Friday, June 28, 2024

Prostate Cancer My Butt Hole Hurts

 

Prostate Cancer My Butt Hole Hurts

Disclaimer: Reading this page may kill you, if you follow my advice.

Sometimes, the treatment is worse than the disease. I've had prostate cancer for 17 years, and I just ignored it. I felt that I would eventually die from prostate cancer, knowing that my father died from prostate cancer at the age of 80, but not really. He died of bone radiation that was trying to kill the prostate cancer. After getting the Lupron injection that is required to get radiation, I feel I'm more likely to turn into a pile of mush and bones before I ever die from prostate cancer.


JOHNS HOPKINS Study

  • 5-year relative survival rate of nearly 100 percent: Five years after diagnosis, the average prostate cancer patient is about as likely as a man without prostate cancer to still be living. 
  • 10-year relative survival rate of 98 percent: Ten years after diagnosis, the average prostate cancer patient is just 2 percent less likely to survive than a man without prostate cancer.
  • 15-year relative survival rate of 95 percent: Fifteen years after diagnosis, the average prostate cancer patient is 5 percent less likely to survive than a man without prostate cancer.

 


The radiation treatment at Kaiser Hospital Cancer Center in Dublin, California, with the Varian True-Beam, was painless. You do not feel the radiation beam. The two technicians who treated me were top-notch. The only reason my butt hole hurt was because of the diarrhea. They told me to stay hydrated, and I drink 3-4 bottles of water a day, but I should have drank more than 5-6 bottles of water daily.  


Side effects of radiation: fatigue, headache, and diarrhea. Small price to pay for destroying the prostate cancer cells. Also, no hair loss whatsoever, even on your testicles. 


The only pain I felt was going through the steps to get the radiation treatment, getting the 3 gold seeds implanted in my prostate, just fucking ouch. The two small dot tattoos that were drawn on each butt cheek so the technicians could align the lasers and radiation beam with the dots and gold seeds to destroy the prostate cancer cells. 


The drug  Lupron (leuprolide) is used to control early puberty in young girls, and it is used in prostate cancer cases to send grown adult males back to puberty. It takes the "man" out of men. For me, it removed a massive amount of muscle, and now my wrists at 73 years old are the same size as mine when I was 12 years old. My penis is now just as limp as when I was 12 years old, with pre-puberty and my testicular shrinkage to match pre-puberty. However, I don't remember having hot flashes in pre-puberty.


I understand the importance of getting the Lupron injection to lower my PSA level, but the side effects of Lupron are hard to cope with. In 2007, my PSA level was 4.5. Before I got the Lupron injection in 2024, my PSA level was 38.5. After three months on Lupron, my PSA is now at 0.3.


I had the "Dickless with Tiny Balls" tee-shirts made as a protest vote in getting the Lupron injection.




Probably the best place to learn about the options for prostate cancer is in the waiting room at Kaiser Hospital Cancer Center. After talking to the men in the waiting room, I realized their stories were all different. One man, 50 years old, was there for 22 radiation treatments. However, he did not know what his PSA level was. Another man, 73 years old, who had his prostate removed, was there for 32 radiation treatments with a PSA level of 66 or 6.6. I wasn't exactly sure what he said, except that he said his PSA was really high. Another man, 62 years old, who had his prostate removed, was there for 35 radiation treatments, and his PSA level was 5.1.  


Note: All three men said they did not have massive muscle loss from the Lupron injection. 


Another radiation cancer patient, 77 years old, said his prostrate cancer was probably caused by Agent Orange from the Vietnam War, and the prostate cancer had spread to his tailbone. No other details on his PSA level.


My friend Dywayne in Tennessee, 70 years old, had his prostate removed when he was 72 years old. For the first year after the prostate was removed, he felt great. However, two years later, he died. No idea about his PSA level before and after or whether or not his cancer spread outside of his prostate. 


Today, I found out that a windsurfing buddy from 30 years ago, Jim, 70 years old , also had his prostate cancer cured at that radiation treatment center at Kaiser Hospital Cancer Center in Dublin, California. I do not have any details on his PSA level. However, I remember Jim saying how massive my forearms were when we were windsurfing. He would be applauded by the small size of my forearms today.


