TIMBER FRAMING: SOUTH CAROLINA: February 4-10, 2024

Join us for Heartwood on the Road! We are bringing our one week timber framing courses to Timber Framing shops across the country to make it possible to dive into timber framing close to home.

This course will be hosted by MoreSun Timber Frames in Long Creek South Carolina, with instructors Neil Godden and George Morrison. It will run February 4th, through February 10th.

Course Topics:

In this timber framing course, we will layout timbers using the traditional square rule method developed in the early 1800s. Participants will learn proper hand tool use and sharpening techniques and will also have the opportunity to make pegs using a shaving horse and draw knife. The instructors will provide demonstrations of how to layout and cut a mortise and tenon, how to layout and cut braces, how to layout and cut step lap rafter seats, and more.

This class will culminate with a hand raising of the newly cut timber frame. Students in this class will learn many aspects of traditional timber framing that should provide the basic skills and confidence to help them plan for and build their own timber frame structure in the future.

Recommended Reading:

• Learn to Timber Frame by Will Beemer
• Timber Frame Construction by Jack Sobon & Roger Schroeder
• Build a Classic Timber Frame House by Jack Sobon
• The Timber-Frame Home by Tedd Benson
• Discovering Timber-Framed Buildings by Richard Harris
• Recording Timber-Framed Buildings: An Illustrated Glossary by N.W. Alcock, et al

Additional Reading

• Hand Hewn by Jack Sobon
• Advanced Timber Framing by Steve Chappell
• The Development of Carpentry, 1200-1700, an Essex Study by Cecil Hewitt
• English Cathedral and Monastic Carpentry by Cecil Hewitt