[AT] AT Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3

[STEVE ALLEN]

Dean, thanks for the kind words!

I try not to look in the mirror ;-)

On the roof:  nope:  we unscrewed the lower portions of the original roof and slid the new rafters under them to connect with the original trusses.  We pried the sheets up, put the nailers (screwers?) on the new rafters, and slid the new roof sheets under the old ones.  The we screwed the whole thing down.  The new roof sheets slide up under the old ones a nice, safe distance.  I am really pleased how the old sheets maintained a curve in the transition to the new angle.

We spent today building the wall in front of the '51 A on the addition.  It's made primarily of 6' dog-eared fence pickets, just like the original lumber lean-to on the "front" of the original shed.  (Of course, the new ones are much greener!)  The wall is hardly weather-proof, but the open south side doesn't exactly keep out the wind, either.  It will go a long way toward keeping the worst of the wind out, and there are two "doors" to let us in from that side.  We can pull the tractor a little further in, now.

The "original" Steve Allen


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Looks absolutely great!   Very nice group of tractors.  Weathered but with carrying on is my favorite style of tractor.   (Might be some "look in the mirror" going on there... :)

One non-tractor detail catches my eye:   The roof connection between the original shed and the addition.   Is the new roof overlapping on top of the old one?   

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio