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   davamoore | May 23, 2003 07:10am | #1

   frenchy, those photos and discussion over on Breaktime go a long way toward explaining your condition.  Now I know why you feel compelled to hoard millions of board feet of wood... that huge darn house of yours will eat up everything you've stashed away, not to mention every spare minute of your life!

   But hey, it's a masterpiece and very pretty.  Best of luck.  Don't fall off that roof!

   David

   "The world that was not made is not won by what is done" -- Mundaka Upanishad

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   JeffKurtz | May 24, 2003 12:46am | #2

   Wow! That's a big project, and it really looks great.  Are you building it right on Lake Minicaca?

   Is the maple too bad to sell it to those folks who, not realizing it's just rotting wood, use it for furniture?

   For heavens sake, don't let that tamarack get ruined.  My great grandfather's old homestead is built out of the stuff.  About 150 yrs old now and still sound as can be. Never saw a drop of paint or stain in all those years.  So much pitch in it that any kind of sealant is probably superfluous.  (Still can't believe he hewed all that stuff - on four sides.)

   Jeff

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   fdampier5 | May 24, 2003 05:58am | #3

   Jeff,

     Lake Minnetonka..  anybody want any spalted maple come on by --- you can have it!

     the tamarck seems to be rot proof.   Isn't it a neat wood?  I just love the grain and contrast in the growth rings..

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   AlanTurner | May 26, 2003 06:54pm | #4

   French,

   Could you post the direct link to these pix?  I couldn't find it.  Thx.

   Alan

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   JeffKurtz | May 27, 2003 03:14pm | #5

   A bit difficult to find since "Shoeman" did the posts and the pics.  They are interspersed throughout most of the thread.

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=30347.3

   (THat Frenchie must have a strong back.)

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   AlanTurner | May 27, 2003 04:12pm | #6

   Thank you so much.  Quite a project.

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   fdampier5 | May 29, 2003 02:25am | #7

   Jeff,

      strong back?

     nah!     I sell construction forklifts.     I simply bring home a demo whenever I need to lift beams..   My favorite picture is the time I used our big dog (56 feet of boom plus a 12 foot jib)  to clear the roof putting the first roof truss on the south corner of the great room into place..

     I barely cleared the peak by tipping the jib all of the way up.   68 feet plus about 12 feet of truss tip!   

         most of the time I use a 42 foot Ingersol Rand..

     So what do you think, 

          A.        Fine Home Building

          B.        Fine Wood Working

          C.        none of the above?

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   JeffKurtz | May 29, 2003 02:19pm | #8

   D. Architectural Digest

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   fdampier5 | May 29, 2003 04:09pm | #9

   they'd laugh at me,  there are darn few drawings and none by an architect.   I think they'd rather do a spread on the mud huts of Kenya then show work done by do-it- yourselfer..

     But the thought was very kind..