I'm surprised, Don, by the opinion of the fella you speak of. If it didn't happen on the barns in that area and era, where was is standard practice?
brock
I can't speak from having taken apart anything, but in reading about traditional TF, references to Draw Boring appear everywhere. (I think I've even heard of it in furniture making).
Anytime I'm studying a topic, if I encounter repeated references (by multiple authors) to something, I feel pretty certian it occured.
The guy I talked to who flat-out denied draw boring ever happened is a bit of an oddity. He has restored many many frames and has a good reputation, so I'm inclined to believe much of what he says, but when he said (with distain) that draw boring didn't happen, I just about laughed...and my opinion of him went down a few "pegs."
I think he has his theory because he hates the concept of anything "over-engineered."
But many texts about old barns here in New England refer to the practice of Draw Boring.
I just kept quiet...
