Clearing Out the Barn Sale

Fox Maple Timber Frames for Sale
Each year we cut numerous frames in our workshops. Some are constructed at the school site as permanent additions to our infrastructure, serving also as models of timber framing systems and joinery design, while others are sold to past students or passersby after the fact. We are inclined not to presell the frames as our motive is to teach joinery and design concepts and to promote creativity. This, more often than not, leads to design changes during the process of the workshop prompted by the students as they begin to develop their own understanding of the subtle (and not so subtle) elements of design. Having these frames pre-sold, we believe, would hinder our flexibility and our students creativity. However, we undoubtably cut more frames than we can use each year and now and again they begin to add up. Scroll down to view an isometric plan and brief description of the timber frames we have available.

While these frames are cut by students, the quality of joinery is at a very high level. Each of these frames were cut and erected in workshops. After dismantling, they have been fine tuned, sanded, oiled and packed ready for shipping. These frames are being sold as ready-to-assemble packages and come with detailed framing plans. All timbers are clearly marked for ease of assembly and raising. Anybody with basic building skills and common sense should be capable of assembling and raising these frames with just a few people. In most cases a crane will be necessary.

Clearing Out the Barn Sale - Winter is late but the winter snows will soon be arriving in the foothills of western Maine, and we need to clear out our storage barn for current work projects. In order to clear the barn quickly we are offering the two saltbox frames listed below at an additional 25% discount or more off the already discounted prices if purchased before we pack them away for winter. Scroll down for brief description and email for prices and complete package description.

If you would like to have a custom designed frame cut to fit your exact needs, please contact us via Email

Now Available
16'x20' High Posted Cape with
16x18' Half Octagon Extension

This is a white pine frame with oak braces cut in the Summer 2020 workshop. The 16x20 High post frame was cut in the Intro workshop and the half octagon was cut in the advanced workshop. The half octagon has a dormer off the front side and arched struts from hip rafters to the king post.

The frame package comes oiled and finished and ready to raise, and is available with or without a second floor loft system. The main roof pitch is 13/12 and the posts are 12' plus, which can be cut to accommodate a variety of first floor deck/foundation systems. The frame could be placed on a concrete slab, piers, or a conventional floor frame system. This frame would make a sweet and comfortable guest cottage, perfect for an Airbnb or friends and relatives, a sweet luthiers workshop or an inspiring music studio. The options are yours to explore.

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Past Workshop Frames For Sale

The Workshop that Jack Built
This frame was cut in our Spring 2006 workshop. The main section of the workshop frame is a 22'x32' Cape with King Post and Queen Post trusses, utilizing English Tying Joints and an eavesdropper loft floor system. The extension is a 16'x16' Hammerbeam Great Room, also cut in the same workshop.

This frame was sold to one of our past students, Jack Williams, to make a timber framing workshop at his farm in Sedalia, Missouri. He has now made the transition from University Professor to Timber Framer, specializing in gazebos, arbors and pergolas. The photo at bottom left is of an oak pergola he cut for a client in his new workshop.

He completed the enclosure and finish work mostly by himself, and also cut the eavesdropper loft system. The frame was raised with the help mostly from family and friends.

He says, "I really enjoy my shop and I am happy that it is timber frame... I spend a good deal of time out there. I have built 4 arbors and number 5 is probably going to happen. I am doing much better with the math but I'm slow and check myself plenty of times."

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