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I thought you were my metal working bud? I'm not one of those guys. I know the type you mean and I don't like them either. I'm from R&D where you tend to disprove and fix simplifications from models by building real stuff. No disrespect intended to Burnham at all, just looking for more...

Appreciate the reply. Just give the mech eng stuff a bit of a second look. It's well proven in a lot of stuff. By the way I do pretty much all of my design stuff intuitively and only use the calculator for adding and subtracting mill dimensions these days. Thanks again.

Burnham, do you ascribe to the uniform hinge thickness method for a particular reason? Maybe enlighten me on some details, perhaps fiber behaviour or other stuff. Hinge thickness compromises I-beam principle benefit? Wood species? I'm ready to learn. I'm not a west coast guy.

First look Daniel's cut looks wonky till you spot that the trunk isn't a circle, and then spot the left triangular area x radius (for side load resistance) is about the same as the more chunky rectangular wood on the right. The area x radius idea is like the upper and lower sections of an I...