Piano Barn

By chabest, member

I’ve done few roof projects and somehow found myself in this one. They tell me I’ve made a Ship’s Knee. I guess it looks like one. Timber Framing is way more difficult, I’ve found. The valley rafter needs a real back cut to receive the decking. I figured all the angles and lengths on paper. It came out pretty close to those values. The main ridge is huge: 8×12 and the main rafters are 10×12. 12/12 on one side and 7/12 on the other, made for much figuring where they meet the gigantor ridge.

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Huck | Aug 13, 2009 03:15am | #1
Dude - now that is a ROOF!
nice work BTW
Timuhler | Aug 26, 2009 07:19pm | #2
Nice work, that is real craftsmanship.
silaswren | Apr 17, 2015 02:08am | #3
Mind blowing..
richardsharmen | Apr 25, 2015 05:13am | #4
Great work done..
aaronhall9 | Apr 29, 2015 07:09am | #5
Its wonderful
smithhanson | May 14, 2015 08:48am | #6
AWSUMMMM...
alanperez | Jul 09, 2015 04:18am | #7
Really mind blowing

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