Howdy /tf!
I'm a new TFG member in the US and I'm trying to get involved and hopefully navigate a career change. Is anyone here an active member, and if so, how can a new user get involved in the community and find possible apprenticeships?
Anyway hope to join in here and share a recent model build in the coming days, the pandemic seemed like a good opportunity to build Will Beamer's 16x12 cabin, so I did a 16:1 model in my apartment!
How did you guys get started in timber framing?
Hello everyone,
I'm a relatively young engineer and independent contractor, and I'm trying to shift my life into a direction that will have me building small cottages for clients, but one thing I need to figure out how to do, is how to lay out framing plans in CAD/BIM software. I need to do this myself in part to help me think through the design, and in part to save money. I will obviously send any plans I design to a structural engineering firm for validation and sign-off, though. I'm just looking for the right program to make those plans WITH.
I'm already familiar with Revit, and can use it to create a building and construction drawings... but no framing. As far as I can tell, trying to build a framing model in Revit is a fool's errand - you have to place every single stud and beam by hand. I did it for a garden shed, but reaaaally don't wanna do it for a full house.
So what do you guys use to create the construction drawings for your wood/timber-framed designs? Archicad? Something else? I know that Revit has framing add-ons, but they cost about $3000 (no joke..i asked for a quote).
Also, before you say it, Chief Architect will unfortunately not work for me. I've already gone over that with the folks on their forum.
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any southeast michigan timber framers in this group? or know anyone that is?
Does anyone have any plans for a timber framed Orthodox Church? I may be building one in the next few years but I haven't found anything online.
Considering taking a course in timber framing while also wondering how it would be (financially) to change careers from traditional carpentry.
Cheers!
For the last five years I’ve been working for a design company - in the early years, I did a ton of really cool custom woodworking projects and I loved it. Interior and exterior, there was a lot of variety and my skills were always being tested. The company has since grown considerably, the niche work has lessened, and I’ve taken on a less hands-on leadership role that I’m not sure I like that much.
I saw a job ad looking for timer frame carpenters, and, of course, the listing sounds great: time divided between the wood shop and on-site construction, custom one-of-a-kind builds, hand-sawn joinery, and a scope of work from finishing to decking. I guess I’m looking for some insight into the day to day work of timber framers themselves to see if the rosy wording of the job description at least somewhat aligns with the reality of the job.
I love proper woodworking and joinery, I love variety, I like the balance of inside and outside work, the balance of rough and finish, and the specialized knowledge. I’ve always been drawn to the precision of shop work, but fear it becoming mundane and repetitive -this sounds like the ultimate counter-balance.
Let me hear the real insiders perspective.
Can anyone recommend any timber framing businesses that are US based (build site is in Michigan) who work with site-milled timber? I'd like to find a company who can either mill our on-site red oak, or who can work with timber that has been milled by another company. It seems most timber frame builders work with CNC milled timbers from their own sources, but I'd prefer this route both from a cost & 'using our own resources' standpoint.
This year I get to buy a gag gift for my boss who is a timber framer / designer. His favorite thing in the world are bridges. Any ideas on an awesome gift I can get him for around $10 that a woodworker would think its absolutely hilarious?
I was thinking a lego bridge set, but there has to be something better out there.
