Welcome to the workshop.
This is where the Timber Frame lives. Every skills download, every Fire Q&A, every dispatch and video and podcast episode, all of it in one place. Take your time. Nothing here is going anywhere.
The maples turned early this year on the north slope, and I have been splitting next winter's firewood between filming days. New download is up below. Cali's at my side, as always.
Shawn at the workbench, warm light, portrait
New on the shelf
One new skills download every month, written from the work itself. Print it, put it in a binder, and take it outside with you.
Download cover or printed guide on the bench
Sharpening & Tool Care
A dull tool is a dangerous tool, and a well kept edge is the difference between fighting the wood and working with it. This guide covers stones, angles, stropping, and the maintenance rhythm I keep through the year so nothing on the wall ever lets me down when I need it.
Download the PDFYour library so far
Every download you have access to, in one place. The shelf grows every month you're here, and it's yours to use for as long as you're a member.
Sharpening & Tool Care
Stones, angles, stropping, and the maintenance rhythm that keeps every edge ready.
Download →Hand Tool Primer
The tools I actually use, what to look for buying old ones, and what to leave on the shelf.
Download →Fall Prep Checklist
Firewood, food, water, and shelter, walked through the way I do it every year before the cold arrives.
Available next monthBy the woodstove, no agenda
Four times a year we sit down by the fire and I answer your questions honestly. Send them in ahead of time, and if you can't make it live, every session is recorded and archived here.
The Fall Fire Q&A
Questions close one week before the session. Ask about the build, the land, tools, foraging, or anything you're working through on your own place.
Submit a QuestionPast sessions
- The Summer Fire Q&A - first sessionComing after Sept 24
The archive starts with the first session. Every recording lands here within a few days.
The quiet side of the membership
Your membership includes everything from the Hearthside, and it all lands here. The monthly dispatch, the members-only videos, and the weekly podcast, right alongside the skills work.
August at the Cabin
The garden is heavy, the woodshed is filling, and the evenings are already coming a little earlier. Here's what the month looked like from the porch.
Read the dispatch →An Evening on the Water
No narration, no cuts to speak of. Just the canoe, the loons, and the last hour of light on the lake.
Watch the video →Latest episodes
New conversations every week, half of them just for members. Put one on for the drive and let the day slow down a little.
Listen now →Looking for something older? Browse the full dispatch archive, the video archive, or every podcast episode.
The store, with your discount built in
No codes to remember
Your 10% member discount applies automatically at checkout on everything in the store, and you get first access to restocks before they open to the public. Chaga, provisions, and whatever comes off the land next.
Visit the StoreProvisions on the bench, natural light
The annual roll
Once a year, every Timber Frame member's name goes on a dedicated page on the site. Not a leaderboard, a record. The people who showed up and stayed. The first roll goes up at the end of year one.
Twice a year, from the cabin
Two mailings a year come with your membership, each one small and intentional, something that evokes the feeling I get when I'm here. Make sure your mailing address is current in your account settings.