Timber Frame Pergola Build: Part 2 - Hand planed Round Posts, Scribe Fit, and Post Joinery

Second part of a series on building this timber frame pergola using Japanese timber framing techniques. In this video I turn squared timbers into round, hand planed posts, scribe fit them to the foundation stones, and cut all the joinery on these posts.
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[@fredbosch5392]

I can just smell that Port Orford cedar. Nice work.

[@Neverstopbuilding]

thanks!

[@AeonCatalyst]

so does a round bottom plane need to have a radius equal to the radius of the post? also, I would think the longer the better since you are sort of expecting to "joint" the post this way - do they come in longer lengths?

[@andrewanderson4281]

Did you use a regular grinder disc for the power sanding?