Timber Framers Guild

William (Bill) Walsh began his career in construction in the 80's in Southern California. After moving back to the East Coast his love affair with barns and frames began. He went to to study the craft of Timber Frame and started his own business in 1998. Since that time he has worked on 50+ projects ranging from sprawling lake homes, barn and home... restorations, frame take down and reuse, and businesses. His reputation proceeds him in New England and his passion for old buildings can be seen in all that he does. Bill has frequently worked with other building companies doing frame and detail work as well as with the Timber Framers Guild on many non profit projects. Member of the Timber Framers Guild since 1990. The Timber Framers Guild began in 1984 as a nonprofit educational association. A core group met in their houses and workshops and called a charter conference in June 1985. Some 200 enthusiastic people took part, in a spirit of discovery and fellowship that remains very much alive today. Since 1985, the Guild has grown sevenfold, maintaining a program of national and regional conferences, sponsoring projects and workshops, and publishing a monthly newsletter, Scantlings, and a quarterly journal, Timber Framing. Leadership is provided by a nine-member elected board who appoint an executive director. Timber framing has been practiced for centuries, and in North America we still build most of our houses and many of our larger buildings of wood. But there are different ways of making the frame or skeleton of the structure. Whereas light frame construction includes many slender sticks of wood simply cut to length and nailed together, a timber frame structure uses fewer, much larger members, shaped at their connections to lock together. Light frame construction, even when carefully done, is considered rough carpentry, and in dwellings it is always concealed by finished walls and ceilings. Modern timber frame work, by contrast, is generally exposed, and timbers can be as finely prepared as the skill and care of ...Read More