Triaretra

Description:

 Tool used by carpenters to make joints (mmicciaturi) between two wood planks arranged transversely, usually at 90°, or even with different angles and longitudinally to join two pieces of wood. Of course, this tool was used for wood pieces large enough for the construction of balconies, gates, doors, windows, etc. Instead of the normal saw that was used instead for smaller pieces of wood and for the construction of small drawers for furniture etc., the larger planks that were obtained from the trunks of chestnut, fir, oak trees, etc. the serra a scariu was used. It was a tool larger still that was handled by at least three people on site when the trunk of the felled tree would be stripped ccu sirrùni or with a hatchet, and cut into pieces on a special scaffolding by the expert hands of skilled craftsmen. The tavuluna, timber planks, thus obtained, would be stacked outside before use so that the rain and sun could hasten ageing.