Today is the first day of a two-week session.
Instructors for the first week are Rudy Christian,
Laura Saeger and Carson Christian who are from Burbank, Ohio. Rudy
is President of the Timber Framer's Guild. Chris and Dianne Feddersohn
are hosting the Christian's at their home in Cardiff By The Sea
for the week. The Christian's will not be with us next week...2
new instructors will be here to carry on. Said Laura..."This
is the first project we've started that we won't be on hand for
the final raising".
Today's activities were all lecture-oriented, and
designed to introduce a history of Timber Framing, basic layout
systems, tools and terminology, and an introduction to the plans
for the project. Lots of drawings on the chalkboard, and lots of
questions. We even learned what a waste wall is. An inspection
of the wood was held this afternoon.
Tomorrow, the 45 students will be divided into
teams of 2. They will begin squaring and cutting mortises and tenons.
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