Carpentry Made Easy - The Science and Art of Framing - With Specific Instructions for Building Balloon Frames, Barn Frames, Mill Frames, Warehouses, Church Spires. William E. Bell

are mine. Whatever is found in it purely literary and scientific, I cheerfully attribute to his assistance. And believing that the work will supply a pressing want, and will be useful both to those who are devoted to the Mechanic Arts and to Amateurs who have felt the necessity of a faithful guide in house-building and other structures, especially in new settlements, I can confidently commend it to them as supplying this deficiency.

      WILLIAM E. BELL.

       CONTENTS

       PART I.—GEOMETRY.

       Definitions

       Explanations of Mathematical Symbols

       Definitions of Mathematical Terms

       Axioms

       Proposition I. Theorem

       Proposition XXX. Problem

       PART II.—CARPENTRY

       USE OF THE SQUARE IN OBTAINING BEVELS

       The square described

       Pitch of the roof

       Bevels of Rafters

       Bevels of upper joints and gable-end studding

       Bevels of Braces

       BALLOON FRAMES

       The sills (light sills)

       The studs

       The plates

       Raising and plumbing the frame

       The floor joists

       Upper joists

       Rafters

       Gable-end studs

       Framing the sills

       Work sides (of timbers)

       To take timber out of wind

       Spacing for windows and doors

       Mortices for the studs

       The gains (for joints)

       The draw bores

       A draw pin

       Supports for the upper joists

       Crowning of joists

       Bridging of joists

       Lining, or sheeting balloon frames

       BARN FRAMES

       Size of mortices

       Braces

       Pitch of the roof

       Purlins

       Length of the purlin posts

       Purlin post brace

       Purlin post brace mortices

       Upper end bevel of purlin post braces

       MILL FRAMES

       Cripple studs

      Trussed partitions

       SCARFING

       Straps and bolts (in scarfing)

      Scarfing over posts

       FLOORS IN BRICK BUILDINGS

       Trimmer joists

       CIRCULAR CENTRES

       ELLIPTICAL CENTRES

       ARCHES

       HIP ROOFS

       Hip Rafters

       Side

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