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A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames

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Manufacturer: Joiners Quarterly Magazin

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Timber Framing has been a part of our building culture and an inspiration to mankind since the Middle Ages. As we enter a new millenium, it is designed to remain as one of building's most enduring forms, not only because of its intrinsic beauty, but because it is a pure and complete structural system.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 624
EAN: 9781889269009
ISBN: 188926900X
Label: Joiners Quarterly Magazin
Manufacturer: Joiners Quarterly Magazin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 252
Publication Date: 1998-07-01
Publisher: Joiners Quarterly Magazin
Studio: Joiners Quarterly Magazin


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Timber Frame Construction: All About Post and Beam Building
• Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art
• The Craft of Modular Post & Beam: Building log and timber homes affordably
• Build a Classic Timber-Framed House: Planning & Design/Traditional Materials/Affordable Methods
• The Timber-Frame Home: Design Construction Finishing


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Great Book! -
Excellent book, very thorough. Lots of good info on engineering, stresses and design of joints. Also good info on timbers, where they are cut in the log, shrinkage, and more. Would not ignore any of his advice if you would like your frame to be safe and last for generations.

Neophyte realities -
This particular book is an overview. Nothing wrong with that, it's merely that I do not even approach the level the overview allows. Again, a fine book for an intermediate but not for My particular position in the process of learning timber framing. A book that is far more to My liking is called "The craft of modular post and beam." Written by James Mitchell. Way better for a beginner and a lot more incisive all the way across the learning horizon. Listening to Paul Butterfield's "East west" and am being pulled away from the typewriter! That is all!

Must have book for the beginning and advanced -
The book is well written and very easy to follow. Steve walks through the history, design considerations, math, and knowledge needed to get started. I've read lots of Timber framing books and this is the first book I grab for reference. If you are trying to decide which book to buy...Look at "A Timber Framer's Workshop" FIRST!

A core title for any carpentry/architectural reference shelf -
In A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction Of Traditional Timber Frames is a complete instruction course under one cover in the carpentry craft and architectural art of building with timber framing technology. Included are engineering basics, builders math, tips, techniques, tools, and structural design considerations. Chapters are devoted to Bent Framing & Joinery Design, Tension Joinery, Roof Framing & Truss Design, Joinery Details, and more! A Timber Framer's Workshop is a core title for any professional, academic, or community library carpentry, architecture, and woodworking collections.

I actually used the methods in this book to build my barn! -
I actually used the methods in this book to build my 40 X 30, four-bent barn. I can't say enough about this book. From the dedication to the index this timber frame manual was crafted in the same manner as author Steve Chappell's structures: solid, precise and with artful beauty. This book teaches everything from the basic tools to advanced joinery and details everything you need to build a traditional timber frame structure. The illustrations are great and the exercises are extremely useful.

"A Timber Framer's Workshop" is an essential reference tool for anyone who's serious about timber framing.

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