Timber framing.

[Jameshow]

I've always fancied timber framing....

Does anyone do it as a job?


Does it work as a solo worker doing smaller porches / carports etc.

Are there good courses to do?

Just blue sky thinking,....

 

[Adam W.]

Yes there is a course at the Weald and Downland Museum called Timber Framing From Scratch, although it might have changed name to something simpler.

Here, but you need to be quick it gets sold out fast.

https://www.wealddown.co.uk/events/oak-timber-framing-wall-framing-3/

 

[HOJ]

You could wing it like Alex has:

I have done a fair bit in the past, but its hard work lumping big sections around without a forklift and then hand tools are expensive such as: Slicks then you go to : Chain morticers

However it is a very pleasurable occupation, but you do need a fair amount of space to work and set out, and to stack the timber.

 

[Adam W.]

Slicks are mainly for softwood anyway, as they are a complete bwaitch to use effectively on green oak. I have two of them and I never use them.