- Donald Reid said; There is a lot of science involved in structural design and it is certainly one area in which you do not want to do something stupid.
Another "design" method is TLAR, which stands for THAT LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT. But that's not design. On another issue, I've seen many threads about WAFS. If it's a good design, it's all equal strength, like links in a chain. I've never seen any facual design calculations to suggest the WAFs are stronger or weaker than the rest. However, I've heard many opinions. Someday, I'll tell you what opinions are like... Ron Freiberger mail to rfreiberger at swfla.rr.com <- substitute an @ sign ;o)
