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Cedar Posts & I-Beam
The cedar posts need temporary legs to keep them steady until the I-beam is installed:
A few days later, the I-beams were installed. John & Chris Branje with Dave Drummond on the crane made this possible!
First thing done was to add some more support for the cedar posts using diagonal metal braces:
The crane - check out Dave's tagline!
Here comes the 3rd beam ...
It fits just perfectly! Now we just need a bit of tuning and we're reading for lag screws.
We're ready for another metal brace, then the fourth I-beam:
Now John finishes up by welding the I-beams together ...
Look Ma, no legs!
Eventually the I-beams will be encased in cedar, and knee braces (also made by John Branje) will be added - here's our first trial fit:
