get the driveway in, call the power co., begin the site prep and decide on the orientation of the buildings, site elevation, septic location, on & on. I have a logger on the hook ready to deliver 8Mbf loads as soon as the snow melts and the wet bottom lands recede back to creeks and rivers.
I hope for the best but know it will be a journey with lots of this :D ;D, this >:( :-\, and this :P :'(
"X" marks the spot.
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PS - I'm currently reading Jack Sobon's "Timber Frame Construction", and I have "Building The Timber Frame House", and "A Timber Framer's Workshop" waiting in the wings.
That is,will be,quite the adventure. Good luck to ya. Give your layout of your buildings alot of thought,both inside and out.
I'm right there with you beginning a building project, waiting for the ground to thaw and fussing a lot about systems and details. I built a small frame years ago for practice and am loving having that space to work in now.
Good luck!
My father-in-law inspecting one of the perk holes. I have betwen 32-60" of nice yellow sand.
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Scouting for red pines to remove. I have 3 rows of them, maybe 60-80 trees, and they are in need of thinning.
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Two down!
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First hitch, I'd guess it was about a 40 footer.
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And then the sand showed up to cover the culvert.
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Not bad for a rookie operator
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On to a 12x20 temporary storage shed. I can't say how tired I am of hauling things around in the truck.... It will be wonderful to leave the shovels and other hand tools in there as well as a place to park the tractor.
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I see rafters.
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Looks good. Before I lived here I had a building for the tractor. I put a piece of metal over the fuel cap,that connected to the dash so the hood could not be open,with a lock and made something that I put through the dipstick handle with a lock. I just did all this so no one could put salt,sugar, sand into the motor without me knowing. Never had any trouble. I lived about 20 minutes from here. I had 2 of every type of shovels and rakes and the like.
Interesting aerial shot of your land. What was grown on the front part? Hay? Didn't look like big trees until your close up work pics. Looks good and like a lot of fun!
Hay and beans, but now It's gonna grow trees.
Some progress..
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You even thought of the refreshment stand! ;)
Quote from: WmFritz on May 21, 2014, 11:42:43 PM
You even thought of the refreshment stand! ;)
Well of course a guy has to have someplace to take a break!
Little clearing for the septic field.
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Same..
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Dig a hole.
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Put in a tank - this stuff is easy right?
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Put on the other half.
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Stand around and watch the crane operator.
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Push some dirt on it, this stuff is a piece of cake :D
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Lay down some stone..
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Set the temporary utility pole
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Find some turkey eggs
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Deck and sort some logs
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Go someplace else and get some bigger logs 8)
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For clarification I hired someone for the septic; that's why I said it was a piece of cake. It was this old timer, he's in his 70's and still doing construction, he cracks me up. He comes over to help me set the utility pole with this late 60's early 70's ford backhoe with an auger off the hoe and forks on the front. He takes it off the trailer and the ramps aren't just right because last time they used it the skidsteer was on it. The back wheel slips off about 18" from the end and the tractor gets a little willy nilly.
I say "Geez Merle", and he says that ain't &%#$ I've rolled this thing over before. So I start giving him a hard time and ask him how many hours are on his ancient tractor, 20,000? He says, "4500, but the hour meter quit working in 1975." I'm dying laughing at this point. I love having him do work for me. ;D
BTW, cement contractors and loggers don't return phone calls. ::)
I guess it may depend on the type of soil you have but around me it's clay and not much drainage takes place. So, did Merle say anything about filling it with water, especially if you are not going to be using it any time soon. Empty tanks like that have a tendency to float like a cork if you get a good rain storm.
I have well drained soil, but they covered it and ended up leaving it. There was some water coming in when they dug the hole and there was some concern about it floating, but they thought it would be fine with 12" or so of earthen cover.
If you have the water, I'd fill it up!
Gaining and looking good.
Well I got about 8mbf of timber decked up. I'm confused on whether or not to start sawing or not.... I don't really have anyplace to put the lumber after sawing other than stashing it in the woods. I don't want it all bowed warped or otherwise messed up. I do not have tin or scrap metal roofing to cover it all, so I'm kind of at an impasse.
I had to have 1500 tons of sand hauled in (that hurt), but my piers and slab have been poured, and that slab looks pretty nice. All of my brackets have been cut and powder coated, and my plumbing rough in is done.
