Learning To Timber Frame Made Easy Part 3: Laying Out A Brace

[@timcisneros1351]

Reminds me of your earlier videos. The ones that got me started down the rabbit hole. Timber Framing the easy way?? Hahaha, some labor required. I've lost 25 lbs. and can easily pick up one end of a 300 lb. Timber. And I'm only 64 years old. Imagine what I'll be able to do when I'm 70! LOL

[@Tellular]

It’s been a year since I last watched this and I wish I could like it twice. You’ve really done a great job.

[@phillwillison3]

Lovin this channel. Exactly what I need to keep progressing on my project

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Excellent, reach out if you have questions.

[@ssx2channel977]

Good job of explaining how to layout and cut a brace. Love the scent of pine in the morning. Stay safe.💚💜👏⚒⚒

[@danryan3146]

Using your knee to brace the knee brace...hilarious! Good refresher, Jim...I find the use of the framing square tables really interesting.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Howdy Dan

[@pamelaarescurrinaga8201]

Certainly a different environment there in the woodshop, than outside on the concrete slab with the snow blowing. Stick-to-itiveness is a valuable character trait.

[@bruce1816]

Thanks Jim, good job.

[@zeplandfarms4743]

New to all things timber frame...appreciate your time

[@xxfaction6xx]

Awesome series man. Thanks. I look forward to watching the next one in a minute

[@e.r.1492]

Really nice of you to do all this work to help. I’m learning all I can from this. 👍🏻

[@bobsickinger6017]

Outstanding Channel!!!

[@pwengert1]

You do such a great job of explaining things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Great work.

[@bricyclezenrun1044]

Thanks for this Timber Frame Review vids, It is hard to find a comprehensive series on KZbin. I have watch many of your previous timber frame build videos of your workshop. I find you balance in your views and I like your sense of humor. Brian of Colorado.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Thank you Brian. I try to show it right so people can build their own.

[@TheLightningLou]

Those hands are in perfect calibration.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Good morning Lee

[@grahamallen3941]

Hi Jim, that was a lovely explanation of how to lay out. Looking forward to the next one! Very straight forward and easy to follow. Thank you. .Take care and be safe. Graham 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍♥️

[@SilverBack.]

Prof great tutorial video, Good to see you I hope You and all the family are keeping clear of COVID, fires and the trouble going around 😊😊😊😊😊

[@alexwilson9311]

Thanks again for furthering our education in timber framing Jim have a great weekend 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@Fight2BeFreeNeverGiveUp]

Hi Jim I'm enjoying your videos on timber framing I think you need to get yourself an extractor Just thinking for your health Buddy. At the same time I am enjoying learning from your videos.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

I finally wear a respirator in the blacksmith shop.

[@petershale9940]

Greetings from australia, another good video Jim cheers stay safe.

[@kmarch6630]

I hope you do a play list for these tutorials. My other half loves to try something he's never done and is challenge. He's never built something like this but I'm sure he will if he's walked through it like you're doing.

[@LellandLilly]

As always Jim, a pleasure to watch. You would have been an amazing shop teacher in high school.

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

Great tutorial Mr Jim. Keep them coming.

[@Grunt49]

Great craftsmanship

[@michaelkroeger2047]

Evening Jim, nice series. M

[@JamesSmith-hx3lp]

Very impressive, but above my pay grade, but doable thanks for the video! Have a good one.

[@danielw.hanninen1176]

Timber framing is very interesting, I'm currently cutting beams for the floor supports over my basement. I haven't cut any joints yet but it's going to be interesting when I get started. Keep up the great videos Jim, I'm sure it's going to help me greatly.!! Dsn.

[@thomasarussellsr]

Morning, Jim. Loving the man-glitter again. Still wishing you would use breathing protection with power tools. And hoping you don't regret not using it one of these days. Just looking out for your future health, friend. Great explanation on the brace, the square chart, and the offset for the housing. The only thing I would do differently would be to cut the other direction when cutting the little tip off with the circular saw, having the weight of the saw on the board instead of hanging over the tip in the air. It kinda twisted right before the small piece cut off. Any way, great video, can't wait to see the joints come together. Thanks for sharing this with us. L8R.

[@twagner6155]

Nice job as always.

