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Northfield Mount Hermon School Rendezvous & Barn Raising
May 5-11, 2002, Northfield, Mass.



Photos from Saturday's Raising: Part 2
Photos: J. Wormington

1st tie beam
The first tie beams to connect the 1st and 2nd bents, place by Jack Witherington , Erik Hammerlund (of Rhode Island) and Kevin Brennan (of Michigan).

NMH students interviewed
NMH students being interviewed by a member of the local press.

2nd bent rising2nd bent
The 2nd bent going up.


2bents up
Two bents up, 5 more to go.

Handy brothers
Under the tent, brothers and timber framers Huck Handy (of Mass.) and Steve Handy (of Ridgefield, Conn.) continue the work on the many beams needed to complete the frame.

rafters
Randy Churchill (of Cambridge, Vermont) directs the transfer of rafters from one location to another.



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Jim Rogers Guild member Jim Rogers arrives with his own beetle.

Laurie and student
Guild member Laurie Macrae of Virginia helps a student adjust a hand planer to chamfer the edges of the tenons to make them slide in easier.

Hand planing
Hand planing a tie beam.



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