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TH2301.H381 998 92-12644 694'.2-dc20 CIP ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Asa c arpeanntdear t eacher Tohfem anyp eopaltTe h e Kelly Adacthaiu,gm hewt h o carpenIth earvsle,o ng seenT autnhteo Pnr ewshso gamvee computbears ics. neefdo ard iffearpepnrto taoc h enthusieansctoiucr agement. teachfirnagmc ea rpenTthrayt.' s JoeFlo sOsS,H Af,o r whyI d ecidteowd r itthei bso ok JefBfe nekmeye, d itor, whoi nformaotnsi aofne ty. andt om ake the companaisoknea md i llqiuoens tiaonnds videTohsel. i osftt howsheo shortecnleadr,ia fnide da ddedE dF rankwehno,h elped me helpaeldo ntghw ea yi sl ong. tot hqeu aloiftt yht ee xt. solsvoem fer amipnrgo blems. Heret'hsa ntkost howsheo g ave more tahl ainth tellep . My wiMfiel,aa n,dd aughtersJ ohGni bsofnot,rh heo use Ninaayn dR iswah,o h elped plans. witdhu plicactoimnpgu,t er problaenmdsl ove. Myn ephew LHaarurnwy,h o savemdew henm yc omputer Myb rothJeirms and Joe wenitn u nknowdni rections. andm ys istMearrsg aarnedt Loretftotare, c hnhieclapl MartHyi ttlefmoahrne ,l p ande ncouragement. witmha th. BiMlalu gewrh,ot augmhet MilRto senbbeurigl,d ing about vaindde oht ooww o rk inspe,cf totorer chnhieclapl. befoarc ea mera. JanTeok uno,fw orre adianngd JimH alaln dh ivsi decor ew, reviewmiantge rials. Jeff Fay Oalnsdo nT.i m Harwdo rkearlsl,. RogeTurr ka ndm ys onE ric, for thepihro togrwaophrikc. CreighBtloenn khdoirrne,c tor ofV BCa pprentitcreasihniipn g ins outhCearlni fowrhnoi a, gomte i nf roonft tchaem era tom akter ainviindgef oosr apprentices. This book is tdoce adripceanttaeendrd fs r ameervse rywhwehroel ove thes melaln df eeolfw ooda nde njoyb udiilnhgo uses thapte oplcea nt urinn ot homes. CONTENTS ...... 4 ........ ......................................... 1 ....... FRAMICNIEGIL NGS Inrtoduicotn viii 127 ........... joinsgtf ioar. Ga.blReo of 12.8 ....................... GETTINGS ATRTED j5otiisnfgo. ar HipR oof..1 .33 ............................ Tools 2 ................. ......................................... PlanCso,d easn d Permi1t1s ............................ ..FRAMIRNOOG F.S ................ l35 Lumbearn dM aterials 20 ................... ....................................... GablReo ofs 136 ..................... 2F RAMIfNlGO ROS HipR oofs 159 27 InetrsteicnRgo ofs 170 Sills 28 ............. TrusRso ofs l77 Postasn dG idrers 35 6 ............ .................................... ShetahnigR oofs 183 joists 41 ............. .................................... ShetahnigF loors 55 BULIDINGS ATIRS 189 ...... 3F RAMIWNAGL SL Straight-SFtlaiigrhst 190 63 ................................. Stairs a Lwaintdhi ng 200 Layout. 64 ..... Stairs aW wiintdhe r 204 Pltaing 71 ............ HeaderCsr,i pples, .................... Trimmearnsd R ougShi lls. 79 Index 209 Detlaniig 89 BuildainndgR asiinWga lls9 8 Plubminagn dL ining 1l6 ShetahnigW alls 125 INTRODUCTION n rural western WNee bhraads ksao mien toolsB uatt thhoem ep,o stwar world was Ithe 1930s, no houosfe sc owuerrsee : a smallc hhaanngdisnagw rwaiptihd ly and leaving being built, and tIe ettoho km otrhee roundedh itmh abne hind. existing ones for pgOrianntteedd,, am ucchl aw hammOeurt woift hh igh school, I needed as I did the treeso,n et hcel ahwi lmliss sainndg , maonn eoyl df onri cckoeldl ege, so when my the constant wind.w oTohde yc hjiussetl . Thereb rwoetrhee rn oi nvited me down to were. The only typpeo woefr tools becausAel