Your thoughts on I beams and footed T/D risers

[Bryan Adolphe]

If i was wanting to build a wood Ibeam into a footed riser on a 3 piece t/d your thoughts on wether to I beam first or after footing the riser , ive seen them done both ways but wondering if ones stronger than the other? Now with G10 i would think not cutting through the beam would be the strongest with wood beam iam not sure if it would matter?
I tried to include one picture, but it won't accept it off My phone says they're too large. 🤷 I'm not sure how to fix that. Might have to talk to my daughter. Lol Not very computer savvy here !

[Jeff tech]

I'm pretty sure Kirk will be all over this within a few minutes hang on.

[kennym]

Personal preference. I'd rather do the footing first and I beam after, but that's just me...

[Kirkll]

If you are using G-10 for an I beam, you definitely want to do the footing in the wood first. Trying to cut radius footing lines out of G-10  is brutal, even with a carbide tipped blade.  I wont do it myself...

[Roy from Pa]

I tried to include one picture, but it won't accept it off My phone says they're too large. 🤷 I'm not sure how to fix that. Might have to talk to my daughter. Lol Not very computer savvy here !
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Cell phones take huge pixel size photos.
Go into the cameras setup on your phone and choose a smaller size picture.

It should show up when you select the camera with different size photo options.

 LOL, yup your daughter will know:)

[Bryan Adolphe]

Thanks Roy I will give that a try 

[Roy from Pa]

On my phone the picture sizes are towards the bottom where I circled.
Try the 1X.

[mmattockx]

I tried to include one picture, but it won't accept it off My phone says they're too large. 🤷 I'm not sure how to fix that. Might have to talk to my daughter. Lol Not very computer savvy here !

The best answer is to use a third party hosting site like Imgur. You can take proper sized pictures and not have to resize them for the forum and we get to see a proper sized picture instead of a low resolution postage stamp sized picture that is too small to see anything with.

On my phone the picture sizes are towards the bottom where I circled.
Try the 1X.

That's the zoom function, Roy. It will have nothing to do with the file size of the picture, you need to change that in the settings.

Usually there is a menu bar in the camera that shows the aspect ratio, camera resolution and other settings. That is where it needs to be changed. On your phone it is the button with the 4 squares shown in it to the right of where you circled. If it is a newish phone then you won't be able to set the resolution low enough to work for the very limited forum storage restrictions.

To reduce the picture size you will need to open the picture in whatever the photo gallery is called on your phone and resize it in there.


Mark

[Kirkll]

I take all my photos in high resolution, then resize them after cropping and editing.
I use google photos and have my phone set up so they automatically upload.  Its a very cool feature because you can just use google photos and attach a link with multiple high resolution photos or even an album.  In order to upload just a single photo to embed in the forum without opening a link, they need to be sized down first.

[Jon Lipovac]

I'm with Kirk on this regarding the G10. If it was all wood, I personaly not sure one is stronger than another. I think all the glue lines being on different planes will give you much more strength than you might think, especially if the pre-glue fit is very tight.

[Kirkll]

I have a real love / hate thing going with the G-10. Its incredible material that machines nicely, and has serious strength properties.... But... Any time you start mixing natural materials with composites in any kind of laminations, footings, or even I-beams, there is always a possibility of issues if that wood changes due to humidify levels.... Even making sure that wood is bone dry before finishing it, it can come back and haunt you later...  I've had bows hold up great for many years, and have the owner move to a much drier climate and have to refinish the bow due to wood shrinkage.

Sticking with all wood risers and using wood accent lines in footings and I-beams is much safer If you are shipping all over the world.  Just saying....   Kirk

[kennym]

^^^^^

This right here. Really sucks to finish one and a few months or years later be able to feel that joint. Never had a fail but hate to be able to feel that glue joint