Modern carpentry and joinery : being a compilation of the very best things and most modern and practical methods known in the arts of carpentry and joinery (1910)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- · Chicago : F. J. Drake & Co. · leaf 291
ther, one 288 MODERN CARPENTRY layer being in two lengths, the other in three, so asto break joint. This is both a strong and economicalway of forming a head, because the grain is less cutacross than it would be in a head cut out of one thick-ness, and the labor of rebating is also dispensed… … n A Semi-headed Solid Frame. Fig. 181. Fig. 182. Fig. 183. avoid cutting the root of the head tenons. The tran-som is better kept about 3 in. below the springing asshown, to ensure a strong joint. But if the exigenciesof the design necessitate its being placed at the spring-ing, then the jamb…
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