Building a Timber Frame Barn | Dream Shop Part 1| Posts, Tie Beams, and Knee Braces

[@roguepd7150]

Nice. Everyone loves the barn plan I built of yours. Workshop/garage in the lower level, with family space, movie theatre, and office in the loft.

[@BarnGeek]

Awesome! Great to hear, thank you for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

[@factoryratgarage]

Great job guys.

[@BarnGeek]

Thanks!

[@ronalves9118]

Nice job. But maybe to make drilling those holes straight you might want to consider using a small magnate base drill press. You can get a less expensive if you are only doin one barn, or a more expensive if you will be doing more barns. Ron USCG RET

[@BarnGeek]

We actually get really good results with the technique we use. I have tried jigs and drill presses, but it doesn't really increase accuracy. The problem is almost always deflection of the drill bit inside the material.

[@ronalves9118]

@@BarnGeek OK Thank you

[@kaleebthor3586]

Are your posts 8x8 or 6x6?

[@BarnGeek]

6x8

[@williamsmith3960]

Let’s see how good those screws hold in wind be better if you would use steel plates and lags mortise and tenon with wood pegs are much better

[@BarnGeek]

I don't have to wait and see I already know. We had one stand through Hurricane Matthew a few years ago. It didn't have any siding yet just posts, girts and a roof. It's most vulnerable state of construction. It didn't budge.

[@BarnGeek]

Besides obviously you didn't watch the entire video we used double steel plates with through bolts for the major connections. Way stronger than lag bolts or mortise and tennon.

[@williamsmith3960]

@@BarnGeek yes I watched it was commenting on short but I still don’t think that green timber plating with lag screw is stronger than mortise and timber pegged with dowels because when played timber dries it will split where lags are because it can’t move mortise and tenon allows for contagion both ways

[@BarnGeek]

@@williamsmith3960 They aren't lags, the fasteners in the plates are bolts that go all the way through the joint. And actually the opposite is true. Plated joints split less often than mortise and tenon. That has been known and proven thousands of times over more than 100 years. In fact I was just reading a book written by a Barn Builder written in 1904 discussing this very thing. They understood back then that this was a more stable connection than mortise and tenon.

[@AeonCatalyst]

Post and Beam, not Timber Frame

[@BarnGeek]

Thanks for the comment, but Post and Beam IS a type Timber Framing there are many variations of Timber Framing.