Introduction

This blog is intended to be a "catch-all" for my notes/pictures during class. I am required to keep a portfolio of all the projects and activities that we do in the shop, and I figured that this would be the easiest way to keep track to start. Ultimately, my portfolio will take the form of a book--a kind of "how to become a timber framer", from square one until I graduate. I'll include tool lists, pictures and exercises so that in the future I can have my own reference material for teaching my son (should he choose to follow my foot steps. If not--that's okay. He'll at least know how to build a house by the time he's 18.) I suppose if any of you want to try the exercises for yourself, you can too. But, enough about that....Let's get on with it.