A Timber Framing Dream Come True! Ep. 8 Timber Frame House

[@williamguillIII]

This is a novel idea. Get people to take a class, they pay you for your knowledge, and you get free labor to build a house. Now that's epic! Great job! I like the attention to detail in your class, it's absolutely paramount in doing this type or any type of quality woodwork.

[@christophermcdonough1353]

Students walk away with priceless knowledge and complete satisfaction of a craftsman project that they can say they had a hand in creating!!! LOVE , LOVE TIMBERFRAMING🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@robertlauber9021]

That class was so epic! Chris is probably one of the nicest people I’ve ever met and his skills both in craft and leadership are beyond reproach. Also, shoutout to Portland: a beauty of a town with such friendly people 🙌🏻

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Hey Robert! Good to hear from you man and I really appreciate the kind words! I’m honored that you came to the class and hope we cross paths again some day!

[@marymigliore3396]

I love that You put names & dates on the timbers ! Put your whole Family's Names on , in a spot it can be seen , forever ! I love seeing the timber being put together . This is the part I really enjoy watching !! I think , when You are done , You should shave off your beard !!!! I LOVE YOU ALL !!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@louisnemick1939]

I thank God that everyone is safe. I enjoy this build thank you sharing.

[@TheRich4187]

Wow!! The whole video was amazing and loved the length of it at over 36 mins. That storm was crazy, but to see you all push on and get that first part constructed was worth it. Then the time jump....epic! To see where it's at in this time frame was awesome. Not gonna lie, after all the years of watching your channel to see your new home coming to life is great! Can't wait to see the next video! And love the woodburned names to let them live on was a nice touch. Take care!

[@anthonydtobias]

Looking beautiful. Timber frame homes are something special. Especially when you build it yourself.

[@RabonHoldings]

Chris thanks so much for putting this video together to commemorate this class! It was an absolute blast to be a part of it. Most definitely a milestone highlight of 2023 for me. Putting our names in the upper timber is amazing! I feel honored to have been part of your timber frame build and I learned so much I will take with me on my project endeavors. I have no idea how you get so much done yourself with a wife and 3 kids, but you’re crushing it. Thanks for being an inspiration of craftsmanship, hard work and humility.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thank you Dan! You were awesome to have in the class! And cutting that collar tie with the cross saw was probably the coolest part of the whole build! I’m super grateful for you brother! I hope we see each other again some day soon!

[@colonelhessler1]

Great job ! Can't imagine the measuring for all those joints, everything was spot on, Congrats & Cheers

[@daveweber1331]

Very cool! I love watching these timber frame videos - so much teamwork at play...

[@Phkennel]

Incredible experience! Thanks for allowing me to be a part of it!

[@brianwestveer9532]

Really injoyed watching this video, my own house is timber frame,as a carpenter i love the craftmenship,of working with hand tools. My house was built in 1855.

[@ShajaroTuba]

привет Крис ,я из Чечни, долго ждал этого выпуска,смотрю все твои видео,люблю столярное дело

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thank you so much! I am honored!

[@scottspropertyservices6877]

So jealous of all the people that got to help out on that build!! Being in Aus & current situations made it impossible to be there. There’s nothing quite like a project that is guided by a skilled craftsman, set plan in place, meticulously organised & most of all working alongside every fellow worker being equally invested in the build & learning from the experience. Amazing video mate I always enjoy your enthusiasm & knowledge

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks so much for the nice message and watching!

[@joshuat85]

Awesome video, Chris! It's great to see the recent progress on your house. I could watch this for hours just to relive one of the best weeks of my life. It was an amazing experience to learn from you and work alongside a great group of guys. My only regret is I couldn't stay for that final raise. Branding our names into the beam was such a meaningful gesture! I respect the hell out of ya for persevering through all of the crazy weather and obstacles that have come your way during the build. Thanks again for the opportunity to play a small part in this project. I'm looking forward to the next video!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks josh! Words cannot express how grateful I am to have meet you and the other students. Truly humbling! Thanks for being a part of this my man!

[@bobflores]

Like many of your subscribers I've been looking forward to this video and many more videos coming in this series. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks bob for watching and being patient!

[@philipheinhold5340]

Fantastic video and great to see such craftsmanship, well done to all involved🙏 just subscribed and looking forward to more🙏

[@xsasx]

It hasn't even been a year? Seems ages ago! That storm ripping through on Wednesday was a sight to behold. Watching your video on your barn lean-to led to my learning of your offering the class and I am glad to have been in that first class. Learned sooo much! Tomorrow I meet with a sawyer to start the process of taking what I have learned in the class and applying it to my project. Thanks for doing this Chris! Adam Thompson

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

I’m so glad to hear you are moving forward on your own project! Thank you for being a part of that class. It was an absolute honor!

