“The essential processes by which the house took shape, so far as we can determine, were perpetuated in the New World with very few modifications…The timbers once felled were shaped with the axe and trimmed with the adz or sawn with the pit saw. Tenons were cut with a hand saw, mortices were made with an auger and squared with a mallet and chisel, and [trenail] holes were bored with the auger. The timbers were used soon after they were felled and were allowed to dry in situ, as is well attested by the character of the wood itself.”
Abbott Lowell Cummings, The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725
Tags: oak, timber frame
Equipose is a lovely word and one that should be reintroduced into modern speech. Nice title and nice shot–
yours always,
France
Thanks France. It’s a Sally R. shot-
And I agree about that word. I will use it at least 4 times tomorrow myself!
Rick