Journey into Timber Framing techniques.

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 ...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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....