A typical bucket plate connection for an edge glulam beam sized per plan features a three-quarter-inch-thick internal knife plate aligned with the centerline of a three-quarter-inch-thick bearing plate. A three-inch-wide by one-half-inch-thick bent plate aligns with the beam centerline. Fasteners include four SDWS27400SS structural screws and five-sixteenth-inch diameter by three-and-one-eighth-inch-long Kombi screws.
(4) SDWS27400SS 3/4" THK. KNIFE PLATE ALIGN WITH CENTER LINE OF BEARING PLATE EDGE GLULAM BEAM SEE PLAN 4" 3/4" THK BEARING PLATE 1 1/2" CL A A B B TYP. 1" 3"Wx1/2"THK BENT PLATE. TO ALIGN WITH BEAM CL. 4" 5/16"Ø x3-1/8"L KOMBI SCREW M 2 1/2" CLP PLATE THICKNESS PER DETAIL
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