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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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RockerMike, I hate to break it to you but the header is supposed to go over
the window. Well, some retard had to say it, right? :-)
Weege, the trees love you, man.
Rich Sims' pics show how over-engineered everything is.
Wilbeer - really nice doors!
I put in some lawn edgeing today! It was a work of art I tell ya.
Gunkie, why does a 14 yr old need a 9 footer? She going to Jaws or Cortez?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Rockermike's images reset:
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Hey Wilbeer, strong work man. Those look great! And, you're going to be building a house? Right on!
I'm just starting on a log structure for a playground. No photos yet, but it will look similar to this one I did a couple of years ago.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Flank of the Bighorns
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Nice work all!
Here is my most recent addition to the "farm", a chicken coop/run. We have a sum of zero domestic fowl experience in our home, but we dove in with 6 chicks and a tub this spring. My grandfathers would cringe at the opulence of this birdhouse, but it was fun to build.
The coop is built for 6-8 feather dinos.
Highlights include:
-Two recycled windows, with new homemade frames
-louvered and covered vent
-R13 insulation
-wired with one 15a recepticle
-linoleum floors/basin
-walk in door
-exterior access to nesting boxes
-8 X 12 covered run with walk in gate
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 10, 2013 - 05:04pm PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 13, 2013 - 04:46pm PT
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The log play structure is coming along nicely.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 14, 2013 - 06:34pm PT
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Nobody is posting to this thread, and I'm stoked on the playground project I'm currently working on, so here's today's progress.
Lots of scribe work with the Lancelot. The Lancelot is a wheel with a chainsaw chain that goes on a grinder. It's used for sculpting logs.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:01pm PT
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Looking good, Brandon! But if I were you I'd consider asking my co-worker
before I took her picture. I'm not sure what kind of arm she has but I'm
thinking a brush-back was about to be delivered, if not an outright beaning! :-)
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Robb
Social climber
It's Ault or Nunn south of Shy Annie
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:13pm PT
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Is it just me or is that header not mated to the king stud in Haan's second reposted pic?
No offence meant, just askin'
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:16pm PT
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^^^i agree Reilly,Nice looking work Brandon!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:30pm PT
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Reilly, it's retribution for her posting an unflattering picture of me somewhere else. I was gassed from carrying logs and looked like a turtle.
She wouldn't mind, I asure you. My coworkers are pretty rad.
Thanks Wilbeer.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:35pm PT
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Brandon, just tell me you didn't have to peel those logs.
I did that once. My butt has never recovered.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:37pm PT
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Really nice work.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:39pm PT
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I peeled most of them.
I love the workout I get from running a draw knife for a couple of days. More than a couple of days and I am hating it.
My shoulders are strong, it's all about changing your position as you peel to even out the pain.
Left side, right side, long reach, short reach. Repeat.
Edit; your butt only hurts when you have to straddle the smaller logs. The big logs stay put and you can move around them.
Double Edit; Ones sharpening skills are as important as ones peeling skills. Twenty minutes of peeling equals ten minutes of sharpening your iron.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Jun 14, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
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I have never peeled logs,but i have made hand hewn beams with an adze,i will agree that you become a master sharpener.
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Floorabove
climber
The Gunks y'all
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Jun 14, 2013 - 08:22pm PT
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Mahogany butcher block top with cut out for the Big Green Egg.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 14, 2013 - 08:44pm PT
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so with a draw knife
do you pull it across the sharping stone
or do you clamp it and scrub it with the sharpner?
I learned to sharpen it sitting down, with one handle on the ground, and the other in my right hand. I'm a lefty, so I work through the stones, and finish with a strop, typical.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 14, 2013 - 09:53pm PT
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Just listen to the stone and the iron. You'll know when you're getting a good hone. It sings when you're doing it right and you know it.
Edit; it's Friday night and I'm still talking about work. Lame. Hope you all have a good weekend.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jun 15, 2013 - 09:35am PT
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I just finished making a Medieval chair, bed and strong box in anticipation of my 2-week stay in a military encampment and fighting in the Pennsic War next month.
Pennsic War
5,000 knights on the battlefield bashing at each other in a huge melee
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Jun 15, 2013 - 10:47am PT
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^^^^ Kinda looks like the überfall at the Gunks.
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