Light and heavy timber framing made easy; balloon framing, mixed framing, heavy timber framing, houses, factories, bridges, barns, rinks, timber-roofs, and all other kinds of timber buildings

Front matter

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Introduction To Part II

“Heavy Timber Framing’’ is an art that re¬ quires considerable skill on behalf of the man who “lays out” the work, because of the fact that this work must be carried on without “trying” how the work coincides, or in other words, without being able to make use of the good old-fashioned rule of “cut and fit.” The lengths, cuts, locations and duties of each piece of timber used in the con¬ struction of heavy frame work, must be considered by the framer, and each piece entering into the building, must be mortised and wrought separ¬ ately. This is no easy task, and the person under¬ taking it assumes no small responsibility and his position is such as should insure to him a remun¬ eration commensurate with the position and re¬ sponsibility he accepts. Unfortunately, the “boss framer” receives as pay but very little more than the regular carpenter, something that is not as it should be, and if he were not ambitious, and proud of his ability as a framer, he would not accept the position, but rather take a place among the ordi¬ nary workmen and thus escape the responsibilities of“Bosship.”