My Sign Post

[The WoodButcher]

    Hi All, I'm giving it a shot at timber framing. Just making my sign post for now and we'll see how that goes.     I'm using a 8x8 syp for the post.

[Kirk Allen]

So whats  the latest on the sign post WB?

[The WoodButcher]

My real job is cramping my style 

[Kirk Allen]

Man dont I know that feeling.

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Try being retired, boy and girls.

One's style gets cramped quite often, with that occupation.

[John Bartley]

Try being retired, boy and girls.

One's style gets cramped quite often, with that occupation.

Ain't that the truth ....

[Kirk Allen]

Frank, Define Retirement 

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Classroom attendance being required, five days a week.   I was usually there between 5:30 and 6 each morning, and left at 4 in the afternoon.  The last two years I went on two thirds time, which ment that I could leave at 12:20 each day.  I chose that to ease myself out of the system, rather than an all day approach.  The afternoon helped set the stage for increaseing sawmilling production and consulting services I was developing.

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Back to the sign post.  When do we gest to see the entire sign in place?

[Kirk Allen]

My father was a teacher for 37 years.  I know the schedule oh to well.  As you, he was dedicated to his job of educating the young. 

Its sad that in many areas our Teachers are not paid near enough for what they do. 

Locally, a first year math teacher can bring $29,000 before taxes.  That same teacher in the suburbs of Chicago will be $48,000. 

Its no wonder our small towns are drying up.   

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Kirk, I started out a $4,200 a year, full time, in 1968.  Retired 30 years later at $38,500.

At the beginning of my 5th year a friend offered me $100,000 as year, jet at my disposal, a castle in Spain, condo on the Gulf of California, in Mexico and an office with a comute of only 20 miles each day, from my home on Monmouth, Oregon. 

I turned it down, because I wanted to be an educator.  Did I succeed?  I think so.  Do I miss something I never had? Nope!

How about the sign progress?

[The WoodButcher]

The weather's been to nasty to work on it any Frank. I am going to build a jig to cut the tenons with my mill. I know a guy that made one and it works great. EZ to make too. I'll post pix when I get it made.

[Kirk Allen]

I hear you on the weather.  We got about an 1" of ice followed by 3-4" of snow last night and then it hit 40 this afternoon.  I have not seen so much mud in my life. 

Now if I only had one of those fancy forklifts that could go through the mud  

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Shirt sleeeeeeve all day here, today asnd tomorrow.  The rains are just around the corner.

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Twenty some days later, we are experiencing very heavy snow squals, butnot much sticking.  The coast is bseing hit really hard with sticking snow , closed highways and some pretty sorry sounding accidents in the Coast Range at the higher elevations.   

[The WoodButcher]

Here we go, I love doing this stuff and this is just the first connection I've made so far.    I think I need to put shoulders on the mortise's. Ya recon? I know, I know pick up the pace a little.  We have had nasty weather for way too long now, everytime I head out, it starts raining whats up wit dat???

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Looks like the first one is square for sure.  Nice looking job.

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

WB, have you gotten the sigh finished and up?  Sure would be nice to see the finished product.