Gordon Gould
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- Joined
- Apr 1, 2007
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- Location
- NorthEastern, VT
- Tractor
- Kubota L3010DT, Kubota M5640SUD, Dresser TD7G Dozer
I finished the swinging doors and latch on the east end of my splitting shed yesterday. I wasn’t sure how those big heavy doors were going to swing, after I cut thru the center of the cross members with my sawzall, but they work pretty slick.
The little Ryobi 18 volt saw is laying on the beam on the left. That thing works pretty good but draws down the battery a lot faster than my drill.
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It’s probably going to be a few weeks before I can get back on this project. Next up is enclosing the west end and installing a window and man door there.
Those 200 year old American Chestnut boards that I recovered from the roofs of my great great grandad’s old barns are nice to work with. They have a nice smell when I cut them, and I like the color. I also used one of the hickory pegs from those barns, that I pulled out of a hand hewn beam, for the handle on the new latch.
I’ve got plenty of that left to finish the enclosure of the splitting shed (far end and half of the dividing wall between the new 24 face cord capacity woodshed on the left.
I like it wolc123. Especially the door latch. That is some nice looking solid old lumber for sure !
The last couple mornings the ground was stiff enough for a few hours that I could start blocking up the wood I pulled out last winter. By 10, coffee time, it was to soft already. Another messy day today - heavy wet snow mixed with rain. Weighted down branches, never had so many down branches as this year.
gg