Troubles With Hauling LVL Rafter Into Place
This morning, we sliced off the bevel wedge that needed removing off the top end of the LVL Rafter so it will slide and fit tight into the metal bracket.…
Making a Workshop Vacuum System
This afternoon, while we waited for the glue to dry on the rafters, we carried on with the construction of a new vacuum system. It is a non-mobile system, using…
LVL Rafters AB and DE Are Now Constructed
Today, we assembled the two LVL diagonal Rafters in our template and glued and nailed it all together. These particular rafters are just under 6metres long and they weigh 60…
The Diagonal LVL Rafters Are Slowly Coming
We have been working on sorting out the design and calculations of the first set of LVL diagonal Rafters, namely, the two rafters that comes from the C Ridge, down…
C Ridge Installed
Today, it was the task of taking out our C Ridge beam out and installing it into place. But first, we had to cut away some little bits of wood…
C Ridge Beam All Made Up!
Today, we resumed the work on creating the first Roof Element, namely the C Ridge beam that goes from the Steel I-Beam (the Skylight) to the Front Door wall, labelled…
Measuring for Real and Building Gable Wall Over Front Door Wall
Today, we took our Laser level measuring equipment and did some Reality measurements. We wanted to see what things were in the real world, rather than what’s on the drawing…
Created Rafter Template and Jig Unit
Today, we set out to build the enormous template that will hold all the pieces that makes up a rafter element. The longest rafter we have to manufacture is 6.1metres…
Final Measuring Templates Created
Today, we carried on creating more measuring templates, this time, the 40 degrees and 45 degrees versions. The 40 degrees one is a pair as there are a small number…
Measuring Template and Scarf Joint Jig Created
Today, we set out to create several templates to help us measure the distance between the I-Beams up on the top of the roof and down to the walls. Every…