"Elrond Hubbard" wrote in message

The cuts on the ends, where the two hips meet at the ridge, is the most
counterintuitive bit of geometry I've ever seen. The pictures show a
matched pair (they are the same size, but one is further back in the end
view picture). The two irregular pentagonal faces butt to each other at
90
degrees, and the two irregular tetragonal faces form a plane that lands on
an angled cut on the end of the ridge beam.

How did you go about cutting the ends? It's not like you can just zip them
through the tablesaw.

"Upscale" wrote in
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degrees, and the two irregular tetragonal faces form a plane that
lands on an angled cut on the end of the ridge beam.

How did you go about cutting the ends? It's not like you can just zip
them through the tablesaw.

Yeah, and most compound miter saws won't touch a 6 x 10, either!

Look in the bottom left corner of picture 1 - it's a 13" Makita circular
saw. Kind of pushes the limits of what can be considered a portable tool!
I can get most of the way through the timber with that, then finish with a
handsaw. Then it gets cleaned up to the lines with a chisel and hand
plane.