Spline Joinery
It is often the case when you have two or more plates or beams coming together into a post to use spline joinery in place of a tenon. The thought process being, if you put a tenon on the end …
It is often the case when you have two or more plates or beams coming together into a post to use spline joinery in place of a tenon. The thought process being, if you put a tenon on the end …
A classic joint for a king post to rafter connection uses a 1 1/2″diminished housing, and because it is designed for oak it uses a 1 1/2″ tenon. This upper king post joinery is a classic and strong connection. As always, …
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 post below. And the rafter with a notch cut into the back side of …