Last October, I wrote about some odd stuff I found in the house, mostly in the attic, including an old iron carpenter's stamp with a nu...

It always amazes me how much of what passes for knowledge is often just recycled opinion that often falls apart when held up against hard ev...

Here are several views of the latest iteration of the 3D model I'm developing of the tying joint used in the Hawkins house frame. This j...

Recently, I was invited by my good friend Jb Bartkowiak to contribute an article to his community-oriented Building Moxie: The Do Together D...

Today, a wonderful note from the Timber Framers Guild , thanking me for my presentation at the TTRAG Symposium 2011 last week end, arrived ...

In recent times, I've found myself speculating quite a bit about the nature of my ancient home, and what it might have to say about the ...

Screed : noun \ ˈ skrēd\ 1) A lengthy discourse (e.g., personal account, or ra nt) ; 2) A leveling device drawn over freshly poured concre...