I'd like to use angle brackets on the bottom of shed uprights due to the rot
issue too. I guess in my case finding suitable long brackets is going to be
reasonably easy, but I sure as hell am not sitting on the floor in a shed in
81 degree f heat!
Brian

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I have a large shed with 6" x 3" timber uprights resting on a stub block
wall. The bottom 2-3 feet of the posts is rotten so I want to splice-in
some new timber. I can't think how to cut a decent lap joint in the bottom
end of the remaining upright so I'm tempted to butt join the timber and add
steel plates (fish plates?) on each side - at a guess these would be around
150 wide 450 long and a few mm thick.

Suggestions welcomed for how to cut a lap joint on the bottom of a bit of
timber that's waggling in the breeze, or for a source of suitable steel
plates.