Framing 2
Going back to framing for a little more information.
For those who are interested here's how we did all the wall framing. Exterior walls are made of 2 X 6's and interiors are 2 X 4's. This is an interior wall. Start with selecting 2 straight 2 X 4's, these will become the top and bottom plates of the wall. They are laid together and the the wall is laid out, marking where either studs, wall ties or corners will be attached to the plates. They are laid together so they can be both marked at the same time.
Wall ties are used where a wall will adjoin another wall, the corner is, well, the corner of the wall.
Then the appropriate material is laid out between the top and bottom plates, referencing the layout marks and everything is then nailed together. The wall section on the right hasn't been nailed together yet in this picture.
Here's one of the walls in the great room finished, waiting to be set upright and installed. Note the 2 X 6 material.
Here's a wall installed. It will eventually have a window so a header is installed over where the window will be. The window or door section has what are called cripples above and/or below the window/door opening. Cripples are used to add additional strength to the structure. Not sure why the upper cripples haven't been install when this picture was taken, but they were eventually installed.
These are some exterior wall sections ready to be installed. You can see the cripples above and below the window opening.
Temporary diagonal braces are used throughout...
... to keep the walls plum and straight until the roof trusses are installed.
Sheeting material is then installed on all exterior walls, which will further strengthen them.
Tyvek commercial building wrap was next applied on all exterior walls to help minimize air infiltration and keep the home tight.
This was only a broad overview on framing. I didn't go into some of the smaller nuances such as crowning all the lumber. It does give a better, general idea of how it was done. I didn't get as many pictures of certain details as I'd like. I didn't want the crew to mutiny on me if I stopped working to take pictures all the time.
To be continued........
Thomas
So many people would have bulldozed it flat and all that history would have been lost 
Anyways sorry for the long post. Just wanted to say thank you for documenting this whole project as well as you did and for saving all that history and all those fine tools...
