A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 369
required for thetoe of a rafter, or strut. The tie-beam a is notched on top, to receivethe foot of the stmt /^; the side (/fof the notch is in the directionof and at the same angle as theslant of the strut, while the sideiic is at right angles to di; andequal in length to the depth of thestrut at… … 9 CARPENTRY 39 Another method of treating this joint is to work the tenonJi i on the strut timber ^, Fig. 18,and sink the mortise j k into thetie-beam a. The tie-beam a isthen notched on the line c c/, a dis-tance equal to only half of thedepth of the strut b, but is stillkept at right angles to…
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