purlins are all cut

After a little nap this afternoon, we finished cutting our fourth and final purlin! Now there only remains lots and lots of sanding to do on the last few beams, most of the posts, and the purlins. We are planning to pour the oven slab on Monday, so stay tuned.

still millin' purlin

Almost done. We spent yesterday and today trying to get our purlins finished. We almost got our last purlin milled today, but we had to dash off to a motor vehicle accident page for the fire department. There is about 40 minutes of sawing left to finish the last one. They'll definitely look impressive in the bakery. We're hoping that building the oven will get us pumped-up enough to lift them up onto the posts when its time.

Market day tomorrow again. Time for bed.

milling purlins

We finished peeling the purlins today, and began setting up a jig for the Alaskan mill. It took a while, and a fair amount of fiddling, but we finally got it set up satisfactorily, then came the slow job of actually cutting it. In the end, it turned out very well. Only 3 more purlins to mill. The kids seem to love sawdust and planer shavings only slightly less than sand.

planing

Today we planed. We planed a lot. The stack of wood you can see at the far left of the photo is what we planed today. I wonder if I can put the word "planed" in every sentence? All the boards we planed today will be part of the ceiling, above the 6x10 beams.

We picked up the items we need to get going on the oven. We may start the slab on Friday or Monday. We shall see. Until then, there is some planing to finish, and a lot of log work and sanding too.