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Timber Connection Details

Timber Connection Details

This is an example of a project we re-engineered to minimize the amount of steel and drillings in the wood. The connections work fine on paper. The concern was there would be excessive splitting and checking of the timbers due to the steel and bolts. We devised a...

Laramie Plains Museum Project Profile

Laramie Plains Museum Project Profile

This project profile was a commercial job we did in Laramie Wyoming in the Winter of 2018. They were building an addition to the Laramie Plains Museum and it had some timber trusses that we fabricated. Project Location: Laramie WY Builder: Sweckard Excavation...

I am not a wood scientist.

I am not a wood scientist.

I don't play a wood scientist on TV, but I have been on TV with a real wood scientist. Click here to see the show. I have been making a living working with wood since 1992. I have noticed over the years that there seems to be quite a bit of confusion regarding the...

A Steamboat Springs Timber Frame

A Steamboat Springs Timber Frame

This project profile is from way back in 2008. It was a handcut project. Project Location: Steamboat Springs Builder: MEO Construction Architect: Mountain Architecture and Design Group Timber Frame Structural Engineer: Hammerbeam Engineering Here is a quick look at...

Lamboo Slideshow

Lamboo Slideshow

Check out the latest PowerPoint presentation from Lamboo.         Feel free to contact Three Elements Timberworks for more information.

White Oak Stair Treads

White Oak Stair Treads

I was having lunch with Derek Best of Best Custom Homes back in August of 2017. We had run into each other previously at a Christmas party years earlier and then an architect I was speaking with told me I should contact him. I was just there to introduce our company...

That’s not even a word.

That’s not even a word.

I made up a word. It's "Liforatory". I made it up when I posted the blog "The Iceman Cometh". I used it as the category in the blog post. It has to do with my life experiments and trying to make the 2nd half of life as healthy, productive and interesting as possible....

Grand County Project Profile

Grand County Project Profile

Grand County1 by tetw on Sketchfab I thought I would occasionally share some projects and some of the steps in the process. I am calling it "Project Profiles" until I can come up with a better name. Project Location: Grand County Builder:  Mountain Top Builders...

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