Saturday / February 14, 2015 / 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Traditional Threshing Barn Reconstruction Seminar
The Garfield Farm Museum on Garfield Road north of I-38 in La Fox, IL
Join Rick Collins and the Trillium Dell crew on Saturday, February 14 to see the current, period installation of a new timber frame floor system. Participants will be shown accurate and hisorically appropriate repairs and methods in replacement hewn local white oak timbers.
Work being completed includes:
-full traditional floor framing with new sill system, flitched joists, and a threshing floor
-tie beams and interior posts
-the mow stead wall
-hay mow ladder with hand drawn rungs
No fee to attend. Free lunch will be provided, as well as an informational 1-hour barn restoration in the heated historic Garfield farmhouse.
About the presenter:
Rick Collins is a master carpenter, metalworker, mechanic, timber structural expert, educator, writer, historian, and farmer. He has a strong commitment to the preservation and continuation of our built and natural heritage.
One of only 26 registered Journeyworker timber framers in North America; Rick has intensively studied the methods and tooling used by Europeans who settled the Midwest from the 1600s through the 1800s. These studies have led him to travel extensively throughout the US and Europe over the last two decades, and offered the opportunity to work and learn with some of the greatest master builders, craftspeople, and building historians in both continents. Rick’s timber framing business, Trillium Dell Timberworks, focuses on pre-industrial revolution construction methods and techniques. His interest in history, mastery of traditional tooling and techniques, and decades of experience as a builder allow him a unique perspective that bridges many disciplines.
REGISTER HERE!
Directions: http://www.garfieldfarm.org/directions.html
