Rendezvous



July 17 The Timber Framers Arrive! The volunteers and professional timber framers have arrived and are working on laying out timbers under the purple and white striped tent, while work continues on setting the rafters for the first floor deck. Timber framer Phil Newey and his crew have been busy finishing the first level. After the crane raising on July 14, the barn looked like this. Monday's work. The sheep barn where Phil and crew have been working, and where a group of timber framers are now chiseling and sawing. Right: Gould Farm Executive Director Brian Snyder welcomes the timber framers. Left: Job site in part, overlooking the fabulous organic vegetable gardens that help to feed all of us at the farm. The tent has proved useful already, as the Berkshires weather maintains its reputation for variability. As Mark Twain reportedly said on a visit to the area, "If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute." Right: Layout begins on the big pieces. From left: Bob DiBona of south Boston, Doug Hutcheson of Amherst, MA, and Chris Zollo of Oswego, NY, framing square on the fly. Note the Borneman Tool also in use. Left: T. J. Benoit of Lebanon, CT. Right: Seth Kelly of Jefferson, ME and Brian Wormington, of Otis, MA, watch Todd Bissell of Brewster, MA, wield a mean saw. BACK NEXT

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