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Hand-cut mortise and tenon frames

Barns cut by hand. Raised in a day.

We are a family timber frame shop up in the hills. We draw your barn, cut every joint with saws, chisels and a slick, test-fit it in our yard, then raise it on your land with your neighbors in one long Saturday. No nails in the frame. Oak pegs only.

    ProjectHill barn, 24 × 36, 4 bents
    SheetA-101
    Scale1/4" = 1'-0"
    DrawnO&D shop
    Date--

    Sheet R · One Saturday

    Raising day

    This is the barn on the sheet above. Every frame we cut is test-fit in our yard, taken apart, trucked up your road and raised in one day. Scroll and we raise it.

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      SheetR-1 of 8
      Time6:30 AM
      Pegs driven0
      Raising day · Sat 13 June 2026 · Wick HollowSills down, deck on

      Sheet J · No nails in the frame

      Joinery

      Every joint is laid out with a square and a scribe, cut with a saw, a boring machine and chisels, then locked with a white oak peg. Hover or tap a drawing to put the joint together.

      Sheet W · Raised last season

      Recent frames

      Four frames from last season, drawn the way we hand them to the builder. Like one of them? Load it into the calculator and change what you want.

      SHEET C-1 · YOUR FRAME

      Price a frame

      Move the sliders. The drawing, the timber list and the ballpark all come from the same numbers we use in the shop. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a quote.

      Bents 3 bays of 12'-0"
      Roof pitch
      Loft

      A loft raises the posts from 13 to 16 feet for headroom.

      Timber

      Pick 3D, then drag to turn it

      Timber list

      Ballpark

      The ballpark

      Frame only: cut, delivered and raised.

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      Not included: foundation, roof, siding, windows, doors, permits. Green timber, sawn to order at a mill two valleys over.

      Book a visit

      Sheet V · Come walk the ground

      Book a site visit

      One of us drives out, walks the ground with you, looks at where the sun comes up and where the water runs, and leaves you a sketch on the tailgate. Free within 60 miles of the shop. Past that we ask for gas money.

      • Shop open Monday to Friday, 7 to 3:30. Saturdays we are usually raising something.
      • We cut about eight frames a year, so the wait right now is about five months.
      • You are welcome at any raising, ours or yours. Bring gloves.
      Site visit requestNo. 0417
      What are you building?

      Request written