1-Week Purely Post & Beam Course
In this intensive one-week course, you'll design, cut, and raise a 24' x 24' timber frame by hand. Led by experienced timber framers, you'll gain the skills and confidence to create your own structures. Our dedicated facilities and century of collective expertise ensure a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience.
$3,500
SINGLE TUITION
$6,000
COUPLE TUITION
$800
DEPOSIT
Course Details
In this one-week class we start with raw lumber, and in five days cut and raise a 24' x 24' timber frame by hand. The days are spent in one of our two teaching facilities designing, cutting, and raising a post and beam frame. You will learn to select, use, and care for a complete set of timber framing tools. We have spent years curating the perfect tool kit with the highest quality tools to last a lifetime, that kit is now included with the course. After the sharpening workshop you'll be able to shave with your chisels and slick.
In five short days, you will turn fresh lumber into a carefully crafted house frame and leave knowing how to cut and build your own.
Tools are now included with the price of tuition. You will also receive the cut sheets for this structure.
Course Dates & Sign Ups
Hand Curated Tool Kit
All tools listed are included with this course
- Veto Pro Pac TF-XXL (We helped develop this specifically for timber framing!)
- Silky Genki Timber Frame Saw
- Ryoba 300mm Handsaw
- MHG 1-1/2-in Beveled Timber Framing Chisel
- MHG 2-in Beveled Timber Framing Chisel
- 1-7/8-in Japanese Slick
- The Shelter Sharpening Kit
- Veritas MK II Honing Guide
- Starret #111 Stair Gauge
- Wood-is-Good Mallet 30 oz
- Starrett 12-in Combination Square
- Shinwa Framing Square
- Stanley Fat Max Tape Measure 35-ft
- Utility Knife
"A great location, super-knowledgeable and friendly instructors and staff, and a really nice hands-on supplement to the classroom instruction (Design Build). I learned a great deal and came away with wonderful resources. Also appreciated the school’s philosophy: Think. Build. Live. Well worth the investment!”
- Joe Whalen
"I highly recommend this place if you are looking to advance your skills to the next level then this is the place. I enjoyed the live post and beam course in February 2022. Very knowledgeable team and enjoyed the tool store and all of the valuable information they provided. Friendly staff, I give them a 10/10 and look forward to going back someday"
- Bryce Green
"Shelter is a phenomenal resource of skill, intelligence, and good people. I took the two week design/build
course and it was wonderful. I left with the confidence to assess my own home and any future home that I may build or purchase. Shelter is the real deal."
- Laurie Palagyi
Try Our Free Mini Course!
We've handpicked 1.5+ hours of content from our collection of Timber Framing Online Courses, and created this FREE course sampler that will walk you through cutting a Thru Tenon (an essential part of timber frame joinery!), and the basics of assembling a SIP panel wall.
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Cancellation Policy
Tuition Deposit is applied to the total payment of the tuition as a deposit. This deposit is non-refundable. It can be transferred to an alternate class with no penalty one time. If a registration needs to be transferred a second time there is a $100 penalty deducted from the deposit. If the registrant cannot attend this third class date, the deposit is forfeited. Any changes to a registration must be made 30 days prior to class commencement or deposit is forfeited.
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