Product Details

The timber framing book collection is a set of 10 books on CD that cover a variety aspects of timber framing houses and other structures. The collection is a literal how to of the way timber frame structures were built in the early 1900s (and in the case of the Army Manual - how it is practiced by the Army in modern times.)

In addition to detailing all aspects of building secure and stable structures, the collection provides a look at how timber framing was done before the advent of hand held power tools and represents a time and skill set that emphasized craftsmanship over speed.

Not only will you learn a great deal about how to work with timber, you will learn many historical tidbits that could be valuable to putting unique and custom finishing touches on your work.

The manuals in this collection are:

1. Timber framing (1917) - Dewell, Henry Dievendorf - 282 pages
2. 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 ... (1909) - Hodgson, Frederick Thomas - 420 pages
3. Structural Details: Or Elements of Design in Timber Framing (1913) - Henry Sylvester Jacoby - 388 pages
4. Framing : a practical manual of approved up-to-date methods of house framing and construction, together with tested methods of heavy timber and plank framing as used in the construction of barns, factories, stores, and public buildings, strength of timbers, and principles of roof and bridge trusses (1909) - Radford, William A.; Johnson, Alfred S.; Johnson, Bernard L - 358 pages
5. FM 5-426 Carpentry (October 3, 1995) - United States. Department of the Army - 223 pages
6. Modern Carpentry: a practical manual (1938) - Hodgson, Frederick Thomas - 687 pages
7. Wood Frame House Construction (1989) - US Forest Service - 241 pages
8. How to frame a house; or, House and roof framing (1914) - Maginnis, Owen Bernard - 169 pages
9. Frame construction details (1920) - 76 pages
10. 100 bungalows of frame and masonry construction. (1927) - 65 pages

Here are some page images so you can see some of the typical contents of the manuals.

This CD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many books on this CD are searchable and printable.