Finished fitting all the components for our support plates for the roof. Started lay out of the rafters and we'll start cutting the joinery for them tomorrow.
Busy all day with scarfing our ridge pole and wall plates together. Combined length of each beam will be 26'. As an 8" X 8", that's one heavy timber! As always, rarely do the two joinery components fit together without some adjustment from our chisel.
Ridge pole and wall plates are 'scarfed' together to form a single continuous beam. This process is not limited to buildings but can be used in furniture as well!
Today we continued working on the wall plates and ridge pole which will support our roof system. Trial fitted some of the posts and braces. If all goes well tomorrow, we should be able to start on the rafters soon.
A completed ridge pole, king posts and braces upside down for ease of assembly. Everything will be taken apart and labelled, ready for the next components. Above right is what this assembly will look like in the frame. (right side up)
Why a scarf joint? It makes two short timbers into one long one. Use of scarfs has been dated to 1200 AD. Necessity caused the development of the scarf. Long timbers were no longer available and rather than make shorter structures, the problem had to be solved with materials at hand. Discovering the 'New World' was heaven to builders because there was once again an ample supply in the virgin forests. Thanks to the colonists, we are once again resigned to scarfing to achieve our lengthy timbers.
Placeholder for the Good Old Days... (long bell mill pic)
Dietrich's CAD rendering of the ridge assembly.
... thank you for your patience!
sept 04,2008
sept 04,2008
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