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The process of timber framing starts with design. If
you're already working with a design professional, then
you'll need to talk with our
engineers; if
you'd like to have your own set of plans drawn from
your musings, then a chat with the
architects would
be in order.
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The
design process will produce a set of timber frame
shop drawings, and it's these that our craftsmen
will work from as they select timbers, cut joinery
and finish each piece.
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Most
of our joinery is roughed out using a CNC machine.
As each timberframer moves up through the shop,
he's trained to use all the timber frame-specific
tools ranging from huge circular saws, to chain
mortisers and planers; the CNC machine is treated
in exactly the same way - it's just a slightly bigger,
more expensive chisel.
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Once
joinery is roughed out, it needs to be finished
by hand. Each timber is inspected and labeled with
additional joinery laid out before being moved to
the saw horses where the rough joinery is finished
with traditional tools. Once joined, the timbers
have radius and chamfer details added, then they're
treated to a coat of food-grade finish oil.
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Trusses,
found-form work and frames involving our signature
curved timbers are pre-assembled on the floor of
the shop. Before shipping, each frame is stacked
and banded for delivery to the client's site.
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About
two months after you've committed to your design,
you'll see our timberframers turning up on your
site, prepared to raise your frame. We're adamant
that no job leaves our shop without a raising crew
(once you see the complexity of the work that goes
into a frame, you'll understand why). We actually
go one step further than this and will send out
the same guys who cut the joinery, so that the knowledge
gained about your project while it was in the shop
accompanies it to the site.
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