[ENTS] Re: White pine is a great wood for building a timber frame

[Bob]

Tim     I salute your abilities and effort. I have Jack's book, but don't feel anywhere near talented enough to tackle such a project ony own.       Your extensive building project explains why we lost contact with one another for so long. I'd love to see the house sometime.     BTW, Monica's next concert is on Nov 8th in Holyoke, MA. Bob Bob Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Timothy Zelazo <timzel...@gmail.com> wrote: Bob: Most of the timber frame came from the trees I cleared from the site.  I milled the trees on a portable saw mill, designed the house, and did the layout and cutting of the joinery.  I used Build a Classic Timber-Framed House by Jack A. Sobon, Published by Storey Communications, Inc. to guide me through the process.  I've built other homes out west, but this was my favorite project.  For five or so years, most of my free time was spent dealing with this construction project.  Actually, I'm still working on certain things when I find the time. Tim On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Bob <dbhg...@comcast.net> wrote: Tim     Great shots. Did you build it? Bob Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Timothy Zelazo <timzel...@gmail.com> 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> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to entstrees@googlegroups.com Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to entstrees+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---