This dramatic joinery combination hails from temples and structures throughout Asia. If you have a four sided structure and need a clear span without the traditional tie beams over head or just want to add a cool feature to a […]
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This joint has become one of my favorite ways to join a principal rafter to a post. It offers a clean look and allows a plate to join to the post with a spline and a tie beam that can
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This exploded view is of a king post to tie wedged tenon – a wedged king post tenon in a truss frame from a famous meeting house. The tie is a 12 x 12, and the king post is an
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This timber detail exploded view is of a collar beam, which is a 4×4 connecting to a 4×6 rafter.The pitch is 12/12, and the tenon is set off the reference face 1 1/2″ and then 1 1/2″ thick, with a 3/4″
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This Dutch barn style through tenon is called an Anchor beam.Here is an exploded view of the tenon and post.Sometimes, it is held in with pegs only; sometimes, it has wedges on the outside of the post, and sometimes, it
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This is an exploded view of a standard tie beam to post tenon with housing in the post and two pegs.
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