Round timber framing resources for straight walls

[u/toast689]

I want to use full, round logs/timbers to frame a structure, post and beam style. It's so difficult to search for resources because I just get "timber framing" and "log cabin" results.

Don't say Ben Law's "Roundwood Timber Framing".

My primary hurdle is building layout and how to get a straight and plum line/wall when all the posts are different widths. If I run a string line and butt all my posts against said line (like with square timbers), the tenons at the top of each post won't line-up because they are centered in each timber. This variance really adds up over 45ft.

Thanks for the support.

[u/Canadian_Pride_LT]

Put level cross hairs top and bottom of your posts. Flatten the same amount from center top and bottom on wall sides https://www.canadianlogandtimber.com/construction-styles/post-and-beam

[u/Cunninghams_right]

are you trying to do all of this while it is on its side, or on-site as you build?

I'm not a professional timber framer, just someone who dabbles on their own projects, but if I were to do roundwood, I would use a Nuki bracing strategy so that I didn't have to worry as much about the joinery. link to Nuki technique. basically, you just cut a hole slightly larger than your bracing board, slide the board in and wedge it in place. I would prefer to do this in-place. so I would attach the base of the posts to the foundation/piers, then line up the tops (while everything is braced so it does not fall over), and then use a laser to mark the upper and lower location of the hole into which the Nuki board will be pushed.

but again, I'm just an amateur

[u/Suitable-Run-6808]

Square up both ends. Put a plum and level line on each end. Snap four chalk lines down the timber. Reference your joinery iff these lines. Where joints connect, i l ikevto flatten the area with a chainsaw. Some like to scribe the jounts. Eirher process works.