Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Mar 28, 2017 | Truss & Frame | 0

The entertainment world is excited because it is Oscars time. Rocket scientists are over the moon...

TRUSS TALK

by TimberTrader News Editor | Oct 28, 2016 | No. 363 // October 2016 | 0

This month Paul talks about holes in timber that are outside the limits of building codes and conspiracy theories.

Truss talk

by TimberTrader News Editor | Jul 21, 2016 | No. 360 // July 2016 | 0

In this month’s TrussTalk, Paul Davis makes amends by giving some advice on how to protect buildings from fire caused by naughty young boys like he once was.

Truss Talk

by TimberTrader News Editor | Jun 23, 2016 | No. 359 // June 2016 | 0

Paul Davis talks about how cantilevering without doing the design checks is about as responsible as his wayward childhood.

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorised | 0

I was recently lucky enough to spend four days diving off a boat on the outskirts of the Great Barrier Reef. We all had a fantastic time, but for some of our group, it was four days of hell comprising of the constant nausea and vomiting associated with acute sea-sickness.

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 349 // August 2015 | 0

Today only: Ultra-extreme, super-fantastic advice, plus more! And only for the price of one TimberTrader News subscription.

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 351 // October 2015 | 0

My dad spent a large part of the 60s to 80s in pubs or on racecourses. He was something of a “wild boy’, who my mother has only ever been able to partially tame.

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 348 // July 2015 | 0

I come from a long family tradition of cheapskates. I believe broken television antenna should be saved because the bits of metal might be useful for a future project. When the switch on my grinder recently broke I spent hours...

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 346 // May 2015 | 0

I have managed to convince my junior engineer that back when I was his age, our engineering calculations had to be written out on blackboards before they were committed to paper (because paper was far more expensive back then!)....

The tyranny of choice

by TTN Admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Truss & Frame | 0

I hate choice when I’m shopping, or more correctly, I hate wasting time shopping. I love Aldi simply because I can be in and out in ten minutes.

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorised | 0

Last week I visited a well-known Australian company’s warehouse. It was one of several in the area that had collapsed under the weight of hail in a recent severe storm.

Truss Talk

by TTN Admin | Oct 11, 2015 | Uncategorised | 0

I have practiced yoga for almost 20 years. I relish the physical part but have never come to terms with yoga’s more spiritual aspects. I am always distracted during the meditation by my sceptical engineer’s mind that is looking to solve problems. Essentially, I am hopeless at it!