Recent content by JohnMi

A view of the frame

This is the end result

I will post some pictures once it is all done if I live long enough to see the end of it.

so to update you. I ended up dong them to 22mm octagonal shape. And tested. That did not go well. A few of them went in 3/4 of the way and got stuck. The rest I reduced further with the belt sander. I got the belt sander secured upside down and running and just rolled the dowels on the belt...

the ends are tapered. I do not have a dowel plate. I have a table saw that i am using to cut them into shape

well the last project is this very same project. It started one way and transitioned into this now. I removed the concrete posts and will be putting in a green oak frame in. The dowels are octagonal because i bought them from a timber framing guy in wales and he claimed octagonal ones are easier...

Hi, I am doing a Green Oak Timber Frame for the first time. I have octagonal oak dowels. I have drilled holes in the oak where it will be joined with the dowels with a 22mm drill bit. I am not sure what the size of the dowels need to be as they are octagonal. I am making the "m" measurement...

Hi, I watched videos of how to build a green oak frame . Saw they put a metal pin at the base going down into the footing. Does it matter how thick that metal rod is? My beams are 200x200 and I have A4 stainless steel threaded rods i am thinking of using they are 10mm . I was thinking to put...

This is how i imagine it to be. It is all for decoration purposes really.

I “trimmed” the posts today. It should be a much easier job now. Thanks for your help and ideas.

There is nothing special that I want really. No room or roof structure. Just a wall. The posts are there as existing posts and I want to cover them just so they are not visible. I like the look of the oak and I love it when it just looks solid. This is in my own garden. I am also doing this as...

I really do not want to cut the concrete posts down…maybe if I allow 5 mm for shrinking and expanding and use long bolts to keep them together it would work ?

I got a makita 5903R circular saw with a 235 mm cutting blade and guide rails . The saw can make 80mm deep cuts (which is the exact depth i need) at a 90 degrees angle. The saw is quite heavy and hard to handle but i think it has the capacity to do the cuts. I will cut and chisel out a 55x80mm...

Yes I want the support of the concrete post which goes 80 cm deep in the ground bellow and i want a vertical oak post to cover the concrete as i want to turn this space into an outdoor kitchen with all natural materials. Thank you so much for the suggestions. I think i will cut the sides of the...

Hi guys, Please have a look at the pictures. I want to cut out an inverted T shaped section in an oak sleeper so it can slide on top of an existing concrete post. You can see the shape i want to cut out drawn on the side of the wood. It is 6ft or 1.8m in length the section that i want to cut...