Vertical Grain Heart Pine

The week before last, we finished sawing an order of vertical grain antique heart pine. It is now in the kiln drying. We will mill it into flooring and then grade to the customers specifications. Vertical grain flooring does not have the "cathedral" shaped grain found in plain sawn wood. A hundred plus years ago, this would be the typical floor in the most elegant of southern homes.

More Logs...

We are bringing more logs from the river.

More Timber Frame Photos

We started with the 10 outside posts yesterday. There are lots of mortises, but nothing too difficult.

This is the top of an outside post.

This is the bottom of a rafter. The tennon shown here will join with the top of the post shown above.

Before and After

The raw beams for the timberframe arrived December 10th....

Timberframe Underway!

Jesse and the whole CFRW family have been busy with chisels and mallets. We are building a Timberframe barn to be raised in central North Carolina this spring.

All the Southern yellow pine beams are currently being cut and organized in our mill. Then it will take just a few days to put together this 256 piece jigsaw puzzle to form a two story barn.

As I sit here in the heated office typing, Jesse is in the 50 degree mill cutting dovetails on what will be floor joists. More updates and photos to come!

Coastal Living Show April 18-19th and Earthday April 18th

Come see us!
Cape Fear Riverwood is participating in the Coastal Living show in downtown Wilmington Saturday and Sunday April 18th and 19th. See link below for more info... admission is only $5.
http://www.wilmingtonwomansclub.com/
We will have a full show floor, cabinet, countertop, and samples of all our offerings.

We will also have a table at the Lower Cape Fear Earthday Celebration in Hugh MacRae park on Saturday April 18th. It is a free event with live music, earth-friendly displays and most importantly food and drinks!
http://www.wilmingtonearthday.com/index.html

Cape Fear River Wood Meets the Public!

Last week, Cape Fear River Wood Products was asked to speak to residents and at Lake Shore Commons in Wilmington (http://www.lakeshorecommons.com/) . Local citizens we also invited to attend. Anna Jarrell represented the company with a talk about the history of the Cape Fear River, the process of heart pine recovery, and the products that are made from the recovered logs. Special emphasis was given to the green business practices utilized by Cape Fear River Wood Products, such as using reclaimed "lost" raw materials, recycling used timbers from demolished buildings, reducing waste by using scrap for butcher block products, and recycling our sawdust for use by farmers for horse bedding. About 25 people took part in the question and answer period that followed. Anna said it was a pleasure to speak to so many people interested in both local history and environmental stewardship. We thank the community of Lake Shore Commons for inviting us to speak and share.