Hicks' Builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders (1907)
Hicks, I. P. (Isaac Perry), b. 1856 · New York, David Williams company · leaf 140
ich is 17 inches. To avoid con-fusion by cross lines, refer now to Fig. 100. Take 17inches on the blade and the rise, 8 inches, on thetongue and measure across, which gives the length ofhip or valley 18 13-16 inches, equal to 18 feet 9^inches, 17 and 8 giving the cuts. The blade gives thebottom cut… … I I 1 I I 1 7>fXl I I I I I M I I I Fig. 100.—Finding Length of Hip or Valley Rafter. represents the length of hip or valley. This merelychanges the position of hip or valley in order to ob-tain the bevel across the top of jacks, which is 12 onthe tongue and 14 7-16 on the blade. The blade…
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