Shop/Studio & House

Thanks, once again, Kris!

The good folks at MultiCam build premium CNC machines which have served us extremely well for more than a decade and a half. We worked directly with Kris Hanchette who was in charge of MultiCam when we acquired our second CNC router and our CNC plasma cutter a couple of years later. There is seldom a workday when I’m not appreciative of our connection to Kris and the machines we love. Sadly, Kris isn’t with MultiCam any longer and I haven’t connected with him for some time. Back when we took delivery of our MultiCam Plasma cutter I wasn’t sure how much we would be use this new (to us) technology. It turned out to be an unfounded concern for the machine and its awesome capabilities literally changed the way we fabricated things in our shop. We have since cut well over a thousand full sheets of steel on the machine, creating tens of thousands of custom shaped pieces in the process. Today, I designed the first cutting files for the entrance arch of the Jade City Golf. This very large feature will consume more than six large sheets of steel plate - all cut into complex shapes. While I designed the first couple of files Matt loaded the first sheet of steel on the plasma cutter. Once I had the file uploaded to the MultiCam computer I set it in motion. As I watched the machine flawlessly cut through the thick steel like it was butter I silently thanked my friend Kris one more time!

Goat Mountain gets some soil at last

Goat Mountain was planned to be a spectacular home for our pigmy goats, which were acquired right after we bought our property eighteen years ago. We started construction of the steel framed barn that would be hidden inside the mountain back then. The ‘ancient’ tree and top planters were built in the shop with the intention to lift them atop the barn at a later point. As often happens, things were delayed and the goats, along with the barn, were gone before the tree and planter found a permanent home. We then decided a new, slightly smaller ‘Goat Mountain’ would be a perfect way to hide the ugly commercial garbage bin which would be situated near the front of our property but still very hidden. We built a new structure and had a crane lift the planter and tree to the top. Then we got busy once more and progress was delayed. A few years later plans changed and we moved the garbage shed to the opposite side of the driveway and the crane relocated the tree and planter one last time. Finishing the little mountain however, waited years until the house was finished and the yard, Becke and Grant’s house and much of the Hazelnut Inn project was done. Each summer we’d chip in a little effort between other projects. One such effort was an addition on the back to house the riding lawnmower and garden tools. There’s still a little sculpting to finish on that area but we decided to finish painting the front in the meantime. Becke polished off the painting this past week and with the long weekend upon us it was the perfect time to put some soil in the planters at long last. Henry was more than a little eager to give me a hand. He insisted that he be the guy that emptied the tractor bucket and pack the soil into the planters. Becke will put in some plants in the coming week.

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