My new client and Quarry update

[customsawyer]

Doing what you have to. You sure could use a concrete truck and a pumper though.

[GRANITEstateMP]

Looking good!  Is that whole wall going to end up being covered storage at some point?  What is the blue tubing your running in or under the wall?

[teakwood]

Very good eye Granite! where the ladders stands will all be covered by a roof to increase lumber storage. the roof will be 13m x 7m (42x 23'), that gives me space for approx. 40-50 packs of lumber , the skidder and a car.

The blue hoses are irrigation hoses which i use as electrical tubing and video. it's all tucked in and nicely organized. Video, current, switches, lights, door motor, communication. i hate improvised fixes like free hanging cables or cable canals  


Dang, aren't they a beauty! still some concrete worker skills left in me from the old days back in Switzerland  ;D
a teak beam will go over these concrete pillars which will receive the rafters 

[Bruno of NH]

Very nice work Sir

[nativewolf]

The concrete work is as nice as your woodworking.  Glad you are adding more space!

[teakwood]

Had a big TyG order to fulfill this week but still made some progress with the construction.

Last foundation is done, the connection to the old building

the access road still needs some fine tuning
  
first of the two entrance pilars

[Bruno of NH]

Looking good 
How warm is it ?

[Firewoodjoe]

Looks to warm for me 😆 

[Resonator]

I like how the Plywood is clearly labeled.  

[mike_belben]

Gonna be quite the lumber villa ramon. Nice work

[teakwood]

Open up the frame work and the pilar just turned out beautiful, i'm very happy! That plywood was so wonderfull when new, i thought it was a great quality product. now the skin is all waved up like it had shifted, what a bad quality. the wrinkles are small but still, i doubt that this plywood can be reused after the second pilar. probably some chineseum crap.




Monday i start with the carpenters work

[teakwood]

Looking good
How warm is it ?

Too hot, 35 degrees (95 Fahrenheit), unforgiving sun, it's dry season. Water, Water, water for the fresh concrete 

[mike_belben]

How do you like your volvo excavator?  Has it been pretty good?

[teakwood]

How do you like your volvo excavator?  Has it been pretty good?

The Best, would not want another one, sadly it's getting old, year 2000. bought it in California in 2007, shipped it to Brownsville TX and drove it down to Costa Rica, what an adventure, i was young back then

[Firewoodjoe]

That is an adventure and sounds hard on undercarriage 😂 

[beenthere]

 i thought it was a great quality product. now the skin is all waved up like it had shifted, what a bad quality. the wrinkles are small but still..

Sounds like the printed lamination allowed moisture to get to the underlying wood, which swelled and caused the wrinkles. Maybe just a paper overlay. 

You do very neat work, so am sure the wrinkles are not very acceptable. 

[teakwood]

Yeah, at 55$ per sheet i thought they were too cheap for formwork plywood, now i know why

[teakwood]

Some updates, first beam is up


Last wall pour is done, the second entrance pillar is still missing in this pic
The holes where the wooden posts go are no choke, my worker has more than a day per hole, all done with a small rotary hammer, a drill and lots of elbow grease, pure rock

I'm working on the teak structure, these are the 6x6 posts

[customsawyer]

Timbers look great. Lord at the growth rings the two on the right have.

[teakwood]

That beam is long! 12.5m

[cutterboy]

teakwood, those beams are beautiful!

[teakwood]

Tomorrow is a big day, almost ready for the big lift. will try to lift the whole structure in one piece, the excavator is already in position. but i'm not sure if i have the height to get it out under the roof and i'm also hoping that the beam will withstand the pressure. fixed 2 temporary braces with clamps to help support the bow

one pillar is still missing

[mike_belben]

I would hire out that post hole diggin job too, yikes!

[teakwood]

That was a hard day but everything went pretty smooth. it was very tight  to get the structure out under of the old roof

[teakwood]

after lots of measuring everything fitted perfectly, i'm very happy. looks awesome