From triangles to trapezoids · Living Earth Structures

From triangles to trapezoids

Finished the plywood covering of the roof. For the trapezoids, from a single plywood panel, you can get two full pieces and two almost full pieces. So that is why you will see that I had to fill in some gaps. I put all those towards the back, where you won’t really see it. Otherwise, I would have had to use twice as many plywood panels. I essentially just measured the angle on one side, and took an oversized piece, placed it into position and marked underneath where it lies on the beam to get my cut line for the other side. I didn’t worry about the outer edge, left that overhanging, and after everything was in place, I routed the ends of with a straight flush trim router bit. That leaves an overhang due to the angle that you’re cutting at, so finished it with a round over bit. Working on sloped ground, no problem, just straighten out your ladder with some blocks. Next up, 2 x 12 fascia.

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