Our First Outbuilding: For The Horses Of Course.

Pole shed kit

Well... Here we are going to build our first outbuilding. A traditional pole shed. We have collected some cedar poles from the family. Nine to be exact. They are loggers and this is basically their scrap. Would have become cheap firewood if I didn't liberate them. So I don't feel......

Pole shopping

 

One pole is enough to dig An auger a day makes your poles stand up straight

 

Debarking is hard work

 

Poles standing

 

Side supports standing Ridge pole up

 

Recovering the tree

 

The cats approve the shed

 

Roof rafters Rafter notching

 

Rafters raised

 

The mill supplies the rest of the limber

 

Trimming the rafters for the roof

 

Installing the tin roof Ready for roof

 

View from the shed

 

Roof finished

 

Saw mill scrap saw-horse Ship-lap router setup

 

Ship-lap siding

 

Butt-miter jig

 

First ship-lap wall up

 

Shed walls outside view

 

Shed walls inside view

 

Shed highway view Shed south-west entrance

 

Shed East stall Shed West stall

 

 

 

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