 Before . . .
|  Pete selects logs 3/19/08
|  Michal de-barks logs 3/21/08
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 Leveling drill spot
|  Marking other side drill spot
|  Mike drills 1st hole 3/24/08
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 Pete & Brian ready construction area 3/25/08
|  Logs into position
|  Logs almost in place to start scribing and coping
|
 Brian scribing
|  Pete scribing
|  Chiseling scribe mark to
prevent splintering when
sawing
|
 1st coping cut. Note scribe line
|  Grinding finished edge
|  1 finished cope. See scribe
line on uncut top
|
 Sawing copes
|  One finished top
|  Ready for lag screws
|
 Nice fit!
|  Attaching 1 top
|  Another nice fit!
|
 Logs fitted and attached. Trimming top log
|  The lift starts
|  Maneuvering into position
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 Up & over existing fence
|  Almost in place
|  Off come the lifting straps & braces
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 Almost done - awaiting address numbers
3/25/08
|  Michal places number layout (After days of preping - with thanks to Gerald Porter - &
painting planks) 4/15/08
|  One last adjustment to an eye-bolt
|
 1st number board up - AND IT HOLDS!!!
|  Our numbers up & secure
|  End of the day's work
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 Last trip up, last coat of polyurethane for top log tip-top
|  We did it!!! 4/16/08
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