I plan to erect a small (12x22) timber-framed bard in my back yard this
summer. It will house garden tools and bicycles but it will also have a loft
to I can finally develop a decent wood stash.

The wood is pine, which for got (sopping wet) for little less than 50
cents/bs ft (delivered)... by no means a gloat, but pretty reasonable IMHO.
I figured that everything would come in a bit long , but alot of the 10
footers are 11.5 feet. It's weird to have an offcut bigger than my head.

I started marking drilling and chopping the main posts... I've got 5 done
and my arm is pretty sore.

For marking I'm using chalk just for rough layout (orientation left/right
stuff) followed by a utility knife and framing square.

For mortises, I drilll the corners with a 1" auger bit, the middles with a
1-5/8 forstner. The 1/2" Milwaukee is earning it's keep.
The I trim what I can with the circular saw followed by the 1.5" framing
chisel ... It's a 14" long socketed beast made by Henry Taylor. I've been
very pleased with that purchase.

I think I'm make girts (no, not grits) tomorrow. (less pounding more
cutting)

Cheers,

Steve











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My arms and back hurt just looking at the photos!

You are going to put a baby in that barn?? ;~)

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:18:21 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:

You are going to put a baby in that barn?? ;~)

Babying wood for projects....

Mark
http://home.mchsi.com/~xphome/

This looks very interesting. Keep us in the loop as it develops.

Thanks for the starter.

RonB

"C & S" wrote in message
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I plan to erect a small (12x22) timber-framed bard in my back yard this
summer. It will house garden tools and bicycles but it will also have a
loft
to I can finally develop a decent wood stash.

The wood is pine, which for got (sopping wet) for little less than 50
cents/bs ft (delivered)... by no means a gloat, but pretty reasonable
IMHO.
I figured that everything would come in a bit long , but alot of the 10
footers are 11.5 feet. It's weird to have an offcut bigger than my head.

I started marking drilling and chopping the main posts... I've got 5 done
and my arm is pretty sore.

For marking I'm using chalk just for rough layout (orientation left/right
stuff) followed by a utility knife and framing square.

For mortises, I drilll the corners with a 1" auger bit, the middles with
a
1-5/8 forstner. The 1/2" Milwaukee is earning it's keep.
The I trim what I can with the circular saw followed by the 1.5" framing
chisel ... It's a 14" long socketed beast made by Henry Taylor. I've been
very pleased with that purchase.

I think I'm make girts (no, not grits) tomorrow. (less pounding more
cutting)

Cheers,

Steve





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Leon wrote:
You are going to put a baby in that barn?? ;~)

Interestingly, barn is the Swedish word for baby.

"Joseph Crowe" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
You are going to put a baby in that barn?? ;~)

Interestingly, barn is the Swedish word for baby.

It's the Scottish word for birth. ie. When were ye barn?

"WoodButcher" wrote in message
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"Joseph Crowe" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
You are going to put a baby in that barn?? ;~)

Interestingly, barn is the Swedish word for baby.

It's the Scottish word for birth. ie. When were ye barn?



Bairn - North English/Scottish word for child. A link there I think.

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"C & S" wrote in message
.. .
I plan to erect a small (12x22) timber-framed bard in my back yard this
summer. It will house garden tools and bicycles but it will also have a
loft
to I can finally develop a decent wood stash.

I have the inkling to build a shop using timber framing so I'll be watching
your progress with interest! Where did you get the design or is there a
reference you recommend for designing timber framed structures?
Cheers,
cc

I have the inkling to build a shop using timber framing so I'll be
watching
your progress with interest! Where did you get the design or is there a
reference you recommend for designing timber framed structures?

The design was basically modified from this book:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...096,51560&ap=1

It has a 12x16, 3-bent "gardenshed" project which is fairly detailed and
pretty darned close to what I wanted to do. Mine is 12x22 and has 4 bents.
It's not going to give you enough info to engineer a much larger structure,
but it's a well woth the $15 + shipping as an overview.

For a freebee...
http://www.tfguild.org/joinery/joinery.html

There are 6 pdf downloads which are a really intreresting read with very
useful illustrations. It's just about the joinery, one file for each
application (tie joints, tie at the plate, scarf joints, rafters, etc.).

-Steve



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"C & S" wrote in message
.. .

The design was basically modified from this book:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...096,51560&ap=1

It has a 12x16, 3-bent "gardenshed" project which is fairly detailed and
pretty darned close to what I wanted to do. Mine is 12x22 and has 4 bents.
It's not going to give you enough info to engineer a much larger
structure,
but it's a well woth the $15 + shipping as an overview.

Thanks Steve for the info!