Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Michael Cuba of the Timber Framers Guild

Michael Cuba from the Timber Framers Guild  joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss:

  • Timber framing, of course, but also the differences between modern and repair/preservation techniques.  I had never thought about building timber frames in earthquake prone areas…they have the engineering figured out for that!
  • Learning using hand tools to insure you understand how wood works and reacts before using power tools – learn the classics first as your foundation.
  • How the timber framing can be reconstructed after the fire at Notre Dame
  • The Timber Framers Guild’s almost 40 year mission as a repository of timber frame knowledge and development of future talent

Contact information:

Timber Framers Guild  email: info@tfguild.org

Bio:

Michael Cuba is a preservation joiner and co-founder of Knobb Hill Joinery in northern Vermont. He also runs a consulting and dendrochronology business under the name Transom HPC, located in Stockton, NJ. Michael has recently finished two consecutive terms on the board of directors of the Timber Framers Guild, serving as president and interim executive director for 2018. He remains active on several Guild councils and committees. Along with Adam Miller, Michael now serves as editor of TIMBER FRAMING, the journal of the Timber Framers Guild.

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