I was this close to making it home...

isawlogs · July 04, 2004, 10:44:48 PM

I have two screen doors , one at each end of the house . they are build from cedar that I sawed , to make them pooch proof ..... I put a full panel on the botom of each door and screened in the top . that way the dogs (yes two) can let themselsve out , they havent learned yet how to open the door so my lab when he wants in just stands up and leans on the door , the boarder collie just sits there and will wine ,.... and wine until somebody lets him in and then once hes in will turn and * what took so long * look on him.....
On my gazebo I built a full screen door , to stop mr. pooch from blasting throught (witch he has done afew times ) I put a cross peice about 18 * up from botom and put birch branches across from on corner to the next diagonaly in a sun ray patern it worked fine but now I have to change them (read they wroughted out ) I'll be putting in cedar this time ...

Jeff · July 05, 2004, 06:57:37 PM

Well, this come out a little cleaner then I thougth it would.

Tom · July 05, 2004, 07:03:52 PM

Hey! Cool!

How'd you get that silhouette of the fellow with the Forestry Forum hat, taking a picture on there. Is that paint or stain? ;D

Jeff · July 12, 2004, 08:02:35 PM

Update

Its scribing time again.

chet · July 12, 2004, 08:57:01 PM

Only 26 days left to get er done! ;)

Jeff · July 13, 2004, 12:43:53 PM

It aint goona happen. :D Ya'll will get the before and after. My next order of cedar is still in the dryer. Hope to get it this weekend IF it gets done. Bring yer Hammer Chester. :D

Jeff · July 15, 2004, 04:05:39 PM

New Tool! We can now start building and assembling our deck rail. If we get time. :-/

Sure makes some cool shavings. Look good enough to eat. I bet Cedar shavings might taste like grits? ;)

etat · July 15, 2004, 04:17:07 PM

Boy, that's a gonna be nice. Sure do wish i had time to come North and see it in person.

SwampDonkey · July 15, 2004, 04:31:54 PM

I see ya got the Makita hooked on the end of 'er. ;D

Jeff · July 15, 2004, 04:34:00 PM

Yep, shes a heck of a drill. Problem with it is it can wrap ya up in a knot.

pappy · July 15, 2004, 05:51:38 PM

Is it a bit ta make the tenon ??

I need one, where can I get me one.

Wildflower · July 15, 2004, 06:21:59 PM

Termite here a link for ya to the tenon cutter
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?page=42299&category=2%2C2180%2C41007&ccurrency=2&SID=

pappy · July 15, 2004, 07:09:42 PM

Thank you Tammy,

The house is looking GOOD !!!

Corley5 · July 15, 2004, 08:40:19 PM

Makes ya wonder why someone would leave nice wood like that in the swamp

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;) ;D ;D ;D ;D

Jeff · July 15, 2004, 08:42:13 PM

I think I'll be back scrounging. Now that I got that tool there are a lot of other little peices back there that might be useful. 8)

Corley5 · July 15, 2004, 08:49:49 PM

Let me know

SwampDonkey · July 16, 2004, 04:38:18 AM

Corley:

You know as well as anyone that if you made the effort to gather all those pieces from the swamp, that it would be sittin behind the mill till dooms day. Some known scrounger, no names mentioned, has to come and root through it all on site before it's legit. ;) :D

Jeff · July 21, 2004, 06:07:30 PM

Well, we finally got the west end of the house sided, caulked, and ready to stain tomorrow. One of Tammy's bus driver buddy's husbands came over while we were at work and set up that scaffold. Nice surprise!

Second picture is of our preliminary deck rail mock up.

Another view

chet · July 21, 2004, 06:29:31 PM

Well, the last couple of weeks I got together my tool belt, all my hammers and nail guns, my scribing tools, and a whole lot of misc. carpentry tools. Da plan was to bring dem to da piggy roast ta finish da Brokaw project.

Well wouldn't ya know it, I can't remember where I put dat DanG stuff. :-/
DanG it, I'll just have ta be content ta visit, maybe have me one or two of dem blue beers, and a piece of dat roast piggy. :D :D

Corley5 · July 21, 2004, 06:59:24 PM

Them deck railings look kinda familar ??? Weren't they gonna be a light bar thingy or something ??? ??? You've got way more patience than I do. I'd sawed everything so it was square or close anyway ;) then put it together ;D

SwampDonkey · July 22, 2004, 03:20:03 AM

So that's what they use that hockey stick shaped cedar rails for. ;D

Now ya needs that unfolding auning from those infomercials to keep the hot sun off ya when sit'n on that nice deck. ;) I like your siding job too. I been lookin them photos over well to see if the folks from 'Complete Maker-Over' are on site filming. Is Bob Villa coming to the piggy roast? ;)

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