Hopefully the token group class photo will be taken tomorrow. Timber Frame Class of 2007!
With the timber framing now completed, before any more work proceeds, it is time for the "Raising of the Bough." An ancient tradition of timber frame raising from Germanic and Scandinavian culture dating to the middle ages, a pine bough is nailed to the peak of the new home's frame. This ancient tradition signifies honor and respect to the forest from which the timber frame has been fashioned.
RJ has the honor of attaching the bough of pine to our cabin.
Timber Frame Class of 2007!
This is a time lapse video of the assembly of the cabin. Filmed over two days, it actually took about 8 hours total to put together.
Finally the details of our rafter system are finished. They were a little challenge to get the fitment just right. Some of us in the meantime have been busy on working on our signs. They will be quite solid once we get them finished.
In the afternoon we were back at the campus and had a brief lesson from an engineer, Robin Zirnhelt from the Cascade Engineering Group. Discussed design properties of wood, transfer of loads and joinery details. This was certainly a worthwhile afternoon lesson.
We're continuing to work on the incomplete signs from a previous class. Some of us have individual projects such as a sawhorse that we built at the beginning of the program so that we may have a matching set. There's also a coffee table and some decorative braces for a house front on the go.
Decorative eave brace (above) and driving in the last peg into a Japanese style frame. (right)
In the class we had a review on stair layout, design and different construction techniques. Continued work on our various signs. Some students were milling materials for their own design. With only a couple of weeks left in the program, time is passing quickly!
Fort Steele grew into a commercial centre, shipping lead, zinc and silver from Kimberley's North Star Mine to smelters in the United States. However, when the railway bypassed the centre in 1898 the town was gradually deserted. A few of us from the class decided to check it out because our instructor had done some major restorations here in the past. Of course there were many pieces of equipment to play on!
During the mining boom of the late 1890s Fort Steele thrived as the commercial, social and administrative centre of the region. Today, Fort Steele is a Heritage Town, where visitors can travel back in time and enjoy daily re-enactments of the town's past history.
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