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Sawhorses
- Thread starter GaryR
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GaryR
Nordic Pine
The story of the sawhorses is fascinating. The were used in building a timber framed pavilion in a nature reserve in Suriname, to be used as part of an eco-tourism development. Here is a bit of the challenge they faced getting materials to the site:
THE building site is only accessible during Suriname’s two wet seasons, when motorized canoes can manage the eight-
hour journey upriver to Foengoe Island with cargo on board (Fig. 3). Given that none of our timber species would float,
each of the 657 pieces would have to be individually loaded into canoes for the 120-mile journey and then lifted out of the boats
and carried up to the building site that lay 20 ft. above and some distance from the boat-landing area. The central area of the pavilion called for 12 principal posts, 10x10s up to 34 ft. long and weighing up to 1800 lbs apiece: these timbers posed a particular challenge. To solve this and other logistical problems, we flew to Suriname to study the problem.
After much discussion, we decided to span the Coppename River with a 400-ft. highline and shotgun carriage that would
enable a small crew of locals to lift the timbers from the canoes with a 1½-ton chainfall and then hoist and trolley them up to the
building site (Fig. 3).....
The frame was cut from over 26,000 bd. ft. of kope, brownheart and purpleheart timbers, all species selected for rot-resistance...
And the frame was raised entirely by hand. No machinery could reach the remote location.
Here is drawing of the frame that was built.
And as built:
www.phillipswin.com
THE building site is only accessible during Suriname’s two wet seasons, when motorized canoes can manage the eight-
hour journey upriver to Foengoe Island with cargo on board (Fig. 3). Given that none of our timber species would float,
each of the 657 pieces would have to be individually loaded into canoes for the 120-mile journey and then lifted out of the boats
and carried up to the building site that lay 20 ft. above and some distance from the boat-landing area. The central area of the pavilion called for 12 principal posts, 10x10s up to 34 ft. long and weighing up to 1800 lbs apiece: these timbers posed a particular challenge. To solve this and other logistical problems, we flew to Suriname to study the problem.
After much discussion, we decided to span the Coppename River with a 400-ft. highline and shotgun carriage that would
enable a small crew of locals to lift the timbers from the canoes with a 1½-ton chainfall and then hoist and trolley them up to the
building site (Fig. 3).....
The frame was cut from over 26,000 bd. ft. of kope, brownheart and purpleheart timbers, all species selected for rot-resistance...
And the frame was raised entirely by hand. No machinery could reach the remote location.
Here is drawing of the frame that was built.
And as built:
Suriname | Phillips Win Architecture
www.phillipswin.com