The 2021 Spring Timber Frame Apprentice Program
I've noticed that when a group of different people show up to learn about wood, good things usually happen. This definitely was the...
The new Hawk Circle Camp Woodshed
Two years ago, Dennis Berckmans, my apprentice from Belgium, cut this frame to be a woodshed for our camp or Eagle House, and it's been...
The 2017 Spring Timber Framing Apprenticeship and other news...
This coming spring is filled with all kind of projects for our apprentices who want to learn a variety of building skills. First of...
Eagle House: "We Got a Crane!"
Well, we got all of the posts up, and the tie beams, and the plate beams, and then we looked at the whole project and said, 'Wow, those...
The Rise of Eagle House
The Eagle House 'vision' began years ago. It started because of our wilderness camp, and our desire to provide our students with better...
The Mountain Cabin Timber Frame
When apprentice Dennis Berkmans inquired about a special project in May, we decided to create a cabin frame that would be beautiful,...
Timber Frame Raising Day
When we pick a date for a frame raising, there's a certain element of stress that comes along with the excitement of having our frame go...
Raising the Eagle House Timber Frame: The Sill Beams
We got the beams sorted and began putting them up. We had to check that they were aligned correctly, square, and level. We had a...