Jim worked in the shop this morning, prepping more wood for the lean to barn door...
In the afternoon, we headed outside. With the new bit, he was able to start drilling the holes for the pegs that will attach the mortise and tenon connections.
The pegs will go completely through the beam, so Jim has to drill precisely through both sides. Here he's just broken through...
Continuing to drill holes...
If you look closely through this hole, you can see Jim's eye staring through the hole from the other side!
The view without his eye!
Continuing to drill holes...
Jim had to find a good position for each hole so that he was drilling straight through - he used wood blocks, the ladder, the scaffolding, depending on the height. Here he had to work in the trees!
He got all 20 holes drilled so that was a big accomplishment.
After that, we decided to clean up the yard a bit - along the side of the upper driveway, erosion has made rocks be exposed and they interfere with the mower, so we were picking them up and digging them out...
We ended up with a bucketful...
After that, we did some weeding of our rock wall at the side of the pole barn lean to. I definitely should have taken a before and after picture but trust me - it looks much better now! Then Jim did a little more grass cutting.
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| High 72.8/Low 52.2 - beautiful! |
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