[@CrimeVid]

Windbracing is usually diagonal battens nailed on the underside of rafters as far as I know, I have seen it in technical books but have never come across it in real life. People keep giving me braces, one day I’ll put new jaws into them !

[@larrymeier8164]

Hi Jim I'm doing a timber frame entry I have 6x6 posts with 4 x6 brace and I want to put my brace in the middle of the post. If I move my housing over to the middle do my braces look like yours or do I take the same amount off of each side of the brace?

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

You can still do them this same way, helluva lot easier and faster.

[@rickayers3150]

Hi jim, thanks that was realy helpful

[@markatwater7359]

Thanks for all the help with your videos. I had a question only laying out a 3/4 inch housing. You measure up 3/8ths for your 1/2 inch housing what is the measurement I would measure up for 3/4? Is it just 5/8ths? I was wondering how you came up with that measurement. Thanks!

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Good morning. Draw a 45* line on a board and measure 3/4" on the 45* line from the edge (actually measure 3/4" to match the line). Mark it and then measure at a 90* from the edge to the mark and that will give you the measurement you need.

[@steinerfarm]

great video thanks

[@ericeller9750]

Love it!!!

[@guyjones4936]

I have my Great Grandad's framing square and on the brace charts, all my fractions are off by exactly 1/100 from yours. I know that small detail has no real effect on layout. I just wonder if that varies by manufacturer or if it changed at a specific time due to more accurate math being applied. (The silly shit my brain wants to know)

[@joseortiz5965]

Awesome

[@embwee]

Okay, you need to make sure that one side is square and work from there in setting the mortise and tenons (Part 1 & 2) but won't this affect the fit of the brace into the post and beam that joins into the underside of the post/beam that is not necessarily square? Thanks for these videos!

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Basically you have to cut the underside joinery square with the faces that are square. It sounds more complicated than it is. I'm doing another timber frame soon and hopefully I can do a better job teaching it this time.

[@embwee]

@@TheTradesmanChannel Thanks for your speedy reply!

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

No problem

[@bryanmoir]

What type of router bit and size did you use?

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

It is a 1" diameter x 1-1/2" long, 1/2" shank Freud bit.

[@ccswede]

How did you het that “ new” shop stool out of the house? Does she know?

[@user-qf7lq5ym4o]

Anyone have a table for knee braces?/ Know what I should use I've gone for a 160cm width X 200cm height post and beam Arbor, but want to have some knee braces.

[@user-qf7lq5ym4o]

62.99 width X 78.74 height in inches

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

You would probably be fine with a 24" brace layout, maybe even a 30" brace layout. Usually I make my braces 4"x6", you might be able to use 3"x5" braces.

[@somedude-lc5dy]

why not cut these to match by laying them on the timber? are you assuming you don't have any timber cut yet?

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

If you were doing a scribe rule timber frame you would probably do it exactly like what you're saying. When doing the square rule you're making it so that you can cut all of your pieces at once, meaning you can cut all your braces at once and then move on to cutting all your wall post mortises and tenons at once and so forth.

[@somedude-lc5dy]

@@TheTradesmanChannel , ok, that makes sense. Describing the difference between those two methods could be an interesting video

[@charminghollowforge1109]

I’d really like to pick your brain about an upcoming project.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

I'd be happy to once the family and I are over the Rona.

[@charminghollowforge1109]

Prayers man that’s rough pneumonia and it took my father in law two weeks ago.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

I'm sorry to hear that. It's a nasty business but we're slowly getting better. The wife's entire family got it, even the vaccinated ones.

[@Edgardocelectric007]

Dam at 65 I’m learning something new, and who saids you can’t teach an old dog 🐶 new tricks

[@kurtdietrich3533]

Do as I say, not as I do! LOL

[@GeorgeJirout]

👍

[@Jim-Wade]

It's a right-handed world but that mean we lefties learn to function better in weird situations because we are forced to do many things with our right hand.

[@MadebyKourmoulis]

My wife doesn't like the blacksmith smell either.

[@thenorthernhandyman]

Holy shit all this imperal fractions is making me twitch 😂 try metric alot easier.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Here in the U S of A we prefer to stick to a more complicated and outdated way of doing things just for the simple practise of scratching our heads. It's a good time.

[@thenorthernhandyman]

@@TheTradesmanChannel yeah I can tell for sure, I can handle imperial but it takes five times as long😂