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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. Join us.

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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.


Events

	Twin Barn Raisings in Ohio - September An historic frame needs repair & hand raising, right next to a modern frame that needs assembly and a full-on diesel-powered raising. Upper Arlington, Ohio is where you want to be in a few weeks. No charge for this event - some great opportunities for adventure and public service. We've got a top-notch leadership team, a genial partner, and smart, experienced folks doing the prep. Come along and see!. All the details are here.
	Geometrical & Scribe Workshop in Colorado - October We've got some world-class leadership and some crooked logs waiting for you in Fort Collins Laurie Smith & Friends sold out this workshop in the east in 2009. We're saving spaces for folks turned away last year, at least for now. We should have room for everyone - plus, we've added a two-day module just for design professionals. All the details are here.
	Apprenticeship Program The Timber Framers Guild is now accepting applications for Journeyworker status as part of its Apprenticeship training program. Journeyworkers will supervise apprentices and provide the expertise and knowledge to bring up the next generation of timber framers. Forms and procedures for those interested in applying are available via the following five documents: Apprenticeship Brochure Apprenticeship Standards & Work Processes Apprenticeship Training Curriculum Journeyworker Registration Procedure Journeyworker Curriculum Self-Review
	Coming Sept 1 - Registration Pages for . . . TFG Eastern Conference in Quebec
	Montebello Preview Conference Schedule Business Council Trade Fair Invitation Book your room now at Le Chateau - 800 441 1414, Group Code = CIG944 Thanks to many, this is shaping up to be a fine conference.
	Follow Us on Twitter & Facebook Board member Lisa Sasser has been busily posting updates over the past several weeks, and Joel McCarty has, too, right up to the big social world. Facebook link Twitter link
	John Abrams Talk Available At the November 2009 conference in Saratoga, Featured Presenter John Abrams presented “Sharing Ownership of the Future, and Building It, Too.” In his talk, John discussed the future of the economy and the building industry and forecasted the changes that may be needed in our companies - large and small - to bring new prosperity and excitement. Read the text here. In addition, you may view Patricia Chambers slideshow of the conference here.
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	New Manual on Google SketchUp Sketchup is a 3D drawing program available free from Google. It's a great tool for modeling timber frame designs in 3D. Now Clark Bremer offers a 15-page manual that documents the procedures he has demonstrated at recent Guild conferences to customize SketchUp for timber framing. All proceeds from the sale of this manual are generously donated to the Guild by Clark Bremer and Northern Lights Timber Framing. Buy it here.
Silver Park Workshops
	Silver Park Small Shelter Project, Missoula The three winning timber and log shelters are built and raised in place in Silver Park. Thanks to all our sponsors and volunteers for a successful project. Just released: an excellent 11 minute retelling of the Silver Park story by photojournalist Krista Miller Larson. View a slideshow of the entries.

	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.

Publications & Invaluable Resources
	TFG Apprenticeship Standard & Work Processes: The definitive document, now available for download in PDF. Fourteen Small Timber Frames: A collection of 14 timber frame plans with designs ranging from simple garden sheds and pergolas to barns. Standard for Design of Timber Frame Structures: Defines the engineering and design requirements for timber frame construction. Free to download or buy a printed copy. 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. The Forest Service's Wood Handbook: Wood As an Engineering Material: Download it free or order a copy from the Forest Products Society. TFG Apprenticeship Curriculum: Download and print all 16 sections.

Ours Friends in Lexington, Virginia are working hard to bring us back to town in 2011, this time for a 60' Burr Arch covered bridge project. Stay tuned.

Our friends of the UK Carpenters Fellowship are organizing their predictably fabulous annual rendezvous at the astonishing Cressing Temple, September 3-5. Check out Frame 2010 at carpentersfellowship.co.uk.

Safe Work Practices, just published by the Timber Framers Guild, explains Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards specific to timber framing, including the relatively ambiguous ones related to height safety and fall protection. This 100-page manual has undergone a peer review by 30 professional timber framers. Order your copy today!

Upcoming Projects
We need project managers, instructors and rookie instructors for 2010 events, as well as volunteers to participate. If interested, click here for details.

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Sign up for our e-newsletter. If you include your mailing address, we will send you a FREE 11" x 21" poster great for display in your shop of the Malabar Farm (Ohio) barn raising, depicting pike poles, hand-raising a bent and a cast of thousands. You will also receive occasional updates on special Guild events, such as conferences, projects and rendezvous. Rest assured: We won't give out your mailing address to anyone else.


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New Membership Discounts Available We are offering some attractive new member, group and student discounts. Check them out here.

Tedd Benson gave the 2009 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" partnered with Tedd's timber framing company, Bensonwood, to build a new timberframe home reflecting old New England barns built centuries ago. Thisoldhouse.com featured 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."

"Raising a 12x16 Timber Frame" in Taunton's Fine Homebuilding by Will Beemer.

Ed Levin's updated Hawkindale worksheet.

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