Tim
Great shots. Did you build it?
Bob
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On Oct 31, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Timothy Zelazo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Russ:
>
> When I was building the timber frame 15 years ago, I played around
> with many different kinds of wood. Early framers used beech,
> spruce, chestnut, white pine, red spruce, hemlock, aspen, ironwood,
> ash, oak, yellow birch and sugar maple. The English colonists used
> white oak because it was very rot resistant and abundant. I mostly
> used white pine because it is very stable and has one of the lowest
> shrinkage rates of northern trees. I felt like I needed a walking
> stick after working many long hours on most of my vacations.
>
> Tim
>
>
> >
> <Copy of Timber Frame.JPG>
> <Copy of the timber frame interior.JPG>
> <Copy of Sun Room.JPG>
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