Some pictures of the steps I just finished. I’m not really a finish carp. I would normally have cut the Timberframe but the opportunity presented itself. I took the job (finish carpentry on the entire house) as a side job. Lots of nights and weekends. Finally done.
Upgrading the footings and columns that support a girder beam is an opportunity to level out the floor above.
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Casper: Thats is some beautiful display of workmanship and patience. Keep em coming....
Stan
Thanks Stan,
I owe you for the swoop detail on the treads.
Casper
Fabulous lookin work!! What kind of wood? I can see and appreciate all the detail you have put into that!! Excellent job! I know the feeling of nights and weekends, as do many others. I am a poster child for taking off more than I can handle!! Looks like you have handled it well.
I get paid to do carpentry. That makes me a professional.
If I work on my own house does that make me a DIY?
Youre a finish carp now!Awesome work!
Be well done
andy
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Nice and tight, painstaking miters, I can see you put alot of yourself into this. That herringbone thing on the landings and hutch is pretty funky, I like it.
Nice to have some extras coming in before Xmas, hope you got paid what its worth.
Beautiful work. Keep em coming
I am a finish carpenter, and I would be proud of a job like that.
Nice work. You gonna quit your day job?
Thanks for the encouragement
The wood is Brazilian Cherry. It turned out to be a real pain to work but it sure makes you look good when its finished
As for getting paid for what its worth. I did make some extra money but I took the job after living here (Nantucket) for a short while and now have a much better idea of what I can charge in the future. This place is crazy. For example, this $2 mil house belongs to a mechanic that works for my regular employer. I'm his "personal carpenter." Never heard of such a thing until I became one. Definitely not gonna quit the day job.
Couple more pictures of some other spaces.
Casper
EXCEPTIONAL MY MAN!!!!
You got me jonesin' for a stair job!!!
I hereby annoint you to the Brotherhood of Finish Carpenters!!!
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I'm Swiss!
Not really a finish carp, huh?
Liar!
Bruce
Between the mountains and the desert ...
How many nights and weekends??Time to quit your day job.
Yeah, what bruce said..
Ya big fat liar !
Nice work there buddy!" If I were a carpenter"
Very beautiful work Casper. If you don't do this full time, what do you do all day?
Thanks for posting the pics.
blue
Beautiful!
Question and comment...
question- is there concern about alignment as the timger frame members season and shrink?
comment: didgital camera pics often seem to swallow shadow detail which can be brought out in most image editing apps:
Eg. the attached has some gamma correction and shot of conteact to spice things up from the rist pic.
Wow,very nice work.Like the herringbone patterns.Very tight,ouch.
On another note,what type of mechanic is your client? Work over there is verry,verry nice to him.
Very nice work thanks for the pics. george c.
cawfy-
He is the heavy equipment mechanic for our common employer. He is the largest excavation, concrete supplier, and house moving outfit on the island. It also doesn't hurt to marry an "islander." I've got to hand it to him though. He regularly pulls 80 hour weeks and did all the plumbing and a good portion of the elec. himself, not to mention all the work on the radiant heat and form work for the structural slab on the main level. Still, all in all for a comming over from Scotland to work the cranberry bogs 10 years ago the island has been very good to him.
Casper
Casper, If that's your first one you are on a roll. Excellent craftsmanship.
Great looking work! Thanks for taking the time to share your pics with us.
Casper - I've done some finish work and I would be more than proud to put my name on that work. You should be happy. that's impressive.
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
Did you mortis all the square posts?
Nice work
What does this situation in my life ask of me?
Thank you
Yeah. That's beyond "nice". That's beautiful. I'm glad this got bumped. I didn't see it earlier.