Me windsurfing with Jim at Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area about 1994



I almost feel like a wimp. I only had five radiation treatments on the clinical trial GU009, but at a much higher radiation dosage, and I still have my prostate. Back in 2008, a doctor wanted to remove my prostate when my PSA level was at 6.5, and I declined. Before you make any decisions on your prostate cancer, find out if the prostate cancer has spread outside of your prostate. After 17 years of having prostate cancer, the prostate cancer had not spread outside of my prostate.  


When you have your prostate removed, you will still need to get the Lupron injection and radiation. To me, that's the worst-case scenario.


Make all of your decisions on these four things:

1: PSA Level

2: Testosterone Level

3: Has the prostate cancer spread outside of your prostate?  

4: Grade of Cancer-> Gleason grading system



For some men who have prostate cancer that has spread outside of the prostate, with a PSA level of 5.0 could be deadly. If the prostate cancer had not spread outside of the prostate, then, like me, I felt I could have had a PSA level of 50 and been just fine by just doing "nothing." But maybe not. With a Gleason score 4+4, aggressive cancer, It was time to get treatment.


My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 62 in 1990. At 65 years old, he got radiation seeds implanted in his prostate. That was a disaster. It didn't cure the prostate cancer, and he was really sick for a year. Then, at the age of 70, he got chemotherapy and probably the Luprin injection. After the treatment, he hired a personal trainer and started working out with weights. He was in excellent shape after he began working out. At the age of 77, he got more chemotherapy. Then, more experimental chemotherapy treatments until the age of 80.  I don't know if his prostate cancer spread outside the prostate when he was 65, and I don't know his PSA level. 


A relative of my fathers, who was a board member of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, told my father the best thing he could have done was " nothing." But it was advice that was too little and too late after all of his chemotherapy.


Prostate cancer

Side effects of getting the Lupron injection.

Massive muscle loss.

Massive bone density loss.

Massive weight gain.

Ruptured chest muscles.

The exorcist syndrome.

Constant nagging syndrome, according to my wife

Felt like plastic worms injected into each butt muscle.

Hot flashes. Lots of hot flashes.

Headaches

Suicidal thoughts

Murderous thoughts

Bone pain

Constant pain.

Constant Fatigue

Respiratory problems

Spinal cord compression

Blurred vision

Dizziness

Constant stomach aches, probably from the muscle mass loss, turning into belly fat.

Massive muscle loss in my butt. 

Massive muscle loss in my calves. I can't walk more than 100 yards without my calves hurting.

Massive muscle loss in my thighs. 

Massive muscle loss in my back.  My lower rib cage now hurts.

Massive muscle loss in my chest. 

Massive muscle loss in my forearms. 

Massive muscle loss in my biceps. 


And a new watermelon belly full of fat. After being on Lupron for three months, I feel like I have lost at least 10 pounds of muscle and added 10 pounds of fat to my belly.






I had Stage 1 Prostate Cancer: The cancer had not spread outside of the prostate.


Anti-hormonal treatment --> Lupron injection and taking Bicalutamide 50 mg tablets daily.

Anti-hormonal treatment works by reducing or blocking the amount of testosterone in the body, a male hormone that prostate cancer often depends on to grow.

The Bicalutamide, 50 mg tablets, have lowered my testosterone to <20, which basically means my testosterone is zero. Testosterone helps boys develop male features like body and facial hair, deeper voice, and muscle strength during puberty. Then, Bicalutamide lowers your testosterone to pre-puberty levels.


I was 17 years old, lifting weights for football training with my testosterone, probably at 800.

I am 18 years old, graduating from high school with my testosterone, probably at 825.



I was 18 years old, surfing in San Diego, California, with my testosterone probably at 850.



I am 21 years old, in Pikes Peak, Colorado, with my testosterone probably at 825.

I am 27 years old and waterskiing in Kauai, Hawaii, with my testosterone probably at 800.


I am 32 years old, with my testosterone probably at 750.