The other issue prompting the want to saw is that my cutting spot for ash is under water (STILL!), and more rain in the forecast for this weekend (you've got to be kidding me!).
To saw or not to saw... that is the question?
Nice Pics. Good Luck with the adventure.
Bring on the Dozer.
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1500 tons of sand, that hurt the wallet quite a bit!
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Cut this tree down then lost it in the woods, never pulled it out... we'll get it when it dries up.
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More Sand
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An aspen and a red oak, that was a mistake... It was pouring out when I was cutting and thru safety glasses and rain it looked aspeny to me. Oh well, I plan to make my knee braces from oak and hickory for a contrast.
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Sand is done..
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Nice aspen down, please ignore my poor felling techniques.
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Double your pleasure.
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Getting ready to drill some holes.
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36" auger
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CEMENT!
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The sand did look nice until we drilled 29 holes.
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Cement pad going down.
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Skidder Wench!
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More cement, same day.
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Looking for trees with paint on them.
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Poison ivy, I hate you, and so does my forearms!
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Skidding some cotton wood.
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Big cottonwood with a bad case of heart rot.
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That's all I got for now, need to snap some pics of my log piles, they are growing!
thanks for sharing.
Jim Rogers
With all this nesting going on, I can see why the skidder wench is smiling. ;D
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on July 14, 2014, 11:21:43 AM
With all this nesting going on, I can see why the skidder wench is smiling. ;D
The skidder wench keeps saying you better not spend all your money on this barn and make me live in it forever. :D
always great to have a skidder Wench to help out on the projects.
Things are looking good.
Thanks for sharing. Is there a sketch or print of the barn(before it goes up)?
Quote from: Brad_bb on July 15, 2014, 01:46:30 AM
Thanks for sharing. Is there a sketch or print of the barn(before it goes up)?
I have prints.
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The barn looks good. And than some.
That is quite the shack! Very impressive barn. The work is just starting.
Great story thread! I look forward to the pics as the build progresses.
If that's the barn, I can't wait to see the House!
Making great progress! Lookin' good.
Progress and the prints look great. Looking forward to seeing it come together. Keep the pics coming!
Jim
I have been delinquent on updates, but since no one asked I will post some new pictures. ;D
Getting started on the girts and perlins. After this I must say I hate cottonwood, unruly, and stinky.
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3x6x15', 3x6x13', & side lumber
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And then the rains came, 4" in one day.
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This pail was empty when the day started; my son was playing with it the day before.
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Can't work, may as well drink.
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One of the first 8x6's.
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Taking a break to let the boy learn how to dirt bike for the first time.
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About 8000 BF in...
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Moving on to my friends property to saw the logs I could not move.
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Nice 20 footer.
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Thursday and friday's take. I'm up to about 10,000bf 8) Now back at work for the long weekend.
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Nice! Once you got out of the swamp! Can't wait to see your progress.
Looks like you've been busy the last month.
Got into some nice Ash logs too.
That rain hit fast and hard. I was busy the week following the Pig Roast and didn't get the camper put back together right away. I had the awning out and our road bikes were parked under it because I had something going on in the garage. When that rain hit, I had forgotten to drop a corner of the awning. The weight of water buckled the roll up tube, the awning collapsed and knocked my Harley over. I got lucky with my bike. The gas tank couldn't have been a 1/2" from the camper steps. No damage to the bike at all.
We needed the rain though. The Skeeter's were just starting to thin out a bit lately. :D
I've been pretty busy, you can stop by; I promise I'll put you to work ;D. That rain came on in a hurry. I had to put on a rain suit to take those pictures. Glad your hog wasn't damaged.
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Looks very nice. I know it is a lot of work.
Thanks
Man you have some nice "stuff". Keep up the good work and the pic's coming. As mentioned earlier, if this is the barn, I can't wait to see the house. My sister built a barn for her horses, and all I could think of is how nice a house or cabin it would make.
Did you make or buy the brackets?
The joinery brackets were part of the architectural drawings and I had a friend cut them on his plasma table out of 3/16" sheets to the required sizes. The brackets that mount the posts to the piers I had made at a local steel supplier.
