This weekend was Rudi's seventh Birthday, and Katherine's parents and sister (Liz) were over, along with Liz's boyfriend John.
I figured now was the time to jump right in and install the angle brace, which required two people, one to hold, the other to install.
The braces are made from the trunks of the two White Spruce I felled recently, cut to appropriate length using the best and straightest section of trunk. I used the Husky to make angle cuts at the base and test fit it, and then angle cuts at the top until the fit was reasonable.
The cuts were done by eye, and were compound, meaning they angled off from the line of the trunk in not one, but two directions (The base was a notch cut at 45 degrees, slanting across the trunk at about 30 degrees or so).
Also visible are two of the turned finials made by my father, now stained and lagbolted in from the back. Three lagbolts each 3/8 by 5 inch were bolted in, two from the main beam, and one from the floor beam sitting above the main beam.
I figured now was the time to jump right in and install the angle brace, which required two people, one to hold, the other to install.The braces are made from the trunks of the two White Spruce I felled recently, cut to appropriate length using the best and straightest section of trunk. I used the Husky to make angle cuts at the base and test fit it, and then angle cuts at the top until the fit was reasonable.
The cuts were done by eye, and were compound, meaning they angled off from the line of the trunk in not one, but two directions (The base was a notch cut at 45 degrees, slanting across the trunk at about 30 degrees or so).Also visible are two of the turned finials made by my father, now stained and lagbolted in from the back. Three lagbolts each 3/8 by 5 inch were bolted in, two from the main beam, and one from the floor beam sitting above the main beam.
No comments:
Post a Comment