take a second look at this pic.
in my eyes, there are two possibilities:
either the two persons standing in the yard are dwarves, singing “hey-ho, hey-ho!”
or
the stapled wood has about six or seven foot in length.
so, that we possibly do not see firewood for a harsh winter, but structural wood for the mine.
ps: local radio station: " Folks, we’ll get a harsh winter. Natives are collecting much wood."
Tribal Council: “Brothers, we’ll get a harsh winter. The radio says so.”
I’ve taken many looks. Those are two small kids. Maybe 4 feet tall.
I agree and think those kids are possibly standing outside the school? Looks like a water spigot on the side next to the window.
Hi Korm, they probably lived in the house on the left, children of the superintendant. From the size of the porch, maybe 4’ tall.
The timbers from the sawmills used in the mines came pre-shaped, and generally looked like this (same mine):
…or this:
…the typical dimensions being 12"x12" x 8’ or longer.
For the model of the pile, I put down a chunk of wood and pressed on some epoxy dough. This should give the pile a better-fitting foundation, while maintaining a drainage channel beneath it.
While still soft, I stabbed some starter sticks into the dough.
I’ve no idea how this will come out, we’ll see.
My entire approach summed up nicely Cliff. Looking forward to the result.
Cheers
N
Hell yeah, I’m having fun playing in the mud and playdough. I call this recipe Cedar Quiche.
But to each his own. Soldier on, Betty Crocker!
Cliff;
Isn’t that what posh termites have for breakfast??
Regards, David Meashey
Yep, as soon as they’ve had their fill of cedar trestle.
Second coat of cordwood. Kinda buries the first boards, but at least proved to be held very well by the epoxy dough. So I got some more and used that to embed these boards.
Before this I had to do some more “squish to fit” on the bottom side of the blob to close some gaps with the concrete. Basically put more epoxy dough on the underside, laid some foil down on the concrete, placed the dump, and pressed down on the blob.
The holes are for drainage (via the channels between the bents I had to bash in and re-form). And for housing homeless critters.
@Dave_Meashey, we’d talked about anchoring the dump against winds. But this blob (which is screwed to the structure) is pretty heavy, and well-fitted to the concrete, so it’s now the anchor.
I’ll probably add more boards tomorrow, and maybe stain the whole pile and oil it.
Dave,
They can but I believe they prefer other types of wood.
I’m curious what that all weighs Cliff?
Probably WAY more than a REAL pile of scale cord wood.
2.6kg, Neil.
The dump is installed:
I wanted to mention one technicality. I didn’t use any glue for the boards, only the epoxy dough. I started with 2 brands of dough on hand, just to use them up. I finished with this brand.
All three really stuck to the boards in three ways. First, just wanting to adhere well like a good glue. Second, by conforming to the board’s shape, giving near 100% surface contact. Third, by mechanically gripping the board where it went around its edges slightly.
Anyway, this dump planting brings these trestles to a conclusion, yay. Now on to the more difficult one… well, I’ll start that after doing almost a month of travel starting tomorrow.
Great piece of detail there Cliff 
