Timber Framers Guild

The Guild is dedicated to the craft of timber framing and serves as a center of timber frame information and design for the professional and the general public.

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Join the Guild for a fully virtual program focused on Dutch timber framing and its influence in North America. This special event is sponsored by the Dutch Consulate. Learn more: https://t.co/AmBjFsdVpz

#TraditionalTimberFraming #Craft #TimberFramersGuild #DutchCultureUSA

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Registration for Heartwood 2022 is now open! Join us this summer to build your timber framing skills: https://t.co/GoyWk6UxFF
#heartwood #timberframersguild #craft #timberframing

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Did you miss this week's Guild Notes? Guild members worked with Leland Street Cooperative Garden to build a new structure for the non-profit. Check it out! https://t.co/kJA37nQ2S8
#timberframersguild #communitybuilding #lelandcooperativegarden

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This week's Guild Notes features the Project Horizon "Hobbit House," built by volunteers and led by lifetime Guild members. https://t.co/lF7vM2HRg6

#timberframersguild #projecthorizon #buildingcommunity

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Read the latest issue of Guild Notes: Growing Capacity, Building Community. https://t.co/0Vyt0aFmdr

#timberframersguild #communitybuilding

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Late-breaking news! Timberwolf Tools will be joining us at SepTimberFest THIS weekend - and bringing "an interesting new Mafell tool that no one in the Guild has seen before."
https://t.co/KIWGQXCaV3

#septimberfest #septimber #timberframersguild #timberwolf tools

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Women's History Month is rolling right along! What's your building story? Helen Doyle wrote this great story for the Guild's member magazine, Scantlings, which is posted on our SepTimber site: https://t.co/sqysg112XL

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Guild members are in Tennessee for a Community Building Workshop to support a local non-profit serving the greater Nashville area and beyond. Read more: https://t.co/1Q69zbr452

#TimberFramersGuild #CommunityBuildingWorkshop #HiddenTraceFarm

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Have you ever wondered what it's like to travel and work as a craftsperson? Take a peek into journeyworker and Guild member Jackson Dubois' travels in this SepTimber story: https://t.co/G6GFEfQ4MQ

#septimber #timberframersguild #timberhomeliving

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"The GMT crew illustrated how the rain and snow falling into the watershed to the north and east journeys to the pond and into the mill, ultimately providing the motive power to saw the floating logs into the timbers, braces, and boards." https://t.co/SN5DOYrDhK

#septimber

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"The individuals in the company are truly committed to Building the Guild: Women in timber framing inclusivity, and the presence of one woman makes other women feel more comfortable seeking employment at the company." https://t.co/6sCmb8z1bs

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"You could discover that the greatest reward comes from sharing the craft with others and knowing that your role as a teacher of the next generation of framers could be your greatest legacy." https://t.co/gQYzq3e5ka

#septimber #STEAM #timberframersguild #timberhomeliving

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Community Building Workshops are about learning together, and Schuylerville was no exception, with evening sessions on properties of wood, restorations, basic beam sizing, engineering, and a talk on New World Dutch barns." https://t.co/c8dUU9s9Hv

#septimber #timberframersguild

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"One of the greatest personal lessons though....was that in most trades in the States we don’t have much available to us in the way of inherited craft." https://t.co/I16zpUxL1n

#septimber #timberframersguild #journeyworker #timberhomeliving

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"The Guild on Garland Timber Olympics were held in a small field near the Garland Brook and required teams of two to compete in axe throwing, log rolling, and a variation on the caber toss." https://t.co/YCCkZVkSzl

#septimber #timberframersguild #timberhomeliving

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Construction can be a tough industry for women to enter, but timber framing has women in all types of roles, from design to timber framing to finished product. https://t.co/EDK5CafiTR

#septimber #timberframersguild #timberhomeliving

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"The hallmark of our course is problem-solving. In a process we refer to as “Imagineering,” students are encouraged to find new approaches that allow us to create the best frame possible."
https://t.co/hx3M4G7opL

#septimber #STEAM #timberframersguild #timberhomeliving

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Does this frame look familiar? It's the same beautiful cruck that graces our SepTimber logo, designed by Jack Sobon and brought to life by Heartwood School students. Visit https://t.co/0S65IvIeqW for more stories of our craft and community.

#septimber #heartwoodschool

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"Experience levels ranged from true novices to well-oiled timber frame pros, all looking to gain an opportunity to share in the mission of community building and eager to get to work on the main frame of the Gateway Visitors Center." https://t.co/2eGBX56ihN

#septimber

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"The term journey originates from the French journee, meaning day, and refers to the journeyman’s right to charge a fee for a day’s work." See a bit of the road through the eyes of a journeyworker here: https://t.co/hFklIGsffj

#septimber #timberframersguild #timberhomeliving