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Carpentry Books
 Carpentry in Commercial Construction
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-934041-33-4
272 Pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, Shipping Weight: 0.72 lbs.
Covers forming, framing, exteriors, interior finish, and cabinet installation in commercial carpentry: Basic carpentry :how to design and build concrete forms, select lumber dimensions, what grades and species to use for a design load, how to select and install materials based on their fire rating or sound-transmission characteristics, and plan and organize a job efficiently. Loaded with illustrations, tables, charts, and diagrams.
$18.95
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 Cabinetmaking
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-934041-62-8
416 Pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, Shipping Weight: 0.94 lbs.
Every aspect of cabinetmaking, from layout, through joinery, to finishing techniques. Gives illustrated instructions for designing cabinets to fit the kitchen workcenter; create dado, mortise, tenon, lap and dowel joints; make frames and panels; construct cabinets; and install cabinet hardware.
$21.95
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 Rough Framing Carpentry
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-934041-86-5
304 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 1.56 lbs.
If you'd like to make good money working outdoors in rough framing carpentry, this is the book for you. Here you'll find shortcuts to laying out studs; speed cutting blocks, trimmers and plates by eye; quickly building and blocking rake walls; installing ceiling backing, ceiling joists, and truss joists; cutting and assembling hip trusses and California fills; arches and drop ceilings – all with production line procedures that save you time and help you make more money. Over 100 on-the-job photos of how to do it right and what can go wrong.
$25.95
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 Dial-A-Length Rafterrule
Just set the dial and read off the answers. The Dial-A-Length Rafterrule determines the hip, valley, common and jack rafter length for any span with "saw cut" accuracy. Gives plumb, level, and side cut data plus angle in degrees and minutes for 21 pitch setting. Scales graduated like any carpenters rule. Circular design gives accuracy to 1/16". Dial-A-Length Rafterrule produces nothing but correct answers
$9.50
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 E-Z Square
This round, plastic computer is designed to help you save time in calculating diagonal dimensions in laying out excavations, footings, foundations, forms, walls, and plates. It also computes brick and block quantities for any known wall area and cubic yardage for excavating. It reads like a carpenter's rule and is an invaluable time saver in layout work.
$9.25
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 Finish Carpentery Manual
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-934041-82-2
208 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 1.08 lbs.
Everything you need to know about basic finish carpentry: assessing a job before you begin, and tricks of the trade from a master finish carpenter. Easy-to-follow instructions for installing doors and windows, ceiling treatments (including fancy beams, corbels, cornices and moldings), wall treatments (including wainscoting and sheet paneling), and the finishing touches of chair, picture, and plate rails. Specialized interior work includes cabinetry and built-ins, stair finish work, and closets. Also covers exterior trims and porches. Includes basic manhour tables for finish work, and hundreds of illustrations and photos.
$21.95
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 Finish Carpentry Effective Techniques for Custom Interiors
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 1-928580-07-6
390 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 2.30 lbs.
This new book contains over 500 photos and illustrations from real job sites that show you how to achieve exceptional finish carpentry results in record time. You'll learn how to install windows, doors, baseboard, crown molding, and more. Find out about the tools, jigs and templates that let you do precision work at production speeds. Get hard-won layout and installation tips for rooms that are out-of-square and off plumb and level. See how to construct built-in bookshelves, fireplace surrounds, closets, coffered ceilings, skylight wells, soffits, and formal paneled ceilings with decorative beams. These invaluable tips are guaranteed to help you take your work to a new level of quality and efficiency.
$34.95
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 Lead Carpenters Handbook
Published by: Journal of Light Construction
ISBN: 0-9632268-7-8
210 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 1.20 lbs.
Grow your company and your profits without sacrificing quality or personalized service to your customer. Here you'll find everything you need to recruit, train, and manage lead carpenters, and to implement this system in your remodeling or custom building company. You learn how to motivate and compensate lead carpenters for optimal results, how to troubleshoot for typical problems, and how to schedule and manage people. Includes field-tested forms and checklists for your use.
$29.95
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 Residential Structure & Framing
Published by: Journal of Light Construction
ISBN: 1-928580-17-3
272 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 1.50 lbs.
Master the complexities of structural design and advanced framing techniques with this hands-on guide for builders and remodelers. With simple explanations in plain English you'll learn how to calculate loads, size joists and beams, and tackle many of the common structural problems faced by residential contractors -- including cantilevered floors, complex roof structures, tall window walls, and seismic and wind bracing. Plus you'll learn field-proven production techniques for advanced wall, floor, and roof framing with both dimensional and engineered lumber. You'll find information on sizing joists and beams, framing with wood I-joists, supporting oversized dormers, erecting and supporting trusses, unequal-pitched roofs, coffered ceilings, steel moment frames, jacking & shoring old houses, glulam beams and more. Fully illustrated with charts, and large clear photos.
$34.95
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 Roof Framer’s Bible
Published by: M.E.I. Publishing
ISBN: 0-9643354-1-7
216 Pages, 3-3/4 x 7-1/2, Shipping Weight: 0.62 lbs.
68 different pitch combinations of "bastard" hip roofs at your fingertips. Don’t curse the architect – let this book make you an accomplished master of irregular pitched roof systems. You’ll be the envy of your crew, and irregular or "bastard" roofs will be under your command. This rare pocket-sized book comes hardbound with a cloth marker like a true bible.
$24.00
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 Roof Framing
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-910460-40-X
480 Pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, Shipping Weight: 1.17 lbs.
Shows how to frame any type of roof in common use today, even if you've never framed a roof before. Includes using a pocket calculator to figure any common, hip, valley, or jack rafter length in seconds. Over 400 illustrations cover every measurement and every cut on each type of roof: gable, hip, Dutch, Tudor, gambrel, shed, gazebo, and more.
$24.50
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 A Roof Cutter's Secrets To Framing a Custom Home
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 1928580327
342 Pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, Shipping Weight: 1.26 lbs.
Author Will Holladay shares his insider tips gleaned over decades of cutting roofs. You’ll find secrets such as gang-cutting techniques for fast production of hips and valleys, and efficient techniques for post-and-beam roofs and exposed-beam ceilings. You’ll be shown jobsite solutions for rake walls, and curved and two-story walls. Includes step-by-step techniques for cutting bay roofs, gambrels, shed, gable and eyebrow dormers. You’ll see how to cut uneven pitch gables. You’ll find how to do custom work like coffered ceilings, arches and barrel vaults; even round towers, hexagons, octagons, and other polygons. If you’ve been looking for a book that covers all roof framing with some new tricks you may not have tried before, save time and money with this roof framing exposé.
$32.50
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 Stair Builders Handbook
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-910460-07-8
416 Pages, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2, Shipping Weight: 1.02 lbs.
If you know the floor-to-floor rise, this handbook gives you everything else: number and dimension of treads and risers, total run, correct well hole opening, angle of incline, and quantity of materials and settings for your framing square for over 3,500 code-approved rise and run combinations – several for every 1/8-inch interval from a 3 foot to a 12 foot floor-to-floor rise.
$19.50
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 Wood-Frame House Construction
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 0-934041-74-1
320 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 1.62 lbs.
Step-by-step construction details, from the layout of the outer walls, excavation and formwork, to finish carpentry and painting. Contains all new, clear illustrations and explanations updated for construction in the '90s. Everything you need to know about framing, roofing, siding, interior finishings, floor covering and stairs – your complete book of wood-frame homebuilding.
$25.50
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