I told the architect if you can design it, I can build it. This is his roof design for a gazebo on top of the house.
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I would Looove to see some more pics ! Especially the ones of it being framed !
Thanks for the compliments- I'll post some more pictures when I figure out how to make them manageable for all. Greg in connecticut.
Very cool.
I hate when I say ... anything U can draw I can build ...
haven't had to back up those words by building something like that though.
I second the motion ... any pics of what's under the skin ...
not that the skin itself isn't impressive.
Jeff
Buck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
From the first day I met this Architect its been a standing joke between us-If you can design it-I can build it. After six sets of fast track plans, this was one of his last surprises for me. I'll be extremly happy once the crane sets it on the roof.
We couldn"t have builtthe bell without all the inspiration I get from seeing projects by my peers on this board and JLC, and from George Collings, Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery.Thanks Greg In Connecticut
Greg,
How are you? The roof looks good. Do you have any pictures of the Framing? I'd like to know how you cut the rafters. I've seen them done two ways before and this is one way. I posted this http://forums.taunton.com/n/main.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=31303.1&find=Search
about Bell Shaped Rafters last summer when I was framing a house around the corner from this house down at the Jersey Shore in Spring Lake.
Did you run the rafters horizontally like the picture below or vertically?
Joe Carola
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Edited 8/30/2004 8:46 pm ET by Framer
Joe-I'm doing well,and will be doing much better when this is sitting on the roof at the end of the week.This was framed with 24 rafters verticle, much like the tower you did.Since I don't have a big foot, yet, I had 8 commons,and 16 headered off.I made one pattern rafter, then rough cut the other pieces, and matched to the common, with a router.An awful lot of sawdust.I would like to thank either you or Tim Uhler for suggesting everyone purchase George Collins book.I've relied on it to make Groin vaults,domes, egg shaped domes,cross vaults, and the bell and it"s sheathing.Since the architect wanted no visible seems in the roof, we used George Collings method of sheathing. It's funny, materials have changed so much in a hundred years, but some of the methods, remain the same.I enjoy working on the architect designed homes, they are always a challenge. I'll post more pictures as soon as I get them small enough. Greg
Greg,
E-Mail the pictures to me and I'll shrink them for you. I'm dying to see the rafters. [email protected]
Joe Carola
Isn't that a great book? A couple of years ago Mike Sloggatt recommended that book over at JLC and I bought it and read it I don't know how many times. It was in the bathroom, so you do that math :-)
Don't send the pics to Joe! Send them to me!!! I want the fullsized pics. I am itching to do a roof like that. Do you have any pics of the other details? The groins, etc? I have quite the picture folder on my computer of stuff like that and I always want more :-)
Glad you had fun. Now, go buy a Bigfoot!!!
Beautiful work, I can't wait to see the rest of the pics!
What is the Title of the George Collins book? I don't do much framing, but, I'm sure to learn lots that I can use.
Thanks!
Jim
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.- Fyodor Dostoyevski
The book is called , "Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery" by George Collings.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?userid=pB5V1rx9nV&ath=George+Collings
Also, The Woodworkers Libray has a lot of good books http://www.lindenpub.com/title4.htm
Joe Carola
Edited 8/31/2004 3:56 am ET by Framer
Thanks!
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.- Fyodor Dostoyevski
Tim, Do I have to come to Washington and slap you around....;-)
Greg, send all the pictures to me first not Tim...............
Joe Carola
YA!!!!
:-)
sobriety is the root cause of dementia
Thanks again!
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Looks like it belongs on the backcover of FHB.sobriety is the root cause of dementia
Rez thankyou for downsizing my photo.I've had my camera for less than a week, and irfanview for a day, and still getting the feel for both.Is there an easy way to shrink the photo to a manageable size? Thanks greg in connecticut
somewhere in the ifanview is a resize option ...
it'll even give you the choice to "half" everything ...
just load a pic in and play around ...
go to the photo's section here and get an idea of the sizes most and using ...
JeffBuck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
24441.1 is one old thread that contains a lot of data regarding Irfanview.
You could use the search function with 'irfanview' typed in. It will take you to other threads sometimes discussing different questions regarding downsizing and such.sobriety is the root cause of dementia
rez, can you tell me how to put the thread links in posts as an actual link rather than just giving the number - as you did in the post I am responding to?
Thanks
Shoe
Ya, I learned about copy and paste as last years great computer learning experience. lol
On whatever it is you want to copy, the post's number or a sentence etc., put your cursor arrow thingamajig in front of whatever it is you are going to copy and then left click leaving the button down without releasing it back up.
Then move the cursor deal across whatever it is you are copying.
It will turn it to a highlighted blue. Then release the left mouse button. The to-be copied words will still be highlited in the blue box. ( of course I am describing what occurs here but yours should be the same or similar.)
You now have loaded yer copy gun and are ready to paste it somewhere. Just don't right click the mouse till you're ready to hit the target or you might paste early, shoot the gun, miss and have to start over.
Go to the post or where ever you are wanting to copy the thread # you just loaded and right click on where you want it to go.
The blinking vertical line is your gunsight placed on target.
Now right click the mouse and watch the window appear.
Now left click on the word 'paste' and the bullet will shoot to target.
Game over. You win. A successful shot.
Cheers.be dead on or that quarter inch is going to haunt you
Thanks rez, I should have been able to figure that one out on my own - but, of course, I didn't
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Thanks again,
Shoe
Pretty simplictic descriptions on my part, aye?
Let me guess, you probably run a CAD program on your machine. Roar!
Cheersbe dead on or that quarter inch is going to haunt you
Outstanding! How did you do it?
Very well done!
That must have been quite a "liberating" project - you don't, by chance, work in the Philadelphia area, do you?
-Jazzdogg-
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.
Great job on that roof - like others, I'm looking forward to some framing pics if you have some
Good on ya
Was this project featured in JLC? It looks very familiar.
Jon Blakemore
Jon- There was a bell tower featured in may 2004, built by Seifert Construction on long island.. Mine is probably four feet wider,four feet taller, but sheathed round in both directions- there are no ribs at the rafters.I am roofing mine with asphalt on the ground, and he roofed his with wood in the air.Greg in Connecticut