Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Timber Frame Raising - Bent #1

Last March, Jacob went to a timber-framing workshop with some friends. Before they went, they cut down a bunch of oak trees from our property and used the sawmill to make the timbers. They loaded the beams on trailers and hauled them to NC where the workshop was. While they were there, they cut two out of the three bents. When they got back home, they planned to finish cutting the timbers and assemble the structure, but the flood happened shortly thereafter. To make a long story short, we didn't have time to finish and erect the building until now.

Yesterday we had a big Timber Frame raising here at our farm. Here's the first installment of pictures.

Sunrise



They built this brace-wall to hold the bent in place, once they got it up.

Raising the first bent, which weighed about 2000 pounds.





-Tricia Ann

2 comments:

... said...

That was a lot of fun...can we do it again? ;)

Steve said...

Looks like an exciting day for all at Heritageville. Wish we could have been there to enjoy the Timber Raising. Looking forward to seeing more pictures as the days go along.

Blessings from the Steve Blicks