Does anybody remember Lincoln Logs? Before Legos you could build a toy version of Honest Abe's log cabin, or, if you had enough sets, an Adirondack Great Camp worthy of the Vanderbilts.
Our camp porch roof will be held up by a girder and collar tie system of 6"x6" Douglas fir. There are only two collar ties to hold against snow load deflection, so I used dovetails to lock the lap joints together since dovetails resist tensional forces. The fir is stiff enough to carry the 8 foot span between the 6x6 cedar posts that are tenoned up into the bottom of the scarf joint.
Chris is coming up with us next weekend and we will finally get the two towers cross braced together with these sticks. Stay tuned....or not....love to all BSB
Posted by Bennett
at 6:48 AM EDT