My father, son Erik, and I windsurfing on the Oregon coast at the age of 46, with my testosterone probably at 600.
Note: My father would be 69 in this photo, just before he started chemotherapy, and my son Erik is now a third-generation carpenter. 





Tours France, 2021, at 70 years old, with my testosterone probably at 350.
Visiting the Musée - Librarie du in Tours France to see the compagnons masterpieces.


Advanced Stereotomy Certificate, 2023, at 72 years old, with my testosterone at 270.

Note: I'm basing my testosterone levels on:
1: Overall energy
2: Strength
3: Muscel recovery

So, the big question is, "Should you get radiation treatments for your prostate cancer".  With my PSA level at 38.5, I was concerned that the prostate cancer would spread to my tailbone and hurt like hell. Then there was the doctor saying he would recommend getting treatment for his father and my wife, nagging me about getting my prostate cancer treated because she got her breast cancer treated. The only regret I have is getting the Lupron injection and taking Bicalutamide 50 mg tablets daily. However, without Lupron and Bicalutamide, the radiation is ineffective. Almost a catch-22 scenario. And remember, the radiation treatment is painless; the prostate cancer in the tailbone is not. 

So, after my 5th radiation treatment, technically, my prostate cancer is cured. As long as my PSA < 1 and my testosterone level is pre-pubrity. Without testosterone, prostate cancer has nothing to feed on. Also, I was able to stop taking the Bicalutamide 50 mg tablets after the last radiation treatment. However, I'm still supposed to get three more Lupron injections every 6 months.  


Dickless with Tiny Balls for Pre-Puberty Prostate Cancer Victims


I'll update this page every three months after I get my blood test done for the PSA level. To see if I'm still cancer-free.

Update: 9/27/2024
My PSA is 0.1
My Testosterone is 0
I'm not getting the Lupron injection at this time. The Lupron has done too much damage to my body at this time.  With the muscle mass loss and the new belly fat, my A1C is too high, from 147 to 192, and my diabetes is more of a threat to my life than my prostate cancer.

Oh yeah, according to my friend Nathan's mother, stay away from the salami. 






Monday, March 21, 2022

 

HG IV Circular Work in Carpentry
Stereotomy Geometry

This book is a subset of the Holy Grail of Roof Framing Geometry & Trigonometry books.

More Info on HG IV

Buy HG IV

The book includes step-by-step instructions on developing stereotomic double curvature drawings for circular work in carpentry. Some of the techniques presented in this book are thousands of years in the making. As carpenters, we shouldn't have to re-invent the wheel each time we are faced with new challenges. There is a likely hood that someone, that came before us, has already refined a technique that we can use today. The tools might have changed, but the piece of wood that it is twisting and turning remains the same piece of wood.

This book also includes a zip file download of 930MB. There are some print, scribe, and cut drawings for double curvature in the zip file download. As, well as, PDFs, pictures of the process of cutting the wood, SketchUp files, and some AutoCAD files.

