Recent content by Cooter's

F#@&, Fight, or hold the light!

I just made it through your build of Workshop 88 over the holidays. What an effective use of a small space. I really like it. Anyways, there is a Rally in Michigan this weekend (Sno*Drift) with many people working that have participated in the POR Rally, and a little article reminded me of your...

Again with a late reply (and a missed PM, sorry jmm!). Here are some pictures of my beloved breaker bar. It looks like it is an H-C-R (whatever that is).

Take about a late reply... That Williams is quite close, but the one I had was knurled all the way off the handle which I noticed some other Williams are. The thing here I appreciate most is the lesson on "L handles" - thanks for that Karl B. I wonder if spinning the square on an "ell" is about...

Hello, I recently broke an old Breaker Bar my Dad gave me which may have been my Grandpa's. This is good and bad. It's good because I have a name for my Bar/Woodshed now that I will be building up North in a few years: "Breaker Bar". This and another Breaker Bar I broke on the same mission...

I used it on my shed (Turbo Coop) as well. Trim and Panels, but I wish I'd done something a little different with the trim as it seems to have warped some in areas without full support (fascia and eaves), but it's not too bad. Cooter's

It turned out. 2 X 4 Portion isn't even bouncy... Note, I did 2 X 4's 12" OC (and each side of the posts), not doubles, and again the span is only 5'. I think I am going to extend the roof on the eave side over the raised portion of walkway. Then, I need to chop the posts to height. The two near...

I've made more progress and am moving on to walkways and landings. Has anyone here run into issues with the landing needing to be at the threshold vs. one step down? (I believe code reads it can be at a distance of one full step down.) I was told by the inspector that I only need three 3' x 3'...

Snow Pic. Tails Cut.

Roof On.

Thanks for all the replies. Attached are a couple of updated pictures. I now have 4 Collar Ties (at half way up the rafters), and am planning to install a cable across between the walls within a rough log-beam and or install a beam (laying flat) on the underside of the eaves just in case. The...

Northern Lower... Too many Panthers in the Upper (jokes). I would like to get a place in the Upper someday as there are some really good roads up there. Cooter

It hasn't fallen down yet, but while I am still working on it does anyone have any more free advice? The one area I have in question now is the Open Area between the lofts. This area is now only 12 feet deep (still spanning 16). I will have two Collar Ties total in this area, but I wonder if it...

I am going forth mostly as planned. I did double up the rim joists though, and I pouring the "tall piers" only to grade and using 6 X 6 posts for the above grade portion (with brackets and diagonals, of course). The weight of the building calculated out at 19,300 lbs, so the 13 Piers at 16...

Are there any other free opinions? My free engineering answers so far have only suggested upping to 16" Diameter Piers, but I planned to taper-out the bottoms of my 12s anyways, so I am still where I was essentially. Another thought that has come up is Locating the questionable piers (three on...