INDEX
Reading edition
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
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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
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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