Albert County, New Brunswick
Timber Framers GUILD Member LICENsED Sawmill Red Seal Carpenter employer
The “Gratitude Stage” in Fundy Trail Provincial Park. 20x40 slab roof amphitheater. Eastern White Pine 10x10 with White Oak pins. Shou Sugi Ban finish.
12x14 Saltbox kitchen shelter. Eastern White Pine 8x8 posts, 8x10 tie beam, 3x8 braces, with walnut pins. Shou Sugi Ban finish.
Northern interior corner. Western interior gable end.
The "Good Sign" for Friends of Fundy. Select grade FOHC/quartered Eastern White Pine, 6x6, book-matched posts. Walnut pins. Shou Sugi Ban with hemp oil finish.
Matt Bernier, Red Seal Carpenter, operating Makita 7104 Chain Mortiser. Luc Gallant, Red Seal Carpenter, operating Mafell Tilting Drilling Station.
Marty Dubé, Red Seal Carpenter, operating Mafell NFU 50 Groove Cutting Machine. Craig Norris, Lead Timber Framer, operating Skillsaw's Sawsquatch, a 16 5/16" worm drive circular saw.
Centre bent for Fundy Trail Provincial Park's amphitheater—20x40 structure built with Eastern White Pine 10x10.
Western bent for a 12x14 saltbox kitchen shelter. Eastern White Pine 8x8 posts, 8x10 tie beam, 3x8 braces.
Top Plate for Fundy Trail Provincial Park's amphitheater. Eastern White Pine, 10x10, twenty feet.
Brace to post test fit.
Rafters on ridge beam. Diminished mortise. Through Mortise.
Scribed post cap. Shop-made walnut pegs. Bird boxed beam with through tenon.
Hand-drafted front view for the "Gratitude Stage".
Hand-drafted end view and component drawings for the "Gratitude Stage".
Perspective views from the construction plan for the "Gratitude Stage".
The end view page from the construction plan for the "Gratitude Stage".
Post boots for the "Gratitude Stage".
Post boots for the "Gratitude Stage", ready to be hot-dip galvanized. Powder coating is also available.
Fundamentals of Scribing Course, Heartwood School, NH, USA.
Bubble scribing round logs. Coped tenon on axe hewn Eastern White Pine timber.
Test fitting bent in Ted Benson's shop. Flitch-sawn paper birch fork.
Flitch-sawn Maple braces (ends). Round log maple crown posts. Eastern White Pine rafters.
An unbelievable educational experience!! Thank you, Heartwood!
CRAIG NORRIS, President
BBA, Sawyer, Licensed Lumber & Timber Grader, Timber Framer, Timber Framers Guild Member
506.875.2813
craig@gratefulsawyer.com