Timber framers contribute to trails

(Left-right): Gene Shaggaby, Bill Willitts, Jerry Norquist, Cooper Boston and Dave Marlow worked on timber framing for trail kiosks.

Mallets beat on chisels making wood chips fly while chain mortise tools buzzed and eight people from as far away as Portland and Eugene worked in a timber frame workshop held in Sisters on May 18 and 19.

Kris Calvin of Earthwood Homes of Oregon hosted the workshop. Calvin donated his time and the use of Earthwood's shop facilities to the project, which was used to raise money to help pay the cost of four kiosk structures for the Community Action Team of Sisters (CATS) Trails project.

The students learned to use many of the specialty tools associated with timber frame construction while helping to build four timber frame kiosks that will be erected around the city of Sisters this fall as part of the CATS Trails project.