La caisse à clous de Paul Dubois. De la forêt au chantier. Portrait de la charpentière suédoise Mikaela Humble. Portrait du charpentier picard Paul Dubois. Rainette, crayon et traceret. Portrait du charpentier saxon Axel Weller. La caisse à outil de Paul Dubois.

WELCOME TO THE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY SOCIETY. The Construction History Society is the society for all those who are enthusiastic about any aspect of the history of construction. Our members come from all walks of life. You might be someone who has an interesting story to tell, someone who collects items to do with buildings or any scholar who works on the history of buildings. We encourage people to take an interest in how the world around them has been built and those that built it. The AGM will be accom.

Diary of a Wicked Old House. House built between 1716 and 1749. Thursday, January 13, 2011. We wish we had seen it before buying our wicked old house. Though we probably would have bought the house anyway! 10 Would you like .

A traditional timber framing blog. Right now we are in the middle of cutting the joinery for a nice big timber frame horse barn that we will be raising next month in the next county over. I have always loved traditional barn architecture and this one is a beauty. We are using kiln dried douglas fir timbers that were resawn after drying to give them a fresh bandsawn surface. There are 503 timbers in this barn and there are over one hundred knee braces.

Future Opportunities for Elevating Craftsmanship. 10 Things You Can Count on When Hiring a Professional Craftsperson. Lessons from The Urban Electric Company. Bill Hussey is easy to talk to. When he sees the opportunity to tease, he begins a yarn which sounds impossible to believe.

Today, both Bensonwood and Unity Homes are observing Martin Luther King Day as a paid holiday.

Using a Sumisashi and Sumitsubo. Upon request of several readers we will have a closer look at how you can use some of the Japanese layout tools I discussed in the previous post. Make sure your sumitsubo is prepared well and ready to go. Since we snap center lines we have to mark the center first. Mark the center by measuring and placing a tick mark. After unrolling you can either grab the line before you place the other end on the mark or place the line dow.