Timber framing
I
know from what I have heard, that timber framing, as a craft,
differenciates from carpentry, joinery and cabinet making. I couldn't
explain how, but both words can give a quite accurate definition : the
timber framer does only the structure, the frame of a building, using
wood exclusively. One small but major detail is the use of the pegged
draw-bore : tenon
and mortese are pulled and locked together by a slight offset in their
respective peg holes. When the peg is driven through the assembleled
tenon and mortese, it tightens the joint.
Draw-bore originates during the medieval period (which
is quite vague), in all likelyhood around the 11th century and is, from my opinion the best way to joint two pieces of wood together.
Construction of a barn in Andover involving the Carpenter Fellowship, Summer 2021.