BARN! and NEW PORCH!!!!

[misfitmorgan]

LED floodlights should be nice and bright!

 

[Bruce]

Especially if you get the 5K Kelvin bulbs. Nice and white. I have a bunch of LEDs in dual aimable light sockets in the workshop in the barn

 

[Baymule]

After a looooong time of STOP, we are back at it again. We have built and hung 2 doors. Robert came over and the 3 of us made the first door. We used a sheet of 3/4” plywood, framed out and reinforced with 2x4’s. We got one hung the first of the week, the other one built and hung yesterday.

The plywood for the doors is left over from a stage we built years ago when we held an Opry on Saturday nights. I have used a lot of that plywood.

I watched videos on YouTube on how to build a wooden sliding door latch. For the most part they were long and boring. I’m like, don’t waste my time with the labor pains, just show me the baby! So I skipped ahead to see the finished product. I found one I liked and took a picture with my phone. I ripped a 1x6 in half, took measurements and cut all my pieces. I have to sand off the sharp edges and round them off. Then I can install them. I snapped a shot of how I laid them out in the back of the mule.

After I get the latches installed, the next step will be to cut 2x6’s to fill the space between rafters at the ends to keep the dust out. Not going to worry about insulation or finishing walls, I just want it closed in and useable.

 

[CntryBoy777]

A 1/4" or 1/2" round over bit and router will take those edges off pretty easy for ya....looks nice and like the strap hinges too.....

 

[Mini Horses]

I'm sure you will enjoy "having it useable". I have a couple of those jobs to work thru but, not done yet. Been way longer than your door wait.
We will probably see those sliders installed before long.

 

[Baymule]

Today we got the cut edges of the wood latch pieces smoothed and rounded. I tried the sander borrowed from a neighbor, too slow and not enough progress for the work put into it. So I got a 2x6, set it on saw horses and put a cinder block on it. Made one for DH and together we rubbed the cut corners.

A 1/4" or 1/2" round over bit and router will take those edges off pretty easy for ya....looks nice and like the strap hinges too.....

Don't have a router, but I have a cinder block.

It came out pretty good. No more sharp corners. This piece has a rounded corner and a sharp corner so you can see the difference.

BJ suggested that we paint the doors a medium to light gray. It will match the tin and the color of the dust. Smart idea!

 

[Mike CHS]

The best thing I've seen for rounding edges is a small Block Plane but whatever works is a winner.

 

[Bruce]

I guess a cinder block is pretty much like very coarse grit sandpaper.

Small block plane or a draw knife.

 

[Baymule]

We went to the feed store mid week and for the FIRST time, put feed IN the Feed and Tack room!! We put 3 metal trash cans in there and filled them up. What a great feeling. Meanwhile, other things have taken center stage, yesterday I showed a friend how to butcher chickens, we did 5 roosters. It took me a LOT longer, cause he had 53 questions for everything. He kept quoting Mother Earth News like he was some kind of authority, having never actually done it. But all in all, it was a good experience. If someone wants to learn, I have no problem sharing what I know. I sent him home with a rooster, cut up and vacuum sealed. My husband was delighted to get out of rooster pickin' and took the tractor to the barn. He pushed out a summer's worth of manure and dead hay and filled in a wash out. We parked the round bales in the barn in the heat of the summer. I processed the roosters in the house, took care of sheep and chickens, cooked supper and collapsed. Haven't even gone out to the barn to admire his work.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's a busy, but productive day you had there! Reading all the butchering articles in the world is no substitute for actually doing it. I'm sure the guy learned lot from you!