Hicks' builders' guide : comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders .. (1910)
Hicks, Isaac Perry, 1856- · New York : David Williams Company · leaf 89
e introduceda plan showing how toobtain the lengths and bevels of common rafters, hips,valleys and jacks in the simplest manner, and withthe fewest lines possible. Referring to Fig. 57, drawa horizontal line twice the run of the common rafter,as A B. From the center of this line at C erect… … Fig. 57.—Obtaining Lengths andBevels of Rafters. 88 THE BUILDERS GUIDE. bottom cut and at D the top cut. Next set off on theperpendicular line the length of the common rafterC E, which is the same length as D B. Connect Eand A for the length of the hip or valky, as the casemay be. Next space the…
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