Cable

Stainless steel aircraft cable for cross bracing - http://www.hayn.com/cables/index.html

The bandsaw

1940's Crescent 20". They don't make them like they used to. There's no going back once you've made a cut on a bandsaw that isn't bouncing around the shop floor. Big thanks to Dan for helping with the relocation.

The new 'Wing'

ok she's up. can't wait to see her on google earth. The roof joists are 26' long. There's something primal about building a heavy & immovable object, something you can lean against. Still a long way to slide, roofing, doors, windows, sheet metal etc, etc. and we'll have to see what the building inspector thinks of all this. but the months spent drawing & shop prep'ing the reclaimed doug fir posts/beams/kneebraces paid off. She went together like a jigsaw puzzle, with the awesome help of a young keen carpenter or two. I recommend getting a professional carpenter in & signing on as a 'laborer/wood cutter/materials runner'; a super efficient way to go for the furniture maker. As expected, the minute we started the framing, the storms started rolling in, monsoon season is here.

a little bit of psuedo timber frame joinery, she was designed to go up quickly but still be bombproof, I'm calling her a timber frame hybrid. spent a couple minutes making a water level for measuring the heights of the posts, just like the inca's did, www.buildeazy.com/fp_waterlevel.html - worked like a charm, water is always parallel to the earth!

Contruction Time Again...

2010 is the year of the studio, but with all these summer distractions I was running out of time for garage #2. I would have to rely on machine tools rather than hand tools. The digger did an efficient job of digging a pit in front of the shop. The massive dump trucks did an equally efficient job of hauling dirt away. Then the concrete trucks did a good job of filling the pit. Then contractor Rick did an awesome job of power troweling the slab, while sipping on beers in between set-ups, until the wet slab looked like a sheet of glass. I've always had an issue with digging a hole then filling it with concrete, but at least I now have foundation walls & a very pretty slab to start building from. The posts & kneebraces have been prepped from my 4"X6" stash, & I've started prepping the 6"X10" beams which just came in. Just need to take care of one more summer distraction before i can get down to business, it's not quite Fall yet.

el Patio

Summer could happen at any time now. So I need to build a picnic bench for the bunkhaus deck. Thought I'd try Krenov sawhorses in aluminium. with some red cedar on top.

in-situ

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48193441@N03/sets/72157624413578554/

Snapped a few in-situ shots of the Mr Smith table. Pour a coffee and check out the slideshow.

All Terrain Wood Wagon

Every woodworkers compound needs one.