Timber Frame Construction: All About Post-and-Beam Building

Awesome book about old school craft. I look forward to building a house and barn using these methods

Wonderful book for the professionals interested in the field of timber framing. I wish there were a better explanation on the beams in a roof frame but such is life. Also amongst all his explanations of photos there is no mention of the timber sizes in the photos which I find disheartening. If the intention is to educate the reader this seems like a massive oversight of the author. I’ve been a timber framer for over forty years and while I’ve found this book a valuable resource tool for teaching younger students about the field and history of timber framing I feel the author could have provided more information about timbers sizes in the photos. Seriously I’ve trained fifty or more apprentices and that question is always asked and upve had to explain what size timbers I would use when doing the same work as a specific photo in the book shows. Like seriously is 8x12 or 10 x14 so hard to write?

Let me start by saying: I bought this book thinking I’d casually learn how to build a quaint little garden shed. What I didn’t expect was to be spiritually awakened by mortise and tenon joints. This book is not just about timber framing. It’s a sacred text disguised as a construction manual. The illustrations? So clear, I swear they whispered ancient secrets into my calloused hands. The step-by-step guidance? Like being personally mentored by a wise, flannel-wrapped sage who smells faintly of cedar and sawdust. I went from “What’s a chisel?” to “Hand me the drawbore pin, I’m raising this frame myself,” in a matter of weeks. My neighbors now gaze in awe at the barn I built with my own two hands and some help from this masterpiece. My kids think I’m a wizard. My dog respects me more. Even my HOA backed off. If you’ve ever dreamed of building something that could survive the apocalypse and still look beautiful doing it, this is your book. It’s not just a manual. It’s a lifestyle. A philosophy. A wooden revolution. 10/10. Would buy again if I hadn’t already memorized every glorious page.

captures the basics. Doesn’t have as much on the jointery as I would have liked…

Worth Every Penny ! ! ! This is NOT a Coffee Table Book. It contains Valuable information of the History of Timber Framing and includes many pictures of Historical Construction, Building Designs, and the Important Types of Joinery used ages ago that apply to Modern Timber framing ! ! !

Good book. Very informative and well illustrated. Learned the basics of timber framing.

As an interesting and informative book on the history and applications of timber frame wood working. A good read.

Before reading I had absolutely zero carpentry knowledge and not even the slightest clue on how to begin building a structure that one could reliably call safe. After reading I have much more confidence in myself and at the very least a starting point in timber frame construction. I really appreciate the take on the use of hand tools and the “old ways”. This is a great book for anyone looking to gain knowledge of timber framing with an emphasis on traditional methods.

Libro molto interessante. Semplice, con molte illustrazioni. Lo leggo a colpi, saltando qua e la e devo dire che mi fa piacere averlo.

Ich freue mich sehr, dass dieses Buch vom Autor Jack Sobon und Roger Schroeder in einfacher Form die Möglichkeiten eines amerikanischen Fachwerk erklärt. Die meinsten Erklärung haben diverse Skizzen und lassen sich praktisch Nachvollziehen. Der Autor distanziert sich bewusst von einer modernen professionellen Fertigung eines Timber Frames, somit lässt sich ein solches Haus mit einfachsten Mitteln bauen und Aufstellen! Gelungenes Buch, würde eine Übersetzung auf Deutsch bisstimmt auch hier mehr lesen finden.

Leverans blev fördröjd så länge att jag är osäker om jag någonsin fick pengar i retur.

This book is awesome! I have had it a couple weeks now and I can’t stop reading it. I am looking into building a timber frame project and this book covers all the ins and outs of timber framing. It includes and references plans for a small garden shed that really helps visualize the project. Great book for anyone interested in diy projects or an interest in historical construction.

This is a great book by Jack Sobon & Shroeder. It is getting to be a bit of a classic but don't let the b&w photos put you off as technically they are spot on and Sorbon, having read his & Schroeder's wise words seems to me, to stand today, astride the Craft as the wise and gentle Giant. Drawings/sketches are well done too and very illuminating. I also bought at the same time : Learn to Timberframe by Will Beemer with forward by Jack Sobon. I am so glad I have both. I can't choose between them and slight holes in one are made up by the other. Tremendous insights and craft learnt through real experience. Amazing books, just what I needed.