Lots of visible progress on the Community Table today. We installed the first four bents and beams to tie them together. Note: A bent is a section on wall
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| Getting organized for the day. The bents are laid out on saw horses on the right side of the building. The beams are on the left. |
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| Raising a bent. |
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| The bent vertical so the tenon can drop into the mortise. If it goes in at angle the tenon could snap. |
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| Getting a mechanical assist to install a beam |
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| Using the commander to hammer a beam into place. |
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| So we were told to initial pieces we worked on. |
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| Glad this one fit correctly. |
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It is always so dramatic seeing the walls go up! And it takes so l-o-o-o-n-n-p-g for all the finishing! I still would like to help on this project.