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   calvin | Sep 04, 2009 03:41am | #1

   Cool, the inventor of the hip block.

   I'm a little thick-could you fill in the blanks in the explanation?  I'm interested in the cutting of the block.  For those of us slow ones, would you go through that part of it?

   thanks.

   A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

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   Huck | Sep 04, 2009 05:13am | #2

   take saw.  ready. aim. cut!

   (I used a skilsaw, and finished up with a handsaw.  Had I cut it from a 4x4, I wouldn't have needed the handsaw)View Image bakersfieldremodel.com

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   calvin | Sep 04, 2009 05:29am | #3

   Come on Huck, that much I did figure out.

   Take me (and I assume some others) step by step with the layout on the block.

   thanks.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

    

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   Huck | Sep 04, 2009 06:04am | #4

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   Oh, the layout.  Duh, now I get it.  I wondered why the question seemed obvious!

   Draw angle A at the pitch of the roof (i.e. 5:12).  Draw line 2 at 90 degrees to line 1, from the corner.  It represents the run of the roof.  The green side of line 1 represents the rise of the roof.  Draw line 3 at the same length as line 2.  Lines 4 and 5 are drawn once the length of line 3 is determined. 

   Line 6 represents a common rafter.  Line 3 represents the fascia.  Line 5 represents the hip or valley rafter.

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   Edited 9/3/2009 11:11 pm by Huck