ABC of the Steel Square and Its Uses

by Fred. T. Hodgson

INDEX

A. B. C.
STEEL SQUARE—THE STEEL SQUARE AND ITS USES.

Division A.

Preface[1] Introductory remarks[3] Some useful advice[7] Framing posts, girts and braces[9] Testing a steel square[11] Practical uses of the steel square[13] Some rules for roof framing[16] Octagon rules[19] Lines on steel square explained[22] Varieties of squares[29] Bridge-builder’s square[31] Crenelated square[34] Test diagrams[37] Degrees on the square[44]

Division B.

Introductory[47] Slotted fence[48] Laying out stairs[49] Laying out rafters[51] Metal fences[53] Fence adjusted for stair strings[55] Brace rules and diagrams[57] Regular and irregular runs[60] Roof framing[63] Cutting rafters[64] Octagon rafter bevels[65] Hip and valley rafters[65] Jack rafters[66] Bevels for hips, valleys and jack rafters[66] Measuring rafters[68] Different pitches for roofs[70] Some pointers in roof framing[72] Roof diagrams[79] Rise and run of rafters, hips and jacks[82] Cuts and bevels for rafters[86] Unequal pitches[91] Hip-roof with deck[96]

Division C.

Introductory[97] Diagram of hip-roof[98] To cut jack rafters[100] Hopper miters[101] Questions and answers for correspondents[102] Joints for obtuse or acute angles[102] Drawing circle with square[104] Laying out stair wreath with square[105] Bevel for miter cap[105] Face mould by the square[106] Making pitch-board by the square[107] To lay out braces, girts and trusses[108] Braces, regular and irregular[109] Diagram of braces in position[112] Finding center of circles[113] Stair with three windows[114] Pitches and bevels for hand-rail[115] Traces for hand-rail bevels[116] Cutting out rails with band saw[118] Diagram of hand-railing[119] Tangents in hand-railing[121] Getting horizontal trace of hand-railing[122] Instrument for laying out hand-rails[124] Framing a hip-roof[125] Diagram of hip and rafter lines[126] Rafter measurement on the square[127] Bevels and cuts of roof[128] Plumb and horizontal cuts for hips[129] Length of rafters, hips and jacks on square[131] Rules for cutting rafters[133] Stair wreath for level landing[133] Wreath for single pitch rail[134] Block for cutting wreath[135] Square and plumb[136]