Today, we got on with the task of cutting and slicing the complicated shaped ends on all the rafters, each having five particular cuts in total, using our band saw and various templates to hold and guide the rafter pieces through the cutting process.
Rafter-ends-cut-1
Rafter-ends-cut-2
Then these 25 rafters went outside to join the other two we had already made and placed into position (but not fully seated).
Rafters-in-place
Each separate rafter will be sanded at both ends so it will sit neatly into their respected slots and form a smooth join all the way around.
We got as far as adjusting all the rafters of the back set and tomorrow, we will do the front 14 rafters. Once those are done, we will tackle the two ends of the Skylight and get the hip framework sorted out, each end having two diagonal hip rafters plus one at 90 degrees, which all come together, along with the two rafters of the main section, to a single point up on the end of the ridge beam.