Watcha Makin'?

[azmtnman]

FFOTS, what FEL do you have? Your Kubota is 45hp, right? I would think you could pick up a 5x4 shed with everything in it. 
  I'm liking the idea of these small, portable sheds you guys are building and thinking of building a couple. 

[firefighter ontheside]

It's an LA680 on my L4200 which is indeed 45hp and you're probably right.  I just don't expect to move the loaded shed, since moving it likely means I'm gonna use it for something else.

[WDH]

The LA680 has about a 1500 pound lift capacity. 

[firefighter ontheside]

Yeah, thats what I have gone by.  1500 lift.

[firefighter ontheside]

I got a good start on the shed after milling logs for my neighbor this morning.  The joists and skids are treated pine.  The floor boards are honey locust.  The walls are going to be white oak and eastern red cedar.  Why do you ask...because thats what I have.  I may not have enough sawn to finish, so I will have to saw some more white oak and cedar.

 

 

[Old Greenhorn]

OH, I like that! You must be giving all your angle gages and protractors a good workout. All though it may appear you had a lot of beer to drink while you were working on it, I have the feeling that with all those oddball and opposing angles, the last thing you want is a beer, until the end of the day, and then...well, yeah.

[firefighter ontheside]

Actually I think I had 2 beers while working on it.  I just use my speed square to measure angles.  There wasn't any fancy math going on, just guessing and seeing what looked good.  The good thing is that this thing is supposed to look wonky, so I cut the angle as the tops of the corners and wherever those lines intersect will be the peak of the roof.

[Old Greenhorn]

SO you are planning on a 14.2756" pitch? :D

[Old Greenhorn]

Well, I ain't 'making' nothun today except maybe a memory or two. I went up to NYBHH's place to get some firewood logs we had cut last year and need to get gone. I did two runs today with the dump trailer and my youngest GS was at our house recuperating from a 2 day sore throat. He went along on the second run and Brandon was kind enough to take on a co-pilot when we were finishing up. He impressed me with his focus and attention to instructions. He did a good job. Maybe somebody needs to get this kid a machine so he can hone his skills?
Dylan Helping Grandpa get firewood. - YouTube

[firefighter ontheside]

He looks like a natural.

Well, its good I made the shed portable, because Cindy doesn't like where I chose to build it, so it will be moved further from the house and garage, but closer to the sawmill.  That will be good since I will be storing all the gas and diesel in there and probably at least my dull blades, if not my sharp ones too.  I'm about out of material, so I need to saw some more cedar.


 

[aigheadish]

Great video of the grandson, Tom! 

[jimbarry]

Made another pallet shed. 4x8ft this time. A space to store sawmill blades.  Required 260 BF.



 

 

 

[firefighter ontheside]

Jim, you're a machine at making these things.  

[jimbarry]

Jim, you're a machine at making these things.  

Takes two, the boss was with me for most of it. I got a 6x10 to make and probably two more 4x4's.

[olcowhand]

Hey Jim,
What type of wood do you use for those, and what nails do you feed into your framing nailer?
Steve

[jimbarry]

Hey Jim,
What type of wood do you use for those, and what nails do you feed into your framing nailer?
Steve

Whatever boards are next to me ;D or in the lumber racks get used first. There's a few cants of white and black spruce too. Same with the nails, whatever is on the shelf, and for this one I used Duchesne 21º 2-3/8" spiral nails (not galvanized). Only because the galv one are $60 more per case of 2000 nails. 

[jimbarry]

Done. On to the next thing on the to-do list.




 

[WV Sawmiller]

  I'd suggest putting a low wattage light bulb in that band storage shed to help drive the humidity down. 

[jimbarry]

 I'd suggest putting a low wattage light bulb in that band storage shed to help drive the humidity down.

Will monitor that for sure. After the sun gets on the boards and dries them out, there should be enough gaps. Always windy here. And if the gaps don't get big enough, well, nothing a chainsaw can't fix.

[olcowhand]

Finished this yesterday; My over-simplistic interpretation of an American classic. If you can recognize it, that means I did okay....

 

 

Steve

[btulloh]

I'm seeing "End of the Trail".  Even if I'm wrong, it's a nice piece of work.

[Old Greenhorn]

Unmistakable as end of the trail. Remington would think that is cool! Fraser would like it too!

[olcowhand]

Also working on this for a Client; I still have to mount it on a base.....
Then maybe a Catcher.

 

[WV Sawmiller]

  That guy is just eaten up with talent and creativity! Excellent pieces. Keep them coming.

[olcowhand]

Thanks, Howard. 
You should post your puns in the Watcha Making thread. Oh wait....
In all honesty, I appreciate your wisdom and taste in my Art. 
Just don't ask me to "spoon".