I went to see the replica Columbus ships, the Pinta and the Nina yesterday. Anybody interested in timber framing would love them. Hand built in Brazil. All wood I have never heard of. They had a small piece of wood the deck was built of. Very dense and an oily feel to it...
I have looked for something other than layout lines. Nothing yet, but I haven't checked them all. I know there are some initials carved and a date. Gotta go look to refresh my memory. I love seeing your work.
I like to look at the scribed on layout marks on old barn beams. There is a 60 foot long White Oak beam in our barn that the rafters sit on. Imagine how much wood had to come off the butt end to square it up. You can see a little bark on the small end.
My sons friend put up a kit log cabin. He finished the interior walls with old barn siding. Way to much wood. I helped on the work party to put it up. It was kind of a circus. The owner was drilling a vertical hole for a wire run and drilled crooked. The bit came out through the log on the...
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