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"You'll need to read a book or two and buy a few hundred $ of chisels." There is a third way ... timber framing with steel column caps and timber connectors, e
by rsync 4y ago
"You'll need to read a book or two and buy a few hundred $ of chisels."
There is a third way ... timber framing with steel column caps and timber connectors, etc. ... steel plates from Simpson that you connect with lag or through bolts.
- simonsarris 4y agoYeah, though this would greatly increase the expense over the chisels, I'd think. For my build you need one 1.5" and one 2" chisel (I have Sorby, ~$125 each), though a 2.5" slick is nice to have. And then some sharpening stones.
- bewaretheirs 4y agoBut see the recent discussion of the failure of a bridge in Norway which used wood beams connected by steel elements -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33907276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33907276
- nkrisc 4y agoBut it's also a shed, not a bridge.
- mikeyouse 4y agoThe simple solution is to not repeatedly drive a dump truck over your shed.
- hinkley 4y ago“I think I see the problem here.”
- el_benhameen 4y ago“It’s a shed, not a bridge” is a great engineering slogan.
- adolph 4y agoBoth are fine for bikes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality