tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post5472548601797058844..comments2023-11-05T06:16:56.961-05:00Comments on the Carpentry Way: Tréteau XXVIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-87780047484924470602010-02-19T17:16:26.577-05:002010-02-19T17:16:26.577-05:00Hey Charlie,
thanks - I'm glad you like the j...Hey Charlie,<br /><br />thanks - I'm glad you like the joinery so far and appreciate your kind words. <br /><br />If I knew then what I know now, I might have made more revisions to the design, especially in regards to the joinery but it seems to be coming out okay, despite the tenon debacle. I've learned a lot on this project. For instance, I now know how to lay out an angled brace to fit against a hip rafter, regardless of what rotation relative to plan, or what slope the hip rafter is at or what the dimensions of the pieces might be. That feels to me like a worthwhile accomplishment.<br /><br />Now, whether such an inherently stable form as a hipped roof *needs* additional angled bracing is another question and it would be interesting to see an engineering analysis on that. It won't be done by me. I wonder if the French employ the Saint Andre's cross as much for symbolic value as anything else? Is it merely a cultural peccadillo among French carpenters of old?<br /><br />I'm a bit indifferent as to angled braces anyhow, but it was an area I felt I needed to study a bit more, and the Mazerolle book has provided that opportunity and depth of variation. I'll take a crack at the three-legged bench at some point to study the question of brace rotation. I won't be following the French joinery practice though, and will be very careful to check in future about assembly issues before moving to the cut out stage. In the final analysis, this is 'just' a sawhorse and it served merely as an ideal vehicle for study. Much worse, by far, would have been to make the same mis-cuts in a large roof timber. So, regardless, I am going to be pleased with the outcome here.<br /><br />~ChrisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-38703728743477089262010-02-19T15:49:47.007-05:002010-02-19T15:49:47.007-05:00By the way the work you have completed is fabulous...By the way the work you have completed is fabulous... What superb joinery and the fits are, are, just stunning... This is getting hard to write..... Just beautiful!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-30068233746134155142010-02-19T15:46:49.388-05:002010-02-19T15:46:49.388-05:00Boy do I feel your pain brother..... I looked the ...Boy do I feel your pain brother..... I looked the drawings over several times and just couldn't figure how it could be assembled and this is one time I wish I wasn't right. I think your only course is to make this saw horse your own and build it the way that makes sense to you and damn the French...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com