Cross lap joints are a great solution when you want to create clean, continuous lines in a timber frame. The edges of the joint are completely flush, making it almost appear that the timbers are magically connected. To create a cross lap joint, you cut halfway through the width of both timbers that you are connecting , and they slide together into an extremely solid joint.
Whew! What a whirl wind of activities and emotions over the past few days. Once again, I am sitting in the airport reflecting on the past 3 days of the 2012 Eastern Timber Framer’s Guild Conference just outside Washington, DC in Leesburg,
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I am sitting here in the San Francisco Airport looking back and reflecting on the past few days. You see, I just attended the 2012 Western Timber Framer’s Guild Conference just outside Monterey Bay at the Asilomar Conference Center. It always amazes
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