Hi David,
Thank you for that kind offer and professional courtesy but there is really no need for you to call me. It is more important for you to try and explain more clearly the content of your initial post and especially to direct this at beginners in this craft who are likely to be more confused than me.
Mike,
You have explained nothing to me about which I was not already aware.
The definitive peer reviewed work on timber framing terminology is by :-
ALCOCK, N.W., BARLEY, M.W., DIXON, P.W., and MEESON, R.A., 1989. Recording Timber-Framed Buildings. London : CBA.
Following on from this work a glossary of terms was assembled and published in America by :-
BEEMER, W. and ROWER, K., 2003. Timber Framing for Beginners VI A Glossary of Terms. Timber Framing., No 68, 12-17.
This second publication rightly makes reference to the earlier definitive work by Alcock et. al. and endeavours to provide equivalent North American terms for the longer established European terms.
The TFG later published a web based glossary of terms - The TFWiki in an attempt to peer review, refine, correct, ammend and develop the Beemer - Rower Glossary of terms but it appears this is now closed to public access preventing continuing development and correction of that resource.
Beginners can still consult the 2003 Beemer - Rower glossary of terms via the menu link provided of the TF Guild website home page though since this is still at odds in places with the earlier work by ALCOCK - BARLEY - DIXON - MEESON it cannot yet be fully relied upon to the same extent as the earlier work.
Regards
Ken Hume
