Thread: Timber Framed Insect Screens

i think butt joints would be plenty strong enough. you could either put a screw or dowel through the joint after the glue has set then fit a beading over the wire to hide the staples. my father made screens for our house this way and they lasted for 50 yrs. he used 50x25 pine with a half round bead with mitred corners over the mesh. there were no ready-mades in his day, you either made them yourself, or put up with the flies.

good luck.

I'd go with half laped joints.

mitres are prety but structuraly poor in this situation.

the old half lap joint is the go I recon & easy to do a number of ways.

Is your timber going to have a shaped profile? If so, you'll want to mitre it or else it will look odd, unless you're going to use a rail and stile set.

The ones on my cedar windows were glued and stapled. If you're going to use a groove and spline method to hold the wire, you'll find that the flywire will hold it together.

Sprog also got me onto this V-Nailer that is used for making picture frames etc., which will do the job if you don't have a staple gun.

If the timber is square, they usually half-lap the joins.

I was going to use some 2 x1 cedar.

I found that the Mitre joint on one that I tried , didn't seem to be very strong.

I glued and screwed it but I found with a bit of movement it gave way. I might try the 1/2 lap

Thanks for all your help

You might also want to monitor this thread: http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...&threadid=5630

If someone answers it might be the ticket.