Strong Joint - Timber Frame Roof Truss II

Timber Frame - tension joinery - Tie Beam to Post - hand made. How to connect vertical & horizontal timber with a Wedged & Pegged Half Dove-Tailed Through Shoulder Tenon and a naturally curved brace. Similar to japanese 'Kashigi Oozier Hobo Sash'. Traditional wood working with hand tools. Most used? Best joint? 'This is one of the most interesting and effective joints in timber framing.' writes Steve Chappell in his book 'A Timber Framer's Workshop'
More Information in the text below & subtitles.

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00:00 Intro & Marking the shouldered Mortise
02:55 Mortise into the Post
06:49 Dovetail Detail
10:56 Tenon to the Beam
20:12 curved Brace
28:25 different Brace Styles


What makes this joint so valuable?
Dew to the pegs and specially the wedged half dovetail this joint can resist tensile forces. The brace gives stability to resist side forces. The weight of the roof is smoothly guided to the post through the shoulder and the tenon. All together, a very strong choice to connect a post to a beam.
Also very pleasant at least to my eye.

Is a curved brace as strong as a straight one?
I do not have any approved evidence for it, but to my feeling both can be very strong. Some years ago, an old carpenter told me, that 'What looks good usually also stands good'. Well, this might depend much on an individuals taste ;-)

What will this timber be used for?
There is an old log cabin in the woods - it needs a roof truss renew. The roof itself will stay as it is.
This is the second video on this project. In the previous, i show one other interesting part of the new structure, in the next you might see the ready frame - let's see..