I am planning to build a timber frame home in the Japanese style with the posts exposed both inside and outside. I was hoping to use stress skin panels between the posts for walls and am wondering if it would be acceptable to groove the surrounding timbers, say an inch deep, to hold the panels in place between the posts. One fear I have is that as the posts dry and weather, they will want to change shape, though the panels will contrain this movement. Any comments on using this method to install the panels? Thanks.