Here are some cool pictures of a cool project that I was fortunate enough to be involved in. It was very fun... and very high. 160' to the top, I think. I actually had to work on that little ball thing under the weathervane, which means that I have, at one time, been the tallest man in Gloucester, MA. The company running the project needed someone adept at carpenterial illusion (finish work), so they called me in. I put on my top hat and went to work.


If you look at the detail pictures, then at the finished pictures closely, you can pick out where each of the zoomed in sections are located. Note: I didn't build any of the pieces, just installed them, which is hard enough when you're meeting up 120 year old stuff to brand new.


These finial are solid mahogany, and almost three feet tall. Notice the glue bottle. The unpainted siding is spanish cedar. You can get a feel for how big the tower really is by finding the the finials in the finished picture up top.
Funny little windows, eh?


This is the balustrade close to the top. The rule of the day was "save as much original woodwork as possible". And Words cannot express how messed up this section of the building was. I am amazed that it came out so good.
This section is to either side of the clocktower.
The above column bases are roughly 42" tall, and weigh about 60 lbs. They are made out of Mahogany. Notice my hammer in the middle bottom for a size reference. We weren't quite finished with them in the above picture, but you can see finished product below.
This one is the very bottom most gable in the first picture.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself doing this work. It challenged me daily, and helped me gain confidence as a carpenter. Maybe I' m not a hack after all?