POLYFACE DESIGNS 6

            It's Friday and time for another teaser about the upcoming book POLYFACE DESIGNS.   Aren't you loving these little teaser pictures from the book?

             I'm happy to announce that finally we are officially in the printing queue and have an estimated print date:  Sept. 21.  We had hoped for about a month earlier, but this is an extremely sophisticated project and we're having to use a new printer, which necessitates corporate paperwork and filling out forms, which I hate to do because I'm not good at it.  I just don't think like a bureaucrat or paper pusher.

             Instructions that seem clear to a person who loves paperwork don't make any sense to me, a practical writer, English major and wordsmith.  Corporate paperwork is some of the worst written material on the planet.  But we've finally gotten through it and passed all the corporate hurdles into the queue and received a green light "you're in our system." 

             It's kind of like building a house.  When it's dried in, although it looks complete from the outside, it's actually only half done.  The interior work that nobody sees from outside takes just as long as the exterior that everyone watches as they drive by the project.

             You're going to love this book even if you never want to build portable infrastructure.  The engineer guru of this project, Chris Slattery, makes the diagrams worthy of a coffee table book; indeed, we're printing it in what's called "landscape layout."  In other words, it's wider than it is tall.  Most books are taller than they are wide, but we wanted this one to open and setay flat in your shop or by your table saw.

             Today's teaser picture is the Polyface broiler shelter.  It's still our centerpiece and certainly our most famous design.  This chapter address the most common mistakes and offers plenty of tips for constructing these quickly and without wasted materials.  It even addresses the importance of using aluminum roofing rather than tarps, billboards, or sheet metal.

             I'm giddy for this book to finally be in the final sprint.  It's literally a visual portrayal of our family's life's work.  But the real goal is to empower thousands and thousands of new farmers to duplicate these efficient and economical designs so their farms can be successful enough to provide full employment.

             For those of you who have asked for plans, are you saying "well, it's about time?"