I wonder what the heck is going on in Nebraska that is motivating all 
these folks to vacation there.

Hey, I have that manual too!  Its in really bad shape.  Oops, not the 
same one.  Mine is "Light Frame House Construction, Technical 
Information for the use of Apprentice and Journeyman Carpenters, 
Reprinted 1956, US Dept. of Health Education and Welfare, Office of 
Education.  Cool, but much to modern.

Oh!  And there's another one!  Geez there's a lot of old beat up books 
around here!  And they smell bad too!  No wonder most Architects read 
that professional rag!  It doesn't smell bad and you can toss it when 
it no longer looks nice on the coffee table.

-jc

On Apr 10, 2004, at 2:42 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> In a message dated 4/10/2004 1:49:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> Okay, new odd question.  Are Half-Timber, Frachwerk and Braced Frame
> construction the same thing with variations in the infill materials
> between the studs?  Do they all rely on mortice and tenons?
> It's Fachwerk, and I think they're all pretty much the same.  Maybe 
> there are some regional and/or national variations in technique or 
> materials, but the results appear pretty goldarned similar. 
>  
> It would be interesting to find out when they stopped cutting mortises 
> and tenons in framing, but I'd be willing to bet it went on into the 
> 1920's or 30's and was finally killed by WWII and the large-scale 
> construction that followed.  On the other hand, I have a WWII Army 
> carpentry manual that my father must've picked up after the war which 
> I think included information on mortises and tenons... but of course I 
> can't find it now.   
>  
> If Heidi was still around, maybe we could sucker her into doing a 
> thesis on comparative framing methods and telling the rest of us what 
> she found.  On the other hand, Rudy ought to know about this stuff, 
> which should be right up his....alley.  And where the hell is he, off 
> on vacation with John Leeke in Nebraska?
>  
> Ralph