big log being cut up

This is the second photo of the big log being cut up. The man on the left is Dale Keys. He brought his own skid steer and helps out nearly every day. The guy in yellow is Joe, he lives up the road and helps out about every day. The third guy is Don Price,…

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Big Log for Covered Bridge

This is a photo of me standing next to one of the larger logs. It measured a little over 40 inches across. This log is marked with a K and is for the arches. Each log is graded and marked with a letter by the logging companies, so the Wood Mizer guys will know how…

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Auction for the Bridge

The blog seemed to be down for awhile. I couldn’t get it to do anything. It is working today and a photo showed up. Hopefully it will come through cyberspace. The photo is of Ethan (age 6) and Cinnamon (age 5) painting the ends of the lumber the Wood Mizers are cutting. Even my grandchildren…

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photo of Dustin

Today I am posting a photo of Dustin (Our middle son – Ethan and Dylan’s father) helping on the covered bridge. I have a lot of nice photos I would like to share with all of you. But, they won’t show up for some reason. I am getting the little red X again. Oh well.…

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Sawing Logs for Covered Bridge

I guess the blog doesn’t like Ethan’s drawing. So, I will attempt to put a photo of Ethan (age 6) and Cinnamon ( Age 5) on the blog. The little red X has shown up again instead of the photo. Sometimes this becomes a photo and sometimes it doesn’t. The photo is of them painting…

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Sawing Wood for Covered Bridge

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…

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Sawing Wood

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…

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Cutting Lumber for the New Covered Bridge

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…

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Don Price

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…

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Bridgeton Covered Bridge – Meeting and Water Wheel

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…

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