Hopefully someone is paying a fair price for the amount of work gone into that. Probably have a spare "rafters, lengths and bevels" book floating about from my building days if you want me to have a look in the shed.Cabin progress, still in the dark with rafter measuring and cutting ended up making a template which helped get it done.
No home for it yet, lots of people like it. 150 hrs and 10 cube, would only consider selling to some one who appreciates it, bargain hunters will be shown the gate. Quite happy to keep it for a smoko hut. Thanks for the book offer but i really need a expert to show me. Next cabin wont have a ridge.Hopefully someone is paying a fair price for the amount of work gone into that. Probably have a spare "rafters, lengths and bevels" book floating about from my building days if you want me to have a look in the shed.
Might feel like cheating, but you could probably make up a router jig that adjusts for different seat/heel/plumb angles and depths for those birdsmouths, then have an option to run a rounding-over bit on the top edges of the ridge beam to avoid having to square off the birdsmouths with a chisel.
I think I know what I'm going to be doing with some of that Fastigata I wasn't sure about now, if it doesn't self-destruct while air-drying.
With a ms211 and Fred Beals jigs, logdovetailjig.comHow are you cutting the dovetail corners on the building?
Do you have a demo' one at Barry's yet? Seeing/touching is probably going to help people part with the sort of $ required.
The only expert I know has succumbed to dementia. A shame as he was worth travelling the length of the country to learn from. Must be some mens sheds or woodworking/turning guilds somewhere, or youtube?
Hmmm, no ridge next time? I suggest getting the greenest temperamental timber you can find and making up a few test joints and seeing how they perform as the wood seasons. Heaps of learning potential doing that. More than simply using seasoned wood from the outset.
@steve easy I like the dovetailed corners a lot. Haven't seen that before. Why do you build the roof on the ground and how do you raise it when you're done?
You can bloody talk. I just wired the $ today for a bit of machinery you suggested a while back that I already knew about but needed a nudge. As a clue, it goes round and round and Barry has one. I'm calling it the manukinator.Your a bad influence
Morning Bob,One of my SIL's cooks for large groups e.g. community events, and asked me if I would replace her big wooden spoon that broke recently.
Here it is up against a regular size wooden spoon the big spoon is ~20" long.
The wood is Olive milled on my upright BS using a Sled.
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