Roger: I'm not sure what 'glitch' you're talking about, but when I go to the tfguild home page and click on 'resource guide' and then click on the little arrow on the end of the box that says: "State or province(blank)" it lists all the state and provinces. I then scrolled down until it listed Ontario, and I clicked on that. Then I clicked on category and again using the little down arrow scrolled down to the listing 'timber framers' and then clicked on that, then hit search.
The search resulted in three names, address, and phone numbers with email address of timber framers in Ontario. This is, I believe, available to all, not just members. If you can't find these names using this system then the glitch must be on your end, because it works for me every time, whether I'm logged in or not. Good luck, Jim

Hi Jim

The most valuable feature of Guild membership is access to the roles. So anyone about to embark on a costly tf project could find valuable help in their region by searching the membership list. There are 71 guild members in Ontario, a very large portion are building professionals.

Re-read my post the glitch is clearly stated.

If anyone needs to find services, they should join the guild, meet the people and increase their knowledge.

Hi to all

I found the glitch. It's me trying to operate a computer properly.I found the names and thanks again for the info

Roger: I agree with your valuable feature statement, 100%, that's why I'm a member.
It was my error to think that all members would be listed under the resource guide. Obviously they are not. I guess only those who 'sign up' to be listed under the resource guide show up there.
After following your advice, I checked the members only section and indeed did find 71 members in Ontario.
So Mike, you should consider joining to get help with your project, and learn about timber framing. Good luck with your project. Jim

Jim and Rodger
Thanks for the advise. I'm going to become a member.
Mike

Mike,
While I am not a timber framer, I have documented many Dutch barns. All of the advice the framers are passing along are indeed the way to document the structure. I would also photograph every major joint in the structure so as to have a photographic record of the marriage marks.

You could also send along a couple of photos of some major joints to a couple of people who could then tell you if it is scribe or square rule constructed.

Just some extra thoughts to help add to your "small" pile of mail.

Thanks for the tips Rolland.I plan on putting them to use in the very near future. Mike