Heavy Timber Picnic Table
What would be better to furnish that timber frame pavilion you have built, than a well-crafted timber frame picnic table? The picnic table top is 6 feet wide and just under 3 feet deep.
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Fitting Up A Knee Brace
Anyone interested in timber framing should be familiar with Tedd Benson’s first book. Published in 1980, it became the Bible for timber framers, and there’s a lot of useful information. Since then, timber framing has come a long way in terms of the available tools…
Timber Frame Swing Set Plan
This simple but fun timber frame swing set would be a great beginner’s project. Your kids will love playing with whatever you can dream up to hang from the cantilevered ends– a tire swing, climbing rope, or you name it. …
Knee Brace Tenon and Mortise 2″ Layout
This is an exploded view of a 2″ knee brace tenon and mortise for a knee brace where it connects to a tie beam. The tie beam was rotated so that you can see into the mortise. The layout is …
Timber Frame Knee Brace with Centered Tenon
This is an exploded view of a brace tenon and its 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. …
Knee Brace Tenon and Mortise 1 1/2″ Layout
This is an exploded view of a 3″x5″ knee brace tenon and mortise, with tenon layout of 1 1/2″ off the face and 1 1/2″ thick, and its mortise in a tie beam. The peg is 3/4″ in diameter and …
Labels For a Knee Brace Tenon
This picture shows 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.
Timber Frame Spline Connection Detail with Two Knee Braces
Often a spline is used in a timber frame to reduce the amount of wood that is taken from a post or beam, this particular connection detail has two knee braces flanking the spline.