Around the Shop

I am not a brick layer. I can't believe I even considered laying the brick on this shop but I found a way out. Bill's friend Larry K...

Here is the short video that Shawn Lance did of the barn raising. He is still editing the complete barn raising program. Thanks once again t...

Well the roof is finally done and in good time. The rains have set in thanks to a stubborn low pressure system stuck in Texas pumping moistu...

The Snorkle is a 4-wheel drive machine that lifts 50' in the air with a basket where you operate it. After a while I got comfortable nav...

Many people have asked why I'm building a new shop. Well as you can see in the photo of the table base I am at my limit of space. Also t...

I thought I would add some more photos from the barn raising day to show some of the process we used to get this thing together. Everything ...

How do you finish the outside of a timber frame structure? I hate to cover the beautiful timbers but the weather says I must. If I used 2x4 ...