Oak four bay Garage

[Wooden Lungs]

Finished this just before Christmas. Had fun with the oversized ridge and scarf joints. Went together well. Got a rip blade for the sword saw which was helpful but blunted quickly. Doing a four bay similar size in douglas now with Oak front. Douglas us at least a bit lighter.[attachimg=1][attachimg=2]

 

[AndyUK]

Looks like that would have been heavy work.
Cracking job though.  [cool]

 

[SMJoinery]

Love that.
Please keep updating with progress pics.

 

[ear3]

Wow, that must have taken quite a few hands to get those long beams in place.

I'm not an engineer, so I was just curious, is there a functional reason why all the corner braces are curved, as opposed to just being a straight diagonal, or is that just decorative?  Does it distribute the load better on the vertical supports, the way a Roman arch supposedly does?

 

[jmbfestool]

Wow, that must have taken quite a few hands to get those long beams in place.

I'm not an engineer, so I was just curious, is there a functional reason why all the corner braces are curved, as opposed to just being a straight diagonal, or is that just decorative?  Does it distribute the load better on the vertical supports, the way a Roman arch supposedly does?

Straight would actually be structurally stronger.  They are curved for decorative purposes only. 

 

[jmbfestool]

Nice job!

Love and hate oak frame work.  Love working with hit hate how heavy it is.

Curious whats attached to the bottom of the posts. They flare out.  I assume they are protection covers to protect the brick or stone work? 

 

[NHSP759]

Gorgeous! Love the incorporated arches in the doors and ceiling. The rounded ends are beautiful! I hope you post more!

 

[Lbob131]

Looks great. Look forward  to seeing  the finished result.

How much would all  that oak cost?

 

[Doug S]

Looks fantastic, would love one like that in my garden but think we could only fit in 3 bays. If you could knock one up for me next weekend that would be great  [smile]

Doug

 

[NL-mikkla]

Superb job, very very nice looking.
Also love the curved arches, how do you form these?
Cut outs from a bigger piece?
Can bend those thick pieces can you?

 

[tjbier]

  Awesome! Beautiful project, please share more if you can .

 

[jmbfestool]

Superb job, very very nice looking.
Also love the curved arches, how do you form these?
Cut outs from a bigger piece?
Can bend those thick pieces can you?

You dont normally bend gallow brackets.  They are often cut out of a wider piece.  Using a band saw or chain saw.

A truss Tie beam is more likely to be bent to create a curve depending on its size and length.

 

[NL-mikkla]

Thanks for the explenation jmbfestool!

 

[mirock]

It will be great garage