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1 Create Beautifully Classical Pergola Rafter Tails Using easy to copy drawings or immediate delivery electronically if you require Pergola Rafter Tails Pergola rafter tails that can transform your garden. "All people have the instinct to decorate their surroundings. But decorations and ornaments will only work when they are properly made".

2 Christopher Alexander Architect This classical shape has stood the test of time and we can provide the rafter tail design template for you that does just that. You may have spent hours making your own pergola. Don't spoil it with too plain a finish to the rafter tails - the one place that can make a world of difference. "The icing on the cake!" One of The Oldest of Pergola Rafter Tails Designs That Goes Back Through the Centuries. Your rafter tail template arrives in two parts. Print it......cut it out and place the two parts side by side to get the complete classical shape.

Pergola Rafter Tail Template Paste the finished shape onto a slightly larger size piece of plywood or card. Use a jig saw to carefully cut around the shape.

3 Pergola Rafter Tail Template Paste the finished shape onto a slightly larger size piece of plywood or card. Use a jig saw to carefully cut around the shape. Now transfer this classical shape onto each of your rafters. The piece extending down on the left of the template above makes a 90-degree corner which locates the beam position on the rafter. Mark this point on each of your rafters with a pencil at this internal corner. This will keep all your rafter tails in a neat line. When you've finished transferring the rafter tail onto all your rafters, carefully cut along the shape using a jig saw. Don't forget to sandpaper the cut edges. First use a course sandpaper followed by a finer sandpaper for the best effect

4 Just select your rafter width and paste the bit.ly code into your address box at the top of your page for a quick instant download. 5" Width Template bit.ly/2r9xuhp 5.5" Width Template bit.ly/2mebxjc 6" Width Template bit.ly/2ra4a5t 7" Width Template bit.ly/2b2sqeo What Customers Say. Thanks... we tried to make our own but are not skilled. so, printed off yours. and we are good to go... thanks again. June Windsor Canada Received the rafter tail templates and am very pleased. Having a template for the end piece is the icing on the cake... With Much Thanks, Jeri US I received the template. Thank you very much. This will make a basic pergola have some class!

5 Bill US Thank you very much for your excellent drawing! Loulia Planning ahead for pergolas in future gardens of our soon to be built custom house designed by my architect husband; thanks. D.S. US So excited to get these thanks!! Christopher USA Thanks for your help!! Much appreciated for sharing. Melanie You are my hero! You wouldn't believe how difficult it was to find something like this online. P&E VA USA. I found some cool ideas which inspired me...one of my first outdoor structures. Denny New Orleans Louisiana USA. I got it! Thank you SO much. I cannot tell you how grateful I am. S.M N.C. USA. Pergola Rafter Tails To Complete Your Garden Experience

6 Pergola rafter tails using the attractive lines of the... Cyma Recta Molding. Pergola Rafter Tails A unique but easy formula to draw your own Pergola Rafter tails template using just four simple stage diagrams. When complete copy it onto thin plywood, cut it out and trace it on the ends of all your rafters. Look at the following sequence diagrams and how the classical shape evolves. You will only need to draw the Stage1 diagram and make changes to it. Stages 2, 3, and 4 - in that order - show the only changes you need to make. Large diagrams and explanations come later. Let's choose a 6" wide pergola rafter tails for now. This formula I'm about to show you works for all sizes. Use it for one size now and the same idea applies to all sizes. Why use 6"? Five, Six and seven inches are the more popular rafter widths, so I am choosing six-inch width as a good example.

7 Stage1 Stage2 Stage3

8 Stage4 Stage 1 You will need: Three sheets of A4 paper Two longish pencils one light (4H) and one darker (HB). Ruler, Compasses, set square, eraser. Plenty of room to spread your work out. Use three A4 sheets of paper overlapped half an inch and taped/glued along their lengths. If you have used tape don't forget to turn the paper over for a better surface. You could also use lining paper if you have any spare.

9 The width "W" represents 6 inches. Each of the smaller spaces is W/4 or in this case 6"/4 = 1.5" The length of the rectangle is 3xW=3x6"=18". [For A 7" width rafter the small spaces would be W/4=7"/4=1.75. Similarly, a 7" width rafter would be 3xW = 3x7" = 21" long.] Copy the rectangle onto A4 using faint pencil lines (4H) and make sure your rectangle will fit centrally on the paper. To help you do all this follow these instructions. Using a light pencil (4H) mark the midpoint of left hand edge of the paper (X1) and the right-hand edge (X2). Mark the midpoint of top edge (Y1) and the midpoint of bottom edge. Draw a horizontal line from X1 to X2. and a vertical from Y1 to Y2. Mark the intersection with W1. Measure 9" from W1 going left and mark the point W2. Place your set square on the horizontal line at W2 and draw a vertical line 3"

