AWOL Blade Keeper Bearings!

New board count!

Seems we’re currently on hold - the Blade Keeper Bearings on the Saw Mill decided they wanted to be come independent in multiple pieces. They are on order. Maybe UPS will arrive today........

All of or most of the lumber has been moved directly into the foundation for drying. Stickers cut from old plywood and fiberboard are laid between the layers to allow airflow for the drying process.

Total House Sub-Floor Package requires: 1376 Square Feet

Complete: 1015 Square Feet

In Progress: 361 Square Feet

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In the wait for UPS, Kevin has had some down time....

He’s been preparing the gardens for winter. We’ve going to have to hot-wire the wire in between our tinker toy conduit fencing. Not much will keep out a hungry deer when they’ve got a craving for pepper plants. They only eat the leaves, Jalapeño peppers doesn’t suit their palate, :0, but the plants do take offense and don't produce. I was so saddened that I dug up everything this year and now have my garden on the deck. Slower to produce, but ah, the green is so lovely!

From my friends at Olive Forge Herb Farm in Haddock, Georgia, I learned this year that Pepper plants can survive from one year to the next and produce again. I am tickled! Pickled Jalapeños are one of our favorites.

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Late breaking news:

Before the Keeper Bearing went AWOL, I learned that there is a good number of boards cut that haven't been counted. We may have already met our Sub-Flooring needs!

Next I believe we will be working on the Roof Package.

~ Cheryl

Summer Helper Goes Back To School

Arthur bought a new Nintendo DS this summer from the money he made working with Kevin. He says working the Backhoe is just like another one of his games. He has also decided that manual labor is NOT his future career (Yay!, but he is learning and will keep these skills to enhance his pool of talents.)

He begins 6th grade to day and Kevin will miss his summer helper. It has been a busy summer!

Board cut count has been updated!

Framing Package: COMPLETE!

Board 

Count:                Size:

93                        2x6x10

7                          2x6x12

97                        2x6x8

20                        2x6x16

52                        2x12x17

3                          2x8x16

Sub-Floor Package: Requires 1376 Square Feet ~ 1X6x Random Lengths

Complete: 576 Square Feet

In Progress: 800 Square Feet

~ Cheryl

Green Mill Extension

The steel came in yesterday. This morning the transformation began. The additional ten-foot is in place. Ready now to cut the rafters, top and bottom plates for the walls.

The rainbow of colors you see are simply for protection from the weather. It seems no full cans of spray paint were found in the shop.

~Cheryl

P.s. Yes, Kevin wears blue shirts a lot. He is a volunteer fire fighter for our community this is one of his multiple VFD shirts.

Framing Package Countdown Commences

Using logs from local fall off our Count Down begins.

Framing package $3000.00

Boards cut to date:  $138.00

It has always been our dream to design and build our own home.

With the foundation poured and cinder blocks laid to form the back 2 walls, the framing package has taken us on a different journey.

We’d had trees milled into boards in the past. Now we have the capacity to do it ourselves.

Our ‘Green’ mill.

The chunk of wood on the mill is called a cant.  The boards are cut from this.

Also note the red and gray swing set frame behind the mill covered with a tarp that keeps freshly cut lumber weather safe until it is transported to the drying stacks.

Kevin is currently enhancing the mill to accommodate cutting board lengths up to 20 feet.

~ Cheryl
Kevin is also going to make some modifications such as a power travel and power up and down, pushing that thing all is quite the chore...

~Kevin