TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Architectural design Design, framework for craft 7 Proportion and the timber framer 11 Useful geometries for carpenters 17 A geometer’s delight 25 2 Do-it-yourself Ten factors in timber frame house design 27 How to plot a site plan 32 Basic engineering design issues 35 Foundations for timber frames 50 A trig guide for the wary 53 DIY Alberta 57 3 Engineering Basic beam sizing 63 Joint engineering 71 4 Joinery design Modern joinery 81 Pegging design 87 Pegging design addendum 90 Traditional joinery 93 Joinery repair techniques 115 5 Layout Introduction to layout 123 Square rule, scribe rule 132 Square rule methods 134 Snap Line square rule 139 Scribing 147 6 Tools The tool kit 169 The Borneman template 179 Jigs for out-of-square timber 180 How to make a commander 182 Lee’s chiselology 184 Sharpening basics 187 Milling your own timbers 191 7 Joinery cutting When the chips fly 199 To drawbore or not to drawbore 207 Brace cutting for the novice 211 8 Raising and rigging Raising the frame 217 Raising calculations and prep 225 Height safety at the raising 231 9 Enclosure Enclosing the timber frame 237 Site-built foam enclosure 244 10 Wood Science Choosing wood species 247 Lessons of the woodlot 257 Of sapwood and water 263 Wood preservatives 267 11 Appendices Glossary 271 Bibliography by chapter 284 Guild apprenticeship curriculum 288 Contributors 290 |