Daddy^2
July 13th, 2011Shelburne Farms
July 3rd, 2011
I’m always in awe of the buildings and the landscape at Shelburne Farms. I’ve toured the children’s barn, seen maker’s marks on the timbers, and watched the gravity powered clock tick away while gazing at Camel’s Hump. I always come away humbled.
As an engineer friend recently commented via email about the craftsman of history ‘who were those guys…?’
Chester, NH Covered Bridge
July 3rd, 2011A few snaps of recent shop drawings for the Timber Framers Guild (TFG) covered bridge project in Chester, NH. Design and Engineering by Fire Tower Engineered Timber, production drawings, modeling, and detailing by Mike Beganyi. Project sponsored and organized by the TFG.
I brought the engineering team’s 3d solids model into SketchUp, cleaned up the geometry, and working from notes and sketches modeled the joinery and steel connections. Using LayOut I created the 2d shop drawings, adding text, notes, and dimensions. Depending on schedule, I hope to make the drive over to see the final days of assembly and installation.
Poland Reconstruction
June 22nd, 2011The fine folks over at the Timber Framers Guild honored me with a request to prepare a set of shop drawings for a reconstruction project in Poland. Follow along here, on the project blog, and even in the New York Times.
I worked with the engineering team, taking the raw design model and modeling all the typical joinery in SketchUp. From there I detailed and noted in LayOut, then output to PDF. We had 2 sets of drawings – imperial units for the primarily US based lead team, and metric units, for the powers that be in Poland.
SketchUp @ Heartwood 2011
April 14th, 2011I’ll be teaching two SketchUp sessions this year at the Heartwood School.
SketchUp for Timberframers (and designers) is scheduled for June 2-4.
Advanced SketchUp for Complex Timber Roofs is scheduled for September 6-7.
My trips to the Berkshires have become a cherished yearly event – returning to the roots of my timber frame education – while spending time with old friends, making new ones, and sharing and teaching about the craft I love.
Lantern(s)
November 15th, 2010Tyvek (without the logos and printing), tea light candles, and some bamboo skewers. These will hang from our maple trees to welcome winter guests.
Construction Details
July 29th, 2010
New project taken from start to finish in SketchUp and LayOut. Construction details were a pleasure to model and annotate – and I’ve gotten comments that this has been an easy (and simple) set of drawings to work with and understand. I had the pleasure of working with the esteemed Fire Tower Engineered Timber on this project.
Sandbox
July 11th, 2010New house, new sandbox for the little one.
Cedar fence posts from the landscaping section of the local home store. 8′ diameter. 1400 pounds of sand and counting (we need more). Blisters on two of my fingers from pushing a mouse for too long. 
FB
May 15th, 2010I have deleted my account on Facebook.
Please contact me using ‘traditional’ electronic means.
Folks who know me, know where and how to find me.
Note that it wasn’t you – it was the service, the framework, the ever changing rules of the game on what is private, and what is not. And something just not quite right about the profitization of people’s lives, with little control by the people involved.
Heartwood 2010
May 4th, 2010
Another great SketchUp session at the Heartwood School. Add in a single speed mountain bike ride, catching up with an old friend who took the course, dinner with my hosts, and a group outing to the Dream Away… just a perfect way to spend a few days in the Berkshires.
