If you've mentioned this in another video - please let me know, I'll look again:) What species are your timbers and spline joint? and the over all size of your timbers and spline - and why you choose those dimensions... Thanks!
I've not. Apologies I started the channel a bit ad hoc. I'm using mostly eastern white pine for the shop. The spline is 2x10x5' black walnut. It is way overkill for my needs. My white pine posts are 7x10" and the tie beams are 7x12". The reason for the extra girth in the tie beams was so that I could add in a loft. I'm going to do a video later this fall going over my design. I started making some videos due to bad information on the chain mortisers I kept coming across and as I made videos it has grown and people are asking the design questions so in hind sight I wish I'd started with what I'm building and why. Oh well as they say hindsight is 20/20. Thanks for watching and I hope they are useful. Also the reason I do this longer marking for my splines is due to the fact that I have a 5' long spline.
Just wondering. You took the time to take any bow out by chalk lining from end to end and marking your mortices along those lines. You mortiser was them clamped to the joist. Wouldn't it follow any bow too? Must adjust on the fly if necessary? Never used one but planning a barn. Hoping to learn the easy way instead of the hard way.
I had to adjust the mortiser along the cut yes. I couldn't just leave it at the original settings so I adjusted it to the lines. It usually isn't that bad but sometimes it has a larger bow in it that requires more than a tweak. That's how I handled the bow.
This is designed to take a tension load. A scarf joint is typically designed to handle compression from a roof for example. So the spline would keep the joint from pulling apart but wouldn't take a lot of downward pressure from say a roof or a floor above. I'm not a structural engineer but those are the basic differences. Again that doesn't mean they both can't do the job it just depends on species, size and design of the joint or spline.
It does. I've bought a nicer microphone for outdoors but it still picks up road noise and on some days the wind still gets picked up. I will continue to improve on that front.
@@samuelwilliamsii828 Sam apologies on that. I'll pay more attention in the editing. I've had it cut in and out at times due to the wind. It seems the gopro tries to adjust for wind and the gusts mess it up. Thanks for watching and I'm working on the audio issues.
If you've mentioned this in another video - please let me know, I'll look again:) What species are your timbers and spline joint? and the over all size of your timbers and spline - and why you choose those dimensions... Thanks!
I've not. Apologies I started the channel a bit ad hoc. I'm using mostly eastern white pine for the shop. The spline is 2x10x5' black walnut. It is way overkill for my needs. My white pine posts are 7x10" and the tie beams are 7x12". The reason for the extra girth in the tie beams was so that I could add in a loft.
I'm going to do a video later this fall going over my design. I started making some videos due to bad information on the chain mortisers I kept coming across and as I made videos it has grown and people are asking the design questions so in hind sight I wish I'd started with what I'm building and why. Oh well as they say hindsight is 20/20.
Thanks for watching and I hope they are useful. Also the reason I do this longer marking for my splines is due to the fact that I have a 5' long spline.
Just wondering. You took the time to take any bow out by chalk lining from end to end and marking your mortices along those lines. You mortiser was them clamped to the joist. Wouldn't it follow any bow too? Must adjust on the fly if necessary? Never used one but planning a barn. Hoping to learn the easy way instead of the hard way.
I had to adjust the mortiser along the cut yes. I couldn't just leave it at the original settings so I adjusted it to the lines. It usually isn't that bad but sometimes it has a larger bow in it that requires more than a tweak. That's how I handled the bow.
This joint strong enough compared to a scarf joint? Curious.
This is designed to take a tension load. A scarf joint is typically designed to handle compression from a roof for example. So the spline would keep the joint from pulling apart but wouldn't take a lot of downward pressure from say a roof or a floor above.
I'm not a structural engineer but those are the basic differences. Again that doesn't mean they both can't do the job it just depends on species, size and design of the joint or spline.
War Damn Eagle!!!
WDE back Rob
@@peanut_knife_works8417 Are you located in Alabama?
@@cutthecord3gn689 I'm from south georgia but went to college at Georgia Southern and Auburn years back. I now live in Virginia.
@@peanut_knife_works8417 ahh ok Roll Tide!
@@cutthecord3gn689 War Eagle Back at you LOL.
Sad. They don't make houses like they used to.
Sound needs work
It does. I've bought a nicer microphone for outdoors but it still picks up road noise and on some days the wind still gets picked up. I will continue to improve on that front.
It's not the road noise. It's cutting in and out.
@@samuelwilliamsii828 Sam apologies on that. I'll pay more attention in the editing. I've had it cut in and out at times due to the wind. It seems the gopro tries to adjust for wind and the gusts mess it up.
Thanks for watching and I'm working on the audio issues.