Recent content by Rock Crawler

I hadn't. Nice thought. Only issue would be the metal plate. Any ideas on how to route that? Only option I can think of would be to cut it short with 4 1/2" cut off grinder.

Thanks fellas. Let's review some lessons learned ... - I'm far from a carpenter. I knew this but gained a new found respect. Originally planned on bolting the entire thing togther because I thought simpson strong ties were ugly. But I soon found that was harder then I bargained for...

I've been lurking on this board, gleaming info, ideas, and inspiration . Very cool place, this is. Time to contribute something and join the conversation with my first post. Recently moved my family into a new-to-us house. Most likely this will be our 'forever house', on this site of...