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We didn't have the use of the jigsaw today, so we cut our custom scribing with the reciprocating saw.
Almost a perfect fit, except for this one spot.
     
 
Jeff sketches a deeper cut in hopes that the panel will fit tighter.
Following the pencil line with the reciprocating saw.
     
 
It's a nice fit. A slight gap around the pole means the panel joints will fit tight.
Cutting the scribe line for the small piece that will fit on the opposite side of the pole.
     
 
Issac watches his dad lay the small section into place. It's a good fit.
This panel was glued down a while ago. The last panel to finish off this row overlaps slightly at this joint so Paul takes a little off the glued panel for a better fit.
     
 
Driving a few screws into another panel.
Lydia took over and finished this panel off.
     
 
Back to the opposite end to start working on the partial panels that will fit against the wall. We started by cutting a slight diagonal that followed the taper of the log the panel would meet. Any knots that interfered with this edge got a scribe cut around them.
This row was the most difficult to lay because the tongues had to fit into the grooves of the previous row, with the panels still remaining as tight as possible to the wall. Here, the panel was tipped up on the wall side to fit the tongue into the groove, then the panel was laid down flat, then driven back toward the adjacent wall. These corner pieces were the worst!
     
 
Success! Now to screw it down.
Time to find some shade and grab a drink.
     
 
With the next panel rough cut with a diagonal to follow the log taper, Jeff lays it against the wall and scribes for knots.
Paul follows Jeff's pencil line with the saw.
     
 
While Paul continues to work on that panel, Jeff starts measuring for the cut needed on the next panel around the RPSL.
Finding center away from the wall so we know where to begin the curved scribe line that will follow the pole profile.
     
 
Paul tries something different on his panel. By tipping the circular saw, he created a beveled edge that will hopefully fit better against the log wall.
Cutting the front half of the pole opening. This just needs to be a square cut.
     
 
Laying adhesive for Paul's panel.
To help get the tongue to fit tightly into the groove of the adjacent row, Jeff uses a crowbar against the log.
     
 
A dry fit for the next panel around the pole.
Paul takes off some of the edge while LouElla screws down the previous panel.
     
 
An edge-on view of Paul's bevel cut in the next panel.
Issac flying a kite from on top of the scaffold deck.
     
 
Before we can continue with the last few panel sections that will take us into the corners, the lifting poles have to come out. We decided to take down the southwest pole first. With the pole's block and tackle tied off, Paul cut the pole about 10 feet off the floor, in line with the height of the 2nd floor girders.
The plan is to use the block and tackle to lower the pole down onto the girders, then cut it into manageable sections.
     
 
The chain keeps the bottom end from rolling off the base.
So far, so good. It's about half-way down. Lowering the pole was pretty easy, and needed only one person to control the fall line.
     
 
It's down. Next, to section it and lower the pieces through the floor to the basement.
Paul took the saw down to the basement to cut the remaining post in half...
     
 
...while Jeff applied lift using another block and tackle set chained to the wall. This kept the pole from pinching the chainsaw. Once the cut was through, we picked the post up enough to swing the bottom over and lowered the section straight down to the basement.
One lifting pole left. Matt will be out tomorrow to take that one down, as only he can.
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