Worked on a number of projects in Waterville yesterday. Caroline finished up the shed staining which looks great.
We borrowed the neighbor's ladder to do the top portions. With the stain it almost looks like cedar siding. Hopefully it will allow the shed to last longer.If you have been following the blog you might notice the pile of stone outside the side door to the shed. Yesterday we moved that over to the other side of the shed after digging out the grass that was growing there, putting in perforated drain pipe and then the rock on top. As you can see I'm hoping to use the area for parking the tractor. It also can be used for piling lumber, etc. We are hoping to get a shed roof over it before too much longer. We might then move the generator out there into a semipermanent location as well as other tools, etc.
I did some milling but had problems with the mill working properly and then managed to hit my first "Log Dog" which are the metal bars which hold the logs in place. Did a number on the saw blade and resulted in it getting stuck in the log. With the hot sun beating down on the mill by then I decided to wait until later in the day to get it taken apart. Fortunately it came out with out too much trouble. The picture is of the logs we got from the spruce tree we cut down on Friday. Hopefully we can get a significant amount of lumber out of them. Don't know if we'll ever get enough for the sawmill shed. I attached the extension for the mill the other day so we can cut up to 18 foot boards.
We need 16 foot 6 x 6's for the rafters. If we ever get to the cabin we are going to need a couple of 22 foot beams which should be interesting to cut.I finally got to work a bit more on leveling the area for the sawmill shed. Still a bit muddy but a whole lot better than it was. I have most of the area dug at this point so I can start leveling. Caroline and I shot a number of points to use for grade elevations. Hopefully I can move some soil around without running into the stakes.
We borrowed the neighbor's ladder to do the top portions. With the stain it almost looks like cedar siding. Hopefully it will allow the shed to last longer.If you have been following the blog you might notice the pile of stone outside the side door to the shed. Yesterday we moved that over to the other side of the shed after digging out the grass that was growing there, putting in perforated drain pipe and then the rock on top. As you can see I'm hoping to use the area for parking the tractor. It also can be used for piling lumber, etc. We are hoping to get a shed roof over it before too much longer. We might then move the generator out there into a semipermanent location as well as other tools, etc. 
I did some milling but had problems with the mill working properly and then managed to hit my first "Log Dog" which are the metal bars which hold the logs in place. Did a number on the saw blade and resulted in it getting stuck in the log. With the hot sun beating down on the mill by then I decided to wait until later in the day to get it taken apart. Fortunately it came out with out too much trouble. The picture is of the logs we got from the spruce tree we cut down on Friday. Hopefully we can get a significant amount of lumber out of them. Don't know if we'll ever get enough for the sawmill shed. I attached the extension for the mill the other day so we can cut up to 18 foot boards.
We need 16 foot 6 x 6's for the rafters. If we ever get to the cabin we are going to need a couple of 22 foot beams which should be interesting to cut.I finally got to work a bit more on leveling the area for the sawmill shed. Still a bit muddy but a whole lot better than it was. I have most of the area dug at this point so I can start leveling. Caroline and I shot a number of points to use for grade elevations. Hopefully I can move some soil around without running into the stakes.
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