Fitting the Braces | Oak Frame

Time to get the first of the wind braces in place. I have no doubt that there are better ways to get the layouts better scribed however things are coming together and should be just fine when we are done.
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[@Mark...]

Don’t criticise yourself over those very small gaps, your working with something that’s no square or flat to start with so to get to that stage is great. Iam like yourself in that Iam overly critical of myself yet other people don’t see these things and personally if you had not have highlighted them I would not have thought anything of them. Looking forward to seeing in finished.

[@michaelchapman4269]

CaptainKidd2006 exactly my thoughts, I’m exactly the same myself!

[@kb4777]

Love the mortise drill, what a piece of kit! Impressive work as usual Tim...

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Try a router with a guide bush/top hat and a straight piece of ply about 5-6" wide and an 18mm ish cutter!? Will be fast and accurate! As always great video 👍🏼👍🏼

[@chrisanderson8578]

Tim does more in a youtube video than I do in a year xD

[@noeraldinkabam]

Plus he has a regular job... He must sleep like a baby.

[@1806StoneHouse]

It’s hard keeping all your projects straight!! Busy dude!

[@cathconnolly5742]

I’d be moving out now, you have such patience. Well done.

[@hscott8820]

Bloomin fab mate, I think it looks great so far; and those gaps you point out (if you ever notice them again) will only add to it's character once it's finished. Just wait til you're sitting under it with a beer..! All the best.

[@nigelsansom2407]

This is a great vid Tim, it’s looking really good. I think this is a perfect illustration of why ‘Line, Level & Plumb’ old school scribe rule method is really hard compared to ‘Square Rule’ though. I’m not being critical, I think you’re great!

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Looks brilliant to me. It will move in any case as wood dries out more. Great job.

[@ImmyBravv]

Great info and use of tools. I like your chain saw router thingy you use but too dangerous for me lol keep up the hard work lad :)

[@MrSailstone]

Excellent video and build Tim! Thank you

[@davidstorie5781]

You’re a good explainer of what your going to do.

[@amateurvegan2636]

Cracking job, a couple mm tolerance on rough oak framing with multiple joints is still quality work!

[@gregwarner3753]

Suggest you add diagonal bracing on all three planes. Even given the stiffness of a large mortis and pegged tenon joint an unbranded bent can lozenge into a trapazoid under a large enough load.

[@Onemanandhisshed]

You could use a chop saw and set the depth stop to cut the shoulders? I love your morticer!

[@bh9275]

For tightening the join, take a multi tool and shave down the parts that a touching. Those morticed braces are probably overkill for such a low structure with no real weight on it. If there was a house on top or if a bridge maybe. Lag screws or coach bolts would do the trick for a backyard pergola. I appreciate of course the learning experience but for those without the time or tools this wouldn’t be required.

[@brianfield792]

Tim,that looks great,the braces look really good, I like the big solid timbers, I guess they must be 8x8 ,nice one,

[@kennethtalbott2233]

use a router for your tenons on the braces. loads easier. you can leave the tenons long and trench cut them so the router doesn't tilt.

[@williamoconnell4253]

Nice job, hopefully, it pulls tighter when you peg it!

[@markduncan6690]

Good Work! Photography is spot on!!

[@DukeofDave]

I can promise you you don't see those holes after a year or two..... Don't get me wrong, they are there, but the splits, twists, and gaps that will appear are part of the structure and you will love them. I certainly don't look at the gaps in mine and worry about them at all. The only thing I do notice is the only non stainless bolt I used that has almost completely corroded away in 3 years!

[@pandashoots]

fantastic workmanship! shame so few tradesmen don't take enough care. 🤔

[@CymruSam]

Have you gone through both sides of the mortice with the holes for the draw bore? Only seen one side on video (can’t blame you for not flipping those beams over though). Draw bore needs to go through both sides to properly pull the joint tight. Great work! Loving these videos!

[@dogstar5572]

Yep. Your right. It’s a force joint used for newel posts.

[@dogstar5572]

Offset?

[@janedrewel1329]

Love your videos. thanks so much for entertaining me.

[@stejclfc]

I FRICKIN LOVE YOU TIM!

[@masherco]

Try a number10 carriage plane for your tenons

[@minkybear9929]

Looking great.

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

The reason why we Americans often have braces with a end cut, is because they are much stronger than just the pegs

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

They don’t get pegs because they work in sets of 2 or more

[@george7844]

How about a router for the shoulders

[@alfievennerwoodcock2944]

it would save your back if you made a few trestles to work on

[@pawelstobierski7103]

Good tunes

[@seanmeehan1246]

Where did you get the massive chisel from? It’s phenomenal 👌🏻 only recently discovered your channel and I am absolutely hooked!! Love everything you do, keep up the great work!!

[@nigelsansom2407]

Try Classic Hand Tools in Essex. They sell the Robert Sorby chisels like Tim has, but also stock some brilliant Barr chisels from USA (bench and framing chisels) as well as the much bigger timber framing slicks that are great for scarf joints and cleaning up large surfaces. Classic Hand Tools have a website and will deliver. However, if you want to get totally carried away you could go visit John Neeman's forge in Estonia (Northmen Guild) which makes the most amazing chisels, axes and knives (but this might be a bit too keen I know...).

[@thehunter3884]

Hi how much did the timber costs come to on this project thinking of something similar cheers

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Around £950. You could scale back the timber sizes and softwood rafters to help keep costs down.

[@deltafox9429]

good job ;-)

[@user-kc1vt7id6m]

💣

[@samsherlock3652]

I think a shoulder plane would help you for flattening the cheeks of your tenons

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Ordered one that day, has proven very valuable on the joints I have done since.

[@samsherlock3652]

The Restoration Couple they are very handy to have for joinery, I don’t do anything to your scale but for trimming things to fit perfectly they are amazing

[@combows]

Gaps side , credit where credit is due ;)

[@marcushorsley4019]

the pegs will pull those gaps closed don't worry.

[@JK-kk6fc]

How on earth are you going to place it in situ? 😂

[@TheRestorationCouple]

That we will face when we get there! :-)

[@JK-kk6fc]

The Restoration Couple haha it’ll definitely need to be in a video cause it’s going to interesting 😂

[@azza1793]

Have you not since his kids helping in other videos?

[@JK-kk6fc]

Azza 179 true 😂