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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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ekat,
I've been a serious collector of primarily 17th-18th century antiques for years. Nothing passed down thru the family.
The room is a little "packed" and I need to weed out some, but now is not a good time, since the market is down.
I will post more pictures of the house later. Thanks for the kind comments.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Yes, do tell about the pirate blunderbuss! Yaar!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Something tells me it won't be drywall
I guess we were looking at the sheet of it in the background.
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Land of God-less fools
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This is a kitchen remodel I completed in the summer. The kitchen turned out to be the confluence of at least 10 additions and remodels, including square nails, parts of rafters embedded in the walls, greasy painted t&g paneling, 10 gallons of rat sh#t under the cabinets, and a challenging client who at one point saw me carrying away an extra sheet of plywood, and accused me of taking their artwork. The laundry room was a screen porch with board and batten siding butting up to triple lap, and caulked with wadded newspaper. I soaked some and when unrolled, turned out to be comics from 1928. This was 5 or more additions earlier.
Anyway, they're happy now, and I'm glad it's done.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Jay Wood,
Nice kitchen!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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This will be a VERY LONG POST.
In 1970, after coming home from 3 tours in Vietnam, I bought a 60 acre timber lot in the White Mountains of N.H. I had a very long range goal of building a retirement home. I bought a Ford 8N farm tractor and proceeded over a 30 year period to log the lot.
I rough cut all the large Oak beams with a chainsaw, ( went thru quite a few saws and my back). I didn't use a mill, but just snapped chalk lines along the rough logs, following the line. With practice you can get good at this!
Once one side was done, the other 3 sides were easier, since I had a relatively flat edge to rest the saw on.
A large beam from Oak, 10x10x30 feet long, could take 4-6 hours to produce. These rough sawn beams were kept under cover for as long as 10-15 years drying out, where they warped and twisted etc. The main beams in the living room were over 14" square, before planing them down smooth.
I then had to plane the beams square using large hand held planers, which took many more years. Then the joints were cut for each beam.
For the studs, floor boards etc. I hired logging trucks to take the logs to an old mill, where I and an 80+ year old guy, who owned the mill, sawed them out.
I prefabricated the timber frame on the 60 acre lot. After retiring 5 years ago, I moved the frame to the house lot, near the center of town.
Much money and labor was spent covering up the lumber with tarps over the years, to keep the wood from rotting.
In addition, I built 4 different hydraulic cranes to erect the house,
which can be seen in the photo's. [photoid=339088]
Here are the photo's---some copied from old prints.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Here is more:
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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[photo[photo[photoid=339112]id=339111]id=339110]
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Dern. I guess you can safely add "craftsman" to your resume steveA.
Really nice work.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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SteveA - Your house is gorgeous, and an ode to "don't make 'em like they used to" work, except.... you did!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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happiegrrrl,
I sent you an email.
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MisterE
climber
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Love the extra touch of the dovetail in the floor joists, Steve.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Thanks for the kind comments, everyone. Thirty Five years is a long time to stick with a project, but I was kind of committed.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Very nice and proper timber frame Steve A.
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