A Cherry Cruck Frame part 4: Gunstock posts. Traditional and free form.

Do you remember these timbers and templates?

The two ‘standard’ gunstock posts.

Gunstock posts have a flare to them in order to allow for joinery to join two other timbers to them. Usually a plate running the length of the building  and a tie beam running across. These more traditional in shape will be in the front facade, which has the two giant cruck blades that will steal all the attention they usually garner.

And then there are these…

This one is what I called the ‘3D post’, which has a ‘built-in’ brace.

And this one simply has a wonderful belly.

They will be the ‘free form’ gunstock posts for this frame. One for each of the back corners of the frame.

Here they are outlined with the template.

A visit to the joiner to square them up and straighten the back surface. I love that joiner.

And then across the shop to the band saw for the curve.

Ready for joinery layout.

Cutting away…

…and done.

The ‘free form’ posts stillneed to conform to the frame.

The 3D post is squared up.

And now the wane needs to be cleaned up…

…milled…

…snd shaped to be pleasing.

Same goes for the big belly post.

Now it’s ready for layout.

An artificial back allows for a straight line reference.

In the shop the cutting begins for the plate to post connection.

A reverse tenon.

And a little stub tenon fot the bottom.

This is the reverse mortise on the end of the plate.

Successful test fit upside down!

Now the 3D post.

T enon on the bottom.