The Miller | April 21, 2006
The Auction for the Covered Bridge is Saturday, April 29th. In the last blog I had the wrong date. I am attempting to put Ethan’s drawing on here again. The last two times it only published one photo even though I put in two. So, I will attempt one photo only. There is a little [...]
The Miller | April 16, 2006
There should be 2 photos on this blog. One is Dale Keys and his skid steer stacking lumber the Wood Mizers have made. Dale has been there everyday moving logs, lumber and anything else he can help with. He brought his own skid steer and volunteered to help. The other photo should be Ethan’s drawing [...]
The Miller | April 15, 2006
Two of the Wood Mizers set up on Monday and started cutting on Tuesday. The third one set up and started cutting on Wed. The largest one (Don Price’s) cuts the longest pieces. The second largest (Dan Collum’s) cuts the shorter pieces like the cross members and the X braces. The smallest or shortest one [...]
The Miller | April 11, 2006
There should be 2 photos on this blog. The only one I see at this time is of Don Price (The guy on the right) and his Wood Mizer. The guy on the left is Count True. Count volunteered to help Don set up his machine and to help with some of the cutting. They [...]
The Miller | April 4, 2006
Alright !!!….. a photo appeared in the last blog so, I’m going to shoot for 2 photos in this one. The first photo should be me on top of the old water wheel cutting off one of the old rusty bolts. The second photo should be Dustin and I working on the wheel. I am [...]
The Miller | March 31, 2006
I noticed the last blog doesn’t have a photo on it. There is a photo on this one. I hope it doesn’t get lost in cyberspace because it is Ethan standing on one of the logs that has been donated for the bridge. We counted 138 logs altogether. We need around 210 I’m told. They [...]
The Miller | March 30, 2006
The photo is of Ethan’s drawing of the Bridgeton Mill and Covered Bridge. He likes to draw and this is one of his favorite subjects. The other one is dragons. I have tried to put news on this blog a couple of times but it won’t go for some reason. If this thing was water [...]
The Miller | March 18, 2006
Ben Hill finished the model of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge for the Auction. The Auction will be held April 29th, 2006 in Down Town Bridgeton. All the money raised at the Auction will be used to rebuild the Bridgeton Covered Bridge. This model is 3/4 in. = one foot. The first one he made was [...]
The Miller | March 6, 2006
This is the center pier after the workers finished removing the blocks of sandstone. It looks very good inside and out to me. As you can see they only removed the top layers. I believe we are now waiting on the new blocks to be cut. If that is the case it will be spring [...]
The Miller | March 6, 2006
Ben Hill made this model of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge. It is 8 feet long with 2 sections, each 4 foot long. One section is finished with siding and a cedar shake roof. the other section is left open so you can see the bridge construction. Ben is retired from the construction business. He has [...]