Can you see it...LOL

[farmcat]

So its January 5th, we are deep in winter here in Maine. But I had to go out and take some pics of where the new 40x80x18 is going to go. Probably kind of hard to envision, but I can see it...LOL. Next month a friend and I are going to start cutting the hemlock framing and the pine siding. Hope to have the portable bandsawmill on site ready to go by the first of May.

 

[rburke65]

I had to go and get my newer pair of glasses, but I can see it now. Very nice....you should be proud!

 

[ddawg16]

How about standing in the middle of where it's going to be and giving us a view of what you will see looking out the main door?

 

[Zeke]

I'm impressed that you're going to mill all your own wood. Will this be a timber frame?

 

[Blazin8556]

How about standing in the middle of where it's going to be and giving us a view of what you will see looking out the main door?

the door is right there man.

 

[farmcat]

I'm impressed that you're going to mill all your own wood. Will this be a timber frame?

This will be stick built, I feel a lot more comfortable doing it that way than timber frame.

 

[farmcat]

Here are a few more pics...looking toward the house out of one of the dual 14x14 overhead doors on the North end of the building...the next pic is looking towards the back of the building where there will be one 14x14 overhead. the last pic facing the road is where the 14x80 porch roof will be to put the antique tractors under for display.

 

[farmcat]

I have this building roughed out as to how I want it....need to see it in 3D and hopefully get a materials list...anyone have a recomendation for a design program??

 

[power wagon]

hey farmcat,hopefully you can start in may,been getting the weather here ,good luck. what part of me are you, north south east or west

 

[jhelrey]

You sir! Need a snowmobile! That yard is not even remotely disturbed nor tore up.

 

[55cadillacking]

I have a difficult time wrapping my suburban head around the fact you have that much land. Must be awesome! Good luck with the build, come Spring.

 

[Rookie2]

Now think of the Longgggggg walk back to the house next year in January. I'd put that sucker close to the house ! Good Luck !

 

[jmlcolorado]

Now think of the Longgggggg walk back to the house next year in January. I'd put that sucker close to the house ! Good Luck !

Or a stairwell leading to an underground tunnel that takes you to the house
Heated of course!

 

[Cemoto]

You know, I think I went through your land last year on my snowmobile . . . the house and field look familiar.

Are you about 45 miles SE of Greenville?

 

[Steve.S]

I have this building roughed out as to how I want it....need to see it in 3D and hopefully get a materials list...anyone have a recomendation for a design program??

Check out Google Sketchup: http://download.cnet.com/SketchUp/3000-6677_4-10257337.html

Pretty easy to learn and it will help you visualize and plan what you want to build.

 

[farmcat]

You know, I think I went through your land last year on my snowmobile . . . the house and field look familiar.

Are you about 45 miles SE of Greenville?

LOL...not even close...I'm 30 miles south of Portland

 

[ripper70]

the further away you go the better excuse you have for your wife to get 2- his and hers 4x4 quads with master suite connected to the shop in case you might not make it back to the house from time to time LOL

 

[Strouty]

LOL...not even close...I'm 30 miles south of Portland

Welcome to the board, we are practically neighbors.

 

[Joe13]

Welcome! 30 miles south of Portland puts you down in my neck of the woods. That is going to be a nice size building! Check out Sketchup, I want to see the models.

 

[Angerman]

Cool. What kind of mill are you getting? I recently got into milling on a friends mill. I'd love to mill the wood for a whole garage someday.

 

[Mr. 360]

I think this will be the first custom milled project I've seen on here. We need some pics of your setup. I run an Oscar 18" portable bandsaw mill. haven't built a structure yet though with all milled wood, just barn floors, shed cladding, etc.

Im curious though, over here if you build a structure with wood you've milled, the wood needs to be graded by someone with a 'grading certificate' or something. I considered getting my cert so I could grade my own timber. This only applies however to buildings that will be insured. cabins, sheds, outhouses, etc don't really count. I wonder if there are similar rules in Maine.

Either way, this sounds like an ambitious project and should look great when complete!

