Hoosierhunting
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Half lapped the cross beams
And set all three. Using two 2”x6” for additional support
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Half lapped the cross beams
And set all three. Using two 2”x6” for additional support
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Hoosierhunting
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The deer are feeding on acorns and alfalfa primarily now. I’ve transitioned some of the summer mix area to WR and left most of it standing. The milo heads, soybeans and cowpeas should start getting hit later this fall. 
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Hoosierhunting
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Decked and “trapdoor” built. I tried explaining to the kids that a trapdoor would drop and not open up but they told me that was clearly a trapdoor and that dad didn’t know what he was talking about. If they’re happy I’m happy.
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Thanks CT but I’m no furniture maker that’s for sure! Several generations ago my Grandma’s side of the family were barn builders. We have some of their framing slicks, chisels and stuff still in the family. I have a long term goal of building a small timber frame barn on the property using those tools and timber cut off the farm. There’s a guy on YouTube that I really enjoy watching, he’s documented building a cabin and barn/shop and except for the fact that he uses a Kawasaki Mule instead of a real mule it might as well be 1800. He fells the trees, hews them and turns them into something useful and a beautiful. No talking, just the sound of the tools. His YouTube channel is Mr. Chikadee if you like that kinda stuff. He’s a young veteran and aside from the work, I just love seeing that kinda self-reliance and grit in a young person. Makes me think we might be alright after all.
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Elkaddict
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Hoosier,
Great work there! Could I trouble you to post a link to the video you reference?
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One of his early videos. Check out the Capistan he built for lifting timbers.
The first in his cabin build series. This whole video is just the readying of a framing chisel but it’s kind of cool that he starts with the tools
This is #2 of 23 in the cabin build series. He gets into some wood with this one. If you enjoy them it’s a fantastic series to watch his cabin build as well as his other builds.
The cabin is all early American techniques. Some of his other builds employ Japanese and Korean joinery The guy is truly a student of carpentry.
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Finally was able to put a few hours in on the treehouse. Got some walls framed and sheathed. 
Windy day so not the best time for carrying sheet goods around 10’ off the ground. I’m getting old, walking walls on a two story is definitely in my past.
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Windy day so not the best time for carrying sheet goods around 10’ off the ground. I’m getting old, walking walls on a two story is definitely in my past.
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Hoosierhunting
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Finally was able to put a few more hours in on the treehouse. Hoping to be able to put a couple more in tomorrow and put the roof on. Then cut out the rest of the windows and maybe even get some siding on. I usually get half of what I plan done in a day so we’ll see how it goes.
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Spent a few hours at the farm today. Noticed the sunn hemp was flowering and the Egyptian Wheat is heading out. 
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Was able to make a little progress today and get the ridge beam and rafters up. The metal supplier missed delivery time so no roof this weekend and going to CO for a week. Then catch up on work and prime time hunting....not looking good for progress.
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Hoosierhunting
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Between the trip to CO and the rain since I’ve been back it’s been hard to make much progress. Sheathed a gable, built out the fly rafter, put all the purlins down and got some metal on. Might need scaffolding to do the other gable end. 
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Left the roofing short hoping I can do the other gable from the inside out.
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Looking good. I built one very similar 20 years ago. It’s still going strong.
I would STRONGLY recommend overlapping the gable end (lower) sheathing on to your framing of the side wall. It’s where 80-90% of your shear strength comes from.
You could also use “L” brackets on inside, so long as you have 20-30 nails holding the walls together.
But you really need a mechanical connection between both walls other than the top plate nails.
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I would STRONGLY recommend overlapping the gable end (lower) sheathing on to your framing of the side wall. It’s where 80-90% of your shear strength comes from.
You could also use “L” brackets on inside, so long as you have 20-30 nails holding the walls together.
But you really need a mechanical connection between both walls other than the top plate nails.
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