Hertzler Barn Project
George Rogers Clark Historic Park, Springfield, Ohio
July 7-21, 2007


Reports from the field by Joel McCarty

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Day 16 Report


The best part of this day came at the end. Members of the team were so tired of working on the deck in the heat that they marched down there after supper and just finished the thing. Fortunately, Jim and Tim had arranged for the light towers to be delivered that afternoon. This allowed the gang to push the decking on to completion. It was a great celebration, but the effort dragged on past moon set and meant a late night for all. The exhilaration was palpable.

Next up, rigging configurations and bent assemblies.


Photos by J. McCarty
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Captions:

  1. Long before sundown, but well past dinner, loyal crew members squint and sprint across the deck, trying to stay ahead of Kevin Brennanč's cutting team.
  2. Jim Campbell and Tim DeVore arranged for a string band to come on down and accompany our evening decking party. All attempts to syncopate hammering with the beat of the excellent bluegrass were hilarious failures.
  3. Just before a sunset that no one notices, apprentice Ali positions herself for the next course of boarding.
  4. Gable bent tie beam receives a monster 'patch' where one of the canted queen posts was meant to land.
  5. A fleet of rafters, but a small portion of the total we require.
  6. We're about to close the Scarf Shop, but not before this massive repair to a non-gable tie beam is fitted up and obsessed over.