Joinery and shop photos

Man that just looks fun! Well done some great work going on there.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Wow, that is some impressive woodworking on a grand scale! I am seeing some really highly skilled work there and materials to match. I love the fantastic joinery and also the small stuff like the lambs tongue detail. I’ve been joining a veneer press frame with 3-3/4” square stock today and I thought I was working with some really heavy stuff! Are those big beams being exposed in the finished houses? I’m glad to see folks like yourself are still building this way. Thanks for the interesting post.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Yes…..everything we do is basically a finished product…..all the big timbers we cut serve as the structural frame…..when complete it is all visible from the inside.

-- ..........a man who works with his hands, his brains, and his heart.....is an artist.

In your answer to your previous post, you stated that you use free of heart center green wood. Just how
green is the wood, and do you have a problem with shrinkage, and/or sap leaking? That is beautiful big
wood you are working with, and it is getting harder to find out here. How is the supply back east? Thank
you for sharing.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

Is that a tiny fork lift truck or is that job massive?
It all looks awesome and you obviously know what you’re doing. Thanks for posting.

-- Do or do not, there is no try

Bluepine…...the wood is pretty green…..sap does leak sometimes….we can get it kiln dried but it adds to the cost by a bit and depending on where you get it dried timbers this big are still green in the very center anyway…..they will shrink but not to the point its problematic. We cut them and raise them so the frame moves togehter and twisting is pretty much held at bay by the joinery. But it all depends on what wood we use, what time of year it was cut down, and how long it sits before raising…..as an example we will look at each piece of wood and be able to pretty accurately tell where it is going to check when it dries, so we will turn that face to an exterior wall or somewhere less noticeable, if the tree was winter cut while the sap is down it is less prone to twist or leak sap. We also wax all endgrain….tenon ends, nside mortise pockets…..all of it…..this slows the drying process considerably and keeps the wood more stable as it dries.

-- ..........a man who works with his hands, his brains, and his heart.....is an artist.

LOL renners…......its a little of both…..the forklift has to be kinda small to maneuver while we test fit stuff…..to give you an idea …...in the picture my shop is 33 feet from side wall to side wall and about 70 feet deep, then we have a 730 square foot loft for storing timbers and making smaller things like knee braces

-- ..........a man who works with his hands, his brains, and his heart.....is an artist.

Heavy lumber, beautiful joinery, You sir, are indeed a Lumber-Jock!

-- Love thy neighbour as thyself

Love it,great job.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I also wondered about the forklift. From your description ”Photo 1) this is a pic from our shop loft, ” I thought that must be one hell of a loft to be able to hold a forklift. And then I wondered how did you get a forklift UP TO THE LOFT? Then I realized you meant the pic was TAKEN FROM the loft … made me LOL

Beautifu joinery.

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LOL…....we put some heavy stuff in the loft…...but not our forklift :)

-- ..........a man who works with his hands, his brains, and his heart.....is an artist.

Now THAT is some man-sized wood-working!

-- Don, Royersford, PA

I am now obsessed with timberframing.

-- Christ was a carpenter...a fact that humbles and inspires me.