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Thicker Steel at a Lower Price

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Handcrafted in Maine since 2018

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Typical build time of 3-5 business days

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Custom post and beam brackets is easy and affordable

Looking for high-quality timber frame brackets to help enhance your construction project?

Discover the beauty and strength of timber frame construction with our range of high-quality timber frame brackets. Designed to securely join beams and posts, our brackets provide a reliable solution for traditional and contemporary timber frames alike. Explore our selection today and transform your project with the timeless appeal of timber frame construction.

We drill holes

Most likely your local fab shop will just plasma cut their holes and not drill them. Plasma cut edges will have some degree of taper, so the top of a plasma hole will be bigger than the bottom. This creates a chiseled un even mating surface with the bolt. I undersize my plasma cut holes and then run a drill bit through it to make a nice round hole.
close up of our steel brackets cleanly drilled holes;

Ours are Better

Our brackets are actually "Bare" steel brackets. Ours is on the right. Notice the shinny steel and nice round hole. On the left side, they sell "Bare" steel brackets. Notice the blue/gray mill scale on the surface. Mill scale needs to be removed from the steel prior to any type of coating. Mill scale will flake off over time, leading to premature failure of the coating. Mill scale needs to be removed by sand blasting. Our bare steel brackets are actually bare steel. We buy steel that has been dipped in acid at the mill to remove the mill scale. The steel is then coated with oil to prevent the bare steel from rusting. It costs us more to sell, but look at the difference...

Powder Coat Preparation

Proper preparation before powder coating is critical for any coating. Our brackets go through a multiple step process to prepare the metal for proper adhesion. First we deburr the edges and sand the bare steel to etch the surface. Next we scrub clean using industrial strength degreaser. We wash with water then put them in the hot oven to dry and pre bake.