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Now we move onto the roof.
The principal rafters at one end are morticed
and tenoned, then pegged. It's really starting
to take shape and forming a character of its
own.
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Another complicated joint.
This one is cut into the principal rafters
and the collar.
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Tea'sup! 'The Storm Kettle' / Kelly Kettle
(see Permanent Publications in the Links section
tell them we sent you :) ) runs on a few twigs /
sticks and air. Sustainable sustenance, and good fun.
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The floor boards are, as with the rest
of the building, made from Oak. Each one
is measured, sawn, planed and fitted.
Like the rest of the components, each
one is marked with Roman numerals to
match it to its unique position on the
building.
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Fitting the collar to the principal
rafter frame.
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Where the shoulder of the principal rafter
tenon sits on the top face of the tie-beam,
a 'scarfing' joint has been cut to allow
the idiosyncratic nature of the oak in the
t-b to join with the principal rafter.
(Looking accross the top face of the
t-b onto the shoulder of the rafter
tenon.)
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The front collar brace is fitted and
the rear collar is now being measured.
The collar is clamped onto the principal
rafter frame whilst measurements are
taken.
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Now the purlins ( the two beams which run
through the rafter frame to each end of
the building ) are being fitted.
Nearly ready to...
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"Something's missing.."
We're loaded and ready to roll.
Hampshire Wood Fair, here we come.
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Two months of work, but you can't do
anything about the weather.
The frame takes about a day to
construct. We would have completed
it on the 16th, but since
Meridian TV were good enough to film
and interview us during the afternoon
work of day 1, we would need a bit of
day 2 (May 17th) in order to get the roof up.
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Here we are first thing on the day of
the Hampshire Wood Fair. We had a great
deal of interest in the building from
both enthusiasts and laypeople, and some
enquiries about future projects. We set
up a hurdle with prints of the work in
progress and had the bonus of selling a
few of our coppice products.
Below is our pitch at the Dorset Wood Fair
(Cranbourne Chase) on the 4th of June 2002.
Then building is now sold, but please
contact us for private commissions and
see our other project pages for more
Hampshire oak-framing examples.
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