Mulesaw

 Two years ago, I started rebuilding our old greenhouse into what will eventually become the new leather workshop.  We haven't used the ...

 About a year ago, Gustav completed his exam as a carpenter and got his journeyman's certificate. Needless to say, I was as proud as a p...

 Given my lack of blogging the last couple of years, I often forgot to take pictures of whatever little or large thing I have been making. A...

After a long period with fantastic weather, I decided that I'd better pull my act together and complete the gable before I would have to...

  When I returned home from sea this Monday, Gustav suggested that we did some work on the northern gable of the barn. The barn was original...

As you might remember, I bought an ash log just at the termination of the DCBE. I didn't have any specific plans for it, but I had to ge...

As some of you might remember, I built  porch a couple of years ago. Mette wanted it to have a wide set of stairs gently sloping into the g...

First of all, thank you to Sylvain for providing me with a link to a blog where you could see a drawbore pin for timber framing in use (a po...

After preparing all the individual steps of the staircase, I hand planed them front and back plus the upside before mounting them in the str...

I have been making some progress on the internal boards for the small barn. Those were the boards that I had to shift inside as I was calle...

Ever since I borrowed Olav's portable chain mortiser, I have been eager to get one myself. I discovered during the initial phases of the...

In the previous week, I went to the summerhouse for completing the floor. I had gotten the hang of it, and I really wanted to proceed with ...

After I had painted the windows, I have been busy trying to get some work done on the floor of the small barn. My goal is to get the windows...