A diminished housing offers a way to dress up your frame as well as take less time to cut in the shop. Here is a example of one using a 1″ shoulder.
Timber Frame Rafter Seat Housing Joinery
This is an exploded view of a rafter foot and seat on a plate. Here you can see the plate with post below. And the rafter with a notch cut into the back side of the plate for the rafter foot is sit on. The toe of the rafter has been trimmed to the outside [...]
Wedged Half Dovetail Tie Beam Tenon to Post Detail
This is an exploded view of a half dovetail tie beam tenon and the post it connects to. The housing in the post is a diminished haunch. The wedge is usually made of hardwood.
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Birds Mouth at Timber Frame Rafter Foot Here is an exploded view of a birds mouth rafter foot where it meets the ... -
Drop in Floor Joist This is an exploded view of a drop in floor joist where it attaches to ... -
Anchor Beam through Tenon Dutch Style Timber Frame Barn This Dutch barn style through tenon is called an Anchor beam. Here is an exploded ... -
Queen Post Truss Similar in design to a King Post Truss, the Queen Post Truss uses two vertical ... -
1″ Diminished Housing Detail A diminished housing offers a way to dress up your frame as well as take ... -
Half Lap Scarf Joint with Table Here is an exploded view of a half lap scarf with tables. I suppose you ... -
Timber Frame Bridle Scarf Here is an exploded view of a scarf known as a timber frame bridle scarf. ...
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1″ Diminished Housing Detail A diminished housing offers a way to dress up your frame as well as take ...
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ASSY Screws in Steel to Wood Shear Connections Reprinted with permission of Max Closen, MyTiCon Timber Connectors, Vancouver, BC, Canada. -
ASSY Screws in Steel to Wood Tension Connections Reprinted with permission of Max Closen, MyTiCon Timber Connectors, Vancouver, BC, Canada. -
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Scissor Truss Timber frame scissor trusses do not have a horizontal chord. This gives the area ... -
Hammer Beam Truss Throughout history in both Europe and the United States, many cathedrals were designed with variations ...
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Jim Rogers: If you want to extend the roof decking past the ou...
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Jay: I am building my 2nd timber frame this coming wint...
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M Brice Cochran: This joinery detail came from Jim Rogers but I am ...
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John: Brice, Could you make a video/web page and show...
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Marcus Lewitzki: I love the detailed pictures you have on this site...
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