Method and fixture for truss fabricating

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A HIP TRUSS OR THE LIKE, THE TRUSS HAVING UPPER CHORDS EACH OF WHICH IS CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE ENDS OF A LOWER CHORD TO FORM THEREWITH HEEL ANGLES, THE METHOD COMPRISING, SEPARATING TWO HEEL PEDESTALS BY A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE LOWER CHORD OF THE TRUSS SO THAT THE HEEL PEDESTALS MAY SUPPORT THE ENDS OF THE LOWER CHORD AND ONE END OF EACH UPPER CHORD OF THE TRUSS, SWINGING TWO PANEL POINT PEDESTALS ABOUT AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PASSING THROUGH THE LOWER CHORD AND THE HEEL PEDESTAL UNTIL THE DESIRED HEEL ANGLES OF THE TRUSS ARE FORMED BY A LINE BETWEEN THE HEEL PEDESTALS AND LINES BETWEEN THE PANEL POINT PEDESTALS AND THE HEEL PEDESTALS, ADJUSTING THE SPACING BETWEEN THE PANEL POINT PEDESTALS AND THE RESPECTIVE HEEL PEDESTALS UNTIL THEY ARE SEPARATED BY DISTANCES SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE UPPER CHORDS OF THE TRUSS BEING FABRICATED, POSITIONING WOOD MEMBERS SUBSTANTIALLY IN ABUTTING RELATION ON THE PEDESTALS TO FORM A LOWER CHORD BETWEEN THE HEEL PEDESTALS AND UPPER CHORDS BETWEEN THE HEEL AND PANEL POINT PEDESTALS, AND SECURING THE WOOD MEMBERS TOGETHER.