Carpenter's and Joiner's Hand-Book

Excerpt from The Carpenter's and Joiner's Hand-Book: Containing a Complete Treatise on Framing Hip and Valley Roofs; Together With Much Valuable Instruction for All Mechanics and Amateurs, Useful Rules, Tables, Etc;, Never Before Published This work has been undertaken by the author to supply a want long felt by the trade: that is, a cheap and convenient "Pocket Guide," containing the most useful and necessary rules for the carpenter. The writer, in his progress "through the mill," has often felt that such a work as this would have been of great value, and some one principle here demonstrated been worth many times the cost of the book. It is believed, therefore, that this book will commend itself to those interested, for the reason that it is cheap, that it is plain and easily understood, and that it is useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.