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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

>One reason I like solid beams is the aesthetics.

Yes, I was strictly thinking of hidden or at least utilitarian beams.


> >Who among us will make beams  
> >by hand today?
> 

Eh ... I'm always the anachronism, but I've got six 10'-12' cedar (Virginia 
juniper) logs about 16" in diameter that I am going to square down on two 
sides 
with the adze for asthetic as well as structural beams for the lower side of 
the house.  True that there are only six of them and they aren't very large, 
but when faced with the expense of loading them and having them squared at 
the 
sawmill, I decided I'd rather spend the money on a new adze head from 
WoodCrafters.

Film at eleven.

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