Most of 2010 was spent on making past-due home repairs.
Date: 12/11/2010
Size: 130 items
Back to the old grind, chain sawing and dodging hidden nails. The first cut is the most destructive on the chain, as all nails are hidden.
Date: 06/12/2010
Views: 2047
Corners are prone to rot more.
Date: 06/12/2010
Views: 2109
I missed photographing the first part of this job.
Date: 06/12/2010
Views: 1695
Old wood, chainsawed 4 1/4" deep and chiseled out.
Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Routine is slightly more complicated to fit the corners in.
Date: 06/16/2010
Views: 1686
You must start at the top and work your way down. Gravity is against you but that is the only way the puzzle fits together.
Date: 06/17/2010
Views: 1640
How to cut a hole for the bolt that holds the new fresh outside part of the half log to the old inside part of the half log.
Date: 06/17/2010
Views: 1777
Cut about 1.5 inches deep with an adjustable circumference wood bit (set to match the size of your dowel cutter with caulking room around it).
Date: 06/17/2010
Views: 2001
Use a grinder to score a notch on a 3/8" dia 12" long drill bit. Make the notch at 7 1/2" from tip. This will be where you stop when drillling. You drill a pilot hole through the logs, stopping just 1/2" short of the thickness of th
Date: 06/17/2010
Views: 1950
Do the same with a 1/2" dia drill bit, marking it so you drill no deeper than 4" (through the entire half log)