Tie Beam Tenon to Post – This is an exploded view of a half dovetail tie beam tenon and the post it connects to. The housing in the post is a diminished haunch. The wedge is usually made of hardwood.
This is an exploded view of a standard tie beam to post tenon with housing in the post and two pegs.
This is an exploded view of a post top tenon when the post is at the end of the plate. The tenon is 2″ off the side of the post and 2″ thick. The tenon is cut back 2″ from …
Post Top Tenon in Middle of the Plate – This is an exploded view of the post’s top tenon where it meets the middle of the plate. As you can see the tenon is only reduced to 1/2″ under the …
Post Stub Tenon Detail – This is an exploded view of a post’s stub tenon and mortise from a bent in the middle of the sill. Here you can see that the tenon is flush with the face of the …
Post Stub Tenon-End of Sill This exploded view is of a post’s bottom stub tenon that is at the end of the sill. The tenon is 2″ off the outside face and 2″ thick, and 2″ long. Due to the …
I saw this slide in floor joist at a new barn a friend of mine made here in Massachusetts. He needed a floor joist at the wall to hold up the flooring, but he didn’t want to take away a …
This is an exploded view of the long sill/short cross sill plate timbered connection, with a peg. The corner post and its stub tenon are also shown for clarity.
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.
