tl INDEX 



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 6fc 



Different pitches for roofs 70 



Some pointers in roof framing 72 



ftoof 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 



