A Timber Framer's Workshop : Joinery & Design Essentials for Building Traditional Timber Frames

The 252 page workbook includes over 230 detailed CAD drawing, illustrations and photographs covering all aspects of timber frame design and construction. Topics include: Structural design, joinery design and details, rule-of-thumb design criteria, beam design engineering formulae, building clear span trusses, and practical decision making tips about designing and building traditional timber

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Throughout the book, Chappell shares an infectious love of the art of timber framing. A journeyman carpenter would be able to cut a timber frame with the information presented in this book...His comprehensive 'Joinery Design', 'Tension Joinery', and 'Roof Framing & Truss Design' sections are technical enough to hand to your engineer, but also comprehendable by the layman

Steve Chappell is a builder at heart and a teacher by nature. As the founder and director of Fox Maple School of Traditional Building, Chappell has instructed hundreds of individuals over the past 15 years through hands-on workshops from Maine to California, New Mexico to Alaska, and across Canada. He is the editor and publisher of Joiner's Quarterly, The Journal of Timber Framing & Traditional building, a magazine he founded in 1983, in which he has written extensively about timber framing and traditional building.

In his book, A Timber Framer's Workshop, his nearly 30 years of experience and insight is evident through the subtle nuances that he conveys. His intimacy with the craft is ever present, and his passion contagious. If you want to understand traditional timber framing, read his works. Chappell portrays the craft the way it was meant to be.