fachwerk.register_fachwerk = function(basename, texture, description, craft_from)

	local group_def = {choppy = 2, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 2, cracky = 3};

	minetest.register_node("fachwerk:"..basename, { 
		description = "Timber-framed "..description,
		tile_images = { texture.."^fachwerk_blank.png"},
		groups = group_def,
		sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults(),
		paramtype = "light",
		paramtype2 = "facedir",
	})

	minetest.register_node("fachwerk:"..basename.."_1", { 
		description = "Timber-framed "..description.." oblique beam 1",
		tile_images = {
			texture.."^fachwerk_blank.png", -- top
			texture.."^fachwerk_blank.png", -- bottom
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_1.png",
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_1.png^[transformFX",
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_1.png^[transformFX",
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_1.png" },
		groups = group_def,
		sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults(),
		paramtype = "light",
		paramtype2 = "facedir",
	})

	-- TODO: is this one really needed? the node above covers most of that already
	minetest.register_node("fachwerk:"..basename.."_2", { 
	description = "Timber-framed "..description.." oblique beam 2",
		tile_images = {
			texture.."^fachwerk_blank.png", -- top
			texture.."^fachwerk_blank.png", -- bottom
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_2.png",
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_2.png^[transformFX",
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_2.png^[transformFX",
			texture.."^fachwerk_beam_2.png" },
		groups = group_def,
		sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults(),
		paramtype = "light",
		paramtype2 = "facedir",
	})

	minetest.register_node("fachwerk:"..basename.."_cross", {
		description = "Timber-framed "..description.." cross",
		tile_images = {texture.."^fachwerk_cross.png"},
		groups = group_def,
		sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults(),
	})

	--crafting--

	-- yields 2; after all we did add a lot of wood
	minetest.register_craft({
		output = "fachwerk:"..basename.." 8",
		recipe = {
			{"group:wood", "group:wood", "group:wood"},
			{"group:wood", craft_from, "group:wood"},
			{"group:wood", "group:wood", "group:wood"},
		} 
    });
		
	minetest.register_craft({
		output = "fachwerk:"..basename.."_cross 8",
		recipe = {
			{"group:wood", craft_from, "group:wood"},
			{craft_from, "group:wood", craft_from},
			{"group:wood", craft_from, "group:wood"},
		}
    });
	
	minetest.register_craft({
		output = "fachwerk:"..basename.."_1 8",
		recipe = {
			{craft_from,"group:wood", craft_from},
			{craft_from, craft_from, craft_from},
			{"group:wood", craft_from, craft_from},
		} 
    });
		
	minetest.register_craft({
		output = "fachwerk:"..basename.."_2 8",
		recipe = {
			{craft_from, craft_from, "group:wood"},
			{craft_from, craft_from, craft_from },
			{craft_from, "group:wood", craft_from},
		}
	});
end