![]() ![]() The notching method on some of the earliest eastern cabins and most 19th century western cabins, particularly saddle notching, left an extended log end or " crown." Crowns are especially pronounced or exaggerated in Rustic style structures, and sometimes they are cut shorter as the wall rises, creating a buttress effect at the corners of the building. They range from the simple "saddle" notching, which demands minimal time and hewing skill, to the very common "V" notching or "steeple" notching, to "full dovetail" notching, one of the tightest but most time-consuming to accomplish, " half-dovetail" notching which is probably one of the most common, and "square" notching secured with pegs or spikes. Numerous corner notching techniques have been identified throughout the country. Most notching methods provide structural integrity, by locking the log ends in place, and give the pen rigidity and stability. The " saddlebag" or double-pen plan, composed of two contiguous log pens and the " dogtrot" plan, formed by two pens separated by an open passage space (sometimes enclosed later), all covered by a continuous roof.Ĭorner notching (left) is another of the characteristic features of log construction. Some variations of historic log house plans include: the typically mid-Atlantic "continental" plan, consisting of a single-pen of three rooms organized around a central hearth The basic one-room enclosure formed by four log walls joined at their corners, called a single "pen" or "crib." The single pen was improved upon by installing interior partitions or by adding another log pen. Repointing refers to the maintenance process of replacing small lengths of original mortar where it has deteriorated between stones (causing moisture damage which compromises the integrity), such as in a chimney. It was used for producing sawnplanks from tree trunks, which could then be cut down into boards, pales, posts, etc. Pit-Sawn refers to the frontier practice of digging a pit over which lumber is positioned to besawed with a long two-handled saw by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. Hand-Wrought refers to the frontier hand processes used to forge needed iron products, locks, nails, etc., by hammer and anvil with red-hot malleable iron straight from a furnace. Hand-Quarried refers to the frontier practice of using brute manual labor and hand axes to cut stone/rock/gravel/slate by hand to be used in construction and cemeteries. A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which this rock is excavated from the ground. Hand-Planed refers to the frontier practice of manually using and hand plane to shape wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Hand-Hewn refers to the frontier practice of using muscle power to manually cut or shape wood, often huge timbers, by hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel to achieve desired shape or finish. ![]() ![]() Hand-Carved refers to the highly-skilled practice of hand-chiseling or hand-carving wood or stone to achieve a finely detailed (delicate or intricate) shape or finish. ![]()
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