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Timber Framing a North Idaho Cabin: May 2007
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Timber Framing a North Idaho Cabin. A blow-by-blow account of building a small timber frame cabin in the North Idaho woods. Friday, May 18, 2007. In late April, I attended a timber framing workshop at Grand Oaks Timber Framing. Below, you can see RJ starting to cut some dovetail mortises using a Makita chain mortiser. That mortiser is a fantastic tool! It saves considerable time (I now own one). :-). Below, Scott is checking some measurements on a timber. Remember, measure 22 times before cutting! The mo...
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Timber Framing a North Idaho Cabin: September 2007
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Timber Framing a North Idaho Cabin. A blow-by-blow account of building a small timber frame cabin in the North Idaho woods. Sunday, September 30, 2007. The metal roof is essentially done! Just in the nick of time, too. The forcast is rain, rain, rain for about 10 days. It has felt like a bit of a sprint these last weeks, trying to get the roof up. I am *so* happy that it is finally up. I think it turned out pretty well. Now on to temporary walls and siding. Posted by neuwave @ 8:36 PM. Links to this post.
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: Quick update
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Sunday, September 04, 2011. Posted by Thomas Massie at Sunday, September 04, 2011. One of the most important thing to consider in building houses is the safety. October 5, 2011 at 12:02 AM. Very informative blog, thanks for sharing. Glad to see how Timber workshops. And outhouses offer a sustainable, eco-friendly method of construction. October 26, 2011 at 9:20 AM. The stone veneer looks great! Stonew...
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: July 2005
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Monday, July 18, 2005. The simplest and most effective way to span our 24 foot wide great room would probably have been using a king-post truss. even though it would have required cutting a 24 foot rafter tie on my 20 foot saw mill. However, hundreds of years ago, the English came up with a much more spectacular (convoluted? On a timberframing-difficulty-scale of 1 to 10, with 5 being the king post tr...
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: Starting the window arches on the tower
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Monday, October 04, 2010. Starting the window arches on the tower. The ladder to the right is actually a track for the gasoline powered lift that raises the stones and "mud" up to the stonemason. Without the lift, this project would be much more difficult. It's powered by a 3.5hp Briggs-and-Stratton motor. Posted by Thomas Massie at Monday, October 04, 2010. What an amazing project! Its interesting ho...
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: January 2006
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Monday, January 30, 2006. Hanging out waiting for Bent D. And what are the people in the picture doing? Well, we've been using ratchet straps and come-alongs to hold the frame together until we're certain we're ready to peg things. We just discovered that we had run out of straps, and we need some for Bent D! Time to drive some pegs and free up some more straps. Top left: frame at dusk. 6 lift uppper ...
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: April 2004
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Sunday, April 11, 2004. Timberframing 101 - Grand Oaks Style. Gulp As the first day of the workshop approached, I reflected on the fact that although I was mechanically inclined and had built mechanical and electrical things in the past, I had never really undertaken a carpentry project bigger than a tree-house (and I didn't complete the tree house! In the course of 5 and 1/2 days, Scott showed 8 of u...
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: I am running for US Representative in the Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Sunday, February 26, 2012. I am running for US Representative in the Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky. Our federal government has a scarcity of leaders who are willing and able to address our nation's problems. I am not a typical politician, but I know I can help our country. A 10,000 foot survey of this race (I study everything before I jump! If you're compelled to help, please donate at:.
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Building a timberframe home from scratch.: Baffling septic problems... and a baffle realignment
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Building a timberframe home from scratch. Using timber and stone from our farm, and living off the grid. Monday, November 22, 2010. Baffling septic problems. and a baffle realignment. The pipe from the septic tank outlet to the leach field had settled into the soft ground about 3 inches (while the septic tank stayed put on solid undisturbed ground). The fix was to cut the old elbow out with a battery powered sawzall, add 3 inches to the vertical portion of the outlet pipe, and reattach a new elbow. Start...
