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TIMBER FRAMINGJOURNAL OF THE TIMBER FRAMERS GUILDNumber 71, March 2004Historic Queenpost TrussesTIMBER FRAMINGJOURNAL OF THE TIMBER FRAMERS GUILDNUMBER 71 MARCH 2004CONTENTSQ&A: A BRACING EXCHANGE2C. Bremer, R. Christian, C. Hoppe, G. Mullen, J. Miller, B. Popenoe, B. WormingtonTIMBER FRAMING FOR BEGINNERS 4VIII. WHENROOFSCOLLIDE2Will BeemerHISTORIC AMERICAN ROOF TRUSSES12II. QUEENPOSTTRUSSESJan LewandoskiHISTORIC QUEENPOST TRUSS ANALYSIS21Ed LevinFRAMING THE MONTEBELLO PAVILION23Oliver Amandi, Markus BrunnTIMBER FRAMING , Journal of theTimber Framers Guild, reports on thework of the Guild and its members,and appears quarterly, in March, June,September and December.

to the base of the kingpost, not to the lower chord. The typical lay-out is to run the brace parallel to the opposing roof pitch. The trick is to allow sufficient wood on the kingpost beyond the connection to resist shear. This arrangement keeps the force in the brace from pushing down on the bottom chord of the truss and is typical of ...

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