A Timber Frame Vlog #9: Floor Joists and Timber Selection

[@tim.wilson839]

New to your channel but I thought, considering the wind, that this was a very good and informative video. And that is what I like to see. Great job!!!

[@selador11]

I know this is old. I just wanted to find a good reminder. Don't you even THINK about giving up! Look at how far you have come. Mostly by yourself. If someone else needs to finish the building, so be it. You'll get back at it soon enough. And there will always be plenty of projects. It never ends. Meantime... I'll bet that soon you'll be able to hobble your way to a work bench. You're like me. You work with your hands. You make things. It's in your DNA. It's God's GIFT to you. Honor that gift and make something. Look around yourself. What can you make that will make it easier for you to get around? What can you make that will make it easier for you to MAKE? What can you make that will make it easier for you to participate even if only to hold down a chair, and complain about how badly everyone else takes directions? God bless you, my friend. God cause His face to shine upon you. God give you rest. God give you and your family peace. Contentment. Joy. Prosperity in the face of challenge. You will not be out of the running for as long as they claim you will. You will completely recover, and you will discover ways to work, so this sort of thing never happens again.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Giving up just isn't in the program. I work with my hands because it's just plain what I do...you have some excellent words there.

[@evergreenorganics]

I’m trying to watch all of your videos from oldest to newest. It’s gonna be a journey. Thank you for the awesome content.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Wow, that's a lot of videos to get through. Some are crap just to warn you.

[@evergreenorganics]

@@TheTradesmanChannel I doubt that, I’ve seen enough of your stuff. It’s not for everybody but it’s definitely for me. I’ve got a lot to learn about timberframing so I don’t want to miss out on any of what you have to offer.

[@evergreenorganics]

Hey also if you’re interested I ordered a framing chisel set from The Northmen Guild 6 months ago. It should be here next month, I’ll post a video on them. My grandchildren better enjoy those chisels for the price.

[@dougdunlap6638]

Hey starting to shape up both the barn and you viewers and subs. Keep it up

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Doug Dunlap thanks Doug. Pretty nice day wasn't it? I'm taking full advantage, still out working on the barn. Windier today so no filming but now that it's dark, dead calm...go figure.

[@allenhunt3070]

Hi Jim, Looking at that notch cut you showed, it seemed like you might have invested a bit of blood at the start of the cut! It looks red there!

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Allen Hunt there is some blood here and there.

[@thecordlesscarpenter7956]

Hi Jim, since this is an older video, can you share how the floor joists have settle over the years? With the joists shrinking as it dries and seasons and the girt/plate and summer not shrinking in length, how large of a gap has formed in the joist pocket so far? Has it caused any problems for you like loose joists? Thanks for the video

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Good afternoon. I actually have had no shrinkage yet that is visible. If you put it all together green then things tend to shrink together.

[@jackdaniel8757]

Planning on replacing sills and rotten bottoms of post on old timber frame barn. Old rocks for foundation and plenty of manure rotted them. Above 18 inches all good. Any advise appreciated

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Jack Daniel give me a few minutes, have to drive into work

[@markenna5955]

Great Job, thank you.

[@rkstewart9585]

I've always wanted to know how to find leads on the timber framing specific power tools such as the large diameter skill saws and those nifty plunge cutters that make quick work or the mortise's, or however you spell the plural of that damn word :p Since you were asking on questions we have and all. Might be a bit far off topic for the direction you have now roughing in the framing though.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Rk Stewart eBay is where I found mine. The chain morticer (you're right, that word is a pain in the ass) goes for about a $1000 U.S. used. Timbertools.com is another good place if your buying brand new. All in all eBay has been my best source, the Bigfoot saw I have I bought used on eBay for $350 U.S., the saw was almost new. Just the head for that saw to make it a beam saw is almost $800 new. Good question, I'll probably do a short video on the power tools.

[@seanhazelwood3311]

You have three choices with grain shake... 1. Not use it 2. Cut off the ends for a shorter beam elsewhere 3. Iron bands around the weak sections (must be hot fitted very tight, otherwise they'll get loose with shrinkage)

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Sean Hazelwood good points.

[@bwillan]

The wind noise on the outdoor segments on the video wasn't that bad. If you are using an external microphone you can get a deadcat (wind noise suppressor) to go over the microphone. Looks the Amish you got those beams from use a big circle saw mill (Frick saw I think is the name). It would seem they didn't have the attention to detail when milling to account for the taper of the log. That is why that one beam had the grain run out off the edge of the board.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+bwillan the Amish around here don't have a lot of finesse when they do anything. That's another reason I decided to mill my own. I didn't trust them to get me solid grade 2 beams.

[@totherarf]

Just a thought ..... why not add the audio in afterwards? That way you can tell us what you are doing without having to do it at the same time! Obviously it all adds to the time and effort needed to make the video though ;O)

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Dave W I've been thinking on it. I did pick up a headset for it. I'll give it a shot. Time and effort isn't an issue of it makes the content better.

[@totherarf]

It is just another arrow to your bow! You don't need to use it if it is not the right thing for the video you are shooting ..... but it gives you more flexibility! I think "Big Family Homestead" did one about editing videos a couple of weeks back and he is from the media industry. Eather way, all the best to you!

[@teknasutra]

Billy ain't got nothing on you brother!!!

[@jdsgotninelives]

I had no idea that cutting those joins at a good taper (looked about 30 deg) instead of the mandatory square cut (the bit near end of video where your sawing those cuts - hope that makes sense : / ) can give the joint a bit more strength!! Thanks for the tip :)

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+John Maguire morning John, you are welcome.

[@MichaelKapsner]

Comments about the wind and viewing your land makes me wonder if you have considered planting a shelterbelt? (agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/farm-management/soil-and-water/erosion/shelterbelt-design)

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Michael Kapsner it's funny you say that. Most of this area is fairly heavily wooded with farm fields all over. If course I would have to build right in the middle of one, I'm also one of the few who has fairly flat land to boot. I plant spruces, sugar maples and box elders along the edges of my yard but they grow slow in our cold climate. I'll check that out, thanks for sharing.

[@MichaelKapsner]

Not sure where you are in the world, my moms family was from South Dakota - pretty much everyone had one around the farmyard there. I noticed some links from USDA, Minnesota department of agriculture among others, but that link seemed to cover a lot of ground right on the main page....

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

+Michael Kapsner I live off of the end of Lake Ontario in NY, about a mile and a half off of the St. Lawrence river. The wind is a constant thing in this part of the world. In the summer it usually gets dead calm in the evenings but spring and winter are bad for wind. I grew up on Tug Hill which is pretty much the snow capital of the northeast. Where I live now is about 30 miles north of there but I get less than half the snow than the hill gets. I can get trees from the DEC here pretty cheap. I'd love to start reforesting part of my land.