The BHB, Big Honkin' Bracket

Not sure what in the world I would use it for, but now I want to build one!

-- - Steve Campbell

Wow awesome craftsmanship on that bracket. Great job.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

Your courageous approach to joinery is inspiring, that is an awful lot of joins to get just right all at the same time, good for you and may the job go as planned. Your other projects turned out great so I am sure this bracket will be great too.

-- Love thy neighbour as thyself

Camps, the BHB is for roof overhangs over window units. I have a specific purpose for it, a house design with two box bays up front, each with a very deep overhang/awning. Attach two cedar versions of these to each side of each window unit, put a 4×6 cedar beam with a nice pattern cut on each end across the top, and lay rafters on top of that, maybe a 9 or 10 pitch. Metal roof on top. Also, it could be a heavy duty shop shelf support. Yes, the joints on the angle brace in particular HAVE to be right or it won’t come together correctly. Thanks guys!

-- Fran B, Residential Designer

THese are simple to make. You make your self a 4 inch by 6 inch bracket and put it through your enlarging machine. RIGHT!!

-- Just learning the craft my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ practiced.

You have a timber enlarging machine?????? I need one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How much you want for it?

-- Fran B, Residential Designer

I’m glad you defined what “BHB” stands for. One of our previous Scoutmasters announced the next campout would feature a BHB w/o defining what “BHB” meant, so we were left to guess, i.e. “Beer, Hookers, and Brats”, “Boobs, Hooters and Butts”, etc. We were terribly disappointed to find out he meant Big Honkin’ Breakfast.

Awesome Bracket!

-- They call me Mr. Silly

That bracket DOES look mighty tasty. Maybe I’ll have it for breakfast.

-- Fran B, Residential Designer

FranBo… nicely done and I know how many brain cells you burned through trying to figure it out. Consider the following effort of mine… http://lumberjocks.com/projects/57361

Be sure to post a pic of the finished installation… I just quoted a similar design element to a client for a front entry “hip” roof kind of cover.

Gunpowder: sure enough, I’ll post more pics when installed. There will be an exposed beam, rafters, and roof sheathing boards, so it will be nice. By the way, this was easy compared to the mudroom bench I’m working on. It has 84 parts!

-- Fran B, Residential Designer