Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

This week was full of more wood for the site.  Basically, about 1 and 1/4 time the previous order with almost all of it 1x8 boards meaning more face to be planed down.  I have so many boards I am having storage problems until I get them all ready.  So I had to use two of my 2x6 boards to make some sawhorses to store some of the wood on. A lot of warp in this board.  This is fairly common in the wood here. Another problem we have this time around is that the boards that will be used to face the climbing wall have to be trimmed down in size.  In the USA when you buy a 1-inch thick board it is actually 3/4" thick.  Here that board is 1 1/4" thick.  Not a problem except the bolts for the climbing handles are made for a board that is less than 1" thick.  So we have to trim those boards down almost 3/8". What does this mean?  I ran out of diesel fuel before I finished planing the wood this week.  So I started digging out the are...

Most regular readers of my blog know I am a fan of "Tiny House Nation" on the FYI Network.  What you may not know is I love a lot of the shows that do a lot of creative things on houses and yards and buildings in general.  Things like "Home Town", "Fixer Upper", "Rehab Addict"  any of the flipper or crasher programs on DIY and HGTV network.  It started a long time ago with "This Old House" on PBS.  I liked shows that show more of the work and what it takes to make something.  I especially like a show that is more realistic in their time frames.  I hate it when a show pours concrete and then pretends to build on it the next day.  If they actually do that, I don't care what special additives they use they are causing problems down the road if not sooner.  Concrete cures over time.  If you properly cure concrete for 7 days it will be 50% stronger than if you don't.  AS important is the fact that the concrete will release moisture f...