Originally Posted by
Richard Coers
The Shakers would not have decorated sash though. Bridal joints, or draw bore mortise and through tenon. The Historical Society I belong to owns a one room country schoolhouse. Still has the original draw bore sash in it, looks like Douglas Fir that had to have come in by steam train from the coast in 1861.
I agree with this, and not just for Shaker...the original window frames in the 250 year old portion of our former property were draw-bored, although the sashes I suspect were much newer and not drawbored. (I replaced those myself with fixed windows for efficiency) Drawbores have a nice advantage in that they need no other fasteners and properly done, don't need glue, either.
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