10 long up the page. Turn the set square upside down and draw another 3" line downwards. Repeat this again measuring 9" from W1 but going right and very soon you can complete the new rectangle. Now draw all the horizontal lines as shown. There are five altogether. All lines can be drawn with a light 4H pencil for now. Stage 2 Pergola Rafter Tails Outline Template Next draw the pergola rafter tails shape which is made from straight lines only. I call this the Outline Template. To do this draw over the lines AB and BC using a darker pencil (HB) this time. Draw FE and ED in darker pencil (HB). Leave AF in 4H pencil. Draw a line from C to D very faintly using 4H pencil. You may wish to erase all the faint lines now before the third stage except for CD.

11 Stage 3 Three methods to make your curves. Decide which one you like and we'll carry on. Compass/Set Square-Easy Circle-Easy Compasses-Less Easy

12 Square Method Compass/Set Mark the point "O" half way between C and D. M1 and M2 are midway points between DO and CO. Using the set square and light 4H pencil draw a long perpendicular line - to the edge of the paper - from M1. Next adjust your compasses to 6" (W=6"), place the point on D and make a small arc to cut the perpendicular line you have just constructed. Still keeping the compasses adjusted to 6" (W=6") but now using the darker HB pencil place the point at the new intersection point and draw an arc between D and O. Do the same for the point M2 using 4H pencil to begin with and HB pencil for the arc.

13 [If the compasses can't stretch to 6" release the pencil and slide it up so the compasses are holding it at the very top.] [For a 7" width adjust the compasses to 7 (W=7")] For a simpler way to construct curves try the Circle Method using 6" as your radius. Circle Method Draw a Radius 6" circle on card. Cut the circle out and move the card into Position 1 so it passes through D and O. Using an HB pencil draw the arc from D to O. Change to position 2 and do the same with the arc CO. Compasses Method

14 First - construct the perpendicular bisector of the lines CO and DO. You may remember some of this from high school. Make your construction lines faint if you want to erase them later. 1)Open your compasses to about 3/4 of the length CO [ say 4"]. 2)Place the point of your compasses at C and make an arc. 3)Without adjusting the compasses place the point at O and make another arc as shown. 4)Where the arcs cross draw a line. 5)Repeat for the line DO. You're now going to draw the two curves, which will give the characteristic classical effect we're looking for in your pergola rafter tails. 6)Open your compasses to 6" - the rafter width measurement. This is "w" in our top drawing. 7)Place the point of the compasses at C and scribe a small arc to cut the perpendicular bisector.

15 8)Without adjusting the compasses, place the point at this intersection and carefully scribe an arc from C to O. 9)Keeping the same compasses adjustment place the point at D, scribe a small arc to cut the perpendicular as shown. 10)Once again place the point at this intersection and scribe an arc from O to D. Stage 4 Erase all your construction lines (4H pencil) and there you have it. A beautiful pergola rafter tails template.

16 Carefully cut out the design and trace it onto thin plywood or hardboard. Using a jigsaw cut out your classical pergola rafter tails template and transfer this shape onto each of your rafters. Select Pergola Rafter Tails Sizes To Carefully Create Garden Appeal There are so many different pergola rafter tails sizes. I have shown all the important measurements for widths from 4" to 12". What you decide may depend on what timber sizes are available at your local timber yard. Choose from These Pergola Rafter Tails Sizes Draw the Outline Template first for your width. Then draw the circle on card using the radius indicated. Cut the circle out and move the card into Position 1. Using an HB pencil draw the arc. Change to position 2 and repeat. The diagrams work just as well with the Compasses/Setsquare and Compasses Methods too. Starting with A 4" Width Rafter

17 One customer asked: I'm wondering why you chose the default widths? The rafters I'll be using are 2 by 8, 2 by 6 and 2 by 4. These sizes are standard. Will the default templates work for me? In response I have now added 4" and 8" width sizes on this page. Print off version on the way soon. A 5" Width Rafter A 6" Width Rafter

18 A 7" Width Rafter An 8" Width Rafter A 9" Width Rafter

19 A 10" Width Rafter I have a 10" Width that I am seeking a template for. Can you assist? Thanks, Tom I have added the 10" size, but you will have to draw it by hand as I'm still working on the 10" size print off version.

20 A 11" Width Rafter A 12" Width Rafter My handyman instructed me to look for a template for 2 x 6 and 2 X 12 rafters. I am thinking the 6" width will work for one, but I must modify it in order to get it also on the 12-inch rafter. Any help will be appreciated, and I will just have the templates printed. I'm still getting a few requests like this for 12" and have put in the sizes here.

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