Training the Friars story 5-10-2024

[Jim_Rogers]

A while ago, I sold a set of plans for a 16x20' cabin to an order of Franciscans Friars. 

They are in a small town in the foothills of western North Carolina.

They own 70 acres and are harvesting their own trees (yellow poplar) to be milled with their own sawmill.

And were ready to have some face-to-face hands-on instruction.

So, Dan Flinn and I went to their work site and taught 14 of them for a week.

In between daily prayers, they managed to get a lot of joints cut. And most if not all were good woodworkers.

On the last day, I taught them how to "test fit" all the joints in a bent so that they could see how it all goes together.

See attached photo of them doing a "test lift" to see how heavy a 16' wide bent is.

We'll be back there again some time to help them raise the frame.

Jim Rogers
 

[mattlynch]

Big fan of this post. 

[dearchap]

Jim do you have a photo of the completed shed ?

[Jim_Rogers]

Jim do you have a photo of the completed shed ?

dearchap it is not a shed it is a cabin. 

And here is the latest photo I have received from them:



Jim Rogers

[Ljohnsaw]

Looks a bit drafty. Is it a corn crib or will it be plastered or mudded?

[Jim_Rogers]

The infill of the wall system is called Wattle and Daub. The photo shows the wattle installed. The duab is dirt/mud/clay/straw mixture that will be hand pressed into the wattle. And then it will be covered with a lime plaster.
The plaster will be on both inside and out.

Jim Rogers

[Ljohnsaw]

I couldn't think of what it was called. Cool.