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12-30-2006, 02:39 AM
Thought I would show some pictures of the house my dad has been working on for a while now.
In my dads way of timber frame construction(I say my dads way because he has never built a timber frame house before although he has read a book on it) you start out with the timbers and form all the mortises and other joints to form a bent. After a bent is formed you mark all joints tear it down and start on another. When all the bents are formed you take them down to to building site and "finish" fit all the joints. The first picture is the finish fitting and final assembly on a bent.
The second picture is the bents going into position. In an other post I stated there were 9 bents, well I was wrong there are 13 bents total, what do I know, I was in charged of building the deck :).
The third picture is the fireplace. The mantel is going to be wood, he just does not know what he wants yet. The stones are all indigenous to the area.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
db2
In my dads way of timber frame construction(I say my dads way because he has never built a timber frame house before although he has read a book on it) you start out with the timbers and form all the mortises and other joints to form a bent. After a bent is formed you mark all joints tear it down and start on another. When all the bents are formed you take them down to to building site and "finish" fit all the joints. The first picture is the finish fitting and final assembly on a bent.
The second picture is the bents going into position. In an other post I stated there were 9 bents, well I was wrong there are 13 bents total, what do I know, I was in charged of building the deck :).
The third picture is the fireplace. The mantel is going to be wood, he just does not know what he wants yet. The stones are all indigenous to the area.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
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