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Projects around my place
TnAndy:
One of the main reasons I bought my Woodmizer LT40 back in 1991 was to use the timber off my place to build stuff on my place. That has worked out great, saving me many tens of thousands of bucks in lumber costs, and even more when you add in sales tax on buying lumber, and income taxes on earning money to buy lumber.....those last two are often overlooked forms of savings from producing your own lumber.
One small project I use on a continuous basis are my firewood sheds. I built two of them couple years ago, and liked them enough to build two more after that. Each of them is about 6 1/2' deep X 12' inside. They hold right at 4 cords when stacked into the rafters. That gives me 16 cords of wood cut/split/drying at any point in time...we use about 4-6 cords/yr between the house (insert upstairs, free standing stove in basement used when it gets below mid teens, wood cookstove in the auxiliary kitchen off the back of the garage, not used much), shop (wood furnace), greenhouse (freestanding stove used if we get early cold, not all winter).
The sheds are movable when empty, I drag them to where I'm cutting/thinning, and later move to other areas. I keep one at the mill site.
Build them in my shop (another project of home lumber):
Drag them outside to paint, install roof metal.
Kirk Allen:
Very nice!
TnAndy:
OK...another small project of two years back. Had a smaller, similar fuel storage shed in the same spot, but built it too close too a tree that subsequently blew out in an early snow....leaves were still on the tree, and it got a wet, heavy snow taking it down, and the corner of the shed with it. Tanks were on minimal metal angle stands, one broke, the other bent. Didn't have a concrete base, just 4 posts in ground.
So, new shed in order. Poured an 8 x12 pad, and came off that with the building. 6x6 treated post sunk into concrete, rest is my lumber off the WM. Poplar and red oak because I have a lot of it.
Loft is for the tanks. Put it with 6'2" headroom under it so I don't bump my head.
Homemade trusses with plywood gusset plates & lots of 6p air nails I commonly use on smaller buildings like this. Set them on 36" centers, roof is light weight and steep enough pitch it won't hold much snow.
Put enough overhang front and back to protect it well. Purlin material is 5/4 x 6 nailed flat 24"oc.
Spray with couple coats of barn red. kept one of the older tanks, a 250 gal that was gasoline, now diesel (yellow). Bought new 300gal (red) for gas. Hard plumbed both to filters, then to flex hose with nozzle for filling stuff. I get the tanks filled by local oil distributor that runs a route here.
Shelves under on left for jugs of motor oil/hydraulic/anti-freeze/etc.
Right side for general storage.
TnAndy:
Nuther project about 7-8 years back. Was going to re-model the house kitchen, down to studs/lot of changes, and knew it would take me several months....so built an 'auxiliary' kitchen off the back off the house garage. Had it in mind for quite a while for an eventual work space to cut meat (we raise beef, pork, chicken, catfish and do a lot of garden canning), but for a couple months, it was THE kitchen.
First cut a hole in the back wall of the garage, big enough for set of double doors so we can roll cart in with animal halves/quarters...slaughter done in field.
Sawed out existing garage floor to tie in drains.
Slab prep for room, which is 12x22. Lower side slopes off steep to creek bed, so had to pour a footer and build up several courses of block to support the floor and new wood cook stove flue.
Wall framing 2x6 white pine/poplar mix. Hole in back wall between ladders is for window AC for planned walk-in cooler to chill meat.
Roof framing 2x6 w/1x6 sheathing. Ties into existing garage roof.
Walk-in cooler framed in. Found a used, pre-hung door from old cooler that fit my needs just fine. Finished cooler with 4" foam board, then 1/8" white fiberglass panels to finish. Cooling is from a 12,000 BTU window AC unit controlled by a 'coolbot' electronic controller that will hold the 6x6' room at 35 degrees.
Space to the right of the cooler made a dandy walk-in pantry for storing canned foods/etc.
Finished left side of room, with wood stove.
Right side/end of room, not quite done with cabinets at this shot. Large, used, commercial sink. Window/dishwasher re-purposed out of remodeled main kitchen. 30gal water heater with hose attached so I can hose the whole place down to floor drains after use.
Counter tops are knock off Corian, bought at a liquidator place. First experience working with it....not bad, but DO sand the stuff out in the yard....dust is finer than any flour and gets in everything !
furu:
Nice set of projects. You do fine work sir!
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