Quiz: Rough Sawn or Surfaced Material?

Timbers ready for packaging

Can you tell if this is rough sawn or surfaced material?

Mortises

 

How about these?

Ready for layout

Or these?

Timber layed out

How about this one?

Ready for layout

These are easy (for me).

Tenon on arch

This one is a bit more challenging.

Answers below:






















These are all Douglas fir timbers.  The first three pictures are surfaced (you can tell by the chamfer--we don't typically chamfer rough sawn timbers), the next two pictures are rough sawn (look for the saw marks from the sawmill), and the last is surfaced (before the chamfer).  How did you do?  I got a six out of six...

Arched braces

Arched Braces

These are some Douglas fir braces that will be going into a boat house in Quebec.  Nice curve, not too sharp a radius.

Timber Balcony Trusses

Trusses under construction

 We built the trusses and brackets for this beautiful hotel in Jay, VT as part of the construction that is going on at the Jay Peak Resort.  We designed the trusses and built them at our shop in North Springfield, VT.

Truss pre-assembled at our shop

 We pre-assemble all of our projects, whether we ship them assembled or not, to make sure that the joints are tight and that everything fits perfectly.  These particular trusses were Douglas fir modified hammer beam trusses with traditional joinery.

Arched Truss

This is a picture of a truss we designed to be raised inside of an existing structure.  We designed all of the joints to be able to put the truss together from underneath, and provided a clear set of instructions and plans for the local contractor to do the install himself.  This was an oak truss and it turned out beautifully.