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Hewing College
In woodworking, hewing is the process of converting a trunk (botany), log from its rounded natural form into lumber (timber) with more or less flat surfaces using primarily an axe. It is an ancient method, and before the advent of the industrial-era type of sawmills, it was a standard way of squaring up wooden beam (structure), beams for timber framing. Today it is still used occasionally for that purpose by anyone who has logs, needs beams, and cannot or would prefer not to pay for finished lumber. Thus, homesteading, homesteaders on frugal budgets, for example, may hew their own lumber rather than buy it. Definitions ''Hew'' is a general term meaning to strike or blow with a tool such as an axe or sword; to chop or gash, and is used in warfare, stone and woodcutting, and coal and salt mining in this sense. Hewing wood is to shape the wood with a sharp instrument such as an axe, specifically flattening one or more sides of a log. Methods As an ancient method of timber ''conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeim 2005-09-17 Fachwerk-05
Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the Northeim (district), district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document recording a property transfer by a Frankish nobleman to the Abbey of Fulda. In the 10th century the surrounding region became County of Northeim, a county, administered by the Counts of Northeim. The first of them, Siegfried, Count of Northeim, Siegfried is mentioned in 982. From 1061 to 1070 Count Otto of Nordheim, Otto II held the stem duchy of Duchy of Bavaria, Bavaria as an Imperial fief, but lost it again because of his involvement in the Saxon plot against Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King Henry IV. The monastery of St. Blasius was founded around 1100. In 1252 Northeim obtained German town law, town rights, and from 1384 to 1554 it was a member of the Hanseatic League. When protestantism was introduced in 1532 all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