beulqeucetrrqiucei ttyo help him frame construction I knewwa swna'st wahveani lable ihno uosuers ,a rIe a.j umped at the chance. my father set someW iftehn cteh epsoes tbsa sic tBoeoslisd emsy nfeaetdhienrg money, I was in the ground, wrakpeppetd tthhee animals srheealdtye rfeodr, a warmer climate. The perimeter with hog gewnierrea lbloyt hu sing nagirlesa ts aplovsatgweadr housing boom inside and out, anfdr osmt utfhfee ds itthees of wbausr nbeedg-idnonwinn g with lots being middle full of strbauwi ltdoi nfgosr.m Fao r my cplaeratr,e dI awnads foundations being wall and give someb upsryo tmeacktiinogn toy prpoopuerlelde rasl la nodv er town, and any to a milkcow. Onlyk iwthee ns ttrhuet s from twhiel lliindgs woofr ker had a job. We high school was rebmuosdheelle db aasnkde ts andw etrhee sltoivlell yi n white overalls, added to did I begsionf tt ow oroeda loifz eo rangues icnrga toensl.y Ih and tools. As that buildings had rteom embbee rb rsoturguhgtg lingc arfpore ntheorusr,s we were expected into existence, thoant ebnudi ltdoi ngcust off tao pciuetc ef roafm ing lumber with a have authors like wboooodk sw.i tThh itsh e old hhaannddssaaww,. pMoyu r foundations, was a fascinating breesvte lattoiooln ,w as a jaschkiknngilfee rtohoafts ,I lath, lay and one that fascinatemsa nmaeg etdo ttoh ikse ep sofmienwihsaht hardwood floors and day as I see new ssthraurcpt ubrye sb orrirsoew ingb uai lwdh ectasbtionneet s. But as the need up out of the groufnrdo.m a friend. So fIo rw ahso udseienpgl yi ncreased, this The carpenters whiom pdrieds stehda tb y the bbeeaguatny taon dc hange. The age of remodeling job campeo wferro mo f the toolss ptehcoisael ization was rapidly another town, "ovecra ropne nttheer s had. Anadp ptrhoea cshmienlgl. Builders started river," and wore wohfi tteh eoivre rwaolrlks areat raysi ntgh etyo apply to construction with a lot of extrwao rpkoecdk ettos .s hTahpeey thteh ed imfafsesr-epnrto duction, assembly­ carried big toolkiwtoso dwsi tihs sshtiinlyl witlhi nmee .t eIc hhnaivqeu es that Henry Ford handsaws, levels, spmlealnleesd, it a thousuasnedd ttiom ebsu ild cars. squares, braces ansdi nbciet,s ,b uptl utmhba t firsTth itsi mwea s wanso tm ya matter of bobs, chisels sharmpe meonroyu gmha rtkoe r. decreasing the quality or shave with, little hIanm m1e9r4s7,, bwihge n I wdausr ab1i6l,i tIy of houses. Building hammers, sledgehamhmeelrpse.d Ia n old carpceondteesr bbeucialmde as tricter year after especially loved tho ouwsatec.h Hteh ew as a geynetalre, oalsd tmhaeny, do to this day. long curls of woodt eraicshiinngg uapn oauptp renEtviecne ttohueg her was the Federal of a plane as it wbaass ipcuss hoefd tohvee rt radHeo.u sWiintgh Amdem inistration, a surface. I hung waorrokuinndg sion the sumwmheirc ha nsde parately inspected all much that they finpaalrlty tpiutm e mdeu ring tthhee smcihloloilo ns of G.!. houses it to work as a waterybeoayr ,a nidt took us aflimnoasntc ead .y eTahre tool d saying, general gofer-at 5n0a icle nitts aal l togeth"eTrh.e yH ijsu stto odlosn 't build houses day. That summer mwaedree as acred, caredt hfeo rw alyi kteh efyi nues ed to," is true. lifelong mark on mjee.w elry, carefully Fworra ptpheed maonsdt part, they build protected from rustth,e mu smeudc hw ibteht ter. But the the utmost care angdr eparte cdiissicoonv.e ry, not yet fully He took great priduen dienr shtioso dw oorrk ,a ccepted, is that with good reason, for he was as much an artist as a craftsman.