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Using DEWALT RAFTER SQUARE (continued)
5) Mark a heel cut (bottom plumb cut line) and the seat cut lines.
6) Add 2 feet, for the length of the eave, from the heel cut line
along the measuring line and mark a bottom plumb cut line.
7) Once the rafter has been cut, it may now be used as a template
for laying out the rest of the common rafters.
Hip and Valley Rafter
1) Set the pivot at the Rafter Square on the rafter edge. Rotate the
square about the pivot point until the edge of the rafter lines up at '9'
(between 8 and 10) on the scale for HIP/VAL.
2) Mark the top plumb cut line at one end at the rafter.
HEEL CUT LINE
(BOTTOM PLUMB CUT LINE)
MARKING SEAT CUT LINE
MARKING HEEL CUT
(BOTTOM PLUMB CUT LINE)
LINE
2FT.
TOP PLUMB
CUT LINE
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