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    Cabin Build - The Catfish Shed

    This is gonna be a long running deal here. We are starting the construction of a replica late 19th century Texas cabin overlooking the stock tank on the family ranch. The crew consists of my father, mother, myself, and my good friend Mott - the good thing is that Mott is a carpenter by trade. This cabin will be almost entirely built of reclaimed material. We will put new sheet iron on the roof and have a few new pieces of dimension lumber - mostly for the floor joists, etc., but walls, floors, windows, doors, porch posts, etc., will all come out of our current "junk" inventory.

    As we progress, you will see that this will be a unique structure, which is what happens when you build with what you have on hand - we call it "quality redneck". When you look at the "plans", like us, you will wonder if Frank Lloyd Wright started out like this.

    As of now, we have the blocks set - they are a lot more straight now than what is shown in the pictures, and construction is to begin this Saturday. This is gonna be a lot of fun, and I will post pics as things move along. Following are some to get us started.
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    That will be a SWEEET get away.

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      #3
      Some of the critters around the place

      Some of the critters running around the place, and the tank when it looks better. Right now, the tank looks pretty rough - down about 6 feet. However, she was built in '67 and hasn't gone dry yet.
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        #4
        Beautiful piece of property!

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          #5
          A few more of the beginning stages...
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            #6
            Originally posted by Chew View Post
            Beautiful piece of property!
            Thank ya sir. We love it. Great place to go and clear your head.

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              #7
              Subscribed before I finished reading the first post

              Good Luck

              I'm envious

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                #8
                Man, I love it! Congrats!

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                  #9
                  Hey Bob...guess who? Looking forward to the build.

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                    Subscribed.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Double L View Post
                      Hey Bob...guess who? Looking forward to the build.
                      Well howdy sir. This should be fun!

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by bobc View Post
                        Well howdy sir. This should be fun!
                        No doubt about it! You know I am gonna want to see it in person when its finished!

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Double L View Post
                          No doubt about it! You know I am gonna want to see it in person when its finished!
                          Absolutely!

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                            #14
                            Can I pay you to turkey hunt on your land in the spring? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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                              Got off to a pretty good start yesterday, and got all the floor joists done. It is all square and level, so now it is time to start going up with walls. One thing for sure, it was really nice when the cool front moved in around noon.
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