My first drawing in my previous post was based on Mr. Brungraber's
table on page 75 of the red book. That joint is drawn to the min. specs based on a peg dia. of 1.0"...provided I understand the table correctly.
Don,
To me, the link you last posted for peg spacing, paints a totally different picture then the sketch in the red book.
One thing I noticed is there was no specs for a 1.0" peg. What's with all these oddball sizes of pegs. How many peg dies does a man gotta make?
It doesn't make sense to invent a new joint for every situation you might come across. These tables and and formulas would have us doing just that if we didn't have common sense.
Since Engineers like doing math so much, would it be possible for someone to fill in the blanks for a table of our design (the common timber joiner).
Perhaps we should start a new thread where we could exchange ideas about what we would like to see in a design hand book that would benefit us because we would actually be able understand and use it.
What would really be neat is if a lot more members participated in these forums and were not afraid to speak their minds...respectfully.
Thane
