Splicing Oak Beams to Make Them Longer - The Tapered Splice

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#Joinery #Woodworking

[patrickbishop]

Just a thought - you could add a narrow rail of plywood either side of the raised bit in the middle of the joint and use a router to bring it all to the same level

[vanzipper]

what a pleasure to watch and yet I am in the business

[rogerbean]

Bloody hell that’s one hell of a chisel ! Great video

[colingraham]

Proper big buys carpentry with a slick, a telehandler and a chain saw with such a great end result! Proper job.

[TheNorthernmunky]

Fantastic skills mate, glad you’re keeping the magic going! Great to watch, could watch all day!

[raydriver]

That was bloody brilliant and you have every right to be well chuffed with that. Love the way you use traditional and modern techniques and tools. Isn’t it useful to have the big farm equipment at hand too? 🌞

[kevinbland]

Axminister do a nice stair gauge set that fit onto your roofing square make using the roofing square a bit easier.

[cernunnoskali]

My favourite join, I call it a Jupiter scarf ( like a lightning bolt). Stronger with a slightly sharper angle at the ends, instead of 90. I've put these in ridge beams on a cathedral roof, with no support other than rafters, no movement in the join at all, even before rafters.

[disklamer]

Great choice of joinery, this kind of scarf joint is a lovely dependable tradition to join beams, support towards the center is another of those crafty details. +1 for using just about every possible tool!

[robhunt]

Could you possibly give some information about how you set out the scarf joints, with an idea regarding length and angles, please 🙏

Kind regards

Rob 🇳🇿

[lafamillecarrington]

Super job!
Does that giant chisel have a name? Ans how easy is it to sharpen?

[daftDAFdriver]

You need to invest in some prober trestles, that beam moving around was freaking me out when u were making precision cuts 😂

[geordieperrie]

Did you do the drawing for this timber frame yourself?

[whirled_peas]

I’d recommend for future scarfs to use a hooked design whereby the wedge(s) have full contact with each piece. Wedges sitting in a trench in each piece means they have half contact on each and leaves gaps/uneven contact. Also a more acute angle on the end gives it more strength, slight acute angle (or square which you see in america often which is just silly frankly) can allow them to slip away. I have a (terrible) video on my channel showing how to lay one out

[ridgmont]

Could you use the chain morticer to get the chainsaw cut perpendicular?

[thomaswilliams]

Do those back strips grip the timber? Always thought was bit of design flaw that you have no grip when using narrow prices

[mrnormski]

I been wondering over the course of these videos what the weight of this project is & what weight of timber youve bèen manhandling lifting the parts to be cut etc.

[brentjenkinsdesigns]

Isn't that sometimes called a scarf joint? Or maybe a scarf splice?

[danthechippie]

Is it not called a scarf joint?
Great job

[jonathanhasmail]

I wondered whether you’d be using a Festool SSU200 to cut these joints, then I saw how spendy they are! Cracking job with the tools you had at hand. 😊