Helping you build projects without a big shop using Japanese hand tools and power tools
Like you, I’m always having to fix something or try and upgrade something really outdated around the house. If you’re interested in changing that old valve under your sink or scraping that popcorn ceiling you’re in the right place.
Now that the walls are rigid from the structural sheathing we’re going to tackle the framing the roof. We’re going to use 2×8 lumber to make the roof frame. You’ll see how a speed square and hand saw is your best friend when it comes to cutting the birds-mouths for the rafters. Those 14 foot Read More …
In this article we’ll look at how we installed the sheathing on the modern work shed build. You’ll see what materials are needed, tips for a successful install and some of the tricks I figured out along the way to help. Our video is a good place to start. Materials Needed 11 full Read More …
In the previous articles we built the foundation, framed the floor and put flooring on the frame. Now we’ll frame up the walls, raise the them and lock everything in place with some top plates. There is a lot involved but we’ll take it one step at a time, and you’ll see that framing up Read More …
After you have the floor frame built, it’s time to move on to putting some flooring on. We’ll look at the small difference between using tongue and groove and regular panels. After that we’ll go over basic installation procedures. Below is the video on how we installed the flooring on our frame. I ran into a Read More …
Now that we’ve built the foundation for our modern work shed we can move on to framing up the floor. We’ll take a look at something called crowning, see how to position the skids for the floor to be built on, layout the rim joists so the rest is easy, how to assemble it all Read More …