CREATIONS BY DUGIE Norman "Dugie" Russell |
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| Cutting the Timbers |
| CHECK OUT THE LARGE TRUNNEL PIN HOLDING THE TWO TIMBERS TOGETHER, THE WEDGES AND THE 16 POUND SLEDGE HAMMER |
| IT TOOK SOME SERIOUS HAMMERING TO SEPARATE THEM. WHEN THEY PUT THESE TIMBERS TOGETHER, ALMOST 200 YEARS AGO, THEY MEANT FOR THEM TO STAY-PUT |
| AFTER FORTY YEARS OF STORAGE AND A FEW OK, A LOT OF GREY HAIRS, WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIMBERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE LUMBER MILL |
| A MODERN DAY HORIZONTAL BAND-SAW WILL MAKE THE CUTS EASIER THAN THE LARGE CIRCULAR BLADE AT THE OLD MILL THAT I WENT TO FORTY YEARS AGO |
| AN ASSORTMENT OF CUT TIMBERS WAITING TO BE TURNED INTO ONE-OF-A-KIND CRIBBAGE BOARDS |
| MY FRIEND PAUL MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE FIRST CUT. THE PIECE IS SECURED AND READY TO CUT |
| A SLIM SKIM-CUT IS MADE FIRST AND THEN THE FIRST ONE-INCH SLICE IS MADE |
| TIME FOR THE SECOND TIMBER. THIS IS WHERE THINGS STARTED GOING WRONG. BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF BROKEN TEETH, THE BLADE STARTED TO WANDER, BOUND-UP AND BROKE. UGH!!! $$$$$. MY GRANDSON IS HOLDING THE BROKEN BLADE |
| WITH A NEW BLADE THE CUTS ARE SMOOTH AND EASY |
| STORING THE CUT TIMBERS. TIME TO CREATE SOMETHING |