That is/will be a super nice build. smiley_thumbsup smiley_thumbsup
Bet you guys thought I gave up :D Well I can't quit now... ;D
Lean to rafters, 8x6x20'
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Skytrack rental, going on the 2nd month now. :(
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Lean to rafters with bracing installed.
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View from the 2nd floor, I can see about a mile down the road.
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Rafter tie beams going up. Got 4 of them up with the skytrack, 3 others were not so easy.
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Wet timbers.
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Lower rafter sections.
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8x6x12' racking braces.
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Sunset over Anarchy Barn.
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Ooooh, Winter I hate you!
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Gable rafter tie going up, sky track would get it about 1' below the needed height, so the platform and some willing men were needed.
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First pic of the hammer beam, and the rafter to nowhere, 6x10x16'.
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Me planking the south hammer beam rafter.
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My unfortunate architect and friend who gets to go up top while I get the tie beam in position.
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Who's gonna unhook the choker, looks like you drew the short straw Mr. Architect Guy!
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Gable end, and hammer beam ties are set.
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On to the 5' top posts to form the peak, the ones off the skytrack were easy, the ones over the 2nd floor I carried up a ladder over my shoulder.
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I guess I skipped a couple days, the 10' top sections of rafters are up and we were missing a couple of plates, so used some plywood.
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Some top rafter section pics.
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Hole in the roof waiting for something BIG!
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One of my helper friends, I paid him while he was off work, but this day he was a volunteer ;D
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The something BIG is here, 6x10x21' composite beam of ash and red oak for the 24' wide dormer.
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View from the front after the dormer was done.
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Doo, doo, doo, lookin off my front roof.
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3x6x15' purlins of poplar and cottonwood.
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One of the bents with all the plates installed.
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Power (and gas) to the people <fist held high>
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Some gratuitous photos from today. We installed the last of the major structural members, 8x6x12' racking braces about 6" or so from the peak, and it wasn't any fun. Ironically I didn't take any pictures of them. ::)
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Hammer in shadow form.
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10'x12' picture window?
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And may the sun shine also upon you.
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All purlins and fascia are up except on the dormer where the sheeting will have to go on first so the fascia can intersect it.
This is my favorite one from today.
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Wow! You've been busy the last couple months. Looking good.
Quote from: WmFritz on December 11, 2014, 09:58:49 PM
Wow! You've been busy the last couple months. Looking good.
We'll be putting sheeting on this weekend, so stop by and you won't get bored.
Quote from: thechknhwk on June 08, 2014, 03:06:10 PM
Little clearing for the septic field.
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Same..
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Dig a hole.
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Put in a tank - this stuff is easy right?
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Put on the other half.
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Stand around and watch the crane operator.
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Push some dirt on it, this stuff is a piece of cake :D
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so you put your septic lateral line on top of the ground. How about the line into the tank. Nice looking build.
Thanks for sharing! Looks great!
Its not really on top of the ground. Its on a slope from under the floor to the tank. The plastic you see is s clean out.
Thanks for the comments.
Very nice looking build. Looks like you've hit your stride since the "911" call out. Can't wait to see the finished product!
Yeah, nothing like desperation to make one figure things out. Thanks for the comments.
Do you have a picture of the hardware you are using? Are they through bolts?
I don't have any pictures other than the ones I posted. Yes, they bolt all the way through.
The county forester drove by the other day and had given me a call to say how impressed he was with the building. I was happy to hear from him, and he sent me this photo. I also had a retired photographer that said he volunteers for the Saginaw County historical society stop by and take several pictures and do a little video interview with myself and my architect who was there helping me. I have not seen him in a few months though. Then a few hours ago another friend that I used to work with who does professional photography hit me up on facebook and was talking about coming out to do some sort of photo shoot with models and the whole nine. It sounded pretty entertaining.
I'm currently trying to line up a metal roofer and trying to get the best possible price for the materials. All the roof sheeting is on and is covered with a synthetic tar paper.
