Sanding the frame before we prime it.

Good dog. He works for food.

Jointing wood for sash.

School is in session! With an order of 16 sash to make, its time for Israel to start learning joinery. I've been thinking about holding window classes here in the shop. Anyone interested?

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A lock that does not work is just a decoration.

Ok. Done for the day. Is dinner ready? It might be cold by now.

Three frames down and one to go...

What does a window look like before it is made? It looks like this stack of rough cut cypress lumber. This here is for the frame.

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At Home Depot today and was handed this ad creatively within a so called GREEN GUIDE. Save up to $465.00 a year with these replacement windows. Investigation revealed that these windows average $700 per unit. Twenty windows equals $14,000. Divide that by $465 and discover that it would take 30 years of savings to pay for these windows. With a $1500 tax credit it would still take over 26 years. What is green about that? Misleading more accurately describes this ad.

Can you see the paint overspray on the brick? The owners of this historic home protected this brick from being painted for years. Then some hot shot painter comes in with his spray rig and in two seconds, unknowingly sets an inferior precedent for the next person to come and paint. The next guy may well think to himself that if the last guy got away with this then so can I.

Starting the day removing the hardware so we can paint the frames along with the sash.

Cleaning up and protecting the frames.

Ok, who can tell me the purpose of the tongue on this exterior window stop?

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We are leaving for the day. One more pair to prep tomorrow for paint and then finally, after two weeks of prep, we get to paint the windows. Yay!