Visual Journal: From Beginning to End and a Meditation on Window Making

I finally had the chance to complete a visual journal of the entire process of the restoration and renovation of the Carpe Diem.  What amazes me is that the whole process, from purchase to 'completion' took about six months.  However, of those six months, we only 'had' the Carpe Diem for three.  I drove to Tennessee to pick it up during spring break at the end of March and immediately began restoration.  I took hundreds of photos of the process and it was tough  weeding through those to find just the right ones.

 

The passenger side window before.

Driver side window before.

As is typical on most projects like this, I would take a step forward and three back.  For example, one of the projects I began after cleaning and sealing up the inside, was to rebuild the screen windows.

After cleaning and installing new hinge.

Inside of door.

The remains of the original screen portion of the window.

Cobbled together to make a template.

Replica above; original below.

Dry fit: inside.

Dry fit: outside.

Completed frames ready for screens.

After more than two days replicating the originals, decided to use these sliding windows.  In my defense, I hadn't been able to find a suitable window until I came across a window on, of all places, Pintrest!  A few days later, they were here and installed.  

With that, I give you the before, during and after video of my work on the Carpe Diem:

Carpe Diem Before and After from Todd Burleson on Vimeo.