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Looks like you have room to get that sawmill in there. :D
Quote from: Dave Shepard on January 10, 2015, 11:42:30 AM
Looks like you have room to get that sawmill in there. :D
I figured someone would say that, haha. I'm using it today and tomorrow, but definitely going under the lean to when I'm done.
look at what a large structure you can build with such a tiny sawmill. :) :)
on a serious note though, awesome awesome stuff. 8)
Quote from: mikeb1079 on January 10, 2015, 10:38:57 PM
look at what a large structure you can build with such a tiny sawmill. :) :)
on a serious note though, awesome awesome stuff. 8)
Thanks @mikeb1079 (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=10751) I'm eating the elephant.... one bite at a time ;D
My dad helping me thinking, "your boards are stupid, we always have to cut both ends".
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I didn't lie, the mill is safe and sound.
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Some gratuitous shots, putting up the bottom girts, treated with sill seal and then 1/2 plywood shim to match up with my full dimension 2x6's.
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Got some sheeting done. Lift I was fortunate enough to borrow is in the foreground. It doesn't move though, so it has a drawbar on the front to pull around with the tractor. Hope it works :D
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West end where the wood shop will be... 2nd story windows framed in.
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Dat's all folks.. for now ;D
Thanks for the tour. 8)
My 6'-1" friend standing next to the rootball of a blown down white pine from a tornado last summer.
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Getting the rest of my floor joists from said blown down trees.
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Shot from outside the west gable end while standing in the lift putting up sheeting.
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Closing it in...
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Garage doors are in
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Roofers getting started.
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Trying not to tip the tractor over ;D
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Back side
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Front side with a dirtymax cameo
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Shot from the road.
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Nice work! I love those garage doors.
X2 Very nice
WOW! One heck of an undertaking. Thanks for including us.
still a very impressive build! I really like the garage doors. 9' tall doors? I like the idea of the solid panel above the glass panel on the doors, seems to help offset the height. What brand of doors did you go with?
Thanks for the comments. The doors I believe are Dalton, but I can't say for sure since I got them through a local guy. Price installed was less than the lumber yards and box stores wanted just for the doors and they are R-17. Plus he brought over a scissor lift to install them and left it for me ;D Heck of a nice guy! The doors are 10'x10' in the front and 14'x10' on the west end.
We are currently working on the stairway to the 2nd floor, almost 14' to floor level. I has 2 landings and will be 4' wide. I plan to make a pantry/closet under the the first set of stringers and landing. We have the sheeting for the 2nd floor and windows on site, so hopefully some more progress this weekend.
Some rainy day I'll have to read this whole story, just glanced at pictures.... Looking great!!
Lets see.. Sawmill, kubota (with wench), dirt bike, Busch light...if you're a fan of Eric Church we might be kin!!!
Stop on in brother
You're only 2 hours away..... After seed's in the ground and first cutting hay is done, I'll have to stop by. :)
That quite the barn! Beautiful land as well! Doin a hell of a job!
Thanks, getting behind on pics, got the stairway framed, the rest of the vertical posts done on the 2nd floor, upstairs subfloor down, dormer framed in, east end windows framed. I meant to take some tuesday morning, but I got mad at a bracket and had get home to take a nap before my night shift and forgot.
Installing the baffles between the purlins for the spray foam and finished the sheeting on the west end.
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Sunset over the neighborhood.
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Interior shots...
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Upstairs
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Upstairs from the east end.
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Brackets all done & the dreaded 8x6x12 racking brace @ the ridge/peak.
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More...
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West gable wall, and the machine that did it all, the LT35 :D
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Went to pick this up from my dad's for the kids to ride and it stranded me about 700' in the woods. No one there to help tow it out so I got to push :(
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Oak 2x10's cut yesterday to doulbe up the outside stringers on the staircase.
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A selfie for the yougin's
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Some red cedar for the soffits. I'm a long ways from that point, but I made some 2x8's for a friend and ended up getting some 1x6 out of the side boards.
Putting it away, time to go work my other full time job for the weekend.
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Amazing build, I cannot wait to see it all finished!
Curious, as to the use of metal fasteners on a build like this. Not familiar with this, is there "conventional" joinery or just the metal fasteners??
Just the brackets.
WOW! I just read the whole thread.... awesome job!!!! 8) 8) 8)
We built one barn and we have a few more to go... but after seeing what you did.... I "feel" tired!
Just a beautiful job... I too cannot wait to see the house!
Were all the timbers "green" or did you dry them in any way?
We used some oak-wilt killed Red Oak that was dead for over two years and it still checked and shrunk more than I expected in some true 4"x4" railings off of our family room.... I was guessing that they were a bit dryer than that! :D :D :D
Cheers.... GREAT work!
