Framing a Cover Over The Saw Mill

We are building a cover over the saw mill for the winter and it will sure come in handy next summer to keep the hot sun off too!

But first, we had to make a couple of beams that are longer than our saw can cut. So, it's back to the Alaskan Saw Mill which is a nifty attachment to a long chain saw.

Here's Tim resting on a 22' log that will become a couple of 2"x12"x22' beams:

Here the log is squared off on three sides and getting ready to be cut into beams:

Tim's taking the edges off:

This is a 5.5" beam that we cut down further into two 2.5" x 12" x 22' long HEAVY beams:
But the hard part is raising the beams up onto the poles and support joists!

That was done by two of us old guys. Yep, OLD GUYS RULE!

Here's Big Tim trimming off the tops of the poles. We used the extended height of the poles to attach pulleys and ropes to hoist those big heavy beams.