Us four under two birtch trees

Us four under two birtch trees

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Peeling peeling peeling

Now that we have stools and enough peelers and enough people to help we have three people peeling all the time. It is great to see the progress.
On the right there are the peeled posts (nine 4.5 meters long) and beams (nine 3.4 meters long).
On the left still to be peeled nine roofbeams, nine purlings and eighteen braces. In the pile there are also beams that we dont know yet what we will use them for but they will probably be peeled anyways. 

 The logs are attached to the carpenter's stool by something called a dog. It is hammered in the stool and the other side is hammered in the log. This way the log stays in place when we peel.

Concentrating.

Monday, 26 June 2017

Building a carpenter's stool

Carpenter's stools will always be needed for many different kind of jobs all through our project. And since we had for some days 6 helpers at a time we were able to make more of them. Mick showed how to build them and now we have 3 new benches to work on. They are used every day to peel on.

Matias making a stool


    Leo was helping too with his little saw

Tuesday, 13 June 2017

We have our building permit! Meillä on rakennuslupa!

Jee, well done all of us. It is a great feeling to have a permit to build and no changes needed to be done. So what I did yesterday afternoon with Luna on my back was I cleared the place of the house from all the trees. It looks now really nice and open and it actually looks like a big area even if im sure it will some days not feel like it. But this is a nice feeling to finally get going with the project without waiting anymore. :)

Saturday, 10 June 2017

Building a tool shed

Right now we are building a round wood timber framed  shed using traditional mortise and tenon joints and the floor is of pallets. 
We got two helpers (one staying with us and one living local) and two more are coming next week so Mick is building the shed and I am peeling with the helpers. First we peeled logs for the shed and now we are peeling rafters for the house. 




Sunday, 4 June 2017

OKSAT POIS 17.6.! :)

Hei kaikki!
Tervetuloa risutalkoisiin! Meidän tie on lähes raivattu mutta
vielä viimeiset, jo kaadetut puut pitäisi saada pois tieltä ennen kuin
kaivuri tulee taas juhannuksen jälkeen.

Käytännössä tämä tarkoittaa sitä että vesurilla tai kirveellä
poistamme oksia puista ja siirrämme ne sitten tien viereen kasaan.
Työtä on myös sellaisille jotka eivät halua käyttää työkaluja eli
pelkkää oksien siirtämistäkin on tarpeeksi.

Talkoot ovat la 17.6. klo 9-12, sitten lounas ja 13--> kunnes haluatte
lopettaa tai kunnes syödään päivällinen klo 18. Eli olette
tervetulleita heti aamusta tai lounaan jälkeen ja olette tervetulleita
jäämään syömään päivällistä.
Työkalut ja käsineet meiltä.

Jos kiinnostaa tulla niin ilmoittauduthan miulle viimeistään pe 16.6. mennessä.
Kyyditys Joensuusta onnistuu.

Samalla pääsette näkemään meidän talon paikan, jo valmiin tienpätkän,
kaunista Suomen metsää ja tietenkin meidät! Lapset ovat tervetulleita
mukaan, Leo ja Lunakin tulee.

Ystävällisin terveisin Marja ja perhe