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Homestead Outdoor Kitchen, Concept A — materials
A rough list to take to a sawmill. The frame is cut green — full-sawn timbers straight from the log — and pinned with dry oak pegs: as the timbers dry they shrink onto the pegs, and the drawbored joints pull tighter. The mill cuts every stick to its section and length; the framer cuts the joints.
Each length is the piece’s cut length plus 10 in for tenons and trimming, rounded up to the foot. A piece longer than 24 ft is ordered in two or more lengths joined by a scarf (A2-16), except a post or a rafter is not scarfed. Board feet are full-sawn: width × depth × feet ÷ 12. Sizes follow the model, which is proportioned from measured drawings, not engineered — a frame that will carry a load is sized by an engineer first.
The workshop's own mill (critical, to be graded to NELMA)
Oak (red or bur)
| Section (in) | Length (ft) | Pieces | Board feet | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 12 | 10 | 4 | 320 | post, south gable corner, jowled · post, north gable corner, jowled |
| 8 × 8 | 10 | 1 | 53 | post, south gable middle, under the tie |
373 board feet of green timber in 5 pieces.
Eastern white pine
| Section (in) | Length (ft) | Pieces | Board feet | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 12 | 8 | 2 | 128 | king post, jowled head slotted for the ridge board |
| 8 × 10 | 19 | 2 | 253 | tie across a gable |
| 8 × 8 | 20 | 2 | 213 | side plate, west · side plate, east |
| 6 × 8 | 14 | 2 | 112 | principal rafter, east (36.9°, 9/12) |
| 6 × 8 | 13 | 2 | 104 | principal rafter, west (36.9°, 9/12) |
| 6 × 6 | 7 | 4 | 84 | raking strut, king post to principal |
| 4 × 7 | 15 | 9 | 315 | common rafter (36.9°, 9/12), east slope |
| 4 × 7 | 13 | 9 | 273 | common rafter (36.9°, 9/12), west slope |
| 4 × 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | header at the oven flue, principal to barge rafter |
| 4 × 6 | 6 | 10 | 120 | knee brace, corner post to side plate (45°) · knee brace, post to tie (45°) |
| 3 × 8 | 20 | 7 | 280 | ceiling joist, plate to plate (the rafter tie), its top ends sniped to the roof plane |
| 2 × 10 | 20 | 1 | 33 | ridge board, on edge |
| 3 × 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | collar, a barge pair |
1,957 board feet of green timber in 54 pieces.
Pegs: 45 dry oak, 1 in × 10 in (estimated joint by joint); order 10 % over. Keys: 4 dry oak tusk keys for the tusk tenons.
Subtotal, the workshop's own mill (critical, to be graded to NELMA): 59 timbers, 373 board feet oak (red or bur), 1,957 board feet eastern white pine: 2,330 board feet of green timber; 45 dry oak pegs and 4 dry oak tusk keys.
The Amish mills (non-critical)
Standard dimension lumber here (2x4, 2x6 and the like) may come from a lumberyard's kiln-dried, grade-stamped stock instead, where that's cheaper.
Boards: roof boards (eastern white pine) under the standing seam 470 sq ft at 1 in ≈ 470 board feet (plus waste).
Subtotal, the Amish mills (non-critical): 0 timbers; boards ≈ 470 board feet.
Not in this list: stone, brick and mortar; siding, trim, windows and doors; roofing; nails. Nothing here is priced.
Cut list, piece by piece
| Piece | Qty | Section (in) | Cut length (in) | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak (red or bur): Post, south gable corner, jowled | 2 | 8 × 12 | 103 3/4 | A6-22 on a steel standoff base on its pier · A6-02 tenon into the plate · A6-54 its jowl's teazle into the tie |
| Oak (red or bur): Post, south gable middle, under the tie | 1 | 8 × 8 | 101 3/4 | A6-22 on a steel standoff base on its pier · A6-02 tenon into the tie, pegged |
| Oak (red or bur): Post, north gable corner, jowled | 2 | 8 × 12 | 103 3/4 | A6-22 on a steel standoff base on its pier · A6-02 tenon into the plate · A6-54 its jowl's teazle into the tie |
| Eastern white pine: Side plate, west | 1 | 8 × 8 | 220 3/4 | A6-02 on the corner posts, running past them to the eave · same |
| Eastern white pine: Side plate, east | 1 | 8 × 8 | 220 3/4 | A6-02 on the corner posts, running past them to the eave · same |
| Eastern white pine: Knee brace, corner post to side plate (45°) | 4 | 4 × 6 | 56 7/8 | A6-03 tenon into the post, pegged · A6-03 tenon into the plate, pegged |
| Eastern white pine: Tie across a gable | 2 | 8 × 10 | 208 | A6-54 lap dovetail flush into the plate's side, on the jowl's teazle · same |
| Eastern white pine: King post, jowled head slotted for the ridge board | 2 | 8 × 12 | 82 1/4 | A6-13 stub tenon into the tie, pegged (it hangs the tie) · A6-24 jowled head, the ridge board in its slot |
| Eastern white pine: Principal rafter, west (36.9°, 9/12) | 2 | 6 × 8 | 135 | A6-20 bird's mouth over the plate · A6-23 tenoned into the tie, pegged · A6-24 into the king post's joggle, pegged |
| Eastern white pine: Principal rafter, east (36.9°, 9/12) | 2 | 6 × 8 | 157 1/2 | A6-20 bird's mouth over the plate · A6-23 tenoned into the tie, pegged · A6-24 into the king post's joggle, pegged |
| Eastern white pine: Raking strut, king post to principal | 4 | 6 × 6 | 63 1/8 | A6-25 stub tenon in a joggle on the king post · A6-25 stub tenon into the principal's underside |
| Eastern white pine: Knee brace, post to tie (45°) | 6 | 4 × 6 | 56 7/8 | A6-03 tenon into the post, pegged · A6-03 tenon into the tie, pegged |
| Eastern white pine: Ridge board, on edge | 1 | 2 × 10 | 220 3/4 | the south barge pair · the north barge pair |
| Eastern white pine: Common rafter (36.9°, 9/12), west slope | 9 | 4 × 7 | 142 1/2 | A6-20 bird's mouth on the side plate · A6-48 butted to the ridge board, nailed |
| Eastern white pine: Common rafter (36.9°, 9/12), east slope | 9 | 4 × 7 | 165 | A6-20 bird's mouth on the side plate · A6-48 butted to the ridge board, nailed |
| Eastern white pine: Ceiling joist, plate to plate (the rafter tie), its top ends sniped to the roof plane | 7 | 3 × 8 | 224 | on the plate · A6-44 the rafter's foot pegged to it · top corner sniped to the rafters' backs · same |
| Eastern white pine: Collar, a barge pair | 2 | 3 × 6 | 96 | A6-12 half-dovetail lap onto the rafter, pegged · same |
| Eastern white pine: Header at the oven flue, principal to barge rafter | 2 | 4 × 7 | 23 | A2-08 tusk tenon into the principal · A2-08 tusk tenon into the barge rafter |