Judd Dickey owns Mountain Timber Design, Inc., a one-man architecture firm situated at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado. He specializes in custom, high-end timber frame homes with a distinctly western style, and often sited on difficult
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During one of my first Timber Framers Guild Conferences, I heard a talk by Vico Von Voss about his various projects. He referred to square timbers as the male form and round timbers as the female form, and that you
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Bruce and Cyndy Gardner Co-Own Homestead Timber Frames, located in Crossville, Tennessee, just about a mile off Interstate 40. They told us: “We take our craft seriously. Our business supports our craft and not the other way around. We enjoy
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A few months ago we were introduced to a new type of timber connector used in post and beam construction called a Connext Connector by the team at Connext. We instantly liked the simplicity of the connector as well as
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Tony Zaya is president and co-founder of Lancaster County Timber Frames, Inc. They are actually located in York county, Pennsylvania, on the other side of the Susquehanna River. The company was founded in 1996; however Anthony and his co-founder, Joe
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A tusk tenon can be used in a couple different ways when timber framing. It is most commonly used in a timbered floor system when you are joining one beam to another beam. In the first example, two pegs are
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Jim Rogers owns and operates Jim Rogers Sawmill and Jim Rogers Timber Designs in Georgetown, Massachusetts, and is active with Vintage Tool NE. Jim Rogers Timber Design assists owner builders with detailed, dimensioned drawings of their project frame. The company uses state
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This purlin ridge to king post example shows a ridge connecting to the top of a king post, if you are using purlins in your roof framing system. It may look hard to cut but trust me it looks harder than it
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As co-owner and founder of Carolina Timberworks, Eric Morley leads his company in delivering a level of customer satisfaction, attention to detail, and quality that is simply uncommon in the general construction industry. Based in the mountain town of Boone,
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I am finding that a lot of my clients are ready to move on, but their current house has to sell first. It’s a common dilemma these days. Many people need to relocate or want to build their dream house,
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Nothing beats the look and strength of an undersquinted scarf joint with a wedge. In this detail, we illustrate three types of methods to connect the two beams and joints together. Please note that the preferred method for scarf joint placement is over a
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(Dai) Yoshito Ona founded and leads Daizen Joinery, located on the shores of the South Thompson River in Kamloops, British Columbia. They are a specialty timber frame operation that carefully balances precision technology and superior hand craftsmanship to deliver the
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