Really enjoyed watching the videos. Watched them all! Building a model house very similar to yours with my construction class this semester. You must have had a GREAT teacher in high school!
Hey, I recognise that name! Thanks for teaching me all that you did in high school, you and the other shop teachers at Baker definitely helped convince me to start my own shop. Glad you like ths project and hope to run into you one of these days, I'm still in the area!
If only u knew how long they take to build in a factory setting I built a few don't remember there measurements but they were heavy enough the 12 peaple had to carry them and in a 8 HR shift would get about 30+ a shift on a bad day on a good day maybe 12-20 and we used staples in those plates and in the connecting pieces of wood that used rollers to press the truss plates (one one each side) in
Hi! I bought typical dimensional lumber from a home center and milled it up myself on a table saw. I believe, at least in the northeast us, that dimensional lumber is made of douglas fir. But really - you'd have luck with many different species!
I've got a Sony a6000 (still using the kit lens)! Pretty satisfied with it and would recommend it as a good, cheap camera body to get into photography / videography.
I made it all myself! I plan to someday do a video on this because it's a question I get often, but here's the rough process: 1. Buy discounted lumber at a big box store 2. Cut it into shorter lengths, working around any bends or imperfections 3. Rip each piece into thin strips, 1.5 scale inches wide 4. Rip each thin strip to be the correct width of material (ie, 3.5 scale inches for a 2x4, 5.5 scale inches for a 2x6, etc) I've found this to be a really effective method to quickly and cheaply make large quantities of scale lumber. Let me know if you have any questions!
