Period construction

[johan_steele]

Matt Maurer posing with the nearly complete corner display I contributed to.

 

[johan_steele]

Here you can see the typical mortis & tennon work present in a period barn. While this barn is post ACW the building methods had not changed that much.

Below are a couple of pictures showing the rough and ready construction common in hasty construction. While it looks crude this barn is still standing for well more than a century.

 

[Patrick H]

Matt Maurer posing with the nearly complete corner display I contributed to.

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Now that is purely beautiful dovetail corner joinery, and it's also of a level of precision that can't be found in the rural Missouri landscape....although some structures come close.

 

[Patrick H]

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Here you can see the typical mortis & tennon work present in a period barn. While this barn is post ACW the building methods had not changed that much.

Below are a couple of pictures showing the rough and ready construction common in hasty construction. While it looks crude this barn is still standing for well more than a century.

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This timber frame joinery can be EXTREMELY precise at times--making us wonder how the craftsmen ever had the patience to achieve it.

 

[James B White]

Now that is purely beautiful dovetail corner joinery, and it's also of a level of precision that can't be found in the rural Missouri landscape....although some structures come close.

Sawn all directions, rather than hewn or split when following the grain or close to it?

 

[poorjack]

Not sawn, but cut to fit using very large chisels called slicks. IIRC up to about 2" it's called a chisel. Over that it's a slick. Mine is 4" wide, razor sharp, and has a 18" handle for an overall of about 2.5ft. By holding the flat of the slick against the workpiece and manipulating the rear of the handle with the other, you'd be surprised just how precise you can be with a monster chisel.