I attended a Fox Maple workshop in the late 90's, they were marking some odd braces with marks on tenons, just penciled words which would allow them to be placed in the frame in proper order, the words used could have one banned from some forums. Is this anything done in historic buildings, hidden marriage marks? This goes along with the other thread I started "scrib or square rule", There was no marriage marks at all, visible.

Don, the wall work or replacement was the post themselves, the first barn had newer oak post on one wall. I was wondering if it was the same oriented wall as the second barn, south and south. I saw, in the 2nd barn, the posts on one wall in very much need of fixing. The one under the repaired tie almost gone its whole length, rotten. Tim