Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
You said you were going to be working on a woodshed. That will be the Taj Mahal of woodsheds.
Timber Framing
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Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Actually, that is very similar to what I was going to build for a friend of mine. We've since switched to a Dutch barn with three gable entry garage doors. Looks like you could have a full upstairs in there.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
It's a real pleasure to look at such a nice work.
Amazing skill, I'm definitively a big fan.
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Amazing skill, I'm definitively a big fan.
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rskybiz
TreeHouser
Nice! Looking at that makes me so wish I have mine going up!
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
How's the barn coming along?
MasterBlaster
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Yes - updates, please!
brendonv
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Done nothing here. Just been finishing up the house. Finally paint the bottom floor today. Have to hand brush trim still. The top I had my white pine logs milled, going up there as vertical ship lap. No timber framing on the horizon, first things first. I can't figure out how to rotate that on my iPad.
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MasterBlaster
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There's no place like Home!
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Bodean
Cali dreamer
beauty.
Burnham
Woods walker
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Finally, after three years, I am starting to put together the different assemblies of the barn I'm working on. Each of the repaired pieces, as well as any new parts, need to be scribed into assembly. Unlike square rule, where parts are cut to common dimensions, a new part in a scribe rule barn needs to be scribed into it's one location, and then numbered. It won't fit anywhere else. It's very hard to get these assemblies into one shot, I can't get far enough away. In this assembly, there is a purlin plate on the right that supports rafters mid-span, then there are five purlin posts with bracing. I first have to scribe in the posts and braces and make sure everything is the right dimension, then I have to scribe in new girts. Those are the two shorter pieces connecting the posts on the left. There will be two more of these, all in a row. I've got some more pics, but I've got to get them out of the camera. Those new girts are dryish white oak, and they have been busting up my tools.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I stand in awe, brother. 
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I have a hard time even fathoming the scope of a project like that. Let alone actually doing it. Super impressive.
flushcut
TreeHouser
One day I will have a timber frame building/house of some kind.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I like the ceiling in your shop, Dave, very cool.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I've been working on this barn since March 2010, off and on. There are two Dutch barns in there, both with complete floor systems. The first barn is 99% done, just a few details to be taken care of when the rest of the architectural work is done. The one I'm working on now will be done next month. It is on spec. It may get put up this fall, I hope. I will have about 1,800 hours in this one, and maybe $40k in specialty timbers and planking.
1:16 scale model of the barn I'm working on.
The floor system that I cut for the barn. You can see that stacked up behind the assembly I have on the floor in the picture I posted a couple days ago.
1:16 scale model of the barn I'm working on.
The floor system that I cut for the barn. You can see that stacked up behind the assembly I have on the floor in the picture I posted a couple days ago.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Huge! And OMG nice!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
You have to make a model, first???
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
The models are sales tools. I can look at the drawings and know what every part is and what it is going to look like. People with no experience with barns and drawings usually can't visualize what the barn could be made into. With the model people say "How high is it to the loft?" and I say 8'10" and they say "Oh, so we can put the kitchen here and a bedroom over there!". I've made models of both barns, and one of a house frame I cut out last fall.
28'x28' Dutch house with attached woodshed. I don't have a pic with the rafters on the woodshed/utility room. Don't know why.
I found one with the rafters on. I like to park my camera in the woodshed so I don't accidentally smash it with a mallet.
28'x28' Dutch house with attached woodshed. I don't have a pic with the rafters on the woodshed/utility room. Don't know why.
I found one with the rafters on. I like to park my camera in the woodshed so I don't accidentally smash it with a mallet.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Lots of architects use models these days, MB, as Dave says, it helps people to visualize. I think that there might even be a trade that makes models to someone's specs. I've done a few for furniture as well, generally not as complex as what Dave does. People are usually happy to get the models along with the real thing, comments like "cute". :roll: So far no complaints that the models look better than the actual thing.
Burnham
Woods walker
As has been said, Dave...nothing but amazement, totally impressed by your skills.
Porkbrick
TreeHouser
Lots of architects use models these days, MB, as Dave says, it helps people to visualize. I think that there might even be a trade that makes models to someone's specs. I've done a few for furniture as well, generally not as complex as what Dave does. People are usually happy to get the models along with the real thing, comments like "cute". :roll: So far no complaints that the models look better than the actual thing.
i met a guy once who made a career out of model making. he said he had been commissioned at one time to make a scale model of an oil refinery... that was functional!
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