Class of 1966 Bunkhouse

Tucked further back into the forest than the other Bunkhouse and with rot resistant oak porches on either end, this Class of 1966 Bunkhouse is a quiet, secluded space and a gateway to the Moosilauke trail system. The interior will feature family-friendly sleeping arrangements. Completion of this bunkhouse will be late Spring 2016.

The group gathers for the first time on the foundation, where some of the timber cutting will happen

Workshop participants gather for a week of timber framing

Triple gold medal volunteer Dave Goodwin checks his English Tying joint

A beautiful timber is checked by it's joiner

Porkroll demonstrates how to sharpen a saw while wearing C3P0 costume

Volunteer sights down the length of a beam to check it for bowing

A student checks a timber during a workshop on traditional mortise and tenon joinery.

Boring machines still going strong

Traditional mortise making tool is put to good use at a bunkhouse in New Hampshire

TimberHomes alumni Helen Doyle comes out of retirement to help run the workshop

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Standard issue set of plans administered to each volunteer

A set of drawings showing a timber frame bunkhouse

Instuctor Skip Dewhirst checks a volunteer's layout

Teacher checks timber while student checks teacher

Helen and a volunteer lay out a strut

An instructor checks a student's work at a timber framing workshop in New Hampshire

Volunteer Scott Lacey stayed on through the Fall to help enclose this '66 Bunkhouse

David and Skip hook a post top with a security line for raising

Recent grad takes a break from his hard work to snap a hunky photo

Students work on joinery at a timber framing workshop

This is, in fact, the correct length of this post

A tiny post for a timber frame in New Hampshire

Pile of braces and other 'small' timbers ready for raising

Volunteers gather to lift the first bent (wall section)

Josh calls a raising

A section of a timber frame getting raised in the air

The consensus builder, used to resolve conflicts between warring joints

Josh and Skip explain what's about to happen

View from the roof

The raising crew

Participants in a timber framing workshop pose on the finished frame

Thanks to Joe Sacks for sharing these additional awesome photographs.

Current student/volunteer helps rig a strap to hold up a brace

Workshop Participant spans sets of staging during a timber framing workshop at a lodge in New England

This just raised, volunteers hold on until the bent until it can be braced

A timber frame raising at a lodge in New England

Volunteers hoist a wall plate up onto staging

Workshop Participants raise a massive beam during a timber framing workshop

David looking rather content with the way things are going

TimberHomes Partner David Hooke during a timber framing workshop at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in New Hampshire

Skip checks a joint to be sure the strut will fit

Skip Dewhirst, instructor, during a timber frame workshop in New Hampshire

Shannon watches volunteers lower a plate section

Workshop Participants Raise a wall plate during a timber framing workshop at a lodge in New Hampshire