{"id":3650,"date":"2017-04-20T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:18:53","slug":"gin-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2017\/04\/gin-poles.html","title":{"rendered":"Gin Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gin-pole-in-tension.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3651 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gin-pole-in-tension-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gin-pole-in-tension-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gin-pole-in-tension-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gin-pole-in-tension-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A gin pole is a simple and traditional method for raising a timber frame by hand, and straightforward solution to a site with little crane access. It\u2019s constructed from a long, straight pole with a block and tackle hanging from the top, and two guy lines (in our case, come-alongs) that help to counter the weight of the pole and the timbers, and locate the posts in their mortises.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes the oldest technologies provide the best solution for the job at hand. From wedges and ramps to pulleys, I am surprised at how right my physics teachers were about the ubiquity of simple machines. When applied purposefully, with careful consideration, these approaches can be safer, simpler and cheaper. While I appreciate the romance associated with historic contraptions, ultimately, romance is not the reason we employ them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.preservationtimberframing.com\/ill-take-a-gin-pole\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ll take a gin pole, straight up<\/a>, Preservation Timber Farming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A gin pole is a simple and traditional method for raising a timber frame by hand, and straightforward solution to a site with little crane access. It\u2019s constructed from a long, straight pole with a block and tackle hanging from the top, and two guy lines (in our case, come-alongs) that help to counter the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,232,73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3655,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions\/3655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}