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 ...
got the East and West RPSLs up this weekend. hope to get the center RPSL up next weekend as well as the Ridgepole. that will give us the whole next week to work on rafters!
At times it seemed like the first step would never happen, but on June 9th, 2011 we signed the papers and became the proud owners of 55 acres. Its a long drive to get there, its up in the mountains, but it has good access, lots of trees, and a good building site. We spent all day there on the 10th. We made a campfire, cooked hot dogs for lunch, hiked around some of the trails, took some measurements to get an idea for setbacks, and let the boys shoot their .22 at some makeshift ...
well, we decided DH will stop working for the summer so we can get back to building. will be at the job site pretty much full time starting Saturday June 11th.
http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z424/kennit828/ Pics from last summer, our first time seeing the property.
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