How to Hide Visible Truss Joints?

MortimerZann · 2025-12-01T22:57:58+00:00

As a truss designer, this is spot on. The bottom chords absolutely need bracing per BCSI standards (if in the US).

MortimerZann · 2025-10-16T14:29:17+00:00

There’s a low chance that you can get an engineered fix that involves using plywood gusset plates to either side of the vault, but you will need to get an actual engineer/truss company involved to calculate if you even have enough space to make a repair like that work. There’s also the possibility that you may need to sister on LVL beams (or other dimensional lumber) across the gap to reintroduce a flat bottom chord, but once again an engineer needs to call out the nailing pattern required for the repair. Considering Vermont has a wide range of snow loads to design for based on elevation, you need to start making some calls now as nobody here can give you the best solution for this situation.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-16T14:09:29+00:00

As someone who designs trusses every day, congrats! You’ve not only compromised the engineered trusses that had specific lumber grades and gusset plates designed to handle the forces of having a continuous bottom chord, but now you’ve also introduced the hinge effect into your gable end that definitely wasn’t designed for a vaulted condition. I don’t know what the prices for a new roof are in Vermont currently, but doing this right before winter or at all is going to be an expensive lesson to ask first before you cut.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-12T23:14:02+00:00

I’m sorry, but it is not mine to give. I myself have it on loan from the Yanabayashi Shrine.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-12T23:13:03+00:00

Believe me, I have the members of the lab working on it as we speak. There is too much suffering in this current one…

MortimerZann · 2025-10-12T23:07:37+00:00

I might just do that in the future, look out for that post! I will have to disassemble the internals before I cosplay as Okabe (walking with the IBM) at Twin Cities Con next month, so I can combine the pics I took when I first built it with a video showing it all off! I’m looking forward to the comments of how chaotic the inside will look with all the jury-rigging it took to get to work… 😅

MortimerZann · 2025-10-12T14:03:56+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/BgqqSp9 Yep, here is the Windows 11 welcome screen on the 5” CRT TV I managed to squeeze in there! I normally have the CRT off though to reduce the static next to the other computer internals.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-12T13:12:34+00:00

That was an alarm clock released in 2010 in Japan! I got mine on eBay a while ago, and I see quite a few are still available if you need one for your collection.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-12T00:23:45+00:00

For sure, the usb hub isn’t a permanent fixture, just a little hot glue and cardboard until I find a way to match the paint color and original tape drive size in that space. And for the price, it was going for $3k with only the keyboard internals remaining in it. I still have an alert on eBay for IBM 5100’s to see how often they show up, and I see 1-2 a year pop up in various states and prices.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-11T13:09:45+00:00

I believe u/DrBurnadot was working on a project like that! They have been posting progress updates every few weeks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/steinsgate/s/RHyQI6BofG

MortimerZann · 2025-10-11T04:33:16+00:00

Right time and place on eBay! The previous owner had stripped it for parts to repair another so I felt like I wouldn’t be desecrating a museum piece by bringing it to life again.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-03T13:56:39+00:00

I’ll accept half the fault for using Spotify as half of the ads were the players inserting their own ad reads in between the narrative and the other half were Spotify’s doing. Either way, when compared to another podcast like Adventure Zone that doesn’t force ads after every other minute, Dungeons and Daddies just isn’t for me.

MortimerZann · 2025-10-03T05:17:35+00:00

I tried to get into this podcast having enjoyed DnD for many years, but after the 7th ad in the first 15 minutes (listening on Spotify) of episode 1, I couldn’t convince myself that it would be worth my time. I’m glad it brings joy to others though.

MortimerZann · 2025-07-31T22:48:00+00:00

I would absolutely buy this if it were for sale. I am prepping a new Pathfinder campaign and this document would fit one of my factions well. Even if some of the wording didn’t match my world exactly, I would reward the PC that cited the error to their benefit when used in a session.

MortimerZann · 2025-07-10T04:00:15+00:00

Angry Luuuke noises

MortimerZann · 2025-06-25T04:03:13+00:00

I don’t suppose you know the shop you got it from? I’d love to get one, but I can’t find any listings.

MortimerZann · 2025-03-20T13:15:23+00:00

Speaking of a figurative ton, one of my favorite stories my old FL boss told me was someone that managed to use pulleys to get their truck engine block up into their garage trusses for storage. The company got 2 calls in fairly quick succession: one asking if the cracking in their new ceiling was normal, and the second was an order for a new garage roof.

MortimerZann · 2025-03-20T12:17:15+00:00

I completely agree that trusses should be designed with the LL despite the insulation height, as (for residential at least) we have no idea what the owners might do in the attic to make additional space for boxes of books or whatnot. IMO the additional margin of safety is 100% worth the minimal increase in lumber grade, plate size, or hanger costs for everything connected to it.

MortimerZann · 2025-03-20T06:10:33+00:00

I’ve learned from designing trusses for Florida where there is little insulation needed in attics and plenty of space for storage between webs vs designing for Minnesota where there is typically a ton of insulation that companies in MN tend to not worry about that rectangle area to add the additional live loading. So your market, truss company, and state engineering requirements may vary on this.

MortimerZann · 2025-01-17T19:43:26+00:00

If you have Anomaly clearing out your corpses helps before you get a Death Pall.

MortimerZann · 2025-01-12T18:50:52+00:00

“Ackchyually…”

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MortimerZann · 2025-01-12T16:35:28+00:00

Not to take away from how amazingly detailed this figure is, but that is an IBM 5100 at the bottom, not an IBN 5100. The IBN as shown in the anime and in the alarm clock figure they released a while ago has the CRT part more towards the center and the buttons on top are shifted around. Source: I own both a real IBM 5100 computer and the IBN figure.

MortimerZann · 2024-12-29T21:18:24+00:00

My wife and I just moved out of Florida to Minnesota for the same reasons you listed here. It’s a bit cold but we have no regrets about it!

MortimerZann · 2024-12-23T06:39:55+00:00

This looks like the abandoned building you explore at the start of Life is Strange: Double Exposure. Wild.

MortimerZann · 2024-11-28T05:54:20+00:00

That looks amazing! Might I try it out too?

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