2024 Timber Framers Guild Conference

Ariel Schecter

Woodpecker, LLC, Principal

Ariel Schecter is a passionate Vermont-based carpenter specializing in round wood scribing, compound joinery, and stereotomy. After working for 7 years as a lead timber framer and designer for Timberhomes Vermont, he is starting his own business, Woodpecker LLC, focusing on design, drafting plans, and scribing and compound production work. He is presenting at the 2024 conference as the frame designer/draftsperson for the Bamfield Community Hall project, and again as a Fellow of the School of Practical Stereotomy.

Presentation

Welcome to Bamfield! A Community Building Project
This year's Community Building Project in the Vancouver Island (British Columbia) village of Bamfield was an ambitious undertaking. Featuring massive western red cedar timbers and round log posts, this cathedral-like building contains unreasonable feats of wood alchemy and creative design. Come learn the story behind this magnificent frame, how we created it with 60 people in just a few weeks, and explore the challenges we navigated to make it happen.