The course was a sucess and pictures of the event have now been added to our website at :- http://www.clik.to/WorldofWood

The sweet chestnut timber quality was disappointing. This was mainly due to inaccurate conversion using a woodland based tractor driven saw bench which had no dogging facility resulting in non square, tapered and curved scantlings. A decision was made to abandon using square rule and instead the frame was laid out and assembled using French scribe rule (centre lines and offsets). The final result was very creditable for beginners.

Check it out under the "Timber Framing" section "Garden Office" project

Ken Hume