Old Flatulent Individual

Sorry I missed last Wednesdays update, we were camping on the coast with family. I got all but one of the mortises cut when I reinstalled the beam...

Quiet week for us. I finished cutting the scarf joints and fitted them up. Unfortunately the beam twisted so things went a bit slow. [IMG_2540.jpeg...

I’ve almost finished making the first replacement for the intermediate sill. We chose a splice used in shipbuilding. I am not opposed to using trai...

So here is a pictorial listing of what’s wrong. starting on the left side, you can see how broken the lower frame is [IMG_2510.jpeg] A little farth...

Some of you are aware that I volunteer at The Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR Museum restoring late 19’th/ early 20’th century railroad stock. This i...

Our museum received a Gledhill-Brook time recorder as a donation. It has fallen to me to bring it back from the dead. This where it stands right n...