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Birch Slab Progress

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Birch Slab Progress
Beginning to peel this "first cut" Birch slab from our sawmill.

Birch Slab Progress

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Birch Slab Progress
Beginning to peel this "first cut" Birch slab from our sawmill.

Peeled and Cut to Length

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Peeled and Cut to Length

Peeling a birch slab with burls

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Peeling a birch slab with burls

Burl Progress

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Burl Progress

Base coat of resin…

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Base coat of resin…

I 💕 Working with Wood!!

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I 💕 Working with Wood!!
Unfinished birch, cottonwood & spruce.

What We’ve Been up to Lately

A late season build, a timber frame carport. Got as far as the rafters set before the snow put a halt to the roof going on. Waiting for a dry clear day to finish it off.

12′ x 21′ carport.

  • Setting the piers in place
  • Posts up
  • Now for the beams… Too heavy
  • Bring the mini in to set the beams
  • Rafters almost done.
  • King posts and cross supports.
  • Rafter cap up. One more side to go.
Progress

#aklife #snd

Three Days In.

Today we started standing walls. Got 3 done. Tomorrow will be finishing framing and sheeting then trusses will be delivered at noon.

Let me just brag a little on the beautiful weather we’ve had the last two days. So nice. Alaska tan coming my way, right before the rain. ☔

#buildalaska

#cabinlife

On to another project.

No rest for the weary. Finished one cabin yesterday and rolled into the new job site this morning. This is a 12′ x 24′ cabin, dry in only. (No interior or finish work!!)

We spent half a day gathering supplies. The rest of the day we set our paver/pier foundation & brackets.

Ready for the floor system.

Then we sized our rough sawn beams and set them into place. Leveled and squared them and cut our rim joist and laid out our joist placement.

Time flies when you’re having fun. Time to clean up and stow our tools. Monday we will knock out the floor joists and blocking. Hopefully getting some sheeting down for the floor too.