Timber Frame Construction: All About Post-and-Beam Building

Discover the satisfaction of making your own durable, economical, and environmentally friendly timber frame structures. Covering all aspects of timber frame construction, this practical guide is filled with easy-to-understand instructions, clear illustrations, and helpful photographs. With expert advice on selecting appropriate timber, necessary tools, safety considerations, joinery techniques, assembly, and raising, Jack Sobon and Roger Schroeder encourage beginners by offering complete plans for a small toolshed. Turn your dream of a timber frame house into a reality.  

• Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty
• A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery & Design Essentials for Building Traditional Timber Frames
• Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art
• The Timber-Frame Home: Design, Construction, Finishing
• Build a Classic Timber-Framed House: Planning & Design/Traditional Materials/Affordable Methods
• The Timber Framing Book
• Harvest Your Own Lumber: How to Fell, Saw, Dry and Mill Wood
• Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction
• Advanced Timber Framing: Joinery, Design & Construction of Timber Frame Roof Systems: Exploring the Seven Planes of Compound Joinery
• Homebuilding and Woodworking in Colonial America (Illustrated Living History Series)