Reclaimed lumber bander

This bander is the one I use to put packages of reclaimed barn wood together with. This one was in the fire that destroyed my century old farm house in late October. It was found in the ashes baked to a crisp by the first growth white oak lumber that the old home was made of. This is the reclaiming of the bander that in the end worked out to be fully functional. Now I can get out there and pack up some rough cut oak. If you have any old barns to tear down and get cleaned up call me at 3309325252 Barn Cash LLC

Old barn for sale in ohio

Have a old century oak timber frame barn for sale in Ohio?
Barn wood wanted! I buy old barns. Get your old building taken down and hauled away.
Free cash for salvage rights we are buying reclaimed rough cut also. Don't pay to demo  those old general stores and factories we raze them for savings compared to the cost of demolition. City action against your run down commercial real estate?  I can help. Disrepair and been neglected old warehouse I need the lumber factory timbers and and old bricks  I can raze Ohio West Virginia and western pa buildings.
I also buy old farms for salvage of lumber
Log cabins are OK but most house's are not.
Www.barncash.info is down right now but you can call jeff @ 3309325252

Are those barn beam's bad?

The old barn timber photograph at the top of my blog is typical of the interior of an old barn, built of post and beam construction. The wooden pins sticking out the side of the beam are known as dowel pins or wood dowels. The reason for them is they are the nails that hold the part together.
  This is a description of how this works.
The timber that stands up right is a post which has a large tab called a tendon.
  The beam that sits on top of it has a pocket carved in it up from the bottom side which is called a mortise or pocket
  The angle brace up above it has a tendon on the bottom this also sits in a mortise pocket below it.
  So the two tendons are inserted into the mortise pockets then the holes are drilled threw it then the wood dowels are driven into them locking the joint together.
 The cracks visible on the sides do not affect the integrity of the timbers. These are a natural result of the timber drying over time in the building.
 The circular mark to the right of the wood dowel pins is a saw blade mark. This is typical of the early rough cut lumber, used in the old bars of the heartland.
 I always welcome questions
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