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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
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FRAMICNIEGIL NGS
Inrtoduicotn viii 127
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joinsgtf ioar. Ga.blReo of 12.8 .......................
GETTINGS ATRTED
j5otiisnfgo. ar HipR oof..1 .33 ............................
Tools 2
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PlanCso,d easn d Permi1t1s
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..FRAMIRNOOG F.S ................
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Lumbearn dM aterials 20
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GablReo ofs 136
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2F RAMIfNlGO ROS HipR oofs 159
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InetrsteicnRgo ofs 170
Sills 28
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TrusRso ofs l77
Postasn dG idrers 35
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ShetahnigR oofs 183
joists 41
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ShetahnigF loors 55
BULIDINGS ATIRS
189
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3F RAMIWNAGL SL Straight-SFtlaiigrhst 190
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Stairs a Lwaintdhi ng 200
Layout. 64
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Stairs aW wiintdhe r 204
Pltaing 71
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HeaderCsr,i pples,
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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.
