"flash" wrote in message
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I have a large pile of wood outside that is hopefully going to become an
allotment shed, following the demise of my previous much loved item :
http://www.flashgorman.com/shed.jpg

Naturally being an allotment shed I want to build it for absolutely no
money
at all and the wood I have is all scavenged FOC.

This policy has left me lacking some big fence post type bits of wood to
make up the four corners of the shed. I do have some thick timbers but
they
are all three foot long, so what I want to do is join them together
somewho
to make six foot posts.

Anyone know the best way to do this? All the joints I have seen are for
joining stuff at right angles.

Or maybe there is another way of doing it?

Cheers


Half and half joints would do this for you. Measure half the thickness of
the timber and mark it from end to about four inches in. Do the same with
another post. Cut down to half the thickness, then cut off from the end to
the cut down.

You should have two posts that will marry up to give a full thickness post
with a hidden joint. You can glue and screw through to make the join good
and strong.