A. B. C.
STEEL SQUARE—THE STEEL SQUARE AND ITS USES. Division A. - Preface1
- Introductory remarks3
- Some useful advice7
- Framing posts, girts and braces9
- Testing a steel square11
- Practical uses of the steel square13
- Some rules for roof framing16
- Octagon rules19
- Lines on steel square explained22
- Varieties of squares29
- Bridge-builder’s square31
- Crenelated square34
- Test diagrams37
- Degrees on the square44
Division B. - Introductory47
- Slotted fence48
- Laying out stairs49
- Laying out rafters51
- Metal fences53
- Fence adjusted for stair strings55
- Brace rules and diagrams57
- Regular and irregular runs60
- Roof framing63
- Cutting rafters64
- Octagon rafter bevels65
- Hip and valley rafters65
- Jack rafters66
- Bevels for hips, valleys and jack rafters66
- Measuring rafters68
- Different pitches for roofs70
- Some pointers in roof framing72
- Roof diagrams79
- Rise and run of rafters, hips and jacks82
- Cuts and bevels for rafters86
- Unequal pitches91
- Hip-roof with deck96
Division C. - Introductory97
- Diagram of hip-roof98
- To cut jack rafters100
- Hopper miters101
- Questions and answers for correspondents102
- Joints for obtuse or acute angles102
- Drawing circle with square104
- Laying out stair wreath with square105
- Bevel for miter cap105
- Face mould by the square106
- Making pitch-board by the square107
- To lay out braces, girts and trusses108
- Braces, regular and irregular109
- Diagram of braces in position112
- Finding center of circles113
- Stair with three windows114
- Pitches and bevels for hand-rail115
- Traces for hand-rail bevels116
- Cutting out rails with band saw118
- Diagram of hand-railing119
- Tangents in hand-railing121
- Getting horizontal trace of hand-railing122
- Instrument for laying out hand-rails124
- Framing a hip-roof125
- Diagram of hip and rafter lines126
- Rafter measurement on the square127
- Bevels and cuts of roof128
- Plumb and horizontal cuts for hips129
- Length of rafters, hips and jacks on square131
- Rules for cutting rafters133
- Stair wreath for level landing133
- Wreath for single pitch rail134
- Block for cutting wreath135
- Square and plumb136
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