A traditional log structure was held together by gravity. Logs were carefully cut to length, and notched at the joining points to ensure a very tight fit, great stability, and weather-tightness. The notches were also beautiful and functional as the dovetails of a master cabinet-maker.
Here, Allan Mackie shows a complete selection of notches for corner joinery, roof beams and trusses and lateral grooves (for seating a stacked log firmly along the length of another wall log; and timber framing techniques).
Clear instructions and profuse illustrations and drawings make this a completely detailed manual for the log builder.
- ISBN10 0920270247
- ISBN13 9780920270240
- Publish Date 1 February 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 January 2009
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Firefly Books Ltd
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 92
- Language English