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.
The arched beams are not laminated. Look closely, the beams are sawn and multiple pieces joined with keyed nibbed scarf joints.
The scarfs are too short to suit me, but are probably blind mortised.
What bothers me is the asymmetry of the arches. I understand the structure for windows would have its own requirements but the room looks unbalanced. Invite me over several times so I may give better comment.
Those beams are fine, and they are symmetrical. This place is about a mile from me and I do side work for them all the time. http://www.thebeamery.com/
My favorite lumber yard branched out to design/build structures like this. They set up in a corner of the yard to cut and join all the pieces needed. Then they'd knock it apart to ship to the build site wherever in the country. Mortise & tenon, square pegs, keyways, and occasional (hidden) metal fasteners for the complex joinery designed to take advantage of the natural stresses.
Such joinery demands sharp, precise tools and skillful hands.
Beautiful. Build it into a rockface hillside and it's fantastic. Plumb the floors for PEX heat tubing, and run it with power from solar panels and a battery bank, and cutting logs becomes an occasional task. Plug in one of those $10K massage chairs, let me get a book, and I'm never leaving.
Pretty. Needs a household cleaning staff though.
ReplyDeleteI'd be curious to know how curved timbers like that are made.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the interweb can explain it to me.
Based on the grain, the timbers aren't curved, just the cuts. Must've been pretty thick posts for that though. Expen$$$ive!
DeleteCan't see it here but most beams like this are laminated layers thin enough to be bent then glued. Had a house that had them.
DeleteThe arched beams are not laminated. Look closely, the beams are sawn and multiple pieces joined with keyed nibbed scarf joints.
DeleteThe scarfs are too short to suit me, but are probably blind mortised.
What bothers me is the asymmetry of the arches. I understand the structure for windows would have its own requirements but the room looks unbalanced. Invite me over several times so I may give better comment.
Those beams are fine, and they are symmetrical. This place is about a mile from me and I do side work for them all the time. http://www.thebeamery.com/
DeleteAbsolutely perfect…
ReplyDeleteThose openings near the ceiling are big dust catchers. Somebody has to go up there to clean them.
ReplyDeleteLook more closely and you can see that each beam is made out of sections that are bolted to each other.
ReplyDeleteEvil Franklin
Far left, lower part of nearest beam.
DeleteThat appears to be a dovetail made of three pieces. Wow!
Nice hobbit hole
ReplyDeleteMy favorite lumber yard branched out to design/build structures like this. They set up in a corner of the yard to cut and join all the pieces needed. Then they'd knock it apart to ship to the build site wherever in the country.
ReplyDeleteMortise & tenon, square pegs, keyways, and occasional (hidden) metal fasteners for the complex joinery designed to take advantage of the natural stresses.
Such joinery demands sharp, precise tools and skillful hands.
Now if it had a billiards table and a wet bar it'd be perfect.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteBuild it into a rockface hillside and it's fantastic.
Plumb the floors for PEX heat tubing, and run it with power from solar panels and a battery bank, and cutting logs becomes an occasional task.
Plug in one of those $10K massage chairs, let me get a book, and I'm never leaving.
stunningly beautiful.
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