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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking
Subject: Timber frame joint rings
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:27:39 -0400
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Does anyone have experience with using metal rings to reinforce timber frame 
joints?
https://www.splitringconnectors.com/

I'm thinking of cutting some scrap 1-1/2" steel tubing (1.66" OD, like water 
pipe) into rings that could be split open to fit into the kerf of a 1-3/4" 
hole saw. They would mainly take the shear stress on diagonal braces of the 
replacement shed frame I'm building from 5" square oak. 5" made full use of 
the logs I slabbed to 21" wide to fit between the uprights of my bandsaw 
mill.

The joints can be drilled 1/4" for trial assembly, then the 1/4" holes used 
to pilot the hole saw into the joining faces of the disassembled frame, to 
align the ring kerfs. A lag screw will pull the joint together but not have 
to hold all the shear force between the brace and frame. This avoids a metal 
splice plate on the outside that would wear holes in the tarp covering. The 
tarps open completely to dry the lumber stored inside.

tia, jsw