Timber Framing

[Dave Shepard]

Goats.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I rived up some pegs fron the log in the last pic I posted. Very straight grain. Pegs will return to the site to be used in the building.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Parallelogram ridge for a cruck frame with a 3/4 pitch roof.

 

[lxskllr]

So *that's* what you call it! I'll have to change the marketing on my cants...

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[Burnham]

OMG, Dave...that makes my brain hurt to contemplate. My hat is off to you, sir.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Tajmahorsebarn is up! Rafters and roof coming next.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Hewing demo Sunday. A lot of people interested. Especially little kids. They had about 7x10²⁵ questions.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Roof on the Tajmahorsebarn.

 

[stikine]

Very cool Dave. Question for you, are the sills laying directly on the crushed aggregate and if so do you feel like they will last a bit before rotting? My climate conditions are brutal on untreated wood which is why I ask.

 

[Burnham]

It would be an issue here too, within only a few years. Like to hear your thoughts, Dave.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Black locust. It'll last two years longer than the stone is sitting on.

My wood boiler is sitting on two white pine 8x8s in the dirt with sawdust and bark pulled against them since 2014. I am surprised they've lasted this long, but they aren't ready to be replaced yet either.

 

[Burnham]

OK...maybe...but not very likely in my climate.

Still, that's great. What the 'eff do I know about black locust .

 

[Tree09]

Lol that's a great line I've never heard before, 2 years longer than the rock!

 

[pantheraba]

Black locust is some bodacious wood. We've got some fence at my father's house that a buddy and I put in 45 years ago. Some of it is rotten but some of it is still very viable. And it is simply in the dirt with rocks thrown in to stabilize it and packed back in with Georgia water-holding red clay.

 

[Burnham]

OK, I get that. But for a building of that quality, one that ought to be good for 200 years...I still would have reservations on doing it that way.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Job security. Actually, it was out of necessity. No money for a more substantial foundation, and ledge just a foot down. I expect it to outlast pt easily. It's really not much different than being on a dry laid foundation. If they pile it full of horse manure, it doesn't matter how high off the ground it is.

 

[Burnham]

Fair point, especially the latter.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Siding the Tajmahorsebarn. 1/2" sub layer with 1" outer. No gaps, no ship lapping.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Finished all of the 1/2" layer today. We have about half of the 1" layer done also. Should have it done next weekend, pending a replacement drive belt for the sawmill.

 

[Burnham]

Stunning work.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I'm trying to figure out how to live in it. Not sure the horse would appreciate it, however.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

They are sooo picky !

 

[ruel]

So the sheathing/ siding is 1/2" full cover, then 1" nailed right on top? Do you take care to offset boards so gaps don't line up?

 

[Dave Shepard]

Yes, we're offsetting. We were going to ship lap, but didn't work out a system, so just went with the no fuss two layer system. It's got some advantages. If you have boards that might lose a knot over time, you won't have a big hole in the siding. There's no machining necessary. You can use random widths.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Getting down to the final details. We got more siding on, and installed my idea for a drip cap over the tack room door. It's a small detail, but makes a big difference.