-Dad2FourWI
Thanks Dad, lol. Was that awkward? :D
The timbers were as green as ash that has been dead on the stump for a few years can be. I do have some cracking in some of the timbers although they were boxed heart and were stickered for a couple months prior to going up.
The house will have to be red maple and smaller... I think the area will be out of ash by the time I get to it.
What grade of steel did you use for your 3/16" fasteners / brackets?
The brackets were cut from 3/16" sheets, not sure if it was graded. The fastners are grade 5.
I'm in!
https://woodmizer.com/Store/Home/PersonalBestDetails/95
Getting some logs for siding. Having problems deciding on what finish to put on it ??? Any suggestions welcome. ;D
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Bathroom framed in.
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Some pics I took for WM personal best.
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Wife scared to go down the stairs... :D
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Firring strip-palooza & forgot to charge the lift.
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Custom scaffold to finish the fir strips over the stairway.
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Got the machines dropped into the woodshop.
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Dog ain't worth a hill of beans at grading dirt.
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Logosol wired and hooked up to dust redistribution system.
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Running..
https://youtu.be/QVsHCWGNz9k
Red cedar fresh out of the logosol
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Red cedar soffit v-groove with some sherwin williams tongue oil deck stain on it.
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Bad picture of some of the soffit.
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The color looks great.
Are you using cedar for the siding too, or just soffits and fascia?
Just the soffit and door/window trims. I'm going to do metal fascia & then have gutters put on.
Gable soffit from on high.
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$840 and a few hrs later, fixed the broken cat track.
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BTW, I have lots of first revision cat track pieces available.
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Stain on the lean-to frame.
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Getting a little more organized and 800bf of white pine destined for the logosol.
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Jammed logosol, I think my knives need sharpening.
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Getting started on the siding for the back wall under the lean-to
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02 LT40, remote accuset, 33hp Kubota diesel
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Edging!
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I thought I saw someone asking about log stress; here is a mild example, but as you can see my cant is still flat, so I haven't messed up any boards yet. @Glenn1 (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=27307)
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The production crew.
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More lumber :D As if there is ever enough. Love the non-distinct heart wood in Ash.
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Under the lean-to
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Look at that FAS 1x10, 2nd from the right ;D
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Trying to get these piles dry enough to run through the logosol & make ship lap. It's supposed to rain the next 2 days so I brought them inside. Plus I wanted them on a nice flat surface which it's not really super flat under the lean-to.
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That's all for now.... almost ready for insulation, the wiring is all roughed in, some plumbing in the walls. 2 sawmill jobs scheduled for this weekend, and I'm at work.
QuoteJammed logosol, I think my knives need sharpening.
How much are you hogging off with the side heads?
I can't recall off the top of my head, maybe 1/2-5/8 total. My coverage on an 8" blank is 7-1/4", so that's not counting the tongue. The last batch I ripped them all down to 7-3/4 to alleviate this problem and on the leading edge of the tongue you could still see some rough saw marks. The machine is used and the knives were in it when I got it, so I'm unaware how much footage has been done with them. I have probably run almost 3000bf through it.
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Coming along nice.
Looks like the end is near and it looks good-you've done a great job! It's been quite a ride seeing the process from start to finish. Congrats!
Uh Oh! I see a big mistake! It looks like you put the clap boards on the wrong way. :o The drawing shows horizontal. ;)
Looks fantastic! 8)
We put the wrong rock on the front too, lol. :D Thanks for the comments. 8) I thought it was interesting to see the mostly completed front as compared to the drawing.
Fantastic job! You have come a loonnngggg way!
The wood stove is here!
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West end no trim...
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West end all trimmed out and completed.
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Got to move the stairway to accommodate the wood stove. Went from 2 landings to one large one that creates way more space on the ground. My son is testing the limits of his courage with me egging him on. Red oak 2x14's on the sides ;D
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Now we're cookin' 8)
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The siding is complete! No pictures of the east end. ::)
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Closer... didn't trim the garage doors or entry doors yet. I want to paint the entry doors before trim.
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Staining beams upstairs, so the floor can go down.
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Next... make some flooring
WOW! :o
8)
That would get my attention walking in.
