Small Farm Life at Two Mile Ranch » cabin construction http://www.smallfarmlife.com Lessons learned from 80 acres and a 6 burner stove Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:21:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Q & A With Mark Van Roojen, a Philosophy Professor and Cabin Builder – Times Topics Blog – NYTimes.com http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/07/03/q-a-with-mark-van-roojen-a-philosophy-professor-and-cabin-builder-times-topics-blog-nytimes-com/ http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/07/03/q-a-with-mark-van-roojen-a-philosophy-professor-and-cabin-builder-times-topics-blog-nytimes-com/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:36 +0000 Fritz Nordengren http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=859 Continue reading →]]> In past blog posts, I’ve mentioned both Lou Ureneck and Mark Van Roojen.  If the Internet is the “Information SuperHighway”, then I guess you could call Mark, Lou, and I ”neighbors” on the same “Internet gravel road”. Mark had some weather slow downs during his trip west in June, and Lou spent time away from the university to work on his project in Maine.

Lou posted this Q & A with Mark to his New York Times blog:

Before taking on construction of a timber-frame cabin, he was already a woodworker, building guitars and cabinets. He uses hand tools — planes, saws, chisels.

via Q & A With Mark Van Roojen, a Philosophy Professor and Cabin Builder – Times Topics Blog – NYTimes.com.

Progress in Maine by Lou Ureneck

Progress in Maine by Lou Ureneck

]]> http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/07/03/q-a-with-mark-van-roojen-a-philosophy-professor-and-cabin-builder-times-topics-blog-nytimes-com/feed/ 1 All decked out http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2006/11/02/all-decked-out/ http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2006/11/02/all-decked-out/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:45:56 +0000 Fritz Nordengren http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=242 Continue reading →]]> Friday, Saturday and Sunday were perfect building days. Highs in the 60’s and 70’s and sunny. Friday started overcast and after doing some work in town, exchanging license plates and signing some papers, I paid for the lumber and it arrived shortly after I got to the farm.

Friday was spent setting the joists, 39 joists for a 16 x 48 deck.

Saturday and Sunday I screwed down the deck boards: 99 boards, 26 screws each. 2600 screws, The deck is 768 square feet, which is larger than the two cabins combined.

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