Here is an exploded view of a bird’s mouth rafter foot where it meets the plate. A typical timber frame joint where a rafter meets a plate is called a bird’s mouth, and this is a tremendous isometric rendering of […]
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This joint is known as the tongue and fork joint. Here is an exploded view of two 4×6 rafters at 12/12 pitch with 1 1/2″ tenon set 1 1/2″ off the reference side with a 3/4″ oak peg.To ensure a
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This is an exploded view of a pair of 4″ x 9″ timber frame rafters where they meet at the ridge. They are connected with a half-lap joint and peg.The roof pitch is 8/12, and the peg is a 3/4″
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A butt joint is one of the simplest ways to join two rafters together at the peak and is just one of the timber frame joints that we have on our site. This is the most basic way, which is
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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
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Here is an exploded view of a half-lap scarf joint with a table. I suppose you could also use wedges between the tables to pull the scarf together. One half has been rotated to show another view.
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The most basic scarf for joining two timbers together is the basic half-lap joint.One timber has half its depth cutaway on the top, and one timber has half its depth cutaway on the bottom, and these two pieces lap over
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Sometimes, in timber framing, it is necessary to join two timbers end to end.This joint is called a scarf joint.One of the most popular scarf joints is the stop-splayed table scarf with wedges and under-squinted butts. My drawing program is
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This is an exploded view of a rafter foot and seat on a plate – a rafter seat housing. Here, you can see the plate with the post below. The rafter with a notch cut into the back side
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This is a view of a step lap rafter seat on an 8×8 plate. The joint gets its name as the rafter laps over the plate to create an overhang for shedding rain water off the roof away from the
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