Yestermorrow Blog

A note from a former student and intern

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
"I quit my job and moved to the Yestermorrow School as an intern in the fall of 2006. Unsure of where I wanted to put my engineering degree to use, I started hitting things with a hammer and drawing without a straight edge. Somewhere in between studying the tools of the past and the technological possibilities of the future I began to find my way...

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Mooooose!

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
I found this in the snow behind the chalet (or "Dojo" as we've begun to call it since installing the chin-up bar) a few mornings ago.

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Timberframing Part 2: Laying Out/Cutting a Tenon

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
In my last post, I wrote about using the square rule to make my timber a uniform dimension at the joint locations. This week, I'll show briefly how to lay out and cut one tenon on a specific post using the square rule. The tenon is made to fit into a mortise in the plate which will eventually support the rafters and roof of the shed, so these...

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Living Big in a Small World

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow instructor Moneca Kaiser was recently profiled in the Ottawa Citizen (2/7/09)."When Moneca Kaiser talks about smart home storage ideas, she has the voice of authority. Hardly surprising. The owner of Moneca Kaiser Design Build (www.mkdesignbuild.ca) lives in a 325-square foot apartment. What’s more, she works from her east-end home...

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