dry timbers & book suggestion

[thedeeredude]

Do you guy's use timbers green or dried?  I ask because to me it seems people wouldn't want to wait a couple years for the timbers to dry  for their house to be built.  And what's a good book for learning basics of timber framing?  thanks.

[Jim_Rogers]

Timbers take an inch a year to dry, so an 8x8 will take 4 to 8 years to dry.
Most people build with "Green" timbers......

I have posted my book list here.....
You should be able to find it quite easily......


Jim Rogers

[Max sawdust]

Books, Just bought three ;D
Look at Jim's list and past threads on books.
Here is what I got to get me started on the subject.
Jack Sobon's Timber frame Construction-All about post and beam building
In my opinion, good design idea's nice flow using a garden tool shed as a project to tie it all together.  Not a lot of real technical info though.
Tedd Benson's Building the timber Frame House-The Revival of a forgotten craft
Interesting book, very inspiring text, with lots of diagrams on joint design and layout.
Steve Chappell's A Timber Framer's Workshop-Joinery, design and construction of traditional timber frames.
If I had to just pick one book to learn how to build TF this would be it.  Reading it makes me want to fly to Maine and take a FoxMaple TF workshop.

Good luck
Max