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Cooperative Projects
On several occasions, we have been approached by folks who wanted to have a more active role in the crafting of their project building. These special projects have incorporated a significant amount of work performed by the client. In fact, the majority of the actual cutting of the framework joinery was accomplished by the client in our absence.
We normally provide the following services for cooperative projects, tailoring each to the specific needs of the client:
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design the framework and provide shop drawings
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provide the necessary timber material lists for on-site milling or ordering from a mill
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provide all the critical layout for the framework joinery
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demonstrate the cutting procedures necessary to cut the framework joinery
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assist with the framework raising preparations and the actual erection of the framework
We have had three cooperative projects and all were positive and fruitful with no major mishaps. All of the clients have had basic woodworking & carpentry skills.
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Pine Woods Barn
c.2004
This 24'0 x 24'0 gambrel roofed barn is joined in both Eastern white pine & a bit of red oak. The barn's "superstructure" is fully timber-framed, with conventionally framed rafters and loft joists. All of the timber for this barn was harvested from the client's woodlot and, with the exception of the 24'0 red oak tie-beams, was milled on-site with a portable band mill.
A 10'0 x 24'0 shed addition was added in the autumn of 2008.
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The Cabin at The Pond
c.2008
This "long-awaited" cabin is timber-framed almost entirely in yellow-poplar with one special post in cherry.
It measures 20'0 x 24'0 and has a 12'0 x 20'0 loft. All of the timber was harvested on site from the farm woodlot.
The frame was raised on a beautiful autumn day with the help of family and friends. The client's grandchildren each made a hickory pin on the shaving horse and signed it with their name before they got to "peg off" a joint in Grandma and Grandpa's cabin.
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Schmucker Schuene
(schuene is German for barn)
c. 2011
In 2009 we designed a barn for a young man who wanted to build a timber-frame using traditional hand tools. Based on his needs - lofts for the storage of long hay put-up with the use of a hay track, box stalls for his buggy horse and eventually a milking cow, and accommodation for the addition of a carriage (buggy) shed, we designed a traditional English ground barn. The design integrated the use of canted purlin posts so that the area beneath the roof ridge-line could remain unimpeded by framing timber in order to allow the use of a hay track. We included two integrated ladders to access the two lofts that flank the main wagon doors.
After two years of work, much of which was done in the little bit of spare time this fellow had when he wasn't working the other three or four jobs he holds down, his vision has now become a reality. On September 10th, 2011 the long-awaited raising of the barn timberwork came to pass with the help of both family and friends. Occasionally over the two year period, we visited, discussed methods and measurements, and answered a few questions, but the vast portion of the layout and all of the joinery was completed by the owner - quite a remarkable accomplishment by any measure.
The barn measures 26'0 x 32'0 and is framed entirely in Eastern Hemlock. It will be sided with board and batten, will have hand-forged hardware, and will have a steel roof complete with working cupola.
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