I made a specific effort to design this barn in such a way that no single
piece would be too heavy for me to lift. I am not a particularly big guy,
nor am I getting any younger. My design calls for no pieces linger than 12'.
This necessitates a scarf joint to form the top plate of the 22' long walls.

This is a "stop-splayed undersquinted and tabled with wedges scarf
joint".... it takes nearly as long to say as it does to cut (not really).

I got the joint design from this document:

http://www.tfguild.org/joinery/part6.pdf

-Steve








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