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Purchase and Download Timber Frame Shop Drawings
These timber frame plans are drawn by professional timber framers and are made for someone who wants to build their own timber frame. Following the same plan style used in the work shop of Gibson Timber Frames, there are elevations of the timber frame and individual piece drawings of all the parts in the timber frame. The timber frame saw horse plan and the timber frame garden shed plan are good projects for someone wanting to try timber framing and the plans for the larger timber frames are for someone with some basic timber frame experience. The timber frame joinery is based on the square rule layout system - the traditional timber frame style used in 19th century North American timber frames. These plans are in PDF format and will download to your computer. The plans will print to scale on 8.5" x 11.5" paper.
A note about Engineering:
These timber frame shop drawings are not stamped by an engineer. Because each building project has different conditions, a unique review and stamp is required for every timber frame project. These timber frame shop drawings do provide joinery details, spans, and timber sizes and should be sufficient for an engineer to review the timber work. In addition the engineer will require other details including but not limited to: the foundation plan, insulation plan, location, and building use. The Timber Framers Guild website is a place you can source an engineer in your area.
