Ballister Blanks

We are cutting ballister blanks from antique heart pine. They will be sent to a turning opperation, and then to our customers house for installation.

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