Long time...

It's been too cold to go down to the cabin and there are always too many other things to do on the weekends.

Decided to start to work on Timber framing. Bought a nice Barr chisel and got some basic plans to build two timber frame sawhorses. Found a cheap drill guide to attach to my drill to get nice perpendicular holes when creating mortises. Using 4x6 timbers (deck posts) and had to redo some of the dimensions to get everything to work. I think the trick of doing joints quickly is all in the tools you have. Plan to get some of the trees down on the property cut and moved so I can have somebody come buy with a portable saw and make a few beams for me to use. I will probably start with something small and simple like a lean-to to store the tractor in. I will get the timbers cut and bring them home on the trailer to dry in the basement. The only problem will be the weight since the timber is oak. It is very heavy.

Hope to get down the the cabin in the next week or so to make sure everything is OK. Finally just went and bought the simple propane heater that attaches to a 20# cylinder. Won't be able to sleep with it on, but it fires up quickly and puts out quite a bit of heat. It will be better to buy the direct vent heater off season and install it this summer.

I will take some pictures of the saw horses in the next few days and post them. Actually did some Geocaching today for the first time in a long while. Better get back to some mortise cutting.