rafterrific

[kellan_the_tabby]

I abjectly apologize for the post title.

When I left off the rafters looked like the top picture, with the ends not meeting in the middle. It is best when they meet in the middle. But how is this done?

I was gonna patch them together with more hunks of 2×4 but then I thought, nah, & I got 14 of these:

Clip em in place, get things lined up, drill a pilot hole & screw em together.

Some of the rafters required percussive adjustment before fitting together properly, but I have extensive experience with hitting things with a hammer.

Et voila!

I went outside wearing a flannel, a fuzzy vest, & a pair of fingerless gloves, but pretty soon I was back down to a tank top. Well. Plus pants & all. It stays warm in the tinker’s wagon with the roof on!

I also applied another purchase:

It’s not a chastity toy. Close, though!

Now it will be MUCH harder to steal my tinker’s wagon.

All of this was well timed, as witness the sky when I came back in:

It’s not snowing yet, but it’s gonna be. They’re calling for 4-8 inches tomorrow. Good thing I got my shopping done!

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Comments

[danabren]

"Percussive adjustment". Heh.

Heh heh heh.

What is the yellow thing? How does it stop wheels from rolling?

[azurelunatic]

It appears to be a thing that goes on the trailer hitch so it takes a bit more doing than just backing up a Big Haulin' Truck and tootling merrily off. And while a person is engaged in a bit more doing, there's time for onlookers to go "so what exactly are you trying to do here?"

[danabren]

... thing

[kellan_the_tabby]

Pretty much what they said! Plus it locks into place in a way that my entirely theoretical knowledge of picking locks tells me would make it really hard to pick the lock.

Hypothetically someone could still haul it off with chains or whatever but in practice that is nearly always Too Much Like Work.

[thewayne]

Yay! percussive adjustment!

So what are the rafter staple sheet thingies called?

[kellan_the_tabby]

... you know, the THINGS, that you do the THINGS with.

(I forgot to look at the sign when I bought em & now I can't even find them on the Home Despot website to find out what they're called because, err, I don't know what they're called.)

[azurelunatic]

Nail plates, apparently. https://www.lowes.com/pd/USP-5-in-x-3-1-8-in-20-Gauge-Galvanized-Nail-Plates/3374512

[kellan_the_tabby]

Yeah. Those things.

(thank)

[thewayne]

Cool!  Thanks for the info!

[sporky_rat]

Snow is horrifying, thank you. ;)

[kellan_the_tabby]

I kind of love it but it could wait until the tinker's wagon is done or AT LEAST ready for Estrella.

[azurelunatic]

It's a good title!

[kellan_the_tabby]

it is SO BAD.

[azurelunatic]

Rafterrible.

[kellan_the_tabby]

*holds nose* *flees screaming into the night*

[technoshaman]

Percussive adjustment... a la Fonzie? ;)

(WE are old enough to get that reference! #getoffmylawn :)

Yay roof, and yay WARM...

[kellan_the_tabby]

I mean it's a far older concept than The Fonz but he DID employ it in SUCH a stylish manner.

Only slightly apropos BUT I was once lucky enough to get to see Sha Na Na LIVE when I was a kid.

... they were pretty good.

[technoshaman]

LUCKY!