While I was busting my butt working on the house this weekend, I managed to sneak in just a wee bit of work on the shop wall project. I added jam extensions to the windows. While not rocket science, this was slightly harder than is sounds since the wall are uneven and the nearest reference surface is a few inches achoice from each window. In then end, each of the eight (8) extension jam pieces is different and all are tapered. My normal routine of relative dimensioning helped out big here and I was able to put my TS55 to good use cutting those angles. Heres a quick video I shot showing the completed window jam extensions.

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Progress on the Tree House has progressed at a steady (and slow) rate.

The 3/4" x 12" beast.

I began the actual site work for the tree house by setting the large bolts that will support it. The bolts are critical because they must not only be strong enough to hold up the Treehouse, they must also allow free movement between the trees and the Treehouse in order to accommodate movement of the trees. After I had installed the first few bolts, I looked at the physical space outlined by the three (3) trees I planned on using and realized that I wasnt happy with the size of shape.
In this video, I  describe the change in shape and the replacement of a 10" bolt with a 12" bolt in order to accommodate the fact that the bolt will no longer be perpendicular to the beam.