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Have had this fantastic book An Age of Barns for a few years, nabbed it from Pops, but just now started to dig around the late author/illustrator Eric Sloane. This post will barely scrape the surface of his work but hopefully an fyi. Bio below paraphrased from SloaneAwareness and EricSloane. Usually don't post huge chunks like this but good stuff... Born Everard Jean Hinrichs in New York City (1905) he later changed his name to Eric to reflect his American origins —he pulled "eric" from the…

Find over 150+ timber frame joints and joinery examples, including, mortise and tenon, post and beam, roof joinery, compound joinery, knee braces, and foundation details.

15 different types of scarf joints used in timber frame construction and woodworking projects. Scarf joints are used when a piece of timber needs to be longer and instead of sourcing a larger piece of lumber, two smaller pieces are joined together.

Put the bents together, crane them into place, drop in the purlins and connectors, how hard can it be? :) Experienced timber framers with all the proper tools!! Yes, that’s a big one. 2x…

Hi All. I saw this backyard fireplace structure on FB and want to model it as exercise in timber framing with mortise and tenon joinery, but I'm stu

My Preferred Framing Chisel: http://goo.gl/JwhvEiWhat size lumber mill attachment do I need?How big are your trees? How wide of a board do you want to cut? T...

Before there were portable sawmills.... From Early American Tools & Their Use

Timber Frame WorkBench Below is a picture of the TF WorkBench I am making. I do my timber framing and other projects in a two car garage, so nee

Nothing beats a great timber framing book to learn a craft. Below we have provided you several books that we have read and recommend for you.