Hi All,
I've taken on a new project. It will be a UK Country House in HO scale.
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My first problem will be getting the 6 valleys for the 3 gables (dormers?) to match the pitch of the main roof.
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I believe that if I fold a paper template and make one cut at the same angle as the roof. It will be too shallow.
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Are there any practical tricks to this, shy of using the Pythagoras theory?
THANKX
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Hi All,
If this were a bigger dormer, I would have done the math. Here I ended up using a little trial and error until I got an angle that was close. I kept trimming sharper angles of a paper template. Then I glued on the roof and sanded the whole component with a circle motion until I got it to lay flat. It was very easy.
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I bet you I'll need suggestions on the backyard bay window, when I get to it.
Thanks,
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Hi Kyle:
Looks like you're off to a good start.
Karl
I agree with Karl and I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together.
Tom ;D
Hi all,
thanks for the kind words, I got it wrapped up the other day. HO scale.
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I bet there is a formula out there to make the proper angles. I'm surprised no one took a stab at it.
Jaime
Here is a link to a pdf of the Swanson book.
http://www.oaklawnlibrary.org/documents/Speed%20Square%20Instruction%20Book%201983.pdf
Stoker is making me think of a lot of stuff that I thought I had long forgotten. I built our house when we first came to Idaho in 1975. We sold it and moved into Boise about 9 years ago.
I built the whole place in 6 months while working full time for Mercedes Benz. I was young and stupid then.......
I may still be stupid but I'm not young anymore.
I had one of those squares. Once you get onto it.......... it will get you through most anything in framing.
Thanx for a trip down memory lane.
see ya
Bob