Timber framing joints - top tips (preferably with diagrams) thread

[agg221]

If it is of help to anyone I found that the National Parks Service in the States has published a good visual guide to timber framing techniques and it is available online. It is American obviously so it does vary from timber framing tradition in the UK but it is useful nevertheless.

 

https://ncptt.nps.gov/blog/historic-american-timber-joinery-a-graphic-guide-i-tying-joints-tie-below-plate-2001-14/

 

 

Thanks for sticking the link up - I found it once before as it's where I got the various rafter joints from but I could never find it again!

 

Alec

[dirtybiker]

Yes guys, no problem.

On my way up to Ickworth for the show now but will post some bits re the self build etc later when I get home.

Jez

[SteveA]

Great video of a scarf joint.... I like how the square peg pulls it together. [ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-U1P49r8U[/ame]

[se7enthdevil]

a slightly better version of that joint would be to make the peg a bit of an X shape holding the two mating faces together even more. only works on very dry beams though.

 

 

interesting to see that the guy did most of it with handheld circular saws even though he has a perfectly good bandsaw behind him...

[SteveA]

a slightly better version of that joint would be to make the peg a bit of an X shape holding the two mating faces together even more. only works on very dry beams though.

 

 

interesting to see that the guy did most of it with handheld circular saws even though he has a perfectly good bandsaw behind him...

 

Or could wack four offset pegs down through it. cheers, steve

[ucoulddoit]

I found the attached article from 25 years ago about green oak framing for someone on another forum who was struggling to find it and thought it might be of interest to others. Interesting to see that 25 years ago this form of construction was viewed as 'rare' and it was the start of a revival. I particularly liked the section about using plumb bobs for marking joints, which I've see demonstrated but not seen in print before.

 

Andrew

The Journeymen - Building a timber frame.pdf