Large Handmade Pergola

[Pan]

Hi all

 

Just finished building a large pergola that I thought I would share with you.

 

 

Posts 5x5 had to buy pre-mortised as I didn't have anything big enough to cut these. Chamfering corners with router.

 

 

All the rest of the timber was 6x2 and 5x2. Cutting all the notches and shaping the ends with jigsaw.

 

 

Bandsawing the curved corner braces.

 

 

Part way up.

 

 

Finished!

[18 stoner]

Very nice, a lot of work there.

[Johny Walker]

tad small isnt it ,

 

cracking job:thumbup1:

[difflock]

Visually nice but I cannot "like" the bandsawed braces.

No strength left in them since the straight grain bisects the super-imposed curve.

If the wood splits at all they will fail.

No odds I appreciate but it troubles the "engineer" in me.

Should be gluelam or steamed.

cheers

Marcus

[18 stoner]

Just curious, but what timber are the pillars?

 

Looks quite dark in the first pic.

[Ian Leach]

Looks tanalized to me Pete

 

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[18 stoner]

Yeh, was taken inby the very light sapwood but now ive blown the pic up I can see its softwood

[Ian Leach]

Not very well tanalized by the looks of it,

 

Nice looking work tho

 

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[Pan]

The posts are tanalised softwood. They did come in rather dark but quite pleased as they suit the property well. I would love to make one out of green oak one day

 

The curved corner braces were for decorative effect only just to soften the structure and stop it looking too square

[harvey b davison]

Looks like a bloody good job to me matey. Well done.