[Homestead] Off grid living
Don Bowen KI6DIU
don.bowen at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 3 13:34:42 EDT 2007
At 10/3/2007, you wrote:
>Faced with needing some such large timbers in my building, I began to
>laminate available wood. If I needed 6x8's, I got three 2x8's and bolted
>them
>together. Since the grain can be vaired somewhat, the resulting laminated
>beam is
>stronger than a solid one.
That is sort of what I am doing on the current workbench project. It
appears to be very sturdy and rigid. It uses a 2X3 core with 1X4 external
members screwed and glued. See journal for progress.
Don Bowen Awl Knotted Up KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com
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