The last round of lumber should be arriving on Sunday morning at 6:00 AM coming from Dave's Saw Mill in Hardwick - and you thought farmers start their days early.
Liz is flexing her lay-out muscles.
Monday
Order Made
The last round of lumber should be arriving on Sunday morning at 6:00 AM coming from Dave's Saw Mill in Hardwick - and you thought farmers start their days early.
Liz is flexing her lay-out muscles.
Wednesday
Like the Forearm Handshake
We've just finished the digital lay-out of our scarf joints. A scarf is the wooden stitching-together of two separate pieces. In this case we're using two fourteen-foot long pieces to make a single twenty-two foot long rafter plate.
The Timber Framers' Guild website has an invaluable series of high quailty articles which you can download for free. They have been a constant source of guidance.
The above joinery is a shameless copy of that which was designed by Josh Jackson of Timber Homes LLC,
Friday
Round Three!
The last volunteer Timber Framing Demonstration happened last weekend and it was a great success. We had visitors fluttering the entire day and a few folks who'd never seen a timber before received a crash-course in Square-Rule framing that culminated with a ride on Ye Olde Boring Machine.
The heat was again stifling and it felt drier underwater. We went to shirts and skins and forged ahead none the less. Brianna received some seasoned guidance from Ithamar who has been a familiar face to the project.
Newbee Harrison arrived at 10 AM and by noon was paring with a hundred-year-old chisel and throwing his considerable weight behind the gears of the Exhilaration Apparatus.
The heat was again stifling and it felt drier underwater. We went to shirts and skins and forged ahead none the less. Brianna received some seasoned guidance from Ithamar who has been a familiar face to the project.
Newbee Harrison arrived at 10 AM and by noon was paring with a hundred-year-old chisel and throwing his considerable weight behind the gears of the Exhilaration Apparatus.
Round Two!
A handful of stalwart aspiring framers came out last Saturday for out second Timber Framing Demonstration.
Above George is polishing a mortise with elbow grease.
The Beamery at 339 Pine Street (Home of Waste Not Products) was humming.
Young Liz squeezing her mind grapes.
Above George is polishing a mortise with elbow grease.
The Beamery at 339 Pine Street (Home of Waste Not Products) was humming.
Young Liz squeezing her mind grapes.
Cutting, Cutting, Cutting
We've been grinding gears on Ye Olde Boring Machine and sharpening chisels like it's going out of style.
The project has gained momentum and has been powered by the tattooed, determined grit of Canadians arriving en-mass.
More to come with next weekend's framing affair.
The project has gained momentum and has been powered by the tattooed, determined grit of Canadians arriving en-mass.
More to come with next weekend's framing affair.
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