Derek and Mark,
I think a picture would explain this much better. I sent a pdf to Jim Roger's and he gave me some great feedback. Should I forward it to you? I sure would appreciate any feedback.
As far as the orientation of the post (Jim says it technically isn't a king post but closer to a 'king block' or 'king pendant'), in plan view, each valley runs perpendicular to each face of the king 'thing'.
As far as size, I considered a 10x10 but this is really a pretty small building - 600 sq. ft with roof spans of only 14 ft.
