…could also be a musical instrument. Having a classical musician daughter, she educated me about “Mahler’s Hammer.”
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Looks like a Gallagher show sledge hammer.
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I want it. VERY cool!
If you guys are going to follow up with awesome random things like this, then I will post non sequitur more often 
Watermelons beware!!!
This is my favorite mallet from my tools. I inherited it and usually I just use it when it is most ridiculous… Like setting push pins and such.
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My father had an old screwdriver that looked a lot like the largest chisel in your photo. I once saw him using it to repair an old pocket watch.
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I think mallets are on a different branch of the evolutionary tree than hammers.
Ultimately culminating in a variety of species.
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My favorite. Dead blows. (pictured in their natural habitat)
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Please please tell me you went into your workspace, found all your hammers and organized then for this photo.
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No. I did what most people would do and just went into the “Hammers” folder on my computer and picked the one I previously took that shows them lined-up in a way that demonstrates their proposed phylogenetic relationships. ;^)!
Here’s a clade of claw hammers.
But you’ve got me thinking another photo shoot might be in order.
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Beautiful, heartwarming and handy!
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We call that one “the big solution”…
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Are you not adding any insulation under the 6" slab?
The current iteration is in-floor in the the slab with all the appropriate insulation and plumbing and electrical running underneath.
It’s been a while since an update here, mostly because there’s not really enough to update.
The barn is still in pieces, though more appropriately stored for this winter. I bought a shipping container and bribed someone to help me haul all 52 arches into it so it would be safe and dry until spring.
Negative 15 degrees F here today so not much doing for a while.
Working with an engineer now to redline the foundation plans so I can have the walls up 3’ and not damage the structural hardiness.
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Are you producing any con-docs for this ? would be cool to be able to see them?
Yes.
Actually the whole process is being video documented for YouTube, but I haven’t posted anything because I wont be able make progress until after winter and I would like to keep the content fresh and relevant.
Somewhat concerned about the humidity of the storage. Don’t want them to spring. I’m sure you have it in hand.
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Too humid or not humid enough.
Keep them wet or dry, consistency is the key.
They’re basically in the same winter conditions they’ve been in since 1946 with the substantial difference of the last two years not being under the pressure of working together to be a building.
I worry about this, but have thought about it. It’s negative 15F again today, so there’s no moisture anywhere at the moment. I’m outside on a septic install right now and it hurts to breathe.
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