Actually there s no magic required.
Wood curved beams construction bent laminations.
Pitched and tapered beams taper from the tangent point to a minimum end depth to provide maximum economy.
The questioner and i were planning to resaw 16 foot 2x10s to make 1 4 inch thick laminations.
The finished beam needs to be 10 high to mate with the one remaining original straight roof section.
Rather than steam bending or bent lamination i am going to miter cut and join several pieces together and then use a bandsaw to rough out the shape finishing with a router template to get matching curves.
The concept is actually pretty simple.
The flexibility of glulam beams allows for the designer s creative imagination to be realised.
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Our beams are available in industrial architectural and premium appearance grades.
These then were to be bent and glued up on a form.
Just a saw some wood some glue and a few time tested techniques.
The rich warm feeling they create enhances any structure.
Use beam stress combinations e g.
Factory made members can be formed into any practical shape and any desired size.
Inside radius of 20 0 or more allows use of 2 nominal laminations.
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And the designer would prefer to see 3 thick pieces which means i have to make 24 3 x3 x10 beams curved on a 6 radius.
The tightness of the radius will determine the thickness of the laminations.
Pictured left you can see a closeup of one of the rockers on my maloof inspired rocker.
But we couldn t get good laminations with a 14 delta bandsaw.
Optimal roof pitch is 2 12 to 3 12 though other roof pitches are possible.
Radial curved elliptical shapes and reverse curves are all possible.