shed building

Traditional framing and building practices, using wood, stone, straw, clay.
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Steve
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Re: shed building

Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:39 pm

Decided on laminated marine plywood, 1/4 inch x 2 1/2 in. strips, 10 plys in all. They will span 7'. Glued, clamped and stapled, it takes about 2 hrs to compete one. We have 10 arches to build, so I put some thought into building some type of temporary bench to get us to a comfortable working height, but in the end we just made these up on the shop floor.

3 more to go... the laminations are tight and glue is bonding well, but if I was doing this again I would figure out some kind of a bench and better clamping system.
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Re: shed building

Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:55 pm

Making slow progress on the sheds, I am actually building 2 identical at the same time. My intent is to use no trim on the interior, every piece of wood to be structural. So, the windows will fit directly into the framework. The bottom sash is fixed, the top will open.
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Re: shed building

Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:50 pm

Progress on the sheds continues - the frame is going together and finally getting some breathing room in the shop!
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Re: shed building

Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:23 pm

Homemade drawbore marking pin...
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Re: shed building

Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:35 pm

On to the doors now...
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Re: shed building

Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:32 pm

Had a bit of a rough time getting brackets mounted to the frame to support a small roof above the door. Started attempting a traditional bracket held with a wooden wedge, but was not nearly strong enough - the post was just too small to give enough support, and I just bungled the whole wedge arrangement, right down to ruining my favorite chisel while chopping out a mortise. It was that kind of evening.

The truth is I just overlooked this detail until the very end, and these little brackets demanded way more consideration than I gave them.

So with 4 huge mortises cut and no turning back I had to switch from the traditional approach to very practical 3/8 inch threaded rod. By the love of Buddha somehow there was just enough room to sneak the rod in and cinch up the slack. Brackets are snug and tight.
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Re: shed building

Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:21 pm

I am liking the progress. Thank for putting up pictures. (I hate your huge organized clean workshop!)
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Re: shed building

Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:49 pm

Nice weather is here and the shed is coming together. The plan is to assemble it here in the yard and have it moved to the building site. I actually cut the parts for 2 sheds this winter, and one was just sold over the weekend. It will be used as a sauna down at the other end of the gorge.

The sheathing is v groove t&g fir from the rebuild center, over that will go a bevel cedar siding.
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