DMM’s boat house he built and mentioned building in yesterday’s Old Train Thursday

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Sure, lots of good memories with that job. I had three guys working with me on it. One of our best crews over the years. The owner was a good friend- straight up diamond guy to work for; we did some great jobs with him.

I cut all the timbers in the shop and the guys assembled on site. We didn’t have a crane or anything because we were over the water, so it was heave-ho all day, and the beer-ho at night-haha.

With my inability to huff the big stuff anymore, we’ve closed down the cabinet shop but we’ll still be offering design and project management services. I’m just not able to do the heavy lifting anymore. My last kitchen had 4,300# of plywood/lumber on it. Kicked my ass. I’m done. Time for a desk job!!

Thanks for providing a great source of comedy/interesting stuff/outright fucked upness for us all. 

16 thoughts on “DMM’s boat house he built and mentioned building in yesterday’s Old Train Thursday”

  1. Looks like you made a covered bridge there. Damn what would that thing weigh?

    Outstanding work DMM

    • Don’t know about the weight. Less than a house. The pilings were driven every 8′ and we built on the 2 x 6 decking. The new dock was perfectly level, those guys do outstanding work!

  6. Beautiful. When it comes to wood, I don’t. Other than driving nails my skills run more to splitting and stacking. Fortunately I’m a decent welder and steel fabricator.

  9. Great job. And you can get one of those really strong fishing magnets to retrieve all the tools in the drink.

    • The knee braces are motised/tenoned into the posts and cross beams and through pegged. All the other joints are let in to prevent twisting and bolted blind. All construction grade Doug Fir.

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