 

[farmcat]

So I have roughed out the building...pic is below...I have a guy that does custom sawing who will set up his mill right at my place... I need to look further into the "certified" lumber for this build...I believe its governed by the city building code, and so far ive seen nothing that prohibits the use of rough sawn lumber. This weekend I'll head up to the timber lot and take some pics.

 

[farmcat]

Here are some pics I took this morning of some pine and hemlock that will be used for the building

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[Ray Kelly]

You sure have a great setting to build you man cave. We'll be looking forward to seeing pictures of your progress. Good luck.

 

[captain14]

I will follow your progress . That's got to be a job just taking the timber down and dressing (correct term?) to start the build. Using a tractor to get the timber to the mill site? Show us the equipment you will be using.

Good luck

 

[Whirnot]

How do you plan on drying the timber? Doesn't air drying take close to a year?

 

[farmcat]

How do you plan on drying the timber? Doesn't air drying take close to a year?

Plan on framing with Hemlock, which you want to do when it's green. When Hemlock dries it's like concrete... Makes a very strong frame.. The pine sheathing I will exchange for dry pine boards to minimize shrinkage..both my father and brother have plenty of dry pine to swap.


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[farmcat]

I will follow your progress . That's got to be a job just taking the timber down and dressing (correct term?) to start the build. Using a tractor to get the timber to the mill site? Show us the equipment you will be using.

Good luck

I am a JD construction and Forestry equipment salesman and have met some really great people who I have become friends with... One of these guys wants to help and he will be doing the skidder work and haul to my build/ saw site. I have another guy coming with a portable bandsaw to saw everything on site... Yes it's a lot of work, but it gives a tremendous amount of satisfaction. This will be the 4th major building I've been apart of doing it this way.


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[farmcat]

Thought I would post an update...I have been working in my much smaller attached garage which I think is 20x24...attached are some pics of ongoing projects. Also I found a lumber yard that will supply 2x6x16 for $375@ thousand BF...thats cheap and I dont think, I can cut and saw off my lot for less than that, including my time. Waiting to hear back to get all the numbers from the sawyer and the guy thats going to help skid and truck the logs.

 

[farmcat]

A pic

 

[farmcat]

another pic

 

[softailgarage]

My God that's a lot of snow, glad I live in Cali. It is cool though your going to mill the wood, be nice to have land like that...but not the snow.

 

[farmcat]

My God that's a lot of snow, glad I live in Cali. It is cool though your going to mill the wood, be nice to have land like that...but not the snow.

And its snowing again here right now...another pic of outside the garage...

 

[farmcat]

so the last time I posted was Jan of 2014.... Ive found out that like everything else I just dont have the time to cut timber and get it milled to put up my building. So we are moving forward with a 40x60 stick built. Her are some pics of where it is going.

 

[Strouty]

I thought we had lost you, welcome back.

 

[farmcat]

In the middle picture you can see there is quite a transition from my existing drive to the barn site. We are going to start and rototill the new drive to the barn and the entire barn site and scrape off the loam for later use. Then start trucking in fill. The excavator contractor and I figure between 500-550 yards of material to get the building up and level.

 

[farmcat]

So I finally got my first set of design back from the lumber yard. I thought I would post them for any comments or suggestions

 

[Strouty]

Farmcat, can you do the overhang on both sides? I would think it would be relatively cheap to do it now and having that extra "undercover" area would be sweet in the winter.

 

[EdT]

I built my garage from rough sawn local lumber some time ago. It's all SYP and I got all the framing and sheathing lumber for a 24X36 1 1/2 story timber frame building cut and delivered to my site for about $800 (20 cents a board foot). When I put it up it was soaking wet (at least when I started) and it's worked out fine. There are a couple of floor joists that have sagged that I need to sister up, but otherwise it's been fine. I put almost all of it up myself. I wanted to do something similar for my shop building five years ago, but ran into the stamped, graded lumber issue so I decided to keep things simple and build conventionally. I had it done this time. Pros are much faster than amateurs.

 

[captain14]

Glad to see you back with a update.

Why does your job always get in the way of your
Personal life?