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Journey into Timber Framing techniques.
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Getting started
I have always been fascinated with timber framing, an old school joinery and the large timber that are used. I have a large project that I want to ...
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Mortises
I took the time to lay out all of the mortise and tenons, keeping an eye on the grain and the glue line. I chose to use through mortise for all, an...
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Tenons
Started working on tenons, already had the layout lines for the shoulder cut, but verified the size of the tenon with each mortise, (a tad bit off)...
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Cross Brace Tenons.
tuned up the other mortise and tenons so I didn't have to use a lot of force to fit everything together. Then I was able to get a good measurement...
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Shaping Feet and Top
Up next was to cut the waste area from the bottom of the feet, leaving a small pad on each end. When I was drill out the waste for the mortise I dr...
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Gluing up the Pieces
I had to think the process through, since I wanted to use the drill press, the wrong way would have meant drilling by hand, and I may have drifted....
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