Tractor time - May 21

Thursday was a day for moving the timbers. One by one, little 2755 John Deere moved 7 finished rafter pieces from the DONE pile inside the barn, around the windbreak and added them to the pile in the middle of the lawn. Next, 6 rough cut timbers were moved from the pile on the edge of the lawn and put at the end of the barn where they will be wrestled into the building one at a time for jointing.

Then there was an aside: either eagerness to see the whole frame, the need for a little encouragement. or the need to physically confirm that things are going to fit when we start assembling. A west rafter and an east rafter are fitted here. A moment to pause, admire the work, and photograph before these go under the big tarp too.

With all the wood moved around, it was back to working out how to get the second big log milled down to 10x12 without bark on the corners.