Knotbob wrote:
So I'm slow.
I guess I should have finished reading the thread before putting
in my 2 cents worth.
You guys got to this all by yourselves. I'm not used to being
around people that think on their own.
But flitch plate? Is that a real word?

Yeppers, it surely is.

Flitch... 3. a beam formed of a steel plate between two beams bolted
together: in full. Flitch Beam...