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Things have been hectic and the schedule changes daily.  I'll keep trying to put these short videos together each week.  The plan is to make a more comprehensive video when everything is done, but for now... this is what you get! Building a Timberframe House YouTube Playlist

I'm going to attempt to record videos as we progress through the build.  I'll get better at it as I go, but right now my attention is very focused on getting the foundation correct...not on flying smoothly.  Sorry for the poor piloting skills. We broke ground April 12th, and worked through the weekend to get this far.

This project was a wedding gift for my sister-in-law and her husband.  They got married in July, but I've been busy juggling the house project at the same time, so let's just call it better late than never. This was my first keyed tenon.  I had to make a 7° angle jig for a plunge router, which only served to remind me how much I dislike using routers.  If I felt confident, or healthy enough (

I started drawing floor plans in September 2016. Bought the land in December 2016. Interviewed over 2 dozen timberframers. Collected cost data for the entire project into a ridiculously large spreadsheet. Collaborated with Downstream Construction in the design of a beautiful timberframe. Modeled the entire thing in 3D. Figured out how to turn that 3D model into 2D blueprints. Had the

Work continues on my brother's house.  I put together a 51" x 61" black walnut butcherblock countertop for his kitchen island. And I've got a desk top to flatten and smooth still. Desk Top And as if I didn't have enough going on, my sister-in-law is getting married.  I'm making her a set of Stickley reproduction bookcases. Quartersawn White Oak

After clearing the smaller trees out, we had an excavation crew come in with the big machines to knock over the big ones, clear the area where the house is going to be, grade the driveway, and lay down some stone.  This is just a construction-grade driveway for now as it's going to get dirty and muddy with all the heavy machinery rolling in when we build the house.  Nothing fancy. It feels so