Finished Tannery Wood

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the tannery project has been on hold for several months. While clearing out the rest of the building, Greg, one of the owners of the business, suffered a pretty serious heart attack. After quadruple bypass and a few months of recovery, Greg is doing much better. He recently got the OK from his doctor to get back on his motorcycle. Soon he should be able to get in there and clear the place out, and we can get back to work. In the meantime, we have made some beautiful products with the wood we have taken out of the tannery. We still only have a few pictures though. That's the problem when most of your products go in people's homes. Sometimes it is hard to go back and intrude into some body's house to take pictures. I have never seen many of our nicest products installed and finished. Occasionally though, some customers are very gracious and allow us to intrude. The floor is in the home of Shawn and Dave West. The other pieces are in Back to Eden Bakery, which will be opening on NE Alberta St in Portland. There is a bar top with a back splash, a walk-thru counter flip top and a table top.

Progress

Well, we are moving along slowly but surely. With only two people on the job for much of the time we have been moving especially slowly. But we have managed to get down all three pole barns and three sections of the main building, the fleshing room, the tank room and the boiler room. Everything has gone as planned so far. No big surprises except for a couple of mummified possums in the walls. We managed to make it through the recent "arctic blast" without sustaining any damage. We did have a recent unrelated scare though. While working one day a couple of weeks ago we saw several fire and police vehicles parked across the street for several hours. Eventually the Dallas Fire Department arson investigator showed up. He asked if we were missing any tools or accelerants and informed us that there was a serial arsonist in the area. I would think we would be a prime target for that but fortunately we have not heard from him since.
We have already made some really beautiful flooring and trim with tannery wood and hope to have some pictures soon. Plans are also being drawn for a timber-frame home using many of the beams from the building.
If you are interested in any fir bark and are willing to haul it away from the tannery, please contact us and come take as much as you can.