This week, my 6th period class will let the begin designing and building their timber frame dog houses. Most kids have a dog to give this house to. Others are along for the ride but will donate theirs to a family in need of one. Students are required to do some woodwork for their community throughout the course of the year so this project will fit the bill for some of them. The construction process will be fun as they get to employ many of the traditional joinery methods they have learned since they have been in my class. The image above gives you an idea a basic timber frame structure and what the kids will be learning to build. There will be plenty of measuring, sawing and chiseling coming up, and I intend on posting some shots as the kids get started. The wood of choice is white cedar from Hart's sawmill up in Barkhamsted, CT. It's light weight, easy to work with hand tools and local. I'm sure the dogs will appreciate it!
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