Manufacture of trusses
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Jul 9, 2002
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Mar 14, 2002
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Apr 25, 2001
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May 16, 1996
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A method for manufacturing a wooden roof truss having a bottom chord and at least one upper chord obliquely disposed relative to the bottom chord, with the upper chord and the bottom chord being connected by at least one web via nail-plated joints, the method including the steps of: designing a plurality of web designs having tapered end shapes at each end thereof and being of discrete web lengths at increments between minimum and maximum web lengths, the plurality of web designs, tapered end shapes and discrete web lengths being predetermined without knowing shape, pitch and span of said wooden roof truss to be manufactured; engineering a truss design for the wooden roof truss taking into consideration the plurality of web designs and the shape, the pitch and the span of the wooden roof truss to be manufactured by selecting at least one of the plurality of web designs for the truss design; and, assembling the upper and bottom chords and webs by securing joints created by the upper and bottom chords and the webs with nail-plates in accordance with the truss design, thereby completing manufacture the wooden roof truss.
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