I spent the afternoon with Mr. President constructing a work of art. A door to last the ages. I wanted a door within a door. I wanted a small sliding door for the sheep to go through inside the whole door. The trouble was how to make it stiff enough to have a hollow center. I ended up using 2x6 on the outside and then creating two frames and joining them with the 2x6s. We then sheathed the door with 1x12 rough cut boards. The door weighed almost 200 pounds. It is massive, four feet high and six feet wide.
We wrestled it into the door opening and used large long bolts to attach them to the main beam. I have 8 more bolts to attach before we can test the door. There is a sliding door inside the door, 2 feet wide and 3 feet tall. We can open the sheep door without opening the large main door.
I was giving Mr. President some flack about getting stung this afternoon. He said he hadn't been stung in three years. I told him that was too long ago to truly remember what it felt like. Not ten minutes later as I strolled by the honey bee hive opening I got stung on the back of the neck. It did not feel good, but it was tolerable. I caught quite a bit of flack. I think I was just too close to the hive opening.
Tomorrow is hay pickup day. We are going to start up early and bring in all the hay left in the field, about 6.5 tons.
No comments:
Post a Comment