woodlearner9810182
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I am a bit flummoxed by this part.
Oh and btw I am interested in using wood only and hand tools. So joints like mortis and tenon and such which only use wood and nothing else to keep themselves together.
Also I mean for just a simple square/rectangular log cabin. Not these complicated reciprocal roundhouse roofs.
It is easy to see from pictures how to make the frame of the walls. Self explanatory mostly for the notched ones where they kiss each other. Forgot the proper name.
I have yet to see a proper explantion of the roof though. Also not sure how to figure it out.
With the walls gravity is on your side whereas if there is a pitched roof, then gravity then goes against you as the logs would want to slide off.
Also if using round wood what does one do to make the main roof material? Roundwood, like on the walls, would just cause water to just curl round the rounded timber and go in the structure wouldn't it rather than run off?
I know you can add whatever you want like slate or grass or anything but is there not a totally wooded way to do it, as with the walls?
Would you have to flatten the timber for the top or can it still be round?
Here is an image where they seem to still use roundwood for the roof, but no idea if the top would be flat from the picture:
https://timberframing.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/06/roundwood-timber-framing.jpg
So both the frame itself and the frame covering I would be interested in explanations on.
I am imagining for the frame two rectangles could be made and then a couple of horizontal pieces across, using mortis and tenon or whatever and then for the beams which would go down make notches in each and then peg them or same mortis and tenon.
Is there any resource which has a start to finish explainer? The roof is the part which throws me off and not intuitive from looking at images I have seen so far.
I know ben law's books are supposed to cover this but what about a quick online one?
Oh and btw I am interested in using wood only and hand tools. So joints like mortis and tenon and such which only use wood and nothing else to keep themselves together.
Also I mean for just a simple square/rectangular log cabin. Not these complicated reciprocal roundhouse roofs.
It is easy to see from pictures how to make the frame of the walls. Self explanatory mostly for the notched ones where they kiss each other. Forgot the proper name.
I have yet to see a proper explantion of the roof though. Also not sure how to figure it out.
With the walls gravity is on your side whereas if there is a pitched roof, then gravity then goes against you as the logs would want to slide off.
Also if using round wood what does one do to make the main roof material? Roundwood, like on the walls, would just cause water to just curl round the rounded timber and go in the structure wouldn't it rather than run off?
I know you can add whatever you want like slate or grass or anything but is there not a totally wooded way to do it, as with the walls?
Would you have to flatten the timber for the top or can it still be round?
Here is an image where they seem to still use roundwood for the roof, but no idea if the top would be flat from the picture:
https://timberframing.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/06/roundwood-timber-framing.jpg
So both the frame itself and the frame covering I would be interested in explanations on.
I am imagining for the frame two rectangles could be made and then a couple of horizontal pieces across, using mortis and tenon or whatever and then for the beams which would go down make notches in each and then peg them or same mortis and tenon.
Is there any resource which has a start to finish explainer? The roof is the part which throws me off and not intuitive from looking at images I have seen so far.
I know ben law's books are supposed to cover this but what about a quick online one?
