Palomar College Timberframe workshop
Summer 1998

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The beginnings of a fine structure.

Men at work

Fritz Hinrichs, Jim Kirby and Rolando
make their attempt at a kingpost.

Dave Boyd trims the end of a timber
with the timber saw.

Alfonso Acosta cuts a mortise
the fast way- the chain saw mortiser!

The shoulder of a tenon receives it final surfacing
from the hand plane of Joseph Gonzales.

We preassembled each bent to make sure
that it would come together on raising day.

The troops receive their final instructions before raising
day from our experienced instructors- Will Beemer and Dave C.

Bents one and two are ready for
final assembly at the job site.

Chris Jones gets the first girt into its housing
at the top of the kingpost on bent one.

After bruising a few shoulders,
the ridge beam comes into place.

Bracing bent two while it is secured.

Rolando and Fritz set Purlins on the rafters.

Bent three goes up.

With bents three and four up and secured,
our structure was complete!

If you would like to see my attempt to improve this structure, please click here.

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