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 92
Awith B, and the lines to follow in cutting are A B C.This plan is worth remembering, as it will work onroofs of any pitch, and, in fact, will cut the bevelacross the back of any rafter which cuts on a bevel. Itis the plumb cut and the thickness of the rafter appliedin the manner described that… … framing is of but little Fig. 60._Obtainmg Bevel Acrossimportance, yet it is well the Back of Jack Rafters,-. enough to know how it is done. Almost any roof is as good without as withthe hips backed, and when the roof is completed it isimpossible to tell which method was pursued. In caseswhere the…
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