Essential Guide to the Steel Square

Essential Guide to the Steel Square
Author: Ken Horner
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2007
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781565233423

Ideal for solving virtually every geometric and layout problem, this guide to the steel square blends practical advice with skill-building exercises designed to help readers get the most out of this amazing tool. Unlocking the secrets of this versatile device, professional advice covers a wide range of topics—including making measurements as fine as one-hundredth of an inch, finding the center of a circle, and building stairs—making this guide a must-have reference for woodworkers, carpenters, tool collectors, and anyone interested in the history of tools.

Essential Guide to the Steel Square

Essential Guide to the Steel Square
Author: Ken Horner
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 160765024X

Woodworkers and carpenters will learn to solve virtually every geometry and layout problem with this handy guide to the steel square. Loaded with diagrams, practical advice and exercises. Learn how valuable the steel square can be. Loaded with diagrams, practical advice, and skill-building exercises.

Essential Guide to the Steel Square

Essential Guide to the Steel Square
Author: Ken Horner
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Carpenters' squares
ISBN: 9781565238916

Unlock the helpful secrets of the steel square, a valuable, time-honored tool. With no batteries required, it can quickly solve many common construction problems.

ABC of the Steel Square and Its Uses; Being a Condensed Compilation From the Copyrighted Works of Fred T. Hodgson

ABC of the Steel Square and Its Uses; Being a Condensed Compilation From the Copyrighted Works of Fred T. Hodgson
Author: Frederick Thomas Hodgson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019575741

This practical guide provides readers with an introduction to the steel square, an essential tool of carpenters and other craftsmen. Hodgson's clear and concise instructions make this a must-have reference for anyone interested in carpentry or the building trades. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Rafter Layout with the Framing Square for School and Home Workshop

Rafter Layout with the Framing Square for School and Home Workshop
Author: Forrest W. Bear
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 51
Release: 1986-01-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0913163724

This manual includes framing square terminology, brace layout, and complete procedures for common rafter (with and without a tail), hip and valley rafter, and jack rafter layout. Roof types, board foot measure, stair layout, and other framing square applications are presented. Exercises are provided throughout the manual plus an appendix containing popular rafter tables.