I'm about an hour or so away from finishing this barn, and the last pieces will be stored against the wall. Then I'll start on the other barn.
I've mentioned the new corner post a couple of times, there is a photo of it in post #200. It got fit into the longitudinal wall assembly first, as it would have been originally. I know this by chance, as I saw scribe marks on one of the other posts that could only mean they fit the post in the wall first, then into the gable.
This was a bit tricky to fit, as there were several dimensions that had to be maintained, or the post, with about 8 hours into it already, would be junk. The upper horizontal timber had to be mortised into the new post at just the right height, or the stud below it would not fit, as well as the door post that goes above it. Also the width of the building is dependant on proper mortise location as well. This post was already hewn on three sides during fitting in the other dimensions, and had to have the inside face hewn to width. I did a mock up of the horizontal piece and made a mark and hewed to that mark. Only one chance to get it right.
Things can get interesting sometimes.
Some more line projecting. I had to do two of these brace repairs. If the lines cross at the midline, then you might have gotten it right.
Brace ready to receive repair.
Repair cut. I always try to leave small repair attached to the bigger piece of repair stock. It makes it easier to work and clamp. This stuff is white oak. Stringy and tough. It will get cut off on the right hand side.
Hewing the repair piece on my little small parts hewing fixture.
Well, that's about it for that barn. Now for a preview of the next one. That's a shot down the top of a 24' purlin post, through the rot hole in the top. Blue light is from a flashlight shined in a mortise. Rot goes over 4 feet down the post. The knot whorls, EWP, remind me of something Indiana Jones might have to deal with.
) none of the range wall posts were saved, so we get to make them new, and of a legal height.
