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Originally Posted by look 171
That great to know, next time I am up there, I sure will knock on the door and ask. I know about some of those very dry docents when we toured the Gamble House many time. Funny how I felt the same way but never spoke to anyone about it.
I had my welder / fab guy make those two of those, very similar, metal strapping. It was a pain in the ass. Then I had to make it rust to match others.
I know you are pretty detailed. Noticed the routed edges of the big timber joints? Back in 1900, routers weren't available to produce perfectly rounded edges, so the dummy that I was, I hand rounded some of the ones we install to match the hand cut originals. I am not sure what they used back then, but I bought my new trusty file and went to work rounding my lumber details. I purposely make some area imperfect. It was fun.
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Sounds like you did great work, Jeff - would love to have seen it.
And I cannot imagine the metalworking skills necessary to duplicate something like those interlocking straps! Hey, though, I bet Milt could!