I will attest to the fact that Taylor Tin is no cheap imposter. I use the Fiskers also but when we received Taylor Tin it was a quality product. Dave done good with that crimper.
Amazing work, Dave. I love all the stonework. And everything else.
Is this a tool that should be marketed?
Nah… If I were to motorize it… I could turn out 150+ per hour… I did machine two sets of dies… 1:20.3 and 1:29 Scale.
I have bunches of left over 1:29 tin already made…
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Spent almost the whole Miking… Lots done and the pin nailer was smoking hot by the end of the day…
Got the decking all done on the Loading dock, One stick at a time, and 4 3/8" pins…
Then Spent the rest of the day putting up the Board and Battens… Hundreds of pins latter, and its all sided…
So some new all around pics…
Lots of decking, and a gazillion Pins…
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And the Right side with the ramp…Even more pins…
Of Course the doors are only temp. Still need to do some casting… I sat back and wondered if I had set a record for pins in a day, so I started to count… shouldn’t have… but I did…812+ pins in the dock and deck… And another 755 in the B&B…
Next up the roof… Stay tuned!
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That is looking amazing Dave.
All those pins and wood are coming together very nicely. Will you paint it or leave it natural? It would almost be a shame to paint it.
The wife and I discussed about painting it last night… hummmm
The whole thing is looking rather mono-chromatic… same old ,same old…I thought about giving it a good coat of poly… and seeing how that looks… usually brings out the richness of the Cedar…
Then discussed giving the decking a good dose of Ink wash to tone it down…Maybe even give some dolly marks on the boards In -N- Out of the dock door…
I guess that once Polyied, If I didn’t like the looks, then It would be a good sealer for painting over…
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Didn’t get a whole lot of Miking done today but a bit of progress…
The roof will extend over the dock area, so I had to come up with some sort of support… a nice big truss will do nicely.
Using the roof line as guide…
This truss will be held up by 2 posts at the end of the Dock. To fasten the posts to the truss, I’ll use a dowel pin in the truss and the end of the dowel.! 1/16" hole drilled.
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For the pins I use 1/16" welding rod ( cheap at the welding store)
And the post and truss…
Center punched the location, and drilled…
And the truss in location:
Up next… start on the roof…
Stay tuned.
Amazing craftsmanship Dave. I was surprised to hear welding rod was the cheaper option!
Is it proper to comment on how nice your system of drawers look in the back ground and wonder how your local library is functioning without their Dewey Decimal filing card system? 
Beautiful work Dave. We are building similar structures with very different methods. Yours looks very nice. I bow and applaud.
Thanks for the nice words.
I hand made the drawers…Even put the little card window pulls on them… But notice …No cards 4 years later, post-it’s work too…
Don’t ask me how I ended here. I have an LSC conspiracy theory though… Surprisingly I watched it through to the end.
Anyway, it gave me an appreciation for one guy making a gear. They had 20.3 guys on this job.
watching them cast that… interesting process on the molding… but their metalology or the quality of the steel raises a big question in my mind… those are big so I would think that they would have a lot of stress on them, and i’m not sure that I would trust them to drive my cargo ship…
I thought that too when I saw the metal that was being recycled. A cog made from the finest kettles and pans. Still mesmerising to watch.
Got a bit of Miking done today…
I gave the main building two coats of clear poly, really brought out the rich color of the Cedar.
ANd I got a light gray Alcohol wash on the deck itself… All is drying…
Pics tomorrow…
Stay tuned
Well I promised the new pics… But you really can’t tell the subtle difference !
The Cedar did turn darker with the poly coating.
The most noticeable difference on the deck were in the lighter boards. I’m debating to give them another coat…
I’m casting the barn doors today…
Stay tuned…
Got out the casting stuff, dusted off the Barn Door mold, and mixed a couple of drops of brown coloring in and poured…
Waited 25 min for it to set up and…
Rinsed and repeated for the second one… Cleaned up the edge flash… and they fit…
I’ve already tasked the artist wife to be the doors painter. Debate is what colors… Hummmm…
Roof tomorrow…
Stay tuned.
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Looks great. Makes me want to rip mine off and start over but not gonna happen.
Will you be using the remainder of the budget thanking her with dinner and flowers?
I’m asking for a friend who finished early and can’t get to his stove. 
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