Roof Detail Climax SN A-313

WESIII · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:16 pm

Further investigation of the way Climax Mfg. Co. secured the roof arches has revealed that they used a simple 1/2" Square Nut dropped into a 7/8" drilled hole to secure the 1/2" bolts securing the Side Facia to the Roof Arches - Not a 7/8" rod drilled and tapped for a 1/2" bolt as I initially thought. Just goes to show two things. Just because something appears to be the way things were done a 120 years ago, one (me) maybe wrong. And the second is that Climax Mfg. Co. did things the simple, easiest and cheapest way.

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daylight4449 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:19 pm

WESIII wrote:

Further investigation of the way Climax Mfg. Co. secured the roof arches has revealed that they used a simple 1/2" Square Nut dropped into a 7/8" drilled hole to secured the 1/2" bolts securing the Side Facia to the Roof Arches - Not a 7/8" rod drilled and tapped for a 1/2" bolt as I initially thought. Just goes to show two things. Just because something appears to be the way things were done a 120 years ago, one (me) maybe wrong. And the second is that Climax Mfg. Co. did the the simplest, easiest. cheapest way.

See illustrations below:

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Roof Bolt Overhead Detail.JPG

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Roof Bolt Section Detail.JPG

This is fascinating. It's essentially the epitome of the KISS method.