[@caide]

Oh wow! That is amazing!

[@GageDrums]

Chris, I have been following you for years. I think I subscribed when you had around 16,000 subscribers. I think you are one of the best on KZbin when it comes to woodworking and joinery specifically. I have been so excited for you with the house project and I'm glad we finally got an update video. It's looking amazing and can't wait to see the rest. Congratulations on all you (and the students) have accomplished and best of luck with the rest of the build. Cheers!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks man! I know you have been an awesome subscriber for many years. I always appreciate your comments and continued support. You’re a good dude! ✊

[@GageDrums]

@@ThirdCoastCraftsman well thank you! Would love to attend a class. Hopefully the 2025 schedule works out!

[@scottmedori1437]

Awesome video! A great touch would be to give some of those off cuts to a/some turners. They could make some amazing bowls, vases, etc that would be a perfect finishing touch for the structure

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Great idea!

[@jasledz]

Excited to see the rest of the build. I’ve been waiting for quite a while 😬

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks for watching and being patient with my slow butt haha

[@nickprice7752]

Timber framing has always been very soothing and inspiring to me as a woodworker. I love hand tools and just turning a blank piece of wood into something that you can use. Idk maybe I’m crazy but I’m very passionate about woodworking and i absolutely love it although I’m not the best at it, I thoroughly enjoy it. I could break out my hand plane and just make curls all day long with absolutely no purpose, no end goal, just planing for that sound, that feel. Anyways I really enjoyed this video and you sir are a master at the craft

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thank you! I really appreciate the message

[@SH-fi8sn]

This is really impressive!

[@NeoRich82]

Do you know how hotly anticipated this is! I'm at work, but I had to stop and give thanks for it's release. Can't wait to watch it later. Keep them coming. I hope the build is going well!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Haha thanks man! I appreciate that!

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

I can’t imagine how long it took you to go through all the footage. Video came out great, thanks for letting me come be a part!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

The honor was all mine buddy! Looking forward to having you back next year!

[@cyrilmoussoki3193]

Good work, my congratulations guys

[@royunderwood7514]

Such a great video. This is definitely without a doubt the best video series I know of going on right now. Good on you and everyone involved!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks Roy! I really appreciate that! I’ll try to do better and get more videos out!

[@goranilic183]

Hello friend, I'm so happy for your house because I know how much it means to the family that will live in it, I can't wait to see it finished. Good luck!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@ifiwooddesigns]

Absolutely stunning!!! Looks like sooo much fun and would like to take a future class. As for the hours of video that doesn’t make it, hopefully you’ll edit an extended multi-hour video to capture it all as most creators do now in YT land. Timber framing is a true art and hate seeing the craft slowly die to speed and mass production hones. Maybe make more videos on how to cut joinery and assemble structures. I don’t see much on that. Looks amazing and looking forward to upcoming videos.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thank you! I’ll see what I can do!

[@MillCreekWoodworking]

It's a shame this video is only 36 minutes long. I could have watched this for hours. Having done a bit of timber framing in the past, it is truly one of the ultimate tests of accuracy, patience and craftsmanship. Wish I would have been there.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

I’m glad to hear people want longer videos. Thanks for watching!

[@Zach-bc4vv]

​@ThirdCoastCraftsman your one of those channels I wish It was just a live stream like 4000 hours lmao

[@MCsCreations]

Amazing, Chris! The house is looking lovely! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@tykooker182]

So awesome to see the videos coming out! Been following along on Facebook. So awesome to see it dried in after all of the ups and downs this past year for you Chris!

[@Bladeofperdition]

Absolutely outstanding. I've been following on Instagram but this is amazing to watch

[@dylanhatch4086]

Man one more day to have all the bents and truss assembled would have been well worth the crane time

[@jeffbrooks9815]

Great work, amazing how quickly you're able to work as a team.

[@TWC6724]

Been waiting for these videos Chris. It’s all coming along. What a dream come true. Love to see someone following his heart. And on another note, I saw you comment on Steve Roger’s Outdoors channel. I love fishing as well!

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thanks for watching and that’s awesome you watch Steve’s videos as well. He puts out great ones!

[@jrmintz1]

Really nice, beautifully done, fascinating to watch. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@michaelscott8226]

That was an awesome viideo, Chris. Would love to do a timber frame house. We'll see. You guys are going to love it, moving out of the upstairs of the shop is going to be exciting. Have loved seeing the kids in the previous videos, and really loved seeing Utz, even if he was just resting. I presume that was Utz, or was that someone else's dog? Have missed your videos, but you've been pretty busy getting a house built. Getting the family home up is definitely a priority. Looking forward to the next one. Hope you didn't have any more massive storms. That one looked pretty nasty.

