Combination Squares
Combination Squares The Ordinary Steel Square, Fully Treated Of In The First Part Of This Work, Is, As Has Been Clearly Demonstrated, A Constructive Tool Of Wonderful Possibilities In The Hands Of The Skilful Workman. The Labor-saving Tables And Scales Stamped Upon The Blade And Tongue, As We Have Seen, ...
Hip Roof Framing
Hip Roof Framing We Have Already Referred To The Great Variety Of Problems—many Of Them Of Considerable Com Plexity, Depending On The Greater Or Less Com Plexity Of The Kind Of Roof Selected For The Struc Ture—that Arise When The Carpenter Is Con Fronted With The Problem Of Putting On ...
Historical And Descriptive
Historical And Descriptive Square Used By The Earliest Builders.—the Greeks, Who Were An Inventive People, And Who Were Apt To Ascribe To Themselves More Credit Than Was Really Their Due, In The Way Of Inven Tions And Discoveries, Lay Claim To Be The Invent Ors Of The Instrument. Pliny Says ...
Hoppers And Hopper Bevels
Hoppers And Hopper Bevels In The Laying Out Of Many Special Types Of Buildings—such As Farm Buildings, Or Those In Tended For Industrial Uses, As Mills, Factories, Shops, Etc.—there Are Many Problems Of A Special Character Constantly Arising That Call For Inge Nuity On The Part Of The Carpenter. They ...
Key To Steel Square
Key To Steel Square In Connection With The Steel Square And Its Application To Different Shapes And Types Of Structures—various-angled As Well As Square Cornered—several Important Labor-saving De Vices Have Been Evolved Through The Ingenuity And Skill Of American Inventors. One Of The Most Valuable Of These Devices Is A ...
Miscellaneous Rules
Miscellaneous Rules In Connection With The Work Of Construction, Problems Frequently Arise That Are Ordinarily Supposed To Involve The Necessity For More Or Less Complicated Mathematical Computation In Their Solution. In The Case Of Many Of These Problems, It Will Be Found That A Familiar Knowl Edge Of The Possibilities ...
Pitches And Roof Framing
Pitches And Roof Framing The Young Mechanic Who Attacks The Prob Lem Of Roof Framing Will Find That It Involves Many Features Entirely Distinct From Those That Confronted Him In Framing Ordinary Walls, Floors, Etc. If The Steel Square Was Found Of Great Assist Ance In The Latter, It Will ...
Polygons And Miters
Polygons And Miters In The Following Paragraphs We Present Still Further Examples Of The Application Of The Steel Square To The Solution Of Problems That Are To A Greater Or Less Extent Of A Mathematical Nature, Some Of Which Are Ordinarily Solved Only By The Methods Of Geometry Or Trigonometry. ...
Possibilities Of The Steel
Possibilities Of The Steel Square It Is Doubtful If Even Carpenters Themselves Generally Recognize What A Wide Range Of Possi Bilities Lie In The Steel Square. This Instrument May Truthfully Be Said To Be The One Great Tool Of The Carpenter. The Cutting Edge, Or Knife, May Be Older; But ...
Right Jack Fig21
Right Jack Fig.21 Run Of The Right Common Rafter On The Tongue. Blade Gives The Cut Of The Left Jack. Vice Versa For The Right Jack. Figs. 20 And 21 Illustrate These Cuts. Projecting Cornice.—here Is Another Problem That Comes In Connection With The Uneven Pitched Roof. Where A Projecting ...
Roof Framing
Roof Framing There Is Probably No Part Of A Building In The Construction Of Which The Steel Square Will Be Found Of Greater Direct Usefulness, Than The Roof. In The Framing Of This Most Important Part Of The Structure—on Which The Very Life Of The Building, As Well As The ...
Stair Building
Stair Building Although An Entire Volume Can Be Devoted To The Structure And Kinds Of Stairs, We Shall Here Dwell Upon Them Only So Far As The Steel Square Is Concerned In Obtaining The Run And Rise. To Lay Out A Stairway Properly And Construct It, Is An Art In ...
The Adjustable Fence
The Adjustable Fence Notwithstanding The Marvelous Capabilities Of The Steel Square In Itself, The Functions Of This Versatile Tool Can Be Greatly Extended By The Aid Of Auxiliary Devices And Appendages. A Necessary Appendange To The Steel Square In Solving Mechanical Problems, Is What We Call, For Want Of A ...
The Steel Square And
The Steel Square And Its Uses There Is Nothing Of More Importance To A Young Man Who Is Learning The Business Of House Joinery And Carpentry, Than That He Should Make Himself Thoroughly Conversant With The Capabili Ties Of The Tools He Employs. In Many Instances The Tools Employed By ...