Compound Joinery

Dormer rafter

We specialize in unique designs, and difficult designs.  One tricky thing about carpentry is compound joinery.  Whenever you have roof lines intersect, whether it is cross gables, dormers, hips, etc., you have to have compound joinery.  The beauty of timber framing is that you can get that joinery into the beam itself.  This means that you have to set your saw at something other than a 90 degree angle.

Most people have circular saws at home.  Have you ever noticed that you can set your saw at any angle from 45 degrees to 90 degrees?  Well the same is true of our 16" Makita saws.  And whenever you have a compound joint you have to set your saw at the necessary angle.

Our craftsmen are skilled at getting those cuts right, and making the timbers beautiful.