have some pics up on the web at:
http://www.piczo.com/wpltree?g=18210278&cr=1 sorry for the ads, it's a free server.
we have now settled on using the bracket plan in our joinery level workshop. It is the same connection one might find at the post top/plate, with a brace, of course.
more pics sometime soon, we have 3 more courses booked this fall.
