Registration is now open for our next Rendezvous, to be held in partnership with the Preservation Trades Network (PTN) in Frankfort, Kentucky, from June 27 - July 4. Note that $100 Scholarships are available to defray costs for student members of both TFG and PTN to attend the July Rendezvous. Visit the PTN.org site for details. Also, we are looking for demonstrators. Details here.

This workshop, with Welsh artist and historian Laurie Smith and noted author and timber framer Jack Sobon, will apply the principles of geometric design as they may have been used in colonial America. To be added to the waiting list, please call our office at 888-453-0879.

The workshop is scheduled to precede the Eastern Conference Oct. 30-Nov. 5, Bucksteep Manor, in Washington, Mass. Details here.

A workshop will be held in Geneseo, Illinois, to erect a timber frame barn being cut by Trillium Dell Timberworks. The barn will house the Antique Engine & Tractor Association’s collection, which is being relocated from the association's current home in Atkinson, Illinois. Registration is available now. More info >>.

The Guild’s 25th Eastern Conference will be held in beautiful, historic Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Read preliminary details about the schedule and presenters, including James Howard Kuntsler (author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency), Rob Hadden from Australia, architect and author Jack Sobon, Laurie Smith from the UK as well as some of the best presenters from our recent Western Conference. Read them here.

The online reservation system for rooms at the Saratoga Hilton is now up. Click here to make your reservation. We recommend you do it now, as rooms are limited in our block (the special conference rate is $149/night, single or double, and $164/night for triple or quad).

Become a presenter of a seminar or workshop at the 2010 Western Conference, April 22-25 at the Coeur d'Alene resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Click here for a proposal form or e-mail will@tfguild.org.

We recently completed a project to repair and re-assemble the historic 36' x 85' Gindler Barn at a TFG workshop at Willoughby Farm, Collinsville, Illinois. Daily Video Reports.

Fourteen Small Timber Frames: A collection of 14 timber frame plans with designs ranging from simple garden sheds and pergolas to barns.

Standard for Design of Timber Frame Structures: Defines the engineering and design requirements for timber frame construction. Free to download or buy a printed copy.

Timber Frame Joinery and Design, Vol. 2: More than 50 articles on design, engineering, layout and joinery, enclosures and vernacular timber framing. A must-have for everyone's library.

Timber Truss Book: A compilation of six articles that originally appeared in Timber Framing, plus new material. Another invaluable reference.

Historic Steeples Series: Articles discussing the form, function and joinery of historic American timber-framed steeples.

Historic Trusses Series: Articles discussing the form, function and joinery of American timber-framed roof trusses of the past with examples.

The Forest Service's Wood Handbook: Wood As an Engineering Material: Download it free or order a copy from the Forest Products Society.

TFG Apprenticeship Curriculum: Download and print all 16 sections.