Book Contents

Cords, Midpoints, and Tangents
Lines and Midpoints
Unit Circle Arc Segment Functions
The Three Lost Points of Circular Work
Professor Louis Mazerolle's Conic Section Practice Page
Parabola Conic Section Practice Page
Hyperbola on Round Tower Roof
Ellipse Functions
Cylinder SkyLite
Helix Curve - Circular Stair Stringer
Helix Double Curvature Stair Stringer
Helix Double Curvature Stair Stringer Practice
Concial Helix
Double Curvature Arch
The intersection of Three Cylinders
Imperial - Dome Roof Orthographic Projection Exercise
The intersection of Cone and Inclined Plane
Layover Rafters on Elliptical Sleepers
The intersection of Vertical & Horizontal Cones
Hunting Miter Parabola
Circle Scribe Transfer Tool ™
Barrel Roof Framing - Elliptical Layover Roof Surface Geometry
Barrel Roof Framing - Trigonometry Purlin Rafters
Barrel Roof Framing - Circular Ribs
Barrel Roof Framing - Roof Surface Development
Barrel Roof Framing - Task Model
Barrel Roof Framing - Arch Top Dormer
Barrel Vault Elliptical Rib Layout
Eyebrow Roof Dormer with Ribs Task Model
Eyebrow Roof Dormer Inner Valley Plywood
Eyebrow Roof Dormer Math
Eyebrow Roof Dormer with Purlins
Curved Hip Rafters
Curved Bay Window Rafters
Ski Slope Rafters
Ogee-Imperial Hip Rafters Equal Slope
Ogee-Imperial Bay Window Hip Rafters
Ogee-Imperial Pentagon Pavilion
Ogee-Imperial Hexagon Pavilion
Ogee-Imperial Octagon Pavilion
Imperial - Straight Roof Task Model
Imperial - Dome Roof Task Model
Bell Roof
Dome Roof
Concave Roof
Belgian Oeil-de-Boeuf,
known as Bull's Eye windows
Medieval Gothic Cathedral Table
Round Tower Roof Intersecting A Straight Roof
Dome Roof Intersecting a Straight Roof
Round Tower Roof Intersecting A Dome Roof
Round Tower Roof Intersecting A Imperial Roof
French Capucine Dormer-Skylite
French Guitarde Dormer-Skylite
Guitarde and Capucine Solid Models Cut on the BandSaw
Single Curvature Knee Braces
Double Curvature Knee Braces
Fourneau's Guitarde Dormer built in 1765 in Rouen France
Round Tower on Square Plan
Pyramid Roof on Circular Plan
The Intersection of a Cone & Cutting Plane for the Ellipse cut on a bandsaw
Curved Purlins on Round Tower Roof
Saint-Andre's Cross on Round Tower
Round Tower Roof with Saint Andrew's Cross Task Models
Saint-Andre's Cross on Imperial Round Tower
Round Towers of California with Saint Andre's Cross
Professional Stair Builder Secrets
Enclosed Circular Stairs
Free Standing Circular Stairs
Enclosed Elliptical Stairs
Free Standing Elliptical Stairs
Tangent Handrailing
Round Tower with Ears
The Intersection of a Cone & Cutting Plane for the Ellipse
Groin Vaults
Barrel Vaults
Elliptical Vaults
Parabolic Arch Vaults
Gothic Arch Vaults











Wednesday, January 29, 2020

The Art of the Line for Carpentry

The Art of the Line for Carpentry
Stereotomy Geometry

This book is a subset of the Holy Grail of Roof Framing Geometry & Trigonometry books.
HG - III
You can purchase the book HG-III at this link.


  • Art du Trait de Charpente
  • Art of the Line for Carpentry
  • German Schiften
  • Basic Task Models
  • TC - DP Shadow Line
  • Canted Hip and Valley Rafters
  • Net Roof Surface
  • Folding Roof Surface Planes
  • Footprint Planes
  • Net Planes
  • Sloping Ridges
  • Rafter Claws
  • Purlins
  • Dormers
  • Tréteau à devers
  • Canted Trestles
  • Joiners Table
  • Sawhorses
  • Saint Andrews' Cross
  • WorldSkills Carpentry Competition Practice Task Model
  • Twisted Crosses
  • Canted Cross
  • Hexagon Canted Cross
  • Pentagon Canted Cross
  • Witches Cut
  • Warlock Cut
  • MoonWalk Lines
  • Roof Framing Geometry
  • Roof Framing Stereotomy
  • The Aurora Roof Framing Challenge
  • American Journeyman Carpenters Examination
  • German Schiften Roof Averaging Exam

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Holy Grail of Roof Framing Geometry & Trigonometry Book

Book I & Book II



With all the 3D drawings we use today, a craftsman who spends his whole life doing a few simple operations has little chance of exercising his intelligence and thus corrupts the spirit of his mind. These books are for anyone interested in learning the geometric process to roof framing that can be used on the job site. As well as the trigonometric formulas that have evolved from the geometry. A lot of the geometry in the books will be the first time there’s an English explanation to the geometric drawings. French Art du Trait and German Shiften drawings are intellectual exercises in three-dimensional lines. However, precise rafter layout can only be accomplished with knowledge of the geometry that develops the parallelogram in the compound joint.

