I bought these old wooden brackets several years ago and have been trying to figure out where to use them. I picked them up at the great architectural salvage place nearby. I decided that I would make a front porch arbor over the front door. The brackets were in bad shape but made well but I had to do a lot of repair work to them.
Also, I need to reinforce them to make them stronger. I took the router and created a surface area on the back side of the bracket. This way, I could attach heavy metal brackets to reinforce them that would be hidden. The brackets will sit inside a cedar 2x4 frame and I practiced making the bevels on the band saw to get them perfect. That was all I could get done this afternoon. However, tomorrow, I will bevel the cedar and attach them and then paint them. I love geeking out on the band saw!
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