Twenty-plus years of timber framing experience condensed into the shop reference manual you’ll keep beside your workbench for years.
You may print all the drawings from your computer if you like. These joint diagrams are the same as described in our joint library on our website, except you have access to hardcopy files. The drawings have a small paragraph describing the context of the connection. Further information includes notes, callouts, and dimensions on the drawings.
Every drawing explains why the joint is detailed the way it is—not just what to cut. You’ll understand proper relish, housing depths, peg placement, clearances, shrinkage allowances, and traditional timber framing practices.
Build Better Timber Frames with Proven Joinery Details
- 34 printable shop drawings
- Traditional mortise & tenon joinery
- Instant PDF download
Perfect for:
- DIY timber framers
- Professional carpenters
- Timber frame designers
- Students
- Woodworking schools
- Builders transitioning from conventional framing
After working through this catalog you’ll understand:
- Proper tenon sizing
- Peg spacing
- Drawboring concepts
- Housing depths
- Timber reductions
- Brace geometry
- Foundation connections
- Roof framing details
- Square Rule joinery
Timber frame joint details.
- Post to Foundation Options
- Standard Post Joint Diagrams
- Standard Beam Joints
- Standard Brace Joints
- Peg Layout Standards
- Square Rule Posts with Reductions and Instruction for Square Rule
- 2x Wall Enclosure Section
- Timber Trusses with 2x Roofs
- Purlin Details
- Ridge Scenarios with Trusses
- A475 Post Connections
- 2x Roof Eave Cornice Build Up
- Common Rafters
- Modified Tying Joints
- Housed Purlins and Joists
Every detail comes from actual timber frame construction and reflects the methods we use when designing and building timber structures.
An example of the write of one entry:
Typical Post Joint
Post top tenons should have a long tenon as roof load uplift is usually a factor. 3″ of relish (beyond the pegs to the end of the tenon) and 2″ of distance from the pegs to the shoulder. With surfaced material there is no need to house the joint. We do not recommend creating 4 shoulders at this joint, or any for that matter, unless a cnc machine is cutting the joint.
Over plunge the mortise to allow for clearance of the radial cut from a chain mortiser (crosscut tooling shown) and/or to account for shrinkage of the wood.
Referenced by DIY builders, architects, and professional timber framers.
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