Most roofs can be calculated with a CMC calculator. For complex roof framing, trigonometry or geometry must be used. There is more trigonometry in this book than all of the roof framing books written in English combined. However, it has over 1,000 geometric roof framing drawings in the book as well, for carpenters that are not comfortable using trigonometry.

This book does not fit in your sisters' lunch pail. It was written to make complex roof framing simple. 
5 different techniques to cut the Witches cut. 
Roof framing base knowledge starts with geometry, not the CMC calculator. 
Precise rafter layout is accomplished with plumb lines and level lines.
Bastard Hip Roof Framing Simplified to compete with the King of Bastards -- Ryan Smith
Grasshopper method for  canted hip rafters.


Link to Purchase the book:




Knowledge

Precise rafter layout can only be accomplished with knowledge of the geometry that develops the parallelogram in the compound joint. Take away the carpenters Framing Square, CMC calculator, and circular saw to show you what they really know about cutting rafters. Can they still layout and cut a hip rafter without the use of these tools? These books will help you acquire the knowledge that has been passed down by the builders of the past.
Objectives

The information shown in some roof framing books can be overwhelming. My primary objective in writing these books is to share the knowledge I've gained from reading and studying books on roof framing. It's easy to think you know everything about roof framing, big fish in a little pond syndrome until you see or examine the roof framing from around the world and from the builders of the past. I'm as guilty as anyone on the big fish in a little pond syndrome, roof framing in the San Francisco Bay area during the height of conventional roof stick frame era, before roof trusses. Now that I've studied a lot of geometry and trigonometry, I know that using the Pythagorean theorem in the 1980's was like taking bunny steps compared to what I know and can do now.
The king, queen, and knight of roof framing are
1: Hip Rafter Backing Angle
2: Valley Sleeper Layover Bevel Angle
3: Roof Surface - Sheathing Angles.

All of the roof framing angles we use are based on these three angles. For plumb hip rafters, the hip rafter backing angle and roof sheathing angles define the cut on the timber. For canted rafters, the valley sleeper layover bevel angle and roof sheathing angles define the rafter cuts for canted rafters.

Hip rafter shift - offset, plumb line shift, DP-shadow line, and roof averaging design are the other four techniques that need to be studied-learned to graduate from the big fish in a little pond to compete in the world skills of roof framing. There are other areas in the roof that need to be studied, but these seven angles-techniques should be the base for all roof framers.

Don't re-invent the wheel, like I've been guilty of, learn these seven angles - techniques. That has been passed down through the centuries. The builders of the past have made it pretty easy for us. All we have to do is study the techniques that they used from the middle ages to the present day. And we get to use circular saws, instead of broad axes, handsaws, draw knives, chisels, Bisaiguë, etc... to cut our rafters.

