Category Archives: Framing Error

End Wall Braces – green oak barn

Thursday 7/1/21 Today we started by scraping off the ice. But there was no wind and the sun was on our backs so although the temperature didn’t get much above zero it was a very pleasant day. Ben and I … Continue reading

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Last Wall Brace – green oak barn

Friday 1/1/21 Today I made a mistake. When transposing the marking out of one of the brace tenons I mistook a bandsaw scar for a pencil line and I then cut to the mis-transposed line. Disaster! This wrote off this … Continue reading

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Fourth long post in poistion – green oak barn

Wednesday 9/12/20 Not much progress made today but I do have an error to report and a hint from Ben. The hint first. Ben came around today but was in consultant mode. He’d read yesterday’s blog post and had some … Continue reading

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Rookie Error #1 – the green oak barn

Wednesday 2/12/20 Today started well. Both Ben and I were on site. Ben was working on the long post at the rear right of the building and I was working on the short post at the rear left. The details … Continue reading

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