What gets your attention, my wife?
4-18-16
Started putting the flooring down.
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4-27-16
More flooring blanks.
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Same day more flooring ready to go in.
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4-30-16
Me and the boy doing some flooring, my mom was the cut lady.
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5-1-16
Plum tuckered out, at least he went down with his boots on.
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5-2-16
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All done before the poly
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5-17-16
Cutting some walnut off my wife's grandma's farm for stair risers.
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5-5-16
Processed one of the slab piles into firewood.
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8-9-16
Poly on the floor, still wet, drywall is finished, primed and painted.
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Beams stained too..
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4-28-16
Taking a break, and put a decal kit on the dirt bike.
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6-2-16
Jennifer cleaning up posts.
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6-2-16
What happens when you use a flap disc that is cracked and it breaks in half at 11,000 rpms.
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6-10-16
Beams pre-stain.
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6-12-16
Got some stain.
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6-17-16
Sawing some poplar for T&G ceiling.
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6-17-16
Got some outside lights working.
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7-15-16
Jennifer sanding and vacuuming some stair parts.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160715_182726.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263333)
Stairway stained
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160715_182805.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263334)
8-22-16
Putting epoxy down on the floor.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160822_180849.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263343)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160825_172910.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263345)
8-25-16
Epoxy done, water heater in.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160825_172914.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263347)
8-27-16
Building cabinet boxes.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160827_151419.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263352)
Prepping stair risers
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160827_151449.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263353)
Upper boxes done.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160827_193242.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263355)
8-31-16
Face frame blanks, red maple.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160831_194513.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263357)
Drawer faces.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160831_194528.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263358)
9-5-16
Upper portion of the stairs done
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160905_104603.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263360)
Lower flight.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160905_105128.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263362)
9-14-16
Bathroom cabinet drain snafu.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160914_163248.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263363)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160914_163840.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263365)
9-16-16
Walnut maple glue ups for a wish box for my brother's wedding. Had a local cabinet shop dovetail it for me then smashed it together and finished it.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160916_152755.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263367)
I like this thing.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160916_165822.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263368)
9-16-16
Some of the face frames on the boxes.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20160916_173131.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263371)
10-4-16
Some of the tongue and groove poplar whitewashed. Probably going to get torn down.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161004_135811.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263372)
10-12-16
Bathroom cabinet mounted.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161012_150110.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263375)
Kitchen sink installed & counters done with walnut edging.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161012_150122.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263375)
10-14-16
4 drawer lower.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161014_170614.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263378)
10-20-16
Dishwasher in, and door inserts and hardware done.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161020_150337.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263379)
10-20-16
High bay lights installed.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161020_192835.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263381)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161020_193143.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263383)
10-25-16
Installing another drain line before concrete comes in case we get an upstairs bathroom.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161025_123600.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263386)
10-26-16
Planing poplar with the wife for T&G
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161026_141350.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263386)
10-31-16
Cement in the lean to poured. This was also move in day!
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161031_165837.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263389)
Front walk and some firewood ready for the first night.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161031_174519.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263390)
11-27-16
Fetching some walnut for casings and baseboards.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161127_110946.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263393)
Getting ready to saw the first plumper.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161128_110433~0.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263394)
She was a beauty.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161128_114408~0.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263396)
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12-25-16
Daughter on Christmas morning.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20161225_092931.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263401)
1-8-17
Newell posts and hand rails installed. Can see some of the ceiling done in the background.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170108_145419.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263403)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170109_212057.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263404)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170109_212211.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263406)
1-13-17
Indoor basketball.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170113_194652.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263408)
2-24-17
Finally finished the end caps and toe kicks on the cabinets. Ship lapped maple on the ends and walnut toe kicks.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170224_213753.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263409)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170224_213813.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488263411)
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Absolutely gorgeous!
You've come a long way . Beautiful results . scouter Joe
Thanks fellas
3-1-17
Still working, installing tongue and groove ceiling under the balcony.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25990/IMG_20170301_1826495B15D.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1488504579)
You and your family have been busy! Looks great.
The place looks absolutely fantastic! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. I really enjoy this thread, as I get prepared to build my final home and workshop.
Just read the whole thread.....now I just need to make sure my wife never sees it....my honey-do list will go another 10 years longer than life expectancy...