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URL:https://bluehillpeninsula.org/events/hewing-demonstration/
SUMMARY:Hewing Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Preservation timber framer Nevan Carling will host a live demon
 stration of hewing on Saturday\, Sept. 19 from 1-4 PM at the Jonathan Fish
 er House. In preparation for the repair and replacement work needed on the
  sills for the Fisher House\, Nevan will be hewing a log\, turning it from
  its natural form into a timber with flat surfaces\, appropriate for use a
 s a sill. Nevan will use a hand axe\, the same tool that Fisher would have
  used to hew the original sills.\n\nWe have ample documentation of Fisher
 ’s hewing process thanks to his daily diaries\, showing how long and lab
 orious this task was as he set out to build his house. For example\, some 
 entries from November 1810:\n\nNov. 13: Worked at scoring timber. Mr. N. H
 inckley with me hewing….\nNov. 14: Worked at scoring. Mr. Hinckley at he
 wing….\nNov. 15: Rainy. Worked most of the day on model for wood house a
 nd finished it. Hewed a little.\nNov. 16: Worked upon timber. Mr. N. Hinck
 ley and Andrew Wood with me.\nNov. 19: Worked up timber. Mr. Hinckley and 
 Mr. H. with me.\nNov. 21: Worked upon timber. Mr. Hinckley\, Mr. H\, and M
 r. An. Wood with me….\nNov. 22: Worked at hewing. Mr. N Hinckley with me
  and Mr. H. P.M. finished except [illegible] etc. Cutting the timber 3.\; 
 hauling 2.75\; hewing 5.\; scoring\, lining\, etc. 7.50 = $19.25. Boards a
 nd hauling $13.70. Nails 2.88 = $35.83 to this day. …Mr. Hinckley 4. - a
 ll but $1. for hewing 6 days.\n\nTurning logs into usable pieces of timber
  took many hours and many hands in Fisher’s time! The public is invited 
 to join us for a glimpse into this heritage trade\, with the opportunity t
 o chat with Nevan as he works and ask questions along the way.\n\nNevan Ca
 rling is a volunteer at the Jonathan Fisher House in Blue Hill\, as well a
 s a preservation timber framer specializing in the research and repair of 
 historic buildings. His interests are in the social roles that the built e
 nvironment played in creating and surrounding identities in the past\, wit
 h a special focus in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nevan is a recent gradua
 te of the University of York in the United Kingdom with a degree in Archae
 ology and Heritage Management and is pursuing his MSc degree in Timber Bui
 lding Conservation at the Weald and Downland Living History Museum in Chic
 hester\, England.\n\nRestoration of the Fisher House sills is partially fu
 nded by a grant from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with Maine Preserv
 ation. 
LOCATION:Jonathan Fisher House\, 44 Mines Rd\, Blue Hill\, ME\, 04614\, Uni
 ted States
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