Carpentry

Chapter 3: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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About This Book

A practical manual for apprentices and vocational students that presents step-by-step instruction in building work from site layout and foundations through framing, roof construction, exterior cladding, interior finish, and estimating. It explains foundation setting, sills, joists, wall and partition framing, and detailed procedures for common, hip, valley, and jack rafters, extending methods to octagonal and other polygonal roofs by using trigonometric principles and practical shortcuts. Chapters cover sheathing, roofing, stairs, doors and windows, and include drawings, tables, and an appendix with mathematical tools and estimating guidance.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my father, whose patient instruction and forbearing oversight during the period of carpentry apprenticeship has made possible the practical aspect of this present volume, grateful acknowledgment is made.

Acknowledgment is also made of assistance derived from the various trade magazines and from the few books on carpentry.

Credit is due Mr. franklin G. Elwood, Peoria, for most of the excellent drawings which accompany and clarify the text. A number of the drawings were penciled by Gordon Kellar, Boston. The photographs are the work of James F. Barham, Columbia, Mo-.

I. S. G.