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 142
s, on 140 THE BUILDERS GUIDE. the tongue and the blade will give the cut across theback of the jack rafters on the left side of the hip.The lengths of the jacks may be found in the follow-ing manner: Divide the length of common rafter bythe number of spaces for jacks. This will give thelength of… … Fig. 102.—Finding Lengths and Bevels ofRafters on Roofs of Unequal Pitches. lengths and cuts are found. The whole thing boileddown results in a few simple facts: I, That the run ofthe common rafter on the tongue of a square and thelength of the common rafter on the blade will alwaysgive the bevel…
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