Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 90
rts are held closely together by thelight fish plate shown in the figure, which also incidentally addssomething to the strength of the splice. Instead of cutting the ends of the beams square, as shown in Fig.59, they frequently are cut on a bevel as shown in Fig. 60, and afurther modification may… … Fig. 60. Beveled Splice for Tension Fig. 61. Beveled and Keyed Splice forTension Fig. 62, each part in the shape of a wedge, so that when they aredriven into place a tight joint may be obtained. The two wedge-shaped pieces may be driven in from opposite sides, the hole 67 58 CARPENTRY
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