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.
Half Lap Timber Frame Rafters at Ridge
This is an exploded view of a pair of 4″ x 9″ timber frame rafters where they meet at the ridge. The roof pitch is 8/12 and the peg is a 3/4″ x 10″ peg.
Timber Frame Bridle Scarf
Here is an exploded view of a scarf known as a timber frame bridle scarf. I haven’t personally cut this one, but my program offers it as a type of scarf, so I thought I’d show you. You should have your engineer decide on the peg placement. I just put in two to show possible [...]
Anchor Beam through Tenon Dutch Style Timber Frame Barn
This Dutch barn style through tenon is called an Anchor beam. Here is an exploded view of the tenon and post. Sometimes it is held in with pegs only, some times it has wedges on the outside of the post, some times it has both.
Timber Frame Knee Brace with Centered Tenon
This is an exploded view of a brace tenon and it’s mortise. This brace is centered on the tie beam (which has been rotated so you can see into the mortise.) And the brace tenon is centered on the brace. This type of mortise and tenon joint is a little more complex to cut as [...]
A Standard Tie beam to Post Tenon Detail
This is an exploded view of a standard tie beam to post tenon with housing in the post and two pegs.
Tying joist tenon and pocket
This is an exploded view of a tying joist that connects to a long sill in a shed frame. The tying joist prevents the sills from spreading out at the middle of their lengths. It is usually pegged and the peg is cut off flush with the top of the sill. It can also be [...]
Long Sill/Short Sill Timbered Connection
This is an exploded view of the long sill/short cross sill plate timbered connection, with a peg. The corner post and it’s stub tenon are also shown for clarity.
Labels For a Knee Brace Tenon
This picture show some of the names of the knee brace tenon. This tenon is either 2″ off the layout face or 1 1/2″ off. Either way the names would be the same.
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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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