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Whats going on with my site?

Hi, in order to preserve transparency in my site I will tell you the viewer the truth. I will not distort what my business is, I will not lead the customer astray with misinformation. As of now I will also not have quite as much "fun" with my blog space. No more stories, no more ski pics, travel pics, etc.... more like the traditional working blog. Why? I guess most people think its 'unprofessional'.

So I dumped the archives....sorry.

Also as stated in the title... whats up with the site?
1. The website represents work designed and built in Maine, not Montana. I recently moved because Maine folks in general are stuck on Old buildings/and the remodel of them which is fine but the new construction of colonial houses, barn homes, capes, garrisons, and all ancient building typologies outfitted with modern appliances.... Not my thing!
2. AS far as the Design/Build.... Well I don't want to false advertise. I cant build a darn thing until I replace all of the tools that were stolen from me this fall! Arggh! I am working on the replacement of them and at some point in time I will once again be able to offer my construction services. For now I will have to keep the services that I can provide to my vast knowledge in the design field.

What I can do for you:
CAD drawings, computer models, site evaluations, design work, and construction drawings. I can still oversee your building project, find contractors, arrange material schedules, and oversee the construction.
I look forward to hearing from my next client.... call me soon!

Desk and Bookshelves for my folks

Well Just finished this beautiful desk for my Folks. It was the last detail to their new home that I designed and built several years back. You can see other parts of this home by following this link.
http://www.greenovision.com/folks.htm

Back to the bench at Tenants Harbor

A change of pace today (thank god!). Jon, Steven, and I took the shop van up to Tenants Harbor to finish the bench that I started last fall, and left ‘This old f_ckin' house' behind. We met at 7:15 at the Ohno café, then loaded up and hit the road. We made short work of getting to the lumber that was planed up by a guy named Duey up in Liberty Maine. Duey kind of looks like Mr Clean. He’s a big bald guy but friendly enough. He commented on how nice it was to work with a different species of tree. He usually works with white cedar which he says he can’t even smell anymore, our boards he planed were Hemlock. We loaded up our boards and Jon wrote old Duey a check and we were off…

Off over hill and Dale, Over Appleton ridge, through Union, then on down a number of winding narrow roads, finally to Rockland to pick up some screws. By 11 we finally are at the Morrill camp at Tenants Harbor.

We unloaded the supplies, and started right in knowing we would have to get a move on it to get it all done that day. Jon was the board evaluation man; he sighted the boards, picked “the good edge”, and then laid them out for scribing. I was the saw guy and ripped the boards to taper. Steven helped plane the edges, layout boards, screwed boards down and took a bunch of photos. In the end the whole things went as smooth as silk and we finished I think earlier than we all thought it would take.

The product came out very nice, and we all were satisfied with how it came out. We had a few celebrational beers and then hit the road back to Portland. Oh yeah you can see some renderings and older building shot of this project at http://www.greenovision.com/benches.htm
and past blog entry at http://www.greenovision.com/blog/2008_11_01_archive.html

Tenants Harbor bench progress

A view of the new bench stantions in place...finally ... just need the wood planks for completion...next spring....

Building a bench alongside the Seals of Tenants Harbor

Its been a cool project to work alongside the wildlife of the coast. The Loons in their winter plumage eating crabs. The Osprey screeching eerily on the other shore. The tide flowing by always telling the time.

Emily has been "holding the other end of the tape", she is a real camper, never complains. The crib stone has been good rock with the proper machining characteristics, ie. takes a hammerdrill bit well, and can actually be chiseled some. I have had Mark from Marks Metal fabrication shop help me on this project, he has had some very good advice and we have got along great. Today he came out and 'tack' tig welded the stantions to the mounting plates... then I took the whole wooden jig apart that had held all braced in place for the welding opertation. After that I unbolted the stainless steel post from the crib. Emily and I cleaned up the site...took a last gaze out at the bay, the islands, the ocean, and packed the car with the pieces.... back to Marks shop where he will weld gusset plates to further brace the post and mounting plates. So its a process, not fast, not slow, but accurate.