Are you yearning to learn a new skill?  Have you been thinking about building a small barn, work space, utility shed, or open air covered patio? Do you marvel at the simple structural design of timber frame buildings?

Well, Midcoast Conservancy has the perfect solution for you. Join us at our Nature Center for our final 4-day timber-framing workshop of 2016 from Friday, Oct. 7 through Monday,Oct. 10. The workshop is a complete how-to: from planning, sustainably harvesting, laying out and cutting, to assembling.

Master Timber Framer Bob Lear, who has more than 20 years of timber framing experience and who has received high praise from those attending our workshops, will again be instructing our fall workshop. Our timber frame workshops place special emphasis on hands-on learning. Participants will help mill logs, will lay out each and every cut, and will learn to safely use many different tools to shape each joint. By the end of the class each participant will be familiar with the basic principles of design and layout and will be comfortable using common tools to cut a frame.

Class space is limited. Details and registration at www.midcoastconservancy/registration. The cost of the class is $450 for Midcoast Conservancy members, $500/ non-members. Tuition includes lunch each day, all tool use, and a cookout on the final day of class.

Support for all of Midcoast Conservancy’s timber frame classes comes from Hancock Lumber, Woodmizer Saw Mills, and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.

For more information, contact us at news@midcoastconservancy.org or 207-389-5150.