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Hunting/Fishing hut

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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by 220 » Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:19 am

Still making slow if steady progress slabbed a bit more timber yesterday afternoon and this morning, ran out of fuel with about 3 slabs to go. Everything in the picture is from a single log,
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One thing that would be handy even during the build would be a toilet so went through the steel pile and made a start.
Just a long drop but better than squatting in the paddock 40x40 rhs frame sitting on 150x50. Can get about 1200mm with the posthole auger so that will do for a pit. Can just pick the whole thing up on forks and move it to a new hole as needed.
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With the odd warmer day I have managed to get a couple of coats of paint on some of the window, one more coat and I can refit the glass and put them back together
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by Hatchdog » Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:57 am

That’s going to be a mighty fine biffer you’re building.
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by 220 » Thu Dec 12, 2024 3:04 pm

Son should be home next week for a month or more, I have been steadily getting bits and pieces done so we can get stuck into the build.
Finally got around to building a rough bridge on an old forestry track that has been unused for decades which will give us a second access track to this part of the farm.
Just 4 bearers across the creek, logs layed at 90 degrees and a bit of soil and gravel over the top to level it out. Photos are a bit deceptive bearer logs are 20-24" and close to 10y in length, deck logs are 16-20". Deck is about 4y above the water, shouldnt have any issues with flooding as the catchment area is only a few hundred acres. Have had 90 hp tractor over it towing tipping tralier with 3-4 ton of gravel a dozen time or more without a problem so it should do the job
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I went through all the boards I had milled and sawed them to final size, reject rate was higher than I was anticipating at around 30%, Twisting bowing, pulpy sections, cupping knots etc, Should be able to salvage a bit out of them but will only be short length's.
Still enough for me to get the front deck down, a bit of variation in thickness, a thicknesser would be nice to even them up but have to work with what I have so just evened up the joins and removed any high spots with a plane.
I keep needing to remind myself it is a rustic cabin build and good enough is good enough it does not need to be perfect.
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Next job is to start sawing some of the structural timber to final size.
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by Hatchdog » Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:55 am

That bridge certainly looks stout and well tested too.
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by 220 » Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:08 am

Have made some really good progress in a few days this week, son arrived home Sunday so I have had an offsider.
We have the majority of the structural timber saw to size, knocked together the wall frames and have stood them, a couple of deck posts up and one of the beams for the loft over the deck. Still need to square up and brace the walls, put the missing noggins and heads in.
Easy to see some of the progress we are making and should come together reasonably quickly from here on.

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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by DsGrouse » Thu Dec 19, 2024 8:22 am

Nice
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:39 pm

Looking great.
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by 220 » Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:35 pm

Have made a little more progress over the past week or so.
Squared and braced the framing, missing heads and noggins all in, second post and beam for the loft over the deck up along with the bearers/rafters and the floor down. The short loft walls are made and up, ridge beam made and spliced together. Even put a handrail on the front of the deck to stop me falling off into the creek.
Next step is to hoist the ridge beam install rafters then get some roofing on. Son headed into the mountains for a week or so after Christmas, he should be home in the next day or two. I did attempt to hoist the ridge beam solo but a 12" wide hardwood beam over 20' long is just too heavy and unmanagable on my own. I did get it up and on top of the framing and loft just needs to go up the final 4 feet to it final position.
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by Ernie » Wed Jan 01, 2025 4:13 pm

Looking good.
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Re: Hunting/Fishing hut

Post by daytime dave » Wed Jan 01, 2025 5:48 pm

Great effort so far.
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