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face. The size of knots on wide faces may in- consideration shall not exceed 4% times thesize of the largest knots allowed on thatface. Posts and Timbers. On any face the size of a knot is taken ashalf the sum of its largest and smallest di-ameter, and the size of a spike knot is takenas half the… … Figure 11.—Maximum size of knots permitted in various parts of beams and string-ers: A, Maximum size on narrow face or edge of wide face, middle third of lengthwith a gradual increase to 2A at ends of piece; B, maximum size at center line ofwide face; L, length; \Y, width; T, thickness. crease…
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