Arched frame up

[Wooden Lungs]

[attachimg=1] Finally got these fitted. More treenails than I imagined. Client is chuffed and wants more Oak frame elsewhere on property. Doing a four bay garage so will post pics of it up.

 

[Kevin McConville]

Beautiful and looks like a fun project - have to admit I had to look up "chuffed", never heard that one before.

 

[jacko9]

Very nice, too bad you don't speak English [wink]

Jack

 

[Kev]

Awesome!

... and ignore those non-English speaking foreigners [wink]

 

[charley1968]

Man, this is awesome!

 

[jacko9]

I always wanted to build a timber frame shop but life got in the way and now at 71 years old those timbers look pretty heavy!

Jack

 

[greg mann]

They look pretty heavy at 67 too. Very cool, though.

 

[SMJoinery]

Love this.
Great work. I wouldn't know where to start...but I'd fair enjoy myself working it all out!
Hope your being paid well for this highly skilled work.
Good luck.
Scott

 

[jmbfestool]

Very nice.
They wouldn't have been easy

 

[Jak147]

Beautiful, bet they were heavy.... [eek]

 

[scgwhite]

Great work Lungs. Do you mind me asking - did you cut the large curved arches from a wider straight baem, or did you find curved stock? I'm building an oak orangery which calls for some large (1800mm long) braces to support a purlin - I cut all other small braces from straight stock but would like the advice of an expert about the large braces.

 

[Wuffles]

Great work Lungs. Do you mind me asking - did you cut the large curved arches from a wider straight baem, or did you find curved stock? I'm building an oak orangery which calls for some large (1800mm long) braces to support a purlin - I cut all other small braces from straight stock but would like the advice of an expert about the large braces.

I believe he did cut it from a larger beam, was mentioned in another thread about the arch. Let me try and find it.

Here you go: http://festoolownersgroup.com/member-projects/arched-braced-truss/

 

[Wooden Lungs]

Great work Lungs. Do you mind me asking - did you cut the large curved arches from a wider straight baem, or did you find curved stock? I'm building an oak orangery which calls for some large (1800mm long) braces to support a purlin - I cut all other small braces from straight stock but would like the advice of an expert about the large braces.

I believe he did cut it from a larger beam, was mentioned in another thread about the arch. Let me try and find it.

Here you go: http://festoolownersgroup.com/member-projects/arched-braced-truss/
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I am dictated by what the sawmill give me to an extent. The archs were cut from long rectangular blanks. I tried to orientate the grain to suit the archs but this is not always perfect, there were some large knots which you should always try and enclose in surrounding good grain. Knots on the arris are a bad idea but cannot always be avoided. You have to work with what you've got!! Ideally these sections would be cut from "compass timbers". These would be carefully selected trees that generally grow on the slope of a hill and have natural curves. But obviously the facility to do this is limited. We try to use second rate Oak for heavy structural work as it is considered bad practice to use top grade for framing. All the good stuff is put in our kiln and used in the Joinery.