Seasoned White Oak needed for project

I'm building a deck with a roof on the front of this.


Using rough sawn white pine with mortise and tenon joints.
My research shows that white oak was the go to wood to use for the pins.
So I'm trying to find dry to dryish straight grain white oak.
Need enough to make about 40 pins, 1" by 8"
I can finish the drying in the oven.
Standing the frames up today and will post pics.

 

I see your deck chairs are ready to go!

Best of luck. Not the ordinary build.

 

Thats really a nice place !! I wish I could help you but white oak logs around here are really tough to get I have had none in a year for my mill If you want I could call my kiln mill to see if he has anything that would suit let me know JB

 

Do you have a wood lathe?

 

You can make pins out of firewood splits, no? Should be lots of dry W. Oak in "inventory" with this bunch.
I bought a bunch of metal roof/siding from a fellah recently that just tore down an old timber framed barn and was also selling the timbers...he found a pin on the ground while we were loading the metal, picked it up and handed it to me to take with...not something that just everybody has laying on their truck dash these days

 

mike bayerl may have some.

 

You can help yourself to my piles of White Oak. Splits, logs, blocks, limbs whatever you need.

 

I have some white oak but may not be as dry as you are looking for. Also did you research using walnut for your pegs? We have dismantled some barns and some of the pegs were walnut. PM me if you want directions. I'm prolly 20-25 minutes from you.

 

Well I have access to a lathe, but gonna try cuttin em down to octagon and then shaving them down. If that takes too long, I'll go the lathe.

 

Thanks. I have one more chance of finding some in Perry Co tomorrow morning. If that don't work out, I'll come a runnin.

 

It took 2 of us the better part of 4 days to cut the mortise and tenons and put this up.

Monday we start on joist and rafters. It'll go much faster then.

 

PA Mountain Man WOW Talent on display. You are doing a great job. Keep the pics coming.

 

Thanks, I guess it runs in the family.
This is from about 1870 with we think some Great great grandparents

 

Roof rafters and most of the joist in place.
2/12 pitch on the roof . Today we will get the 1x6 deck boards on and square it up so the standing seam roofing fits.

 

Thats really nice work.
That type of thing in todays world is rare to say the least. Nice to see the family tradition continuing on.

 

Made some more progress today.
Standing seam roof panels on.
Aged Metal color from AB Martin.




Still have to finish the trim and flashing
Purchased this from AB Martin in Newville, PA. Ordered it Wed and picked up this morning. Custom widths and flashing was no problem.
I highly recommend them.

 

Looks good. I like that standing seam and that color is cool. I use AB Martin for all my metal needs. Them guys are the cats meow. I was debating on the number of screws for a project and the guy punched in my metal order and told me I need 312 white and 90 black.

 

Just curious how its flashed against the logs? Looks great though!

 

Looks like the overhang offers some protection to the lower roof and logs, from the elements.