When is a Member Gap Not a Member Gap? Glenn Traylor Building trusses with tight member to member joints insures accurate truss profiles and consistency between setups. The member to member gaps are limited to 1/8” and 1/16” on floor truss chord splices. This requirement is primarily concerned with compressive joint situations where... Read More July 2016 Issue #09204 Page 27
How Important is Plate Placement Relative to Floor Truss Chords? Glenn Traylor Often component manufacturer facilities’ owners and managers state how floor truss fabrication is generally more straight forward and simpler to train when compared to roof truss fabrication. The guidelines are easy to follow and drawings generally do not require special rotation or... Read More June 2016 Issue #09203 Page 28
Is There a Reduction for Plating in a Previously Plated Area? Glenn Traylor When a connector has been installed on a joint and it is determined the plate does not meet the requirements of the design standard, then the truss designer has to make a decision. The connection can be repaired by removing the plate, or there may be a way to facilitate the repair leaving the... Read More May 2016 Issue #09202 Page 26
How Important is Embedment? Glenn Traylor Connectors are essential to the integrity of the truss. It is imperative the plate is properly pressed in order to insure effective lateral load transfer from truss member to truss member. Since on occasion modern and older equipment does not press the plate completely into the... Read More April 2016 Issue #09201 Page 28
The History of the ORIGINAL Rolsplicer Sean Hubbard Truswal Systems Corp based out of the Dallas-Ft Worth region designed and built the first Rolsplicer in the early 80's. A revolutionary piece of equipment for its time when hydraulic units were populating the industry. Early marketing efforts even included a trailer mounted, traveling... Read More March 2016 Issue #09200 Page 16
When Do You Cull Lumber at the Table? Glenn Traylor From worst-case scenarios to less obvious examples, do you have general guidelines that will help you make informed decisions? For example, when faced with lumber defects on the table, do you know how the builders in your plant will proceed? More importantly, are they being supplied with the... Read More February 2016 Issue #09199 Page 32
Question of the Day: Trusses and Pressure Treated Lumber Stan Sias The phone rang this morning and the caller said that “they had a real quick question.” They went on to ask if “standard truss plates could be used with pressure treated lumber?” Hmmmm…the questions that some questions prompt. It sort of reminds me of the... Read More January 2016 Issue #09198 Page 4