CONTENTS


PART I
STAIR-BUILDING
Page
Stair construction  1
Definitions  2
Setting out stairs  8
Pitch-board 10
Well-hole 18
Laying out close-string stair 22
Open-newel stairs 32
Stairs with curved turns 34
Geometrical stairways and hand-railings   43
Wreaths 43
Tangent system 44
Bevels to square wreaths 60
How to put curves on face-mould 68
Arrangement of risers 74
PART II
STEEL SQUARE
Introductory  1
Specifications for steel square  1
Miter and length of side of polygon  4
Steel square in roof framing  7
General problems  8
Heel cut of common rafter 13
Hips 13
Heel cut of hips and valleys 16
INDEX 1