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Timber Beams Hewn Square from the Log
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Timber Beams Hewn Square from the Log

Before sawmills, beams for frames and machines were hewn square from the log with axes. Snap a chalk line, score notches down to it, knock out the wood between them (juggling), then hew the face smooth to the line with a broadaxe. Turn the log and do each side. The picture: shipwrights with broadaxes hewing timbers for a ship, about 1915–1920 (Bain News Service, Library of Congress).
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Set the log up and mark

Block the log off the ground so it cannot roll. Mark the beam's outline on both ends with the square and snap chalk lines along the log between them.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

IsigodoIsigodo1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isikwele esiqinileIsikwele esiqinile
Intambo yeshoki yokudwebaIntambo yeshoki yokudweba
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Score

Stand on the log and chop notches every 30 cm or so, almost down to the line.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

ImbazoImbazo
Isigqoko sokuphephaIsigqoko sokuphepha
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Juggle

Knock off the blocks of wood between the notches with the axe, leaving a rough face just short of the line.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

ImbazoImbazo
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Hew to the line

Hew the face smooth to the chalk line with the broadaxe, working from the bottom of the stem upward.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Imbazo ebanziImbazo ebanzi
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Turn and repeat

Roll the log a quarter turn, snap new lines from the end marks, and hew the next face. Check the corners with the square; dress any high spots with the adze.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Intambo yeshoki yokudwebaIntambo yeshoki yokudweba
Isikwele esiqinileIsikwele esiqinile
Imbazo evundlileImbazo evundlile
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