Milling some long ones

[Lud]

Sure nice to see those beams at their final destination.  Gives perspective to some of the work the old-timers did.......Makes me think your tolerances are tighter!  Work to be proud of,  fer sure!!! 8) 8)

[scsmith42]

I'll have to check it out too. I'm only 30 min away.

Scott - my oldest daughter with her boys will be moving to Falls Church right after the first of the year.  We may need to do a close inspection of your work. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D

Bruce

The restaurant is right on the old Leesburg Highway, just outside of the beltline.  I need to get up there myself to check out the finished installation.  There is an Italian restaurant owned by the same group on the other end of the building (The Trio Grill)

[submarinesailor]

The restaurant is right on the old Leesburg Highway, just outside of the beltline.  I need to get up there myself to check out the finished installation.  There is an Italian restaurant owned by the same group on the other end of the building (The Trio Grill)

Scott - Let me know if you do plan on coming up and checking it out.  I'll buy you a beer.

Bruce

[scsmith42]

The restaurant is right on the old Leesburg Highway, just outside of the beltline.  I need to get up there myself to check out the finished installation.  There is an Italian restaurant owned by the same group on the other end of the building (The Trio Grill)

Scott - Let me know if you do plan on coming up and checking it out.  I'll buy you a beer.

Bruce

Bruce, I'll definitely take you up on that offer!

[kelLOGg]

Scott, you mentioned putting the beams in a drying barn. Just how extensively have they been dried? If the MC is not uniform throughout the beam, won't the beam move upon further drying over the years?

Bob

[scsmith42]

Bob, they are not going to dry very much in 6 months; it will take a decade or more for them to fully dry.

Since they were milled heart center (and also because the logs had few defects), they should retain their basic shape during drying.

[kelLOGg]

OK. makes sense. I guess that's why so many large old beams are still straight today.