Left: LISEC volunteer Charles Carter has been coming early and staying late to produce carvings on major timbers to commemorate project supporters.

Left: Many hands (and two carts) make light work of moving this truss down to its assembly point.

Below: Randy Churchill leads a complex ballet in three parts to extract the first truss (complete) from the tent and head out to the assembly yard.

Below: Meanwhile, back on the deck, Oscar Emanuel is leading a crew in assembly of the long wall, and the scribing of its handsome live-edge braces.

This is the back side, eventually covered with panels. Can't wait to see the front.

Left: Matt Jenkins, from the prairies of Illinois, finishes the draw bore on the live-edge braces opposing the ones in the previous images.

Below: Completed trusses in the parking area get plumbed and squared in groups of three. They will be fitted with the purlins and rigged for raising as a trio. By the end of today we are officially half way through the truss work.

Left: The middle three trusses (of nine total) feature passing rafters that eventually support a plate, that in its turn, receive a pair of rafters in the monitor assembly.

Right: Kevin Brennan has been busy in the back making up the tying joints for the monitor rafter sets. The plate or tie beam at the bottom of this picture connects to the peaks of the crossing rafters (on the left of) the previous slide. If all goes according to plan, the monitor will be completely assembled on the ground and lifted into place as a unit.