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Watching a timber framer in Vermont changed how I lay out rafters
I was helping on a barn project near Stowe last spring and saw the lead framer use a story pole instead of a tape for the rafter layout. He marked all the birdsmouths and plumb cuts on a single 2x4 first, then just transferred the marks. It cut my layout time in half on the next set I did. Why don't more people use this method for repetitive cuts?
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joseph_green1329d ago
That's how most shortcuts work, they're simple but not obvious.
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johnson.betty29d ago
Honestly, that's just basic shop math. A story pole is fine for a few rafters, but if you're doing a whole roof, a tape and a speed square are just as fast once you get a rhythm. It's not some huge secret.
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