Pages from the book:
Book Table of Contents

    Book I
  • Unit Circle Basics for developing Trigonometric Functions
  • The "Unit Circle" is a circle with a radius of 1
  • Tetrahedron Trigonometric Identity Formulas by Joe Bartok
  • Fundamental Hip-Valley Roof Ratios by Joe Bartok
  • Trigonometric Identities
  • Law of Sines Formulas
  • Law of Cosines Formulas
  • Roof Framing Angles in an Unfolded Tetrahedron
  • Canadian & American Geometric Roof Framing
  • Development using a Steel Framing Square
  • Definitions of Roof Framing Angles by Joe Bartok
  • Timber Framing Trigonometric Identity Formulas by Joe Bartok
  • Timber Framing Hawkindale Angle Formulas
  • Frank L. Martindale - H. L. McKibben - L. E. Gray
  • Rees Hawkins Acheson
  • Ed Levin
  • Curtis Milton
  • Timber Framing Angles: S, D , R1 , R2 , R3 , R4 , R5 , R6 , R7
  • P1 , P2 , P3 , P4 , P5 , P6 , P7
  • C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 , C5 , C6, C7 , C8 ,
  • Timber Framing Angles: A5 , A7 , A8 , A9
  • R5B , A5B , R5P , A5P , R4B , R4P ,
  • P4BV , P5BV , R6P , R6PBV , R7BV , VSB ,
  • Roof Averaging Formula: RA
  • Saw Blade Bevel Angle Trigonometric Formulas
  • Tréteaux Angles, tréteau à devers
  • Tetrahedron Slice for Trigonometric Formulas
  • Platonic Solids Trigonometric Formulas
  • Platonic Solid Tetrahedron Trigonometric Formulas
  • Platonic Solid Hexahedron Trigonometric Formulas
  • Platonic Solid Octahedron Trigonometric Formulas
  • Platonic Solid Dodecahedron Trigonometric Formulas
  • Platonic Solid Icosahedron Trigonometric Formulas
  • Auxiliary Drawings for Platonic and Archimedean Solids
  • Archimedean Solids with Jack Rafter Side Cut Angles
  • Archimedean Solids Compound Joinery
  • Archimedean Solid Truncated Tetrahedron
  • Archimedean Solid Rhombicuboctahedron
  • Archimedean Solid Cuboctahedron
  • Archimedean Solid Truncated Hexahedron
  • Archimedean Solid Truncated Octahedron
  • Archimedean Solid Truncated Cuboctahedron
  • Trigonometric Formulas Quick Reference
    Book II
  • Treatise On Those Parts of Geometry Needed by Craftsmen
  • A lesson in Applied Geometry and Euclidean Geometry
  • Pentagon Developed from 5 Circles
  • daisy - stumpEnNailen Test
  • Glossary - Vocabulary
  • Folding Roof Planes
  • Démaigrissement Method
  • Irregular Hip Roof Development - Billy Dillon
  • When Roofs Collide - Will Beemer
  • Hip and Valley Roof Compound Angle Formulas and Geometry
  • Fundamental Hip-Valley Roof Ratios by Joe Bartok
  • Bunny - Grasshopper Test
  • Snake - Two Headed Serpent Test
  • Warlock Cut and the Secret Line
  • Prism Planes in Roof Framing
  • Pythagorean Theorem
  • Hip Rafter Backing Angles
  • Basic Hip Rafter Shift
  • Basic Hip Rafter Shift On The Job Site
  • Hip Rafter Plumb Line Shift
  • Jack Rafter Board
  • Hip Rafter Plumb Line Shift Example
  • Equal Overhang for Unequal Sloped Roofs
  • Steel Framing Square Usage for Top Bevel Cuts
  • Jack Rafter Plumb Line Shift With Framing Square
  • Jack Rafter Plumb Line Shift
  • Trigonometric Formulas Quick Reference
  • Hip Rafter Plumb Line Shift On The Job Site
  • Basic Rafter Lengths
  • Rafter Lengths
  • Purlin Rafters - Frieze Blocks - Panne - Pfetten
  • Purlin - Roof Sheathing Cuts in the Roof Surface
  • Purlin Lip-Cut - Seat Cut- Lower Claw Angle
  • Shadow Line - Purlin Rafters - Geometrically
  • Saw Blade Bevel Angles
  • Purlin Rafters Geometrically
  • Jack Rafter Lower Claw Angle
  • 4 Hits of the Square for Lower Claw Angles
  • Witches Cut - Hexenschnitt
  • Square Tail Fascia
  • Roof Averaging - Roof Design - Dachausmittlung
  • Sloping Ridge and Roof Averaging - Roof Design
  • Roof Design - Roof Surface - Dachausmittlung
  • Polygonal Roof Framing
  • Polygonal Roof Framing Octagonal
