On Fri, 28 May 2004 01:19:41 +0100, Andy Dingley
stated wide-eyed, with arms akimbo:

The face-halved scarf is even simpler to cut. Imagine turning the
large flat surface by 1/4 turn, relative to those stopped mortices.
Now the whole thing can be marked on a single face and sawn out
without chiselling into a stopped corner. The face-halved joint is
much less strong (it's still strong, but only in one direction) but it
can be made by even less skilled carpenter's labourers.

A couple of weeks ago I was at Cressing Temple barns in Essex. These
are a pair of 13th century timber framed barns and show both styles of
halved scarf joint. Pretty long timbers too - some are over 40' in one
piece.

http://www.e-gfl.org/e-gfl/activitie...rs/default.htm
Still looking for a picture of the beams/construction, but the
exterior is impressive, too.


http://www.zenzero.com/mystery/cone.html

Another turning mystery. Can you answer the question he poses?
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