Goshen Wayside Shelter.
A framing rendezvous for the Virginia Military Institute Spring Project. April 2009
Laurie Macrae and a Charleston student get into the detail
Putting the finishing touches to a reduction
A VMI student wrestles the mighty 16" saw
Timber trolleys, VMI style
Al Stewart discusses his plans for the raising
Project manager and main driver, VMI's Professor Grigg Mullen
Tim whitehouse and Mark Clay get on with the fine art of plumb bobbing
The Mullens' compound easily accomodated the 100+ volunteers
The organisation behind the organisation… Cindy Mullen
The cherry wood rail
Griggs senior and junior handle the lift work
the all important moment. With square rule this should fit first time
Hungry carpenters? Get the Barby on!
…and then form a queue
Laurie and some friends provide some traditional entertainment
Grigg grabs some time to relax from problem wrangling
And just as you think we're running out of timbers…
The roof trusses begin to take shape
The carving of the entrance rail gets under way
VMI cadets on tool detail at the end of the day
Tim Whitehouse leads a group fitting the braces
Team leader Bob Smith contemplates
On days like this a verandah comes in handy
An all day stew… all day to cook but minutes to eat!
Completed trusses sortly before loading-up
The completed roof trusses loaded and departing for the site
The side walls were erected on site a day before the rasing was completed with roof trusses
A engraved cherrywood rail bearing the TFG and Carpenters Fellowship monograms
He doesn't noramlly look like this! After two suncream days the weather did a u-turn and we had snow later on!
The timecapsule just before being fitted into its new home
Grigg performs seals the timecapsule into the frame
Each peg signed and decorated by framers, and friends of the goshen wayside shelter
Mark Clay and fellow peg monkeys before climbing to work
Mark Clay on 'peg monkey' duties
The peg-monkeys hurry to keep up with the trusses being flown in by telehandler
A view of the frame with most of the rafters in place
The finished frame with secondary timbers being fitted
The raised frame and some of the 100 or so people whose hard work made it happen
