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Heavy-Duty Post Brackets ?? James 06-12-2006
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Posted by Goedjn on June 14, 2006, 10:24 am
wrote:

>Phil, thank you and others for helpful replies. I will check on those
>names.
>
>I welcome further comments on this.
>


I can't help wondering why you're using metal connectors,
when it sounds like you're building a timber-frame building.
Why not go with pegged mortice and tennon?


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Posted by James on June 14, 2006, 8:56 pm
The reason why I am using metal connectors is that I like them.


--James--



Posted by Bobk207 on June 12, 2006, 11:59 pm

Phil Scott wrote:
> --
> Phil Scott
> Ideas are bullet proof.
> > In a previous post James wrote...
> >> I am looking for heavy-duty brackets and straps, probably
> >> 3/16 of an inch
> >> thick. Widths would be in the three-inch range and the
> >> lengths would vary
> >> from 5 to 8 inches or so. Simpson products are not what I
> >> wish to use, I
> >> want something that not only is more robust in terms of
> >> strength, but also
> >> will have the rustic, heavy-duty "look." Unless they
> >> come painted
> >> black, I plan to paint them black, so I guess they will
> >> look like wrought
> >> iron.
> >>
> >
> > To get this type of bracket in this thickness you will have
> > to have them
> > custom made. I am not aware of any manufacturer who uses
> > 3/16" material.
> >
> > One note: if there is a Simpson Factory "fab shop" in your
> > area, they can
> > also make custom brackets of the dimensions you need.
> > however, I'm
> > guessing that a local steel fabricator can probably do the
> > job cheaper.
>
>
> Red Hat, or maybe its White Hat an industrial building supply
> in san francisco has heavy steel brackets of all types. beam
> to post supports in 3/16" steel, I dont recall if they had
> supports for embedding posts that that thick... the mfgr who
> made the beam and post brackets though probably makes post
> embedment items.... call some local industrial building
> supplies they probably have catalogues on such items.
>
>
> Phil Scott
>
> >
> > --
> > Bob Morrison, PE, SE
> > R L Morrison Engineering Co
> > Structural & Civil Engineering
> > Poulsbo WA
> > bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com



That would be WhiteCap I believe :)

cheers
Bob


Posted by Phil Scott on June 13, 2006, 1:22 am


--
Phil Scott
Ideas are bullet proof.
>
> Phil Scott wrote:
>> --
>> Phil Scott
>> Ideas are bullet proof.
>> > In a previous post James wrote...
>> >> I am looking for heavy-duty brackets and straps,
>> >> probably
>> >> 3/16 of an inch
>> >> thick. Widths would be in the three-inch range and the
>> >> lengths would vary
>> >> from 5 to 8 inches or so. Simpson products are not
>> >> what I
>> >> wish to use, I
>> >> want something that not only is more robust in terms of
>> >> strength, but also
>> >> will have the rustic, heavy-duty "look." Unless
>> >> they
>> >> come painted
>> >> black, I plan to paint them black, so I guess they will
>> >> look like wrought
>> >> iron.
>> >>
>> >
>> > To get this type of bracket in this thickness you will
>> > have
>> > to have them
>> > custom made. I am not aware of any manufacturer who uses
>> > 3/16" material.
>> >
>> > One note: if there is a Simpson Factory "fab shop" in
>> > your
>> > area, they can
>> > also make custom brackets of the dimensions you need.
>> > however, I'm
>> > guessing that a local steel fabricator can probably do
>> > the
>> > job cheaper.
>>
>>
>> Red Hat, or maybe its White Hat an industrial building
>> supply
>> in san francisco has heavy steel brackets of all types.
>> beam
>> to post supports in 3/16" steel, I dont recall if they had
>> supports for embedding posts that that thick... the mfgr
>> who
>> made the beam and post brackets though probably makes post
>> embedment items.... call some local industrial building
>> supplies they probably have catalogues on such items.
>>
>>
>> Phil Scott
>>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bob Morrison, PE, SE
>> > R L Morrison Engineering Co
>> > Structural & Civil Engineering
>> > Poulsbo WA
>> > bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
>
>
>
> That would be WhiteCap I believe :)

OK ok...if you had been dropped on your head as a small child
you would have a few glitches too.

I ran into those guys when I was doing a houseboat deck for a
guy in the Marina by Pac Bell park in SF....welded aluminum
frame, with nautical cabling, and tapered yellow ballou planks
laid out in a fan shape... it got rave reviews.


Phil Scott

>
> cheers
> Bob
>



Posted by JTMcC on June 12, 2006, 7:06 pm

>
>
>
> I am building a woodshed, using 4 X 6 's as the super-structure. I
> need a strong method of joining the posts together, and plan to use steel
> straps T-shaped brackets, and L-shaped brackets at various places to join
> some of the posts.
>
>
> I am looking for heavy-duty brackets and straps, probably 3/16 of an inch
> thick. Widths would be in the three-inch range and the lengths would
> vary
> from 5 to 8 inches or so. Simpson products are not what I wish to use, I
> want something that not only is more robust in terms of strength, but also
> will have the rustic, heavy-duty "look." Unless they come painted
> black, I plan to paint them black, so I guess they will look like wrought
> iron.
>
> I can't find anywhere to puchase this type of product. Before posting
> here,
> I have googled "post brackets", "angle brackets" , "construction
> brackets" and many other similar descriptions, but I cannot find
> anywhere
> near what I am looking for.
>
> Yes, I know that I can make up drawings and go to a machine shop and have
> some stuff made up, but I am sure it would be cheaper and save me some
> time
> if I could find a source for these items.
>
> Do any of you have any ideas of locating a source for what I am looking
> for
> ??
>
> Thanks for any suggestions !!!
>
> --James--

That's a simple job for your local neighborhood welding shop. They can even
apply an even more "rustic look" by hammering the material.

JTMcC.


>
>



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