Introduction
Tools Hewing
Raising a Model Barn |
Hewing Sequence - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
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The sills of the
Henry Philips Barn were hand hewn and their replacements have been
created using the hewing technique illustrated in this sequence. A
hewing yard was set up at the south end of the barn and staff carpenter,
Tevis Stites-Robertson, learned and demonstrated hewing techniques.
His description of the hewing process follows.
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Hewing logs is an almost-forgotten art, and I am indebted
to Dave Kirkpatrick for teaching me something of the technique.
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 There
are two basic types of axe used in hewing a log. The first is a symmetrical
headed axe, either a regular limbing axe or a larger Hewing axe.
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 The
second type is a Broadaxe, which is asymmetrical. The head is flat on
one face, and beveled on the other. The handle is crooked, angled toward
the side with the bevel. |
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