Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 441
s. Other uses may be made of thesefigures, as shown in Fig. 34, whichis one-half of a gable of a roof ris-ing 9 inches to the foot run. Thesquares at the bottom and the topwill give the plumb and heel cuts ofthe common rafter. The samefigures on the square applied to the studding, marking along… … Fig. 35. Finding Backing of Hip inGable Roof. 364 THE STEEL SQUARE 23 the length of the hip for one foot of run, and taking on the tongue therise of the roof to the foot of run, which is 9 inches, and applyingthese as shown in Fig. 35, we obtain the backing of the hip bymarking along the tongue of…
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