Finally, a barn built with our new connectors

[wroughtn_harv]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm curious what kind of vertical load the brackets can hold or the self tapping screws since they seem to be taking the load?)</font>

The vertical loads are carried by lip on the clip (one half inch twelve gauge, or the shoulder of the clip in it's arcular shape if the clip is placed under the connector. We are having an engineer give us our numbers. As I've designed it that will depend upon the strength of two number twelve self tapping screws in shear.)</font>

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Also can your purlin connectors be slipped in in the middle or do you have to slide them in from the end?)</font>

They're designed so the purlins roll onto the connectors. The erection scenario would be to attach all the connectors to the pipes. Then cut purlins one half inch shorter than the span. The purlin is rolled on to the connectors from vertical leg over onto horizontal one. It won't fit the other way.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Wish I was closer I would love to join in on the fun at Josephine so I could get some practice for mine. I think you got a winner Harv

Can I have the Northwest sales region )</font>

A lady in Lebanon Oregon's beat you to that. Sorry.

BTW we're wanting to do a shed or two at her place the middle of next month as a demonstration. You and all other TBN members in the area are invited to attend and join the fun.

 

[steveinmo]

Looks like a great system Harv! Very simple and clean. Are you having the brackets stamped or laser cut? I suppose if the shear load on the #12 screws is a concern a little welding once everything is in place would solve that problem.

Great job!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Thanks.

I'm not to worried about the wind effect. The original loafing shed was a twenty one by twelve. I put it on a trailer and hauled it fifteen miles at sixty to sixty five miles an hour. I intentionally tied it down only by the base framework to see if it would take the wind loads. It did fine.

I'm building the brackets at a factory that was originally built in 1948. The first breakers were installed by me for the welding plug. Everything else is fused. Three phase, but fused.

Here's the big dawg of the house. Eighty tons of personality.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The break gets a lot of work when doing my brackets.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Here's some purlin to purlin brackets we made today.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I have to cut down the four by eight sheets into two foot widths for this shear. It's willing, but.............

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Since we're in a low production mode right now we wanted a method to produce the clip that makes it all work without getting into a big investment.

One of the old guys here came up with this.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The cut and drilled blank is put into the vise. The vise is closed forming the curve.

The blank rides on a lip that insures every piece comes out the same height from base to inside curve of retaining lip.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The retaining lip is formed via ball peen hammer.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Don't laugh.

It works.