timber joints
Beam meeting points
Timber joints are the connections where wooden structural members meet and are fastened together.
Traditional joinery uses interlocking cuts—mortise and tenon, dovetail, lap joints—that rely on the wood's own geometry for strength.
Modern timber joints often incorporate metal connectors, bolts, or adhesives.
The barn's original timber joints had held for two centuries.
- tongue-and-grooveInterlocking plank connection method
- dovetailJoin by interlocking parts
- mortise and tenonSocket-and-projection wood joint
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- joineryFitting wood pieces together