Starting in June 99 I cleared about 1.5 acres of mostly red oak to build a house. I was able to store about 70 red and white oak logs of sizes varying from 8-18" in dia and 12-20 ' in length. I would like to build a timberframe barn from this material. Questions:
1. where can I get a structure designed using no longer than say 12' members?
2. how does one comprehend the twisting etc that will occur in these timbers once milled from the logs? I bet with a portable saw mill I can cut most timbers in a weekend but they may not be used for a year !
3. should I cut the timbers all at once, realizing it will take a significant amount of time to then cut the joints, or should I do it one bent, for example, at a time?

It would be a shame to see this material go to waste. There are plenty more trees from which I can render framing material, and I am gung ho!

Would appreciate any advice.