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progress pics of my past week of afternoons.  first full day of work on this thing yesterday.
heading back out now to get on it,, ie- wake up the late sleepers with the skills saw:evilgrin:

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Reply #1 –
I need my outside plate to curve like pictured.  I have two choices for 3 corners of my deck.........

1- drop off three of my 2''x6''x12' long framing lumber down at the lake and tie them to the bank (get em water logged).  fetch them in a week and bend them to a jig and secure,, let the sun do the rest.

2- cut 3 pieces of 3/4'' plywood 6'' wide x 12' long and bend them together, shoot em with drywall screws and that should be a good shape without all the hassel.

?? ideas

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Reply #2 –
what i would do is off the corner of the house i would go straight across from that point and set a post there to use that as the center of your arc and an anchor point for the center of that arc. and if you can get one solid piece of wood to bend it would be alot stronger than doing the plywood and sheet rock screws. if that makes any sense for ya. But its looking good!
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Reply #3 –
Not just in strength but in looks the Bent Solid wood would look better and then you also have something to talk about when they ask. Wow is this one piece? It is yours so do as you want.

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Reply #4 –
That's gonna be nice when done. I agree on the one piece idea. How long would you have to soak it to get pliable enough?

I know boat builders did and still do it that way, but how about the longevity of the board afterward?

More pics! :D
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Reply #5 –
Looks bad assed.

After we get the roof of our house done, we've got plans to fence in the yard. Among other house projects, I would like to expand and at least cover our deck.

Keep us updated. House projects are almost as fun as car projects :)
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Reply #6 –
Quote from: Cougar8775;327944
what i would do is off the corner of the house i would go straight across from that point and set a post there to use that as the center of your arc and an anchor point for the center of that arc.


yeah ,, thats the current plan as i have the block ready now for the center of the arch.

this is kicking my ass because what i do on the bottom determines my ability to support the roof that will also swing in an arch as well.

Ive spent more time staring and looking than hitting nails today.

quick etch and sketch of how im gonna lock in the tops of the posts and a pic of the posts all cut and prep'd to accept 2 layers of offset 2x6' on top and room to add a 2x12 vertically in the knotch.

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Reply #7 –
well, this one gave me a hard fight,, but i won!!!

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Reply #8 –
Nice. I love that house...
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Reply #9 –
Looks good , what did you actually do to get it to curve ?
Fox-less at the moment

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Reply #10 –
What a great home!

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: hypostang;327990
Looks good , what did you actually do to get it to curve ?



i hosed off the board, then stood it upright kinda locking it into the extension ladder.  still adding water slowly bouncing it but pulling down more than anything to stretch the fibers, i got a decent bend.  I started with a naturally warped board. Its raining now on the lumber so it will be much easier to do.

I couldnt go any further on the arch, it was all we could do to set this arch.

You cant see it but what I did was cut the two exising outter plates at a inside 45 by just tpuppies the end.  I cut the new board the opposite way. the new board is kinda locked in there in a bind.  Without nails and no support, it just stuck right in place.

3 to go, its raining on the lumber now so things may go easier this eve for the next one.

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Reply #12 –
Cool . I'm impressed ;)
Fox-less at the moment

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Reply #13 –
another one,, these fight hard!!

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Reply #14 –
ok,, so math and me get along well enough but,,,,,,,,,
how do I find my 16'' centers on the arch above?

My framing will be coming off the existing side porch and butt into the arch in the same direction as the new framing.

I found one 16'' center, that was easy as I had a reference point off my new framing.

without cheating, ie- using a piece of lumber to lay up there with a square & tape, how to i locate 16'' centers along the arch?