my dirt bag cabin

[Burnham]

 

[rskybiz]

Always look forward to the progress you post! An exceptional job to date for sure!

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[MasterBlaster]

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=137507919625288

I wonder why that link is in all your posts? Is that some sort of automatic smart phone thing?

 

[rskybiz]

Yes Butch if it bugs you I can remove it!

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[MasterBlaster]

It doesn't bother me - I was just wondering what it was.

 

[Porkbrick]

things are moving along! three weeks ago i took the forms off the concrete, and i am very pleased with how things came out.

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's gonna be one hella strong structure!!! Are you gonna cover those bags?

 

[Porkbrick]

all will be covered with plaster. next step is making a framing bed so i can mark out a full size template for the trusses. it also gives a level place to work off.

 

[Porkbrick]

and now for the beams!

 

[woodworkingboy]

It is indeed looking promising. Have you thought of a name for the getaway location yet? How about Sackville?

 

[gf beranek]

I gotta say, this is looking better and better all the time. Love all the support you have. Keep the momentum going!!

 

[PCTREE]

Im in awe of your energy!!

 

[Porkbrick]

thanks guys. i definitely haven't done it alone. my wife, my friend (who lives on the prop), and my friends at work have made it all possible. i think i would have killed or crippled myself by now if i had to do it all myself.

 

[flushcut]

Awesome!

 

[Paul B]

Looks cool, keep up the updates yo.

 

[Porkbrick]

TIMBER! its chopping mortice and tenons for the next few weekends. fitting round logs is sure a fiddley bit of business, but i think im getting the hang of it. ive got two beams fitted with their posts and i have two to go. the first two joints took me all of one day to fit. this weekend i did three in a day, and im hoping that means i will do four next weekend.
first one, and the biggest. this one spans the loft at the top of the stairs and so needs to be tall enough to walk under. i decided to peel the madrone because there was no way to get it to the site without damaging the delicate bark. i think it looks rather nice.
second beam. spans the open living/entrance area. this is the shortest one because it lands on the curve in the wall. its live oak. a little friend found while cleaning up some scrap wood.

 

[MasterBlaster]

What am I looking at???

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Momma and baby scorpions
Cool!

 

[Porkbrick]

What am I looking at???

which pic Butch?

 

[MasterBlaster]

The last one, I guess!

 

[Porkbrick]

scorpion with a load of babys riding piggy back.

 

[Burnham]

Awesome work, Jaime. Sculpture, really.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Sup, dawg! Just slumming???

 

[Burnham]

Just back from a week backpacking and camping up on the Gifford Pinchot NF, Mt. Adams Wilderness. I'll post some pics when I get them downloaded.

 

[pantheraba]

Just back from a week backpacking and camping

Burnham...you are the cat's meow!!! Great to see you out and about...or aboot for the Cannucks.