Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 323
XII.—104. FIG. 8. FRAMING OF AN OCTAGONAL GROUND-HUT. Spike the 6-foot timbers to the tree-trunks sothat they will rest on the first two timbers thatwere nailed to the trees, and from the 2 by 8inch wood cut four brackets, DD, and spike 826 THE PRACTICAL BOY. them fast under each cross-timber so… … FIG. 9. DETAILS OF FRAMING OF A LOW SINGLE-TREE HOUSE. Cut two more timbers, EE (see Fig. 6), andlay them across the supporting timbers, nailedto the tree, so that they will fit inside the frontand back timbers BB, where they are to bewell secured with long nails. From 2 by 3 inch spruce construct…
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