first go at timber framing

[johnnyb]

the finished arch belt sanded with 40 grit

 

[johnnyb]

I also chopped the triangle bits whatever they are called! Once the arched beam is set out the the triangles are straightforward. the height is half the width as I used 45 degrees as the pitch.

 

[Blister]

Blimey that's a job and a half , Well done , How on eart are you going to install it ?

 

[johnnyb]

I could just about do it on my own. the tie beam was practically immovable when it was 10 by 6 but by the time its all chopped its a one man lift just. the other bits are movable individually as well. but I will get some help.

 

[pe2dave]

So step back to 1350 and imagine doing that, for a living, with old steel hand tools?
They must have been good!

 

[johnnyb]

what i will say like I've said in other threads what seems impossible in one species can be straightforward in another. in this case wet oak and kiln dried oak are like chalk and cheese.(more like potato and iron) . it really wouldn't have been less doable just slower with handtools. obviously this is fairly small and being done without assistance but scaling stuff up is just more help. what would have been technically more difficult is all the trees would likely be roughly squared and not at all regular. I feel that's what makes old frames look "crafted" my beams were sawn by a chap who backs his tractor up to the sawmill, connects the pto and saws using a huge circular saw(from Atkinson walker) if I ask for 6 inch thats what I get.

 

[johnnyb]

today I finished the decorative bits inside the triangle.