Q "So  Cliff Where'd ya get that slick looking bulletproof vest?"

 

Answer " Why I made it from wood."

 

Q "Wood?  Shirly You jest."

 

Answer:  "Don't call me Shirly and read this:"

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/stronger-than-steel-able-to-stop-a-speeding-bullet-it-s-super-wood?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

 

"Someday soon it might be possible to live in a home made almost completely from one of Earth’s most abundant and versatile building materials—from floors to rafters, walls to windows. In the garage there may be a car whose chassis and bumpers could be composed of densified wood rather than steel and plastic"

 

Aaahhh, the future-

 

 

well sir, i assure you, this house is very "green", it is composed entirely of cow pies, mud, straw, and features a thatch roof (very trendy!!).  windows?  no, glass does not grow on trees, so you just have these openings that you can block at night and when it gets cold.

 

for our most discriminating clients, over here we have the best of the best.  what?  you don't see anything?  precisely, all those homes are underground.  they are very comfy, and average about 56F inside year round.  if you want a skylight, the home comes with one free shovel, but be careful, dig from the inside, otherwise, you'll fall thru your roof.  you can have as many basements as you can dig over the next 40 years.  we think you'll really dig the possibilities of expansion!!!

they're working on the windows now

 

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2020/10/01/transparent-wood-could-be-window-future

18 minutes ago, p_toad said:

they're working on the windows now

 

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2020/10/01/transparent-wood-could-be-window-future

Cool 

If you notice the rafters, they are not evenly spaced.  Also, they are machined, so it is not period.  The porch support posts are also turned, but I wonder on what.  Lots of chinking and it will need frequent repairs.  Need plenty of horse hair, wool, cotton, corncobs and other items to stuff the spacing.  Very interesting post.  Thank you, Lew.

 

I don’t know if you could say that it’s not period. It would depend on the location but they certainly had machined wood products back in the late 1700’s. They definitely had lathes capable of turning those posts. Granted they were not common but they did have water powered mills. 
Paul