Quarry View Woodworks

10/19/2026

Only 3 spots left!!! Gonna be a great workshop!!

09/25/2026

Trying this a different way. The class is filling up, but I thought I’d give it a nudge. If you’d like to register, head to quarryviewwoodworks.com/events and click the ‘Info/Register’ button next to the November class notification. Hope to see you soon!!

09/15/2026

09/14/2026

So, we did a thing.

After a week of site prep and assembly, we raised the timber frame for the cover over Bandana Pottery’s wood-fired kiln last week.

This is the same frame we used for our Snap Line Square Rule workshop back in January. The rough-sawn hemlock timbers had been sitting for about a year, which made them a perfect real-world application for teaching the method. Every joint laid out and cut by the students during that workshop directly contributed to the finished frame now standing at Bandana Pottery.

But this one has a little more meaning.

This is the first large-scale project my small company has taken from engineered drawings, through shop drawings and fabrication, all the way to raising. The frame was designed by Haystack Designs, and I created the shop drawings from the engineered plans that were ultimately used by me, my helpers, and Michael and Naomi from Bandana Pottery to lay out and fabricate the frame.

That may just sound like another step in the process, but for me, it represents a pretty big milestone.

Because the timbers were rough-sawn hemlock, we used square rule to lay out the joinery. We even got to put snap line square rule to work on a particularly twisted and bowed rafter, using snapped reference lines to essentially “unwind” the timber—and it worked beautifully.

Bent 4 had some of the most dramatically twisted timbers in the entire frame, and I’ll admit I was a little apprehensive about how it would fit together. Naturally, Bent 4 ended up being the easiest bent to fit in the shop.

The site gave us another interesting challenge. Of the five bents, only the foundations for Bents 1 and 2 were in the same plane. From there, the foundation elevations stepped their way up the slope, meaning each bent had to land at a different elevation while the frame itself came together as one structure.

There’s something pretty satisfying about watching a frame that has existed for months as drawings, numbers, timbers, layout lines, mortises, tenons, and a whole lot of individual pieces finally become one structure.

I learned a lot on this one.

And seeing it standing... well, It's hard to explain. So many things had to happen in the right order for the final product to come together. I'm proud of what we accomplished.

09/01/2026

Fit up coming along for the Bandana wood fired kiln project. This frame was used during our snap line square rule workshop last winter. Hemlock was chosen for its weather resistance and abundance after hurricane Helene and it sure has its twists and turns!! Tension rod went in without a hitch! Fit up on site is a bit more challenging than in the shop!!! Raising next week!!!

08/30/2026

It's Timber Frame Workshop time!

Registration is open for our November 9–14 Intro to Timber Framing Workshop at the Timber Frame Learning Center of Western North Carolina.

For six days, a small group of just 10 students will use a 12' × 16' timber frame cabin as our classroom—learning square rule layout, traditional joinery, tool use and sharpening, fitting, and the problem-solving that happens along the way.

This isn't about racing to finish a frame, or having a small pile of small timbers with joinery at the end; it's about working on an actual frame. Each student will have the opportunity to layout and cut every joint in the frame, while working at their own pace.

It's also about slowing down enough to understand why square rule layout works with rough sawn timbers, even the twisty ones—and leaving with the knowledge and confidence to tackle timber framing projects of your own.

No standing around watching. You'll be working with the timbers, laying out joinery, cutting joints, asking questions, making mistakes, fixing them, and learning by doing.

Head to quarryviewwoodworks.com/events to view the info flyer and to register. A link to the flyer is also in the comments!

08/18/2026

Final fit of the kiln frame bent 1, 2 and 4 are the same. Raising on Sept 10th!

08/13/2026

Each year I try to seek out workshops. I have a bucket list of them I use to keep myself out of the ‘same ole timber framing’ rut and to grow as a timber framer. I feel this helps me be a better designer, framer, instructor. This year, it worked out for me to spend the week with Rob Hughes and Big Beams Timber Frames. And, let me tell you: this was not just a shot in the arm, but a total reset!! We do things a little differently, but isn’t that the point?? Rob has invested in his surrounding communities through the high school TF classes he teaches. And, the frames he’s designed are extraordinary. It’s been a day or two since I got home and I still can’t find the words to describe the week. I learned about the finger lakes and went sailing on a hand made replica of a 33’ Boston Whaler. The frame we built had some crazy cool joinery. By far my biggest takeaway: push your design limits. Make it work. Rob, thank you so much for the week. You are amazing and I’m so glad we finally met in person. If your around the finger lakes area and are looking to learn, do yourself a favor and look Big Beams up. I promise you won’t fond a better value!!

08/12/2026

Nothing to see here 🤣

07/31/2026

Bent 5 of the Bandana Kiln project. And, a post packet. The span is 30’ and the thrust dictated the double post.