Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 204
proach each other at the top, and thatthey are not perpendicular to the sill at the bottom. This meansthat the foot of the post, where it is tenoned into the sill, must becut on a bevel, and the bevel must be cut diagonally across the post,from corner to corner, since the post pitches diagonally… … Fig. 211. Battered Frame 159 148 CARPENTRY to have special bevels cut at their ends, where they are framed intothe posts. After a corner post has been cut to the proper bevel to fit againstthe sill the section cut out at the foot will be diamond shaped, asshown at A B C D in Fig. 212, which shows a…
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