Ty and I finished the shelf on the north side this morning. I sanded the final piece which had somehow been missed previously. I cut the notches with the jigsaw and the two of us fastened them in place. The 1x4s were added later, so the entire unit is essentially complete. The only thing left to do now is suggest the missing stairs, which could be done easily and quickly some other time.

I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon working on a prototypical angled gabion. A few of us had mused about the gabions being cut-away along with the rest of the wall assembly. A true cut-away of a gabion would be impossible, of course, but I figured one could be built with an irregular shape. It turns out that that is true; it just takes a bit longer to properly shape the metal. After I finally finished, I added the ties to the remaining gabions. There are now fourteen of that size ready for the rock.

I ended the day by cutting some sill plates for the windows with Johnny and Luke. The crate containing them arrived in the morning, but we’ll wait until tomorrow to install them.