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Then the lintel pieces were made ... which was simple enough. Since I was doing a structure 24' long, two 12' 2x6s were just right. All that had to be done was cut out a notch at outer top corner (so that a "rafter" could be snugly fit in the notch later & be screwed together). Then notches were sawn where the rafters would cross.... like what we called Lincoln Logs" when I was a kid.
The rafters were notched similarly.
Because I wanted a slanted roof, all the notches on the rafters were "angled" so they would slip readily into the notches sawn out of the lintel boards. This part of the job that required real skill in marking the boards, tilting them to create a mitre cut, etc.
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