Snap out your horizontal like normal, put a small nail in the window, at the center of the radius and use a string to mark out my radius, one row at a time.
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Don't misunderstand me. I'm not trying to portray this as rocket science. It ain't. It's just shingle carpentry.
The sketch shown here is of the first two rows of wood shingles, all ripped parallal to 6" widths, 16" long, 5" exposure. They begin atop an arch with 48" radius.
Tight at the butts, the gaps at the exposure line exceed 1/2". Clearly unacceptable for our market, where we prefer to lay them up with gaps equal to about the thickness of a penny or an 8d nail.
So we're gonna have to cut them outa breadboards.
What's your way, and why is it faster than mine?
BTW, housebuilding work sucks around here and has for about the last year. No end in sight. My waiter last night, was wearing a nice tie, and used to be a carpenter. I told him I would snap his pic, since he looked so well turned out, and he could use the pic in his Contractor Talk signature. :w00t:
The sketch shown here is of the first two rows of wood shingles, all ripped parallal to 6" widths, 16" long, 5" exposure. They begin atop an arch with 48" radius.
Tight at the butts, the gaps at the exposure line exceed 1/2". Clearly unacceptable for our market, where we prefer to lay them up with gaps equal to about the thickness of a penny or an 8d nail.
So we're gonna have to cut them outa breadboards.
What's your way, and why is it faster than mine?
BTW, housebuilding work sucks around here and has for about the last year. No end in sight. My waiter last night, was wearing a nice tie, and used to be a carpenter. I told him I would snap his pic, since he looked so well turned out, and he could use the pic in his Contractor Talk signature. :w00t:
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I'll quote myself from post #1. ". . . describe to us your method for accomplishing this."
Then I'll add this, for some spice: " . . . and finish it faster than I will."
It's a competitive world, isn't it? This one's going lump sum, and we are furnishing materials. Or are you still able to get fat on T&M.
Here's a hint. One of these little 8.25" saws will be real handy up there on the Genie Lift platform. And, we never wear neckties when operating table saws. OSHA rule.
Then I'll add this, for some spice: " . . . and finish it faster than I will."
It's a competitive world, isn't it? This one's going lump sum, and we are furnishing materials. Or are you still able to get fat on T&M.
Here's a hint. One of these little 8.25" saws will be real handy up there on the Genie Lift platform. And, we never wear neckties when operating table saws. OSHA rule.
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My pics of arches are from the old 110 kodack. I will see about getting them digitized.
Anyway, did alot of shakes for a while. This one had concaved walls at the bottom. A ton of Azek. Even some of you finish carpenters ought to like this one.
As far as the little bit of gap in shinlges. It doesn't matter. Really. And it will be almost undetectable even when you up close to it.
Anyway, did alot of shakes for a while. This one had concaved walls at the bottom. A ton of Azek. Even some of you finish carpenters ought to like this one.
As far as the little bit of gap in shinlges. It doesn't matter. Really. And it will be almost undetectable even when you up close to it.
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