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SUMMARY:Preservation Trades Training: Historic Woodworking
DESCRIPTION:Explore a hands-on program designed for tradespeople in the Portland\, Maine area. This training boosts basic carpentry knowledge for work on older and historic buildings. The focus will be on exterior woodwork details and takes place onsite at Victoria Mansion. \nThis training program is for tradespeople actively working in the greater Portland\, Maine area. The objective of the training is to boost their basic carpentry knowledge and skills into the field of work on older and historic buildings. The training will focus on exterior woodwork details and takes place onsite at Victoria Mansion\, 109 Danforth Street\, Portland. Download the overview flyer here. \nProgram Summary\nThis training program is for tradespeople actively working in the greater Portland\, Maine area. The objective of the training is to boost their basic carpentry knowledge and skills into the field of work on older and historic buildings. The training will focus on exterior woodwork details and takes place onsite at Victoria Mansion\, 109 Danforth Street\, Portland. Download the overview flyer here. \n\nDownload an informational flyer about the workshop here.\nAccess the application here.\nQuestions about this workshop? Please contact Executive Director Tim Brosnihan at tbrosnihan@victoriamansion.org or (207) 772-4841 ext.100.\n\nPreservation carpenters\nPreservation carpenters are knowledgeable tradespeople. Essentially\, they combine traditional woodworking knowledge and skills with modern carpentry practice. They do this with thoughtful study and creative work. \nTraditional trades manuals document specific methods and materials to construct these older and historic buildings. The modern practice of carpentry is largely one of installing pre-designed and pre-manufactured parts. Preservation woodworking is a creative process that begins with determining what needs to be done. \nFor example\, a moulding is missing and must be made to match an original so its profile is documented with a drawing and measurements. Then\, the moulding is made out of basic materials\, like a board of rough-cut wood; the process then involves shaping it\, creating a finished moulding\, then installing the moulding to re-establish the weather envelope of the building. \nAccording to instructor John Leeke\, “The enlightened preservation carpenter brings both traditional knowledge and modern practice to bear on these fine old structures to preserve their historic significance.” \nThis project is being supported in part by the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service\, Department of the Interior and Maine Historic Preservation Commission. \nSchedule\nTwo weeks of ten full-time days\, 9:00am-4:00pm\, April 21 – May 2\, 2025. This includes hands-on work at Victoria Mansion\, with evening reading assignments and study. \nApplication & Selection\nTradespeople can apply for the training by responding to this questionnaire. \nApplications are being accepted through March 25\, 2025. Applicants will be informed of their status by April 1. \nFive trainees will be selected by an objective procedure administered by Victoria Mansion Executive Director Tim Brosnihan\, and workshop instructor John Leeke. \nTrainees will receive $1\,000 at the end of each week ($2\,000 total) for full-time attendance of all days and conscientious application of mind and hand. \nTopics of Study\n\nHistoric preservation of buildings\nWood science\, demonstration of a few topics from Bruce Hoadley’s Understanding Wood\nWood deterioration\nWeather envelope of a wood building\n\nHands-On Exercises\n\nSizing wood to match existing\nTool sharpening\nMaking mouldings to match with simple shop machinery and hand methods\nWood Dutchmen and part-by-part replacement\nWood-Epoxy repairs\nSourcing wood\nPreservative treatments\n\nTraining Manuals\nGiven to participants as part of workshop: \n\nUnderstanding Wood by Bruce Hoadley\nPractical Restoration Compendium by John Leeke\n\nOutcomes\nEach trainee will: \n\nMake and complete a significant woodwork detail\, to have as a sample of their work;\nAcquire a basic knowledge of the field of historic preservation\, and the preservation trades specifically;\nSet up and follow an ongoing self-directed training program;\nReceive $1\,000 at the end of each week ($2\,000 total) for full-time attendance of all days and conscientious application of mind and hand.
URL:https://victoriamansion.org/event/preservation-trades-training-historic-woodworking/
LOCATION:Victoria Mansion\, 109 Danforth Street\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
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