View Full Version : So, you think you're a Neanderthal?
bill epstein
09-19-2020, 5:23 PM
PARIS (AP) — With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a three-ton oak truss Saturday in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, a replica of the wooden structures that were consumed in the landmark’s devastating April 2019 fire that also toppled its spire.
https://apnews.com/74b239b6a5d647f5c92e7170243276ea
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Jim Koepke
09-19-2020, 6:13 PM
Wow, and all that was going on in my arena was to re-saw and plane a 3' piece of poplar.
Using a bandsaw probably doesn't count…
jtk
Tom M King
09-19-2020, 7:10 PM
I see two man crosscut saws haven't changed much since midieval times.
kent wardecke
09-19-2020, 7:44 PM
I see two man crosscut saws haven't changed much since midieval times.
I think the steel has gotten a little better
Warren Mickley
09-19-2020, 8:06 PM
The first thing I thought of was "That is a modern saw". Saws with special raker teeth like that have only been around for 150 years.
I am so glad they are putting it back the way it was. There were lots of people around that thought they could out-engineer something that lasted for 700 years.
Bob Jones 5443
09-20-2020, 1:33 AM
"Carpenters without Borders." Nice.
Bill, thanks for sharing the article. It's good to check in with the Notre Dame progress from time to time.
Osvaldo Cristo
09-20-2020, 10:28 AM
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Using a bandsaw probably doesn't count…
jtk
Touché! :D
Robert LaPlaca
09-21-2020, 8:27 AM
Thanks, that’s really cool article. It’s such a tragedy and a bit ironic that a historic structure like Notre Dame was destroyed during a roof restoration.
Eric Rathhaus
09-22-2020, 8:25 PM
Wonder if the Medieval roofers would have avoided this tragedy?
Thanks, that’s really cool article. It’s such a tragedy and a bit ironic that a historic structure like Notre Dame was destroyed during a roof restoration.
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