Porch rafters

We are finally getting closer to having this porch together. We are now working on the rafters, which are a pain in the rear to say the least. They are very time consuming. Each one gets a notch cut in it to fit down perfectly on header below it. To do this, each log gets lifted up to it's position on the header, measured, leveled, scribed and then taken back down for the chainsaw cut. After that, we lift it back up to it's place on the porch and set back down. Then we hold our breath to see how well it fits.




Here's a picture of the first two in place. They look pretty lonely.

Continuing work across the front of the house. It looks like this picture is of putting the log up to do the scribing...no notches cut yet.

Here it looks like we've got it up for the second time, after the notch has been cut to check the fit.

Sometimes (ok, everytime) there's a little more cutting or grinding that has to happen to get the logs to fit in place. It's a pretty slow process.

Finally, we've gotten most of the logs up on the front of the house. As of this picture, we've yet to start on the sides or the back. You'll also notice that we skipped the corners. You'll know why later...

The view of the logs from the master bedroom window...or I might just be standing on the Gradall platform for this. Hard to say.