[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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