Cost: $600 (tuition does not include lodging or food) ( We can recommend nearby camping spots).
Location: Just outside Sandpoint, ID 83864
Schedule: 9am -5pm each day, 1 hour break for lunch each day
Friday-Monday, cutting the frame
Tuesday - Raising day
Come learn timber framing with the Timber Dwarves ( Dave and Jed). We like to have a good time and help people take their first steps in to the world of timber framing. We will give you the confidence and skills to tackle your own timber frame project. We use mostly hand tools but will also train you to use a chain mortiser and beam saw. Bring your own tools if you have them but we also have loaner tools for students to use.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY: $300, email: naturalbuilder.jp@gmail.com, we will send you a Venmo link, email subject: May 16-20, 2025 workshop reservation
Premium Douglas fir throughout. 90 Beams
Full sill system
Full 2nd story or half loft, you choose
All main beams 8 x 10's, rafters and knee braces 4 x 6's
Free Delivery within 100 miles of Sandpoint
Email: naturalbuilder.jp@gmail.com for more info.
16 x 20 Frame with a sill and loft
Sill on 9 concrete piers
The Timber Dwarves: Dave Kretzschmar and Jed Petterson
Come join us for a week long timber frame workshop and go home with the skills necessary to build your first timber frame.
At Timber Dwarves, our mission is to create a win, win, win experience. We teach students the time honored tradition of timber framing, create a structure for a client that is beautiful and lasting and honor our skills as craftsman through sharing this art form with others.
We offer a hands on workshop experience, where we will guide novices in the creation of an amazing timber frame structure. We use mostly hand tools but will also train you in using a chain mortiser and beam saw.
Time lapse of a 14 x 20 pavilion going up on the Between the Rivers campus. We built this in 5 days using only hand tools and raised on the 6th day. Of the 11 students, 9 had no previous wood-working experience.
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