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
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Brian scribing
| Pete scribing
| Chiseling scribe mark to
prevent splintering when
sawing
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1st coping cut. Note scribe line
| Grinding finished edge
| 1 finished cope. See scribe
line on uncut top
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Sawing copes
| One finished top
| Ready for lag screws
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Nice fit!
| Attaching 1 top
| Another nice fit!
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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
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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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