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The Ruskin House: Glued Laminated Beams, Fabrication Photos |
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. . . forge ahead . . . |
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Glu-Lams, Initial sketches to Shop Drawings Glu-Lams, Fabrication |
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Glu-Lams, Initial sketches to Shop Drawings Glu-Lams, Fabrication |
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They’re getting close—this is like layer 35 of 48 total. |
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They are beginning to take shape . . . Only 10 layers left! |
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Ok . . . Here they are with all layers glued & screwed in place—3 sep 04. |
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Check out the size of these things . . . 53’ long, 8”wide, & 3 1/2 feet deep! - & that’s just half of the full glu-lam form. |
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The L-Shapes
These had to be placed with a plan to get them out with a crane when it came time to hang ehem. With a C-shaped crane spreader bar, it wasa possible to grab the one end from underneath the roof plane, then set them on the ground, and re-rig, then hoist into place. |
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The final resolution of the “knee-joint” was made from 1/4” 316L stainless steel plate that was cnc plasma cut, then shop welded to form a plate that could screw to the glu-lams and allow a 3” 316L SS pipe to run laterally providing lateral stability and resolving the bending couple forces while allowing the minimum dry bending radius for the cypress at approx. 1/4” thick. |
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Next we hang the beams . . . It’ll be an operation . . |