Essential Guide to the Steel Square
Essential Guide to the Steel Square

Author: Ken Horner

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 9781565233423

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Ideal for solving virtually every geometric and layout problem, this guide to the steel square blends practical advice with skill-building exercises designed to help readers get the most out of this amazing tool. Unlocking the secrets of this versatile device, professional advice covers a wide range of topics—including making measurements as fine as one-hundredth of an inch, finding the center of a circle, and building stairs—making this guide a must-have reference for woodworkers, carpenters, tool collectors, and anyone interested in the history of tools.

Rafter Layout with the Framing Square for School and Home Workshop
Rafter Layout with the Framing Square for School and Home Workshop

Author: Forrest W. Bear

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1986-01-10

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 0913163724

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This manual includes framing square terminology, brace layout, and complete procedures for common rafter (with and without a tail), hip and valley rafter, and jack rafter layout. Roof types, board foot measure, stair layout, and other framing square applications are presented. Exercises are provided throughout the manual plus an appendix containing popular rafter tables.

ABC of the Steel Square and Its Uses; Being a Condensed Compilation from the Copyrighted Works of Fred T. Hodgson
ABC of the Steel Square and Its Uses; Being a Condensed Compilation from the Copyrighted Works of Fred T. Hodgson

Author: Frederick Thomas Hodgson

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780342585731

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

One Good Turn
One Good Turn

Author: Witold Rybczynski

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001-09-11

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0684867303

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The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its contents and its history -- serves him beautifully on his quest. One Good Turn is a story starring Archimedes, who invented the water screw and introduced the helix, and Leonardo, who sketched a machine for carving wood screws. It is a story of mechanical discovery and genius that takes readers from ancient Greece to car design in the age of American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope -- in short, no enlightenment science. One of our finest cultural and architectural historians, Rybczynski renders a graceful, original, and engaging portrait of the tool that changed the course of civilization.