Jack A. Sobon, Roger Schroeder

Timber Frame Construction

All About Post-and-Beam Building

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traces the history of this construction technique, discusses woods, tools, and special joints, and shows how to plan and build a timber framed house.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 216mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780882663654
• ISBN-10: 0882663658
• Artikelnr.: 21505232

Autorenporträt

Jack A. Sobon is an architect and builder specializing in timber-framed buildings. A founding director of the Timber Framer’s Guild of North America and founder of the Traditional Timber Frame Research and Advisory Group, Sobon has devoted his 38-year career to understanding the craft of timber framing. Using only traditional hand tools, he has framed and erected over 50 structures. He is the author of Build a Classic Timber-Framed House and coauthor of Timber Frame Construction. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Sobon teaches and consults nationally on traditional building structures and timber-framing techniques.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Timber Framing: Then and Now
Chapter 2 The Timber Frame
Chapter 3 Joinery
Chapter 4 The Wood
Chapter 5 Designing for Strength
Chapter 6 Building the Shed
Chapter 7 Assembly and Raising
Chapter 8 Closing In
Chapter 9 Projects
Chapter 10 Timber Frame Revivers
Appendix
Index