Dad (Chet Bart) came into town to help us build the frame for the New Mexico shed.
First we went to home depot to get supplies. On the sides you see 41 2x4s to build the framing, and in the center is eight pieces of siding. Dad told us about this nice siding with vertical lines that will make the shed more attractive than if we'd just gotten plywood.
Jason and Dad are discussing how and where to cut this board. Dad brought his super handy miter saw which made the job go a lot quicker and made accurate and smooth cuts.
Here's a movie of Dad running the miter saw. Check out that cool poof of sawdust at the end!
Once the boards were cut, to assemble the frame, we first would drill holes, ...
... then get the screws started in the holes, ...
(Movie of Jason drilling and Dad starting the screws.)
... then glue, ...
(Movie of me gluing with Taun We supervising.)
... then screw the board in, and we'd be done!
(Movie of Jason.)
Genubi kept an eye on the proceedings.
Slowly we started accumulating a pile of framed walls.
Once all the walls were built we stood them all up in place and tied the corners with zipties so it would stand on its own.
Here's a movie of Jason and Dad putting the last wall in place.
We framed in a good size door.
And a window.
Yipee, the window we got fits in the hole!
Genubi seems to approve.
The last job was to cut the notches for the rafters.
That job didn't go as smoothly as hoped, but it's far enough along that we can finish it later.
