Albert County, New Brunswick
Timber Framers GUILD Member LICENsED Sawmill Red Seal Carpenter employer
RECENT PROJECTS
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.
The Other "Grateful Shed". Box Heart NO. 2+ Red Spruce Post & Beam Frame. FOHC (Free of Heart Centre) NO.1 Hemlock 3x10 Rafters. Shiplaped Spruce & Jack Pine Boards. Logs Salvaged from Hurricane Fiona.
The "Holaay Shitter!" Odorless Outhouse with Vault Tank, Urine Diverter & Outdoor Shower. Stained Glass Windows. Charred Red Spruce Board & Batt Siding & Eastern White Cedar Clapboard.
No. 2+ Box Heart Red Spruce Post & Beam Frame. Select Grade Red Spruce Rafters. Eastern White Cedar Clapboard Doors. Poured Concrete Countertop. Plastic Toilet Stem with Urine Diverter.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Red Seal Carpenters operating Makita chain mortiser.
Western Bent for a 12x14 saltbox kitchen shelter. Eastern White Pine 8x8 posts, 8x10 tie beam, 3x8 braces.
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.
20" Eastern White Pine log. Select grade quartered timbers. Book-matched posts. Timbers for the "Good Sign".
Professional Development 2024
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.
Raised! Axe hewn Eastern White Pine posts, top plates & tie beams. Flitch-sawn paper birch fork (back). Flitch-sawn Cherry braces (front).
Flitch-sawn Maple braces (ends). Round log maple crown posts. Eastern White Pine rafters.
An unbelievable educational experience!! Thank you, Heartwood!
CRAIG NORRIS, OWNER-OPERATOR
BBA, Sawyer, Licensed Lumber & Timber Grader, Timber Framer, Timber Framers Guild Member
506.875.2813
craig@gratefulsawyer.com
