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Back to Johnson Covered Bridge NewsA few taps with the beetle by Nathan Cote and the queenpost
brace drops into its seat in the bottom chord timber. |
An assembled tension splice in one of the two bottom-chord timbers. The light-colored
square in the center of the splice is the end of a hardwood shear key. |
The splice in the second timber in of the bottom chord is
prepared for assembly. |
This post will help support the rafter beam. The pocket in the side will receive the end of
an upper brace. |
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This file posted August 5, 2001, revised May 12, 2002