Roof Rafter Saw

Marking out the roof rafter lengths onto the timber before cutting step 1.

Roof rafter saw.

With a torpedo level and a speed square you can pretty accurately gauge the pitch of any roof with a gable end photo 1. Divide the adjusted width. Rotted wood rafters in a roof are a serious issue. Measure the width of your building.

Subtract the width of your ridge beam. Keep your fingers away from the blade at all times. There is no standard spacing it depends on what size of rafters you want to use and the span of your shed. The ridge beam is the vertical piece of plywood which will form the peak of.

Determine the camber along the timbers length. Mark the plumb cuts. All walls supporting the roof should be level and square. Many people go for the manufactured roof rafters as it requires some skill to make your own rafters.

Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram. With the tape measure hooked onto the top end transfer your two rafter lengths onto. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. See saw miter and blade angle settings.

Calculating rafter length 1. The plastic rafter squares are thicker than most metal ones making them a good fence for the shoe of a circular saw to ride along. Before you start cutting you first need to determine how long your roof rafters. If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles.

For standard shed roof rafter spacing see rafter span chart. A framing square is made use of for cutting obtuse angles greater than 90 degrees. Before you can mark the rafter lengths and layout check the. Always use a blade guide when working with a circular saw.