About this item
The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Beemer shows you exactly how to build one small (12 x 16 ) timber-frame structure suitable for use as a cabin, workshop, or studio. He also explains how to modify the structure to suit your needs and location by adding a loft, moving doors or windows, changing the roof pitch, or making the frame larger or smaller. You ll end up with a beautiful building as well as solid timber-framing skills that you can use for a lifetime. "
About the Author
Will Beemer is a founding member of the Timber Framers Guild (www.tfguild.org) and served as Co-Executive Director for 11 years. He's been a builder for over 40 years, and an educator in the building trades for thirty of those. Along with his wife, Michele, he owns and operates the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts in Washington, Massachusetts, which has been teaching courses in timber framing, home building and other trades since 1978 (www.heartwoodschool.com) .
Will has taught timber framing around the world, including Patagonia (with Rocky Mountain Workshops) , at Palomar College in California, North House Folk School in Minnesota and numerous Guild workshops and projects. He has authored many articles on basic and advanced timber framing techniques and is a regular contributor to Timber Framing (the quarterly journal of the Timber Framers Guild) , Fine Homebuilding, and has also written for Wood Design & Building and Joiner's Quarterly.
