We are a non-profit educational membership association dedicated to the craft of timber framing. We serve as a center of timber frame information and design for the professional and the general public. Learn more.
We offer learning and fellowship through workshops, publications and conferences. There are also opportunities for adventure, education and camaraderie through community service building projects in many lands.
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Timber Framing as a fully searchable archive packaged on two DVDs. Buy yours today!
The Timber Framers Guild is a registered provider with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES). Continuing Education Units for architects and engineers are available for many TFG conferences and events.
Conference
Eastern Conference Nov. 5-9
Join your friends and colleagues at the Guild's Annual Eastern Conference at the spectacular Samoset Resort, the premier coastal resort location in Maine, renowned for expansive views of Penobscot Bay and distant islands. This will be our first time on the Maine coast. Two speakers of international renown will join us: Toshio Odate and Tedd Benson. Click here for more information.
Call for Presenters
Become a presenter of a seminar or workshop at the 2009 Western Conference, at Oregon's Sunriver Resort. Demonstrate your expertise, knowledge, and success, and increase your visibility and role as a leader in the timber framing craft. More info.
Board Elections
Meet the Candidates
There are 4 candidates for this year's election to the Board of Directors. They are, in alphabetic order: Rocco Bellebuono, Chris Gunn, Adrian Jones, John Miller. For the first time, we will offer our members a chance to save a tree and the Guild some money by providing electronic voting. If you provided an email address as part of your member profile, you should have received an email with instructions. Please vote promptly if you haven't done so already. Read about the candidates here.
Watch Videos of the Gindler Barn Workshop July 7-19
We recently completed a project to repair and re-assemble the historic 36' x 85' Gindler Barn at a TFG workshop at Willoughby Farm, Collinsville, Illinois. Daily Video Reports.
Upcoming Projects
We have open leadership positions for project managers, instructors and rookie instructors for 2009 events. We also need volunteers to participate. If interested, please click here for details.
Blacksmith Annex Project, Brasstown, NC, May 29-June 15, 2009
The Blacksmith Annex Project for next spring gets the green light! We are excited to announce our partnership with the John C. Campbell Folk School to build a 50' x 50' timber frame addition to the existing blacksmith shop. Preliminary details are here.
Publications & Invaluable Resources
Fourteen Small Timber Frames: A collection of 14 timber frame plans with designs ranging from simple garden sheds and pergolas to barns.
Timber Frame Joinery and Design, Vol. 2: More than 50 articles on design, engineering, layout and joinery, enclosures and vernacular timber framing. A must-have for everyone's library.
Timber Truss Book: A compilation of six articles that originally appeared in Timber Framing, plus new material. Another invaluable reference.
Historic Steeples Series: Articles discussing the form, function and joinery of historic American timber-framed steeples.
Historic Trusses Series: Articles discussing the form, function and joinery of American timber-framed roof trusses of the past with examples.
Tedd Benson, dean of the timber framing industry, gave this year's commencement address at Maine's Unity College. His topic: "Tedd's Rules," which include "Be happy. Buck convention. Save your world." Read his address here.
PBS's "This Old House" will partner with Tedd's timber framing company, Bensonwood, to build a new timberframe home that will reflect old New England barns built centuries ago. Thisoldhouse.com will feature progress of the Weston project 24/7 through four Webcams powered by EarthCam. Read more.
Read Jim DeStefano's article in Structure magazine; Jim is a founder of the Timber Frame Engineering Council (TFEC) The Standard for Design of Timber Frame Structures is free to download.
Sustainable Forestry in Cameroon: A 60-minute DVD by Mbah Salle. Now in the store.
Radio Interview with Joel McCarty on NH Public Radio: "The Revival of Timber Framing."
Tedd Benson, dean of the timber framing industry, gave this year's commencement address at Maine's Unity College. His topic: "Tedd's Rules," which include "Be happy. Buck convention. Save your world." Read his address here.
PBS's "This Old House" will partner with Tedd's timber framing company, Bensonwood, to build a new timberframe home that will reflect old New England barns built centuries ago. Thisoldhouse.com will feature progress of the Weston project 24/7 through four Webcams powered by EarthCam. Read more.
