About jrdavis
- Biography:
- I have built a 'stick frame house' from the framed walls to completion.
Took the class in 1999 from SKIP (Before Y2K) Used frequent flyer miles, slept in rental car in Monroe strip mall, was wary of FANG as I was going up the drive.
Met Chip when he was 5 and even 'kept tabs on him' during class, as we wandered around outside with Skip giving us hands on building experience. I even got to talk about Bruce Lee after everyone had left on saturday night.
I am a father of 7 children. Been to Iraq 3 times. Been in Djibouti Africa.
- Location:
- CB, Iowa
- Interests:
- Hunting, Fishing and Logs
- Occupation:
- Database Administration Analyst -- Oracle, Sybase, MSSql
Iowa Log Building -- some day
pics
http://s1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh510/pltn1042/
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jrdavis on 08-01-2011 at 11:36 AM
I was able to pick up nine, 10 foot sections of ELM trees this weekend.
I am wanting to make 4x8 or 4X10's or even board/batten lumber with my new sawmill that I purchased.
Has anyone used ELM before? Will it withstand the stresses of a porch roof or joists, etc?
Some of the sections are 36 inches around. 3 sections are 20-30 inches, 4 are 12-20 inches in diameter.
I purchased the Harbor Freight Mill on sale with 20% off coupon, delivered to my door for
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