12-19-14

The walls are getting assembled and squared up with tapes. The fit was tight on the top girt. It was good to see it finally together.

After getting both walls together, the connecting girt was placed. In this picture we are looking at the fit to were the faces are contacted. 

The front studs are placed and the 2x6 have been cut and fitted to the walls. The 4x4 studs have been cut to fit into the sill and girt. 

12-19-14

The walls are getting assembled and squared up with tapes. The fit was tight on the top girt. It was good to see it finally together.

After getting both walls together, the connecting girt was placed. In this picture we are looking at the fit to were the faces are contacted. 

The front studs are placed and the 2x6 have been cut and fitted to the walls. The 4x4 studs have been cut to fit into the sill and girt. 

12-12-14

After a ton of work cutting the Mortis' into the posts, the tennons and costom fitting them to each corner it was a good feeling to get them all in. After messing a post up and having to start all over it took a while to get here.

Cutting knee braces took a while to figure out. After we got it down they went really fast. The depth wAs set on the chop saw and they were all cut to the same depth. 

This is the moris that we had to cut out of all the posts. The sides of the flat were drilled out and then drilled again with the right angle drill. Then chiseled out to a 45

11-28-14

This week we made the chain Mortis holes for the flooring system. It's a lot faster to use the chain Mortiser than drilling the holes out. 

This is the finished product for our dove tailes. Half the floor is dove tailes, the other half is just half cut ends that were cut down to fit the member.

Selecting good timbers for corner posts and connecting girts. The straiest ones were used for the posts and the most crooked ones were used for rafters. 

12-5-14 posts

Floor is assembly all together. Plywood is placed to allow the frame to be walked on and the posts can be put in. Had to square and squeeze it together

This is one of the many Mortis joints we need to make. All 4 posts need these done to them.

John is cutting the pieces out of the square beam. It take a lot of time to cut these out and have them come out right