After much debate, we decided we DID want some sort of metal connection between the concrete footings and the wooden posts... but of course with our bigger than average posts and the fact that they were round meant we couldn't just go out and buy a bunch of them. So we decided we could make our own out of a different sort of 'straight tie'.
Cutting the joint (note the new vice bolted to the tree stump. solid):
(It's weird how a bunch of these pictures look like advertisements for hand tools. DeWalt, yeah!)
Drilling the joint:
We had to make a hole in the middle for the "J" bolt. This is me, drilling through the metal and using a stump for backing:
notching the post:
Melissa and I then used chisels to notch the tops of the posts and the bottoms, so the joints would have a good 'purchase', since we didn't take off the bark on the other parts.
Tys notching with the circular saw:
The J-bolt sticking out of the concrete footing:
This is what we had to connect all the posts to.
We put the joint onto the bottom of the post:
By the end of the week, a few of the beams fit loosely on their posts.
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