A classic manual for carpentry techniques. This standard reference helps apprentices, journeymen, masters-in-training and master craftsmen refresh what they already know as well as discover new techniques. The art of mechanical joints, the marking of hip rafters, valley rafters, jack rafters and rafter joints, birdsmouth joints, »witch's cuts«, valley rafter joints and dormers are explained using clear design drawings and explanatory illustrations. Increasing in difficulty from step to step, the examples show how various points of detail can be identified, whether on the lofting floor or the drawing board.