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From 'Timber Framing' March 2015 Issue:
"The Invisible Tools of a Timber Framer: A survey of principles, situations and procedures for marking, by Ulrik Hjort Lassen. Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Studies in Conservation No. 32, 2014. In English. ISBN 978-91-7346-785-8, 8¼ in. x 10¼ in., 238 pages, copiously illustrated. Available as a free PDF download at hdl.handle.net/2077/35598 or in print from the publisher by emailing acta@ub.gu.se. Softcover, 212SEK. ULRIK Lassen’s doctoral thesis in conservation started out as a study of the craft of log construction, whose traditions have a long and rich history in Scandinavia. As he explains in his preface, during his three years of research his focus slowly shifted to timber framing methods, especially those that deal with irregular material, which he found fascinating. Adept in European languages and a beginning carpenter by training in his native Denmark, Lassen traveled widely searching for ways to expand his practical research while still being a working craftsman. He worked on projects across Europe—historic manor houses in Denmark, maisons de colombage (half timbered houses) in France and skiftesverk in Sweden (timber framing with usually horizontal tenoned log wall infill in vertical grooves; pièce-sur-pièce)—and attended seminars with Japanese carpenters in Germany. His linguistic abilities gave him an advantage in the exchange of knowledge with the often reticent carpenters he worked beside—even with the Japanese. The result is perhaps the most extensive survey that exists on timber frame layout and marking systems commonly in use around the world today. Richly illustrated with colored photographs and drawings, this work takes us on a serpentine tour of our craft, returning often to the procedures and approaches—the invisible tools—that we share with timber framers from diverse backgrounds who face essentially the same problems and situations. This knowledge is often internalized and nonverbal and is only evident in the skilled execution of their work."
Been looking for a new MMORPG during the slow times, and decided to finally download a long-time favorite Elder Scrolls Online.
I'm not sure if the WIKI is out of date, but I suspect that it is.
https://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Thieves+Guild
I played through the first town, the corrupt gov, skooma cave etc. loaded up w/ a pants full of plants, and mismatched clown armor, I make it to Vivec to offload and hopes to buy some respectable gear. Seems like bust when I can't find a soul to sell me a decent bow or stabber. With no crafting skills or idea how to get them, I wander through the city (Vivec) and find a few different guilds, and finally land in a humoursly-adjacent "outlaws refuge," just off the walkway.
I am trying to join the thives guild, but I run around fruitlessly looking for the proper contact.
Online seems to indicate it's part of the subscription plan, so I DL it, only to discover no changes, and no "quen" in the refuge.
Any ideas? Is this game even worth the trouble, strangers?
Hello! I have been an art framer for about four years, and an artist for my entire life. I've been saying almost since I started framing that I'd write up something like this to pass along to other artists, and now I'm finally doing it!
First off: Custom framing is expensive. It most often costs more to custom frame than what the piece was purchased for. I never really thought how I'd want my artwork to be matted/frame until I got into the field, but it's something I do try to keep in mind whenever creating nowadays. I've seen a couple things pop up time and time again, in regards to artwork, that prohibit buying off-the-shelf frames and mats but there has been one thing that seems to be the biggest hurdle:
The art size being a weird/non-standard size. For a lot of folks if they can't get a frame that fits from off-the-shelf, then they won't frame it.
So my big piece of advice is: Consider the sizing of the finished piece. Look up what standard size frames in your country are. I'm in the US (and will be using inches), so standard off-the-shelf frames come in 5x7, 8x10 (a lot more common than 8.5x11), 9x12, 11x14, 18x24, etc. Not everyone who buys your art will want to spend the time/money custom framing it. Keeping in mind standard frame sizes will make it easier for your customer to get a frame quickly/cheaply, and actually be able to display your artwork!
So often we have folks coming into the shop with a beautiful piece that they've had for years but it's been at the back of a closet because it's 19.4 x 27.8 and they could never find a frame off the shelf to fit it.
That's really the main thing I wanted to pass on, but there are two other similar points I hope will be helpful to artists too:
- Please don't sign in the very very bottom corner. If we mat the piece, the mat needs to overlap the edges of the paper to some degree. There are ways to mount a piece where only a very small amount (1/8" to 1/16") is covered. But it is a lot easier for the framer to mount with about 1/4" overlapped with the mat all the way around. Similarly, if you (or the person who bought your art) doesn't want the piece matted, the lip of the frame is still going to overlap the edges. This varies from frame to frame, but at least in my experience, 1/4" is a good average for the frame lip. So keep signatures and any important visual information at least 1/4" away from the edge of the paper
Or better yet:
- Leave a border! If you're doing watercolor, tape off the edg
Just curious, y’all love or hate glass day? I get to cut the glass so I love it unless I have like 40+ orders