[@ericdalbert133]

Very nice video ! Love the content ! Wish we can see them more often

[@brettroux4691]

Wow very awesome.......invite the students back for the house warming.......love the channel......

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Thank you! That’s a good idea!

[@Dragonited]

When I did my timber frame course with Jack Sobon and Neil Godden we were taught to drill the peg holes before assembly and offset the hole in tenon by a quarter of an inch so that when driving in the peg it will force the tenon into the mortise. Using ratchet straps to force the pieces together would maybe negate that but feels like it would help to do so. If you are implementing the square rule it would be easy to place the holes at the right spot.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Oh yes drawboring is ideal and we teach that method (which is very easy with mill rule as well) it’s just more time consuming and does add a LOT of additional areas for mistakes to happen and so for such a large frame and short amount of time we just compressed the joints the best we can and drill and peg at each nice. It eliminates any chance of mistakes. I draw bore all my furniture M&Ts. In future frames we might attempt draw boring if we aren’t as rushed, but even draw bored joints in wet wood can and will open up no matter what and I’m ok with that 😁

[@MrBliviu607]

Amazing !!! 😊👍🏼

[@Z-Bart]

Next class/building...have you seen those two wheeled carts for moving timbers? They all did a great job!

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

Thank you 🙏

[@alanr745]

That was cool!

[@davidshay4773]

Great video, interesting, nice work and good job 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@WonkoTheSaneUK]

I hope the entire class realizes that they all now HAVE to show up & pitch in whenever any one of them starts their own timber frame!

[@dpmeyer4867]

Looks fun

[@sapelesteve]

WOW! What an amazing build Chris! Looking forward to the additional videos of this incredible project! BTW, how is our pal UTZ doing? 👍👍🐶🐶

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Hey steve! Thanks for watching. Utz is doing good but sadly he is getting old

[@Pomk83]

Amazing work and contribution! 🙂 I wondering how the complete structure was tied and secured to the ground? Can I have some details about that please?

[@willamettehops]

Awesome students there and looks like a great class! I'm worried about putting your frame on top of OSB subfloor though. It rots out with time and water leaks.

[@colinstu]

Wow that was a lot of work! (well, building it, but especially having to wrangle all those students, teach them all, etc!) Huge undertaking. I know if I tried that it would've needed 4x amount of time easily xD Also any concern w/that rain and the beams absorbing it and causing measurement/size issues later on? Also if you do future classes, assuming there will be more consideration when it comes to where trees could fall? proper insurance to handle that situation? SO lucky that the one tent camper was not crushed, would've been devastating.

[@benshohet7209]

Great work

[@derekrobertson1548]

Amazing. Would loved to have been part of the build.

[@czarnick2]

Beautiful craftsmanship and a great watch! Is that the VAER C5? (or maybe the solar version)

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Haha yes that is that watch!

[@olivefaust4291]

Who designed and drew the plans? Where can I buy the saw that cut the ends? Thank you!

[@brycestapleton182]

How does the bottom of the framing posts get held down to the floor?

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

The shear weight of it holds it in place initially but then when we add the SIP panels later they are nailed to the sill plate that is bolted to the foundation and LOTS of long structural screws are screwed through the SIPs into the timbers which then ties the timber frame to the foundation. I’ll be showing all that in upcoming video too so hopefully you catch those

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

I have used the history of many pegs as a way to get out of the grks

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

Not to have joinery that intersects with the others

[@ericmorris9660]

Chris was that storm last August? We lost a bunch of trees here in GL last August. That storm was wicked.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Yes that was the one!

[@carochiqui1]

❤

[@HaroldHill76]

What brand/type of saw are you using for the big crosscuts?

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

The hand saws are silky’s and the circular saw is a skillsaw. But I’m working on developing my own timber framing saws so don’t buy a silky yet haha

[@eliash4239]

Where was this class? Will you have more classes in the future?

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

It was in Portland mi and yes there will be more. There some info in the video description if you are interested

[@MrAidanfleming]

I’m from Scotland, could I do the class?

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Absolutely! I would be honored!

[@alaskankare]

was it nerve racking to have students working on your house? I mean wrong cuts can only happen so many times then you have no spare beams to redo?

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

A little but I checked layout on all joinery and we have other ways to ensure we avoid problem. Out of both classes we only had 2 mistakes out of hundreds of cuts and joints so pretty good 😊

[@brentprosser7293]

Just dudes being bros and bros being dudes.

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Hahaha

[@majcorbin]

we cannot spell TRIUMPH without TRUMP

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

❤I don’t teach by showing that I can unconditionally use the sharp chisels to remove the waste wood 🪵 by scraping