This is how the joints will look on the hen house. The marks on the boards are slight low spots left in the sawing that I didn't want to continue to remove and reduce the thickness. Its not snipe by the planer. Some of the marks were also ice, as some of the stickers were frozen to the lumber as well.
I wanted to make up some sort of molding to dress up the wall top where it meets the roof. Kinda tough without a tables saw, but did just fine with my router and festool saw system. The back side of the top edge needed to be beveled to allow for the slope of the roof
then I needed to cut a compound miter for the corners
here's a close up of that dump window he he he It will open outward from the bottom for summer ventilation
Tah-Dah..... I'll eventually move the outside pen in front of the new hen house, but this will do for now to start young chicks in until the snow melts, and ground dries up so I can bring in some sand.
We ought to have some happy chickens now ;-) and happy chickens means more eggs!
Not to shabby for chain sawed lumber :-)
Didn't have enough time to finish of the sugar house for my logger friend due to the snow depth, but at least its functional in time for the cooking.
We got the first run cooked last night. Can't wait to have Easter breakfast with this! An old Canadian tradition I've kept up eventhough my Kids have grown and moved on is eggs & ham cooked in Maple syrup every Easter. If ever you get an opportunity to see sap cooked down to syrup in an operation like this, you'll find it pretty interesting to see it all unfold. It takes approximately 40 gal of sap for one gallon of Maple Syrup.
