Roger,
I like your descriptions. Numerical scribe is a good way to put it, because it places it squarely in the traditions from which it has been derived. I could go into detail of the progression from full scribe to half scribe, into numerical scribe, but maybe you will just have to wait till august.
Thanks for the description of Mill Rule. I understand now what this is.
The practice of numerical or geometric mapping of the joints is very interesting to me and is something I have been looking into. It is a practice I think I would like to adopt.
Theoretically, numerical scribe and joint mapping could be executed with irregular timber as well, as long as a solid point of reference is established, like a datum line.
