Introduction to using a transit level today. This will be used in the future to assure a level floor to assemble our structure.
Finished assembly of the floor system today. Everything is labeled and ready to be disassembled tomorrow so that the can start on the remainder of the structure. Everything fit together without too much trouble. Usually only a little trimming is needed to make components fit.
Disassembled our floor system and made room in the shop for our posts. They will house the joinery for the braces, plates and crossbeams. Because they are not dimensioned perfectly we spent most of the afternoon squaring them off in preparation for our layout.
Just some final checking before disassembly. (above)
Shaping the end of the floor joist for the mortise in the sill. (L)
Shaping the end of the floor joist for the mortise in the sill. (L)
Some posts are a bit of a challenge to lay out, some are not. (right)
Another book we referenced during the course. Starting out with a history section, it also covers design of a timber frame, lay out and tools. If you were stuck in the wilderness and had no other references this would be the book to have. Entire text focused on a frame with plans built from the book. Emphasis on hand tools and covers everything from
the foundation to plumbing. Ideally you would use this as a cross reference with the other timber frame books.
This is the materials list for our timber frame cabin. Using the formula L x W x D / 144 gives us our board feet of material required.
Joe points out that this king post will require some trimming of the joinery to make it fit a lttle better.
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