We put together the first house truss to check it out! There will be 8 trusses in all, each in three parts. The weight of one truss is about 400 lbs., which is very heavy to lift without a crane, so we designed the two halves and the bottom chord to be lifted up on the house separately and then welded together up there.
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| Manuel is balancing the two top halves, which are just resting on the bottom chord for this trial run. |
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| Sebastián and Michael are checking some measurements. |
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| Now, 7 more to go! |