Shed happens.....

So life has a habit of taking over and not letting you necessarily play when you want to.  With that being said, I have still been able to get some stuff done.  The shed is finally happening!!!!

First, to set up the base (sills) for the shed to sit on, I was supposed to be able to just pound the stakes into the ground.  I didn't account for the fact that I had a rock bed put in for the boat to sit on.  I ended up having to dig the holes for each stake to go in.

 For a few of the stakes, I attempted to use my dad's backhoe to drive the stakes into the ground.  Even with 2300 lbs pushing down on the stakes, they wouldn't drive through the rocks.  In the end I had to dig 18 holes.  The first one was by hand, but using the backhoe for the other 17 made the process go MUCH faster.





Once the stakes were all in place, a rail (2 2x6's) was fastened to the stakes.  This is what the base of the bows for the shed will sit on, and be bolted to.  With 3 foot deep stakes, this should keep the shed from lifting and blowing away.

I was also able to get a hand full of bows made.  The first ones were a little strange to build, but once I got the idea of how the jig worked, as well as picking pieces that were less likely to break than others.  This shed is going to be pretty cool when I get it done.  Now all I have to do is make time for building more bows......