And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
3d printing is my guess. (With the lines down the middle of the boards on the right and no lines on the boards left, it looks to be stacked and carved by a master. )
That is a very elaborate dovetail notch. Dovetailing the corners is more time consuming but you save on material as you no longer need the alternating logs to extend beyond the building line.
Sorry, no sale. Impressive to some to gaze at but I strongly suspect gaps in there somewhere, neither shape can continue through the joint. Straight up dovetailing would have been faster, easier and stronger.
A modified dovetail shoulder...very time-consuming to gain the artistry. Flat shoulder dovetail corners are designed to shed water out of the joint, this won't but not a huge problem. Stacked log joints are flat and tight as well.
They're not slid through... They're laid upon each other. Look close you'll see each individual log...the seems are booked to resemble a continuous and wider log. Still the same, it's master level wood work
That dove-tail joinery is sexy as all get out.
ReplyDeleteClass is in session. Can someone tell how those logs were fitted (assembled)?
ReplyDeleteSure, they were laid one on top of the other. Ending at the topmost log. Not slid together- that would be impossible.
DeleteI too had to stare at it a bit.
That'd be the only way short of witchcraft.
DeleteWell done.
3d printing is my guess. (With the lines down the middle of the boards on the right and no lines on the boards left, it looks to be stacked and carved by a master. )
DeleteDuh! Sometimes the obvious eludes me.
DeleteThat is a very elaborate dovetail notch.
ReplyDeleteDovetailing the corners is more time consuming but you save on material as you no longer need the alternating logs to extend beyond the building line.
I've done a bit of timber framing myself though not like this. Note that the heartwood is in every timber. Well done.
ReplyDeleteSorry, no sale. Impressive to some to gaze at but I strongly suspect gaps in there somewhere, neither shape can continue through the joint. Straight up dovetailing would have been faster, easier and stronger.
ReplyDeleteI don't see any way that could possibly be fitted together either.
DeleteA modified dovetail shoulder...very time-consuming to gain the artistry. Flat shoulder dovetail corners are designed to shed water out of the joint, this won't but not a huge problem. Stacked log joints are flat and tight as well.
ReplyDeleteAs a carpenter I am impressed
ReplyDeleteThey're not slid through...
ReplyDeleteThey're laid upon each other.
Look close you'll see each individual
log...the seems are booked to resemble
a continuous and wider log.
Still the same, it's master level wood work
As an OLD carpenter I can truthfully say that someone A) is a Master Craftsman and B) has way too much time on their hands. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteIf you could see this in person from a couple different angles it would all make sense instantly.
ReplyDeleteMust've made a 3-D template to lay on his carving to check uniformity of fit. Nice work, these joints would keep it tight.
ReplyDeleteThat is what I was thinking! Those joints are not going anywhere!
DeleteWhy do half the commenters think this was computer generated (i.e. 3D printed,)?
ReplyDeleteThis is hand worked by a man used to working with his hands! Masterful!