Today found us in a morning-long lecture. Rudy took us through a review of square rule and joinery tolerance, and its importance to good timber framing construction. Everything was interspersed with Rudy's, "I've got one more short story to tell you"...good stories, and always made to emphasize a point.

Chisels and mallets were purchased, and there was a round of self-introduction. Seems like a good number of people are planning to make additions to their existing house or are planning to construct new buildings. Projects ranged from a horse barn to a kitchen to Phil Goettsch's suggestion of a dog house.

The afternoon was spent setting up timbers. Selection and marking were done, as we plan to start making chips tomorrow.