The Log house Project begins........

[MotorSeven]

I've been working on the loft & half bath. All the walls are up and I just need to do some trim work, build a vanity and install the sink & head. Lots of angles to cut and many trips up and down the ladder.

6" insulation in:

Cedar int he bathroom:

Poplar everywhere else and some had some nice spalting on it:

 

[MotorSeven]

The large opening is access to the dead space "attic/storage area" & I will build a Z door for it. The opening above it is a shelf that the War Department requisitioned after a inspection yesterday

Closing in the other attic space:

& trimming out the window with spalted Poplar:

 

[MotorSeven]

 

[318Rocks]

... Then again, I also heard Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari and rolls Royce have sold more cars in 2012 than ever before.

Hey WF, They don't call economic downturns an ECONOMIC WEALTH TRANSFER for no reason at all
It simply finds its way to the uber rich; you know, the ones managing the market I Owe I Owe It's Off To Work I Go....

(others just refer to these transfer periods as - recessions, depressions)

 

[tommu56]

Have you looked at a water ram for moving the spring water to your house?

put a cistern near the house and ram pumping to it.

tom

 

[tommu56]

Have you looked at a water ram for moving the spring water to your house?

put a cistern near the house and ram pumping to it.

tom

 

[MotorSeven]

Tom, not enough flow for a ram....less than a pencil sized flow most of the time.

 

[MotorSeven]

Hit a snag yesterday.....that big pile of Poplar(1,000bf)...is gone. I underestimated how much I would need by a few hundred bf :confused3: Now the dilema, even if I cut or buy more I will have to stick it in the solar kiln and that will take a few weeks to dry........grrrrr.

 

[bindian]

Rick,
Out of Poplar?:confused3: Foam the runway!:shocked: Do you have any Yellow Pine in your masterpiece?
Last Saturday, I took my grapple and Mahindra an hour away to help an old friend cutup and pile up two large dead oak trees. She was on her Dad's little Kubota and I was impressed with her loader skills pushing the smaller stuff (less than 2 feet in diameter). At lunch, I told her about your log house project. To which she added...................you need to buy a sawmill.:cloud9::applause::jump::yes::drink::cool2::dance1::thumbsup:
hugs, Brandi:us-texas::cowgirl:

 

[Obed]

Hit a snag yesterday.....that big pile of Poplar(1,000bf)...is gone. I underestimated how much I would need by a few hundred bf :confused3: Now the dilema, even if I cut or buy more I will have to stick it in the solar kiln and that will take a few weeks to dry........grrrrr.

Rick, you still haven't installed the well (or some other mysterious yet to be decided water supply). How much will this poplar delay impact your moving-in date?
Obed

 

[tnmike]

Lookin good Rick. You've got plenty of other stuff to do while you are waiting on poplar to dry. I wouldn't sweat it.

 

[MotorSeven]

Lookin good Rick. You've got plenty of other stuff to do while you are waiting on poplar to dry. I wouldn't sweat it.

Your right...if I can get some more stickered and stacked. I have to rat you out Mike.....HE HAS A BRAND NEW KIOTI but no posts or pictures yet:anyone:

Obed, I had the douser out on Sunday. Interesting guy who used copper wire and "asked" questions to them. If it was a yes, they crossed, and a no, then they would go the other way -out at 90 degrees to each other. He said there is good no sulphur water @ 200' with a 15 gal a min flow.....I would be ecstatic with that:thumbsup: The spot I found with my coat hanger wires was about 25' away and his "investigation" deemed that it was shallow surface water moving through, not a underground stream. Since it's in the area I want to put the well anyway I figure I might as well(pun intended) dig where he recommended. We should drill early next month.

YES Brandi....do it...get your mill. I you can find a used one in good shape you won't loose a dime on it when you sell.

 

[MotorSeven]

AHHH, I can throw Mike further under the bus...loook at what I found in a email:



Stubby little beast isin't it? And I see Bullet is "breaking in the tires" properly:laughing:

 

[tnmike]

I haven't been hiding ...honest. It is just too much of a pain to post from this smartphone.

 

[MotorSeven]

I haven't been hiding ...honest. It is just too much of a pain to post from this smartphone.

ahhh---haaahem.......{lame}:laughing:

 

[MotorSeven]

Ok, I worked on the Loft Bath. I set the head, and built a Vanity. I bought a chepo porcelain sink for under $30 and kinda stood around thinking about what to make the top out of....then it hit me....BARN TIN. So I marked and cut a piece of 3/4 ply:

Then a section of "Z" tin:

Ready for fitment in the bathroom:

 

[MotorSeven]

I made it over-sized so I have a couple of inches to bend down and nail with galvanized roofing nails:

Then I added the last Cabela's ships lamps(this one is copper):

The only thing left is a framed mirror on a hinge to access the storage area behind the vanity:

 

[forgeblast]

+1 on the tin that looks real cool.

 

[tony Cecil]

Great idea.......Tony

 

[MotorSeven]

I took the Cherry out of the Kiln and started planing it down. 6 years ago I bought an old Delta 13" planer just for this project:

And a HF dust collector:

I made 150 gallons of sawdust in just a couple of hours and the wood looks great:

I also picked up another 1,000 bf of Polpar and I am re-loading the kiln today with it. Kitchen cabinet bases get built today.