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Dispatches from the Frontier
Photos and text by Joel McCarty

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May 31 Report
May 31 Part 2
May 31 Part 3
May 31 Part 4
June 1 Report
June 2 Report
Final Report

Thursday, June 1, 2000
Kendallville, Indiana

Angle
This is the final and correct pitch for the shears.

corbelwrong Corbel: nice work if you can get it. Right: What's wrong with this picture? Wacky tenons on the the canted gable commons.

Dove lap
DoveLap: collar tie tenons revealed.

Brendan Moving
Brendan does the Flintsone move, with the aid of rollers, of a completed shear, with some supervision from Jim Kricker (in green T-shirt).


June 2 Report and Photos

Beans
Copper kettle and canoe paddle beans for dinner.

Dave
Dave Wilson, member of the board of the Museum.

Makitas
Dueling makita mortises in tandem. Gary gestures while Tom Cundiff continues to keep the mortiser warm.

Tom Tom planing the gains on the breast beam.


Inching homeward.
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