The house has four floors and on each floor most rooms have either post or beams or both. We are using DougFir 10x10 kiln dried lumber to make these post and beams with. Each one has to be hand drawn to get the effect I am after. So for two days, Mark and Skip worked up a sweat as they chipped away on three and four sides.
They charged by the foot, and didn't exactly take any breaks as they flew thru the 63 pieces of timber. What a business, bring an ax and make a mess...:)
Then the timber was carried out and sanded by hand. First 50 grit, then 80 grit and finally down to 120 grit until it was as smooth as a baby back end. Each timber had several spots were deep cuts had been made. This added the exact character I was looking for.
After each one was stained and given three coats of varnish it was time to instal them....but only if it was raining and we couldn't do anything else. But man do they look great in place......AWESOME BABY......just awesome.
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IT shows how much you know about people and cultures. They are not Mexicans, they came from Honduras.
We Joel is a US Citizen for one and his brother and two cousins work for my main contractor and all have green cards. If I needed 5 guys to work and had to choose between 1 from Honduras and 5 from Cosby.....I would still get the work done on time with Joel.
I'd rather hire 5 from Cosby. Most of those Cosby kids have been hurting for work since the show went off the air. Especially Lisa Bonet.
ROTFL....but that is Cosby, Tennessee the arm pit of the northern hemishpere. Step away from the computer and turn off the TV..man.
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