|
|
 |
|
Terry
Clark, Master Carpenter, instructs participants in timber framing
|
|
Bear’s Mill Invites
Onlookers to Timber Frame Event
A demonstration of Timber Framing will take place across from Bear’s
Mill on Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Adult visitors can watch as a timber framed structure is erected, and
children may make wooden pegs at stations. Assembling the timber framed
structure is the culmination of classes that have taken place at
Chenoweth Trails this spring, sponsored by the Light Foundation.
Under the tutelage of Terry Clark, Master Carpenter and Miller at
Bear’s Mill, participants have learned to hand hew, crosscut timbers,
layout designs, make pegs and punch holes for timber framed
structures. Timber framing is a method of building using large
timbers in post and beam formation with carefully crafted notches and
holes, utilizing only wood pegs (no nails) to secure
joints. Bear’s Mill is an historic example of the sturdy
structures built by hand in the 1900’s. Now 167 years old, the
mill stands four stories high, constructed in the post and beam method.
|
|
|
|
