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Some progress on a door I am building.The doors are hard to see progress on because the parts are all built and all the carving is done before everything is put together. So, even though the door looks like it is nothing yet, there is a great deal of work that has been done and … Read more

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The winter weather and the snow and the Holidays have slowed things down a bit. There’s a few less working hours in a day when you either have to do an hour of shoveling in the morning or just hold off for a couple hours when it is 20 below zero… better to wait till … Read more

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…and the nice weather continues… This new project we are working on is turning out pretty cool. We built this huge timber truss, (well, Chris and Scott built it, I just drew the pictures for them). These are 10×10 Douglas Fir Timbers. the joints are mortise and tenon held together with oak dowels. Above is … Read more

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The weather has been unseasonable warm lately. Highs in the mid 70s and sunny. It’s been like this all week…I had a beautiful ride out to our lake access project on Burntside the other day. This is an interesting project in that there was no plan to begin with. Actually there was a plan but … Read more

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Back to the water access site on Burntside… As we approach, we can see the gable glass is now installed: …and from the inside: We have cut a few of the other window and door holes and they are ready for installation.The roof shingles have been finished since the last time I was able to … Read more

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I guess I’ve gotten a bit lazy over the summer and not posted much here. We have been working on a project that is water access on Burntside Lake…a small log cabin. These pictures were taken the last time I was out there a couple weeks ago. This is the approach from the lake as … Read more

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This project was, for the most part, finished a couple months ago, but I was there this past week installing a microwave oven and finishing some other loose ends and thought I would take some finished shots. Not the most impressive of projects, but it turned out nice, and these people will make good use … Read more

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Interesting little side project I am helping out with. A small log cabin on a lake access site…I made my first visit to the site last week. It was a nice sunny day for a boat ride. The owner had been contracting with a local barge and excavating company to work on the site prep … Read more

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I managed to throw together a quick screen door this week and get some other things in order before I went on a trip with the 6th grade class as a chaperon, to the Environmental Learning Center in Finland, (Minnesota).Here’s the screen door. I have to build a lot of these since decent wood screen … Read more