The "Chain Gang"
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The "Chain Gang"
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Bolders we had brought in
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The second side of bolders
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Cutting columns to length
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The wall taking shape
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A little joking around
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More rock work
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Carrying columns
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Holding columns in place before rafters are in
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Rock wall nearly done
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Close up of wall
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The porch taking shape
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Rafters
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Hangers on band joist
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Putting up a rafter
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Cutting a rafter to length
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Nailing in a rafter
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Nailing in another rafter
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Switching nails
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Positioning rafter tail (note spacing block)
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Nailing off rafter tail
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Nailing off rafter tail
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Moving the scaffold (shuffle-shuffle-shuffle)
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Lifting a beam into place
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Lining up beam
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Hammering in a mending plate on top of beam joint
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Nailing down middle end of beam
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"The Contraption"--Dad came up with this to pull a little twist out of the beam. It worked.
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