Timber joints
There is nothing new about timber joints and the associated fixings. Archaeologists discovered a 7000-year-old well in Leipzig, Germany with joints we would recognise. The Romans would give a slave a piece of hand-forged round iron and a file to make screws! This book examines the history of joints and fasteners and their modern application.
The book also looks at the direction that fasteners are headed. An important chapter in the book is a discussion about whether to use galvanised or stainless fasteners in an exposed situation.
Timber joints are a subject without end
Timber joints are limited only to human ingenuity. This book cannot hope to be exhaustive but it is useful. You will enjoy the discussion of the development from, complex labour intensive joints to those that are quick but extremely effective,
The book concludes with a number pf case histories of joints in interesting stryctures such as the Tamedia building where the main members have no fixings.