  • Octagon Roof Framing Geometric Development
  • Octagonal 4 Butt Roof Framing
  • Octagonal Roof Framing Head Cuts
  • Octagonal Roof Framing Example
  • Polygonal Roof Framing Hexagon
  • Hexagon Roof Framing Geometric Development
  • Polygonal Roof Framing Pentagon
  • Pentagon Roof Framing Geometric Development
  • Round Tower Roof Framing
  • Round Tower 4 Butt Head Cuts Roof Framing
  • Round Tower Mitered Head Cuts Roof Framing
  • Round Tower Rafter Layout Roof Framing
  • Pyramid Roof Framing
  • Pyramid Square Equal Sloped Roof Framing
  • Pyramid Rectangular Unequal Sloped Roof Framing
  • Bay Window Roof Framing
  • Bay Window Roof Framing Example
  • Bay Window Match Gable Roof Framing
  • Bowed Bay Window Roof Framing
  • Unequal Side Length Bay Window Roof Framing
  • Equal Overhang Bay Window Roof Framing
  • Unequal Sided Octagon Geometric & Trigonometric
  • Layover Valley Sleeper Roof Framing
  • Valley Rafter Roof Framing - de noue - Kehlsparren
  • Irregular Valley Rafter Roof Framing
  • Bisecting Hip & Valley Rafters Roof Framing
  • Cripple Hip Rafter Roof Framing
  • Valley Rafter to Hip Rafter Jack Sliders Roof Framing
  • Valley Sleeper Roof Framing
  • Valley Layover Rafter Geometrically
  • Off Angle Lay-Over California Valley Roof Framing
  • Snub Nose Hip Roof Framing
  • Clipped Hip Roof Framing
  • Alhambra Granada Hip Roof Framing
  • Rake Wall Roof Framing
  • Exterior Hip Roof Rake Wall Framing
  • Rake Walls Rotated into Roof Surface
  • Hopper Angles
  • Crown Molding Angles
  • Shed Dormer - Pitch Break Roof Framing
  • CutIn Dormer Shed Roof Framing
  • Vaulted Ceiling Dormer Roof Framing
  • Unequal Slope Vaulted Ceiling Dormer Roof Framing
  • Trapezoid With Unequal Overhang
  • Trapezoid With Equal Overhang
  • Prow Roof Framing Angles
  • Prow Rafter Perpendicular Framing Angles
  • Unequal Pitched Roofs using The Law of Sines
  • Unequal Pitch Roof With Unequal Height Plate Line Trigonometry
  • Unequal Pitched Gable Rafters with Unequal Plate Heights Example
  • Hip Rafter Diamond Post Angles
  • Chanlattée Hip Rafter Roof Framing
  • Saint Andrews Cross Roof on Plumb Hip Rafter Framing
  • Devers Hip Rafters
  • Devers Hip Rafter Tables for Equal Sloped Roofs
  • English, French, German, Russian Translations
  • Equal Pitched Roof Steel Framing Square Usage
  • Rafter Tables for Equal Sloped Roofs
  • TFG - Roof Framing Kernel
  • Complex Roof Layout Geometry
  • Purlin Miter Angle Framing Square Usage
  • Purlin Run Multiplier for Purlin Miter Angle Framing Square Usage for Pentagon
  • Purlin Run Multiplier for Purlin Miter Angle Framing Square Usage for Hexagon
  • Purlin Run Multiplier for Purlin Miter Angle Framing Square Usage for Octagon
  • Level 1 Roof Cutter's Exam, Equal Pitched 90° Deck Angle
  • Level 2 Roof Cutter's Exam, Unequal Pitched 90° Deck Angle
  • Level 3 Roof Cutter's Exam, Pentagon with 75° Rafter Tails
  • Level 4 Roof Cutter's Exam, Fan Tail Rafters with Square Rafter Tails
  • Level 5 Roof Cutter's Exam, Unequal Pitched Gable
  • Level 6 Roof Cutter's Exam, Multi-Gon Equal Pitched
  • Level 7 Roof Cutter's Exam, Unequal Pitched with Deck Angles Not at 90°
  • Book List - Reference
  • Book III - Book IV Reference
  • Trigonometric Formulas Quick Reference

Monday, March 12, 2018

Holy Grail for Roof Framing Geometry

There are no decimal points in Euclidean Geometry using a straightedge and Compass.

I deciphered what Euclid was drawing on the plaster tablet in 200 BC.  
The Euclidean Geometry for the Devers-canted hip rafter head cuts. 
Using the roof surface angles, the profile rafter slope angle and the valley rafter sleeper angle you can draw out the Devers hip rafter head cut and foot cut angles. As well as the jack rafter and purlin rafter head cuts.