User:Jim Derby

Hi. I live in Maine, U.S.A. and I study historic carpentry and traditional building techniques which came to America from many places and is a complex subject. My focus is on editing timber framing and the many related topics which are minimally organized right now. Jim Derby (talk) 20:37, 10 December 2012 (UTC) I expanded my editing to carpentry and construction topics in general this winter. I think Wikipedia is getting to be a good place to look for basic construction information. Jim Derby (talk) 15:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Substantial edits and articles

 * Post (structural) - new article since the word post is distinct from column in carpentry
 * Dragon beam - new article, formerly a redirect.
 * Bressummer - substantial edits
 * Timber framing - substantial edits
 * Rafter - list of rafter types
 * Joist - list of joist types
 * Timber Framers Guild - new article
 * Log building - new page, classified as disambiguation page but is more of an index, still learning how to handle that.
 * Cant hook - still a short article but I made substantial changes
 * Timber roof truss - added content, still needs work
 * Gambrel - added to history
 * Post-and-plank - substantial rewrite
 * Hewing - expanded
 * List of timber framing tools - new list
 * Hay barrack - new article
 * Norman Wallace Lermond - added content.

I have stopped adding to this list.

working on

 * New England Barn
 * Layout methods in Traditional timber framing
 * timber roof truss