Timber Framers Guild Forums Tools Timberframe Design cutting curves in brace stock

if you are considering cutting the curves with hand tools, it can help to leave two braces connected in one length...we recently used a circular saw to score the curves, then an electric chainsaw to rough score the waste wood, then an adze to finish the curve..a time consuming process, but the braces look good. It was a lot easier to clamp and work on the curves when we left 2 braces together, end to end...