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Test Fit Rafter

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We've Never Built a Roof Like This Before - GLASS HOUSE EP 3

What happens here

After cutting the rafters, temporarily place one rafter on the main beams to check its fit and alignment. Carefully observe how it sits on the posts and if the birdsmouth joint aligns correctly. Check the fit at both ends and in the middle of the span. Minor adjustments might be necessary to ensure a perfect fit. The goal is to confirm the accuracy of the cuts before proceeding with mass production of rafters.

Goal: Verify the accuracy of the rafter cuts and fit.

Tools and materials

  • Cut Rafter — Checking the fit on the main beams

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We're just going to temporarily put this piece up there and test it. >> [snorts] >> All right, you're tight on your uh your bird's mouth. Let's check the bird's butt. Slide it Yeah, slide it all the way to the edge. Looks like we're overhanging by like quarter inch there. But, that's not bad. Overall though, that looks pretty good. That's pretty nice. I like it. It's dramatic. So, you can see with our 5 and 1/2 inch uh seat cut there, then it goes up about 2 inches, so our beam when we wrap that, it's going to look like it's say 14 inches. We've got it overhanging just the tiniest little bit here, but uh we'll also need to check uh our post, make sure they're perfectly in line. But, that looks pretty good, so let's uh we'll bring it down. We'll test it in the middle and then on the other end. And if it looks good, then we will uh go with it. Looks nice. Sitting really nice, beautiful. All right, looks like we've got to come in a little bit there. So, all right, we'll just we'll check plumb on this. It looks like from that side to this side, it looks like the beams are pinching in about 3/4 of an inch, so we'll just double check all of our posts. And I liked how it was sitting over there. So, we'll mimic that on this side and just check, does this post need to come in or is it this post? And uh and we should be good to go. Uh next up,

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