About Us

My name is Dan Flinn and I am the owner of Quarry View Woodworks.  I retired as a firefighter from the City of Asheville Fire Department.  If you know a firefighter, you know someone who has a part time, or side job; mine was my business, Pinnacle Tree Service.  The business grew too much to manage part time, so I sold off my equipment.  However, during my time in tree work, I decided that I'd like a sawmill when I retired.  Things worked out and I was able to purchase a used Woodmizer LT35HD in 2020.

Nestled on a dear friends land, overlooking an old quarry, I spent time learning the mill and how the logs reacted to being milled. It took some time to grasp, but in the first part of 2021, I started milling for customers.

It was during this time that I attended a timber frame workshop instructed by Jim Rogers.  My minor interest in timber framing became a passion during this and several other workshops of his that I attended.

Along the way, I met an employee of Timberframe Horizons who happened to be in search of new hires.  Armed with just the basic understanding of plan reading, layout and cutting joinery, I reached out to TFH and started full time work with them in February of 2022. Time spent with the crew at TFH has proven to be incredibly educational, having cut and raised several frames and completed 2 'turn-key' builds in the past year.

Since I started this journey, I have been able to instruct alongside Jim in workshops, as well as instruct in VMI's Field Training Exercises, timber frame section.  As my involvement in the Timber Framer's Guild grows, so will my resume.

Early in that very first workshop with Jim, I knew I had met someone special.  Jim has been involved with milling and timber frame instruction for most of his life.  Jim has a world of knowledge that I personally feel needs to be shared with as many people as possible.  We feel that The Timber Frame Learning Center of Western North Carolina can help achieve that goal.  We hope to turn minor interest in timber framing to a passion.

What about woodworking, you might say? Well, I have always fancied myself a mediocre woodworker aspiring to be better.  I entertain custom builds, but for now, my time is better spent focusing on helping people move forward in their goal of creating timber frames.