Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions Of Kings and Queens and Princes and Princesses

"That corner, no, there."

That looks like good reading too EH. Anyone know if theres a way to get my computer to translate a pdf?

The straining beam is the key to whether the queenposts are in tension or compression. I've just seen both, in the same book, called a queenpost truss. It seems to me the main thing is whether the queen is holding her skirts up or sitting on her bottom. Is the bottom chord sized for bending without the straining beam or just a tension element with it.

I tend to point and call all the internal parts "webs". I've seen "rods & braces" used, that seemed pretty good, describing tension or compression.