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The Carpenters' Fellowship
Promoting communication, training and sharing of knowledge
amongst those
interested in historic and contemporary timber framed structures
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ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO! |
Frame 2010 at Cressing Temple Barns in Essex September 3rd - 5th |
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Latest News on Speakers |
We are delighted to present Professor Oliver Rackham OBE, author of numerous books on the history of the Countryside, and timber frame enthusiast, as our keynote Lecture: Trees, Woods, and Barns.
Jerry Tate, Architect on the Core building, educational centre at the Eden Project explains the Converging Spirals of the Fibonacci series designed into the roof; Damian Goodburn will be comparing two very early English water mills; Peter McCurdy, instrumental in the development of timber frame conservation and best known for his work on the Globe Theatre will be highlighting his favourite projects; Matthew Melton will be demonstrating the pros and cons of Google Sketchup; Steve Turner and Joel Hendry will be Demonstrating Tool sharpening - if you have any edge-tools that need some TLC, bring them along for some practical advice on how to rejuvenate them!; Tom Staddon will be wood carving on Saturday; and Robin Wood will be just back from Japan with news of another awesome Kesurokai workshop - don't miss it!
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If you have not yet booked for Frame, please do so as soon as possible.
You can download a booking form here
It is particularly important that we have numbers for the catering.
We may not be able to cater for you if you do not book!
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You may already know how important Frame auction is to the survival of the CF, and that it helps us keep Frame ticket prices down. It's also great fun! So even if you can't join us for the event, please, please, please consider donating something to the auction! Remember, experiences or unusual non-tool auction items can be fun and lucrative for the Fellowship!
To whet your appetite, we have these marvellous offerings already in:
A weekend for 2 fly fishing in the USA: fun and fishing to be supplied, travel expenses would be on the winner.
A selection of Turkish Hand tools: a hewing Axe, a small hatchet, and an adze.
Dewalt Drill: 700Watts, 240V, new in its box.
A Timber Framed Sculpture in the form of a some very artistic trial joinery.
A fantastic Geometrical design Study weekend with Laurie Smith - click here to download the PDF with full details.
Trillium Dell Timber Works in Illinois, USA, has made a superbly generous offer: 1 round trip air ticket from the UK to Chicago, plus an 'internship' with Trillium Dell for 6 weeks to 6 months. Have a look at www.trilliumdell.com to see what you could be getting involved with.
And don't forget of course the Mystery Frame - the Moat Perrier!!
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Joint Busting Specification |
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The University of Bath shall once again be attending FRAME this year armed with a steel rig and a 10 tonne jack. As in previous years, the timber frame community are invited to invent / devise / concoct their own joints (all timber) & compete against others in strength and deformation. The competition shall follow on from that in St Fagans in 2003. Joints in tension shall be pulled to destruction in the name of science. Entry into the competition shall be obtained following donation of a 'control' joint for University research using a single 25mm pegged mortice and tenon connection (specification below). Following this research testing shall be the competition joints. Here, entrants have a free reign within the following boundaries:
Timbers shall be 150mm x 150mm (600mm and 1200mm) as the 'control' joints (limited by rig configuration)
Connections shall be all timber
A 150mm x 300mm zone shall be provided (dashed below) for 'through tenon joinery' etc (limited by rig configuration)
The competition shall be divided between joints that do penetrate the back face of the mortice member and those that don't. A reminder that a load of 9.9 tonnes was achieved in 2003 by COWCo's wedged through tenon with two pegged side wedges!
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AND FINALLY |
There is still time to enter the FrameWiki competition!
Simply by posting your favourite frames, historic and modern, on FrameWIKI you stand to win one of these two great and valuable prizes:
The Fantastic LignaTool LT80 Jointing Rig, worth in the region of £1000! visit their website: www.lignatool.com/startseite.html?&L=1
The elegant Gränfors Bruks 1700 Hewing Axe, worth £300.
The prizes with be drawn and presented at Frame
For more information on how to enter visit: www.framewiki.co.uk/component/content/article/37
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| Historic Building Conservation Courses at Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. For more information on courses, visit the Weald and Downland website at www.wealddown.co.uk
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| Full scribe log building & intensive traditional timberframing courses at Woodenways Woodyard, Devon. Visit www.woodenways.com for details. |
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