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Summary: The Carpentry book that I recommend owning first..
Review: "Carpentry" by Larry Haun, is the book that I recommend owning first when beginning carpenters, and homeowners ask me about learning this trade. In addition, I also tell them that this book, in particular, is well written, easy to understand, and filled with high-quality color photographs and drawings, that help make clear what this Master Carpenter is teaching.
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Summary: One of the Best Tools You Could Buy
Review: "Homebuilding Basics: Carpentry" may just be one of the best
carpentry tools you could buy. Larry Haun, a production framer
and carpentry teacher for over 45 years, wanted to "share with
others what I have learned from my teachers." He has certainly
succeeded.He begins by covering both hand and power tools and explaining
how to choose one version over another depending on the task.
Safety tips and tricks for more effective use are presented in
sidebars. The jobsite section explains the frame structure of a typical
home in detail: nomenclature, whys and wherefors, and sequence
of tasks. Next, Haun moves through the actual frame construction from the
foundation sill through the completion of the structure and basic
finishing in sections on framing floors, walls and ceilings, roofs,
stairs and finish details. This large, well-organized handbook will prove invaluable to anyone
planning to build a home, remodel one, or simply wanting to be able to recognize proper framing methods and high quality work. It
provides an introduction, list of sources for tools, supplies and
books and an index as well as a slew of excellent illustrations. Larry Haun currently teaches carpentry in Coos Bay, Oregon and is
the author of "The Very Effectient Carpenter" and a long-time
contributor to "Fine Homebuilding Magazine".
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Summary: One of the Best Tools You Could Buy
Review: "Homebuilding Basics: Carpentry" may just be one of the best
carpentry tools you could buy. Larry Haun, a production framer
and carpentry teacher for over 45 years, wanted to "share with
others what I have learned from my teachers." He has certainly
succeeded. He begins by covering both hand and power tools and explaining
how to choose one version over another depending on the task.
Safety tips and tricks for more effective use are presented in
sidebars. The jobsite section explains the frame structure of a typical
home in detail: nomenclature, whys and wherefors, and sequence
of tasks. Next, Haun moves through the actual frame construction from the
foundation sill through the completion of the structure and basic
finishing in sections on framing floors, walls and ceilings, roofs,
stairs and finish details. This large, well-organized handbook will prove invaluable to anyone
planning to build a home, remodel one, or simply wanting to be able to recognize proper framing methods and high quality work. It
provides an introduction, list of sources for tools, supplies and
books and an index as well as a slew of excellent illustrations. Larry Haun currently teaches carpentry in Coos Bay, Oregon and is
the author of "The Very Effectient Carpenter" and a long-time
contributor to "Fine Homebuilding Magazine".
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Summary: first time framers and apprentices line up
Review: I would recommend this book to beginning framers, apprentices, and homeowners who want to learn to do there own work. Professional carpenters and journeyman should pass it by. The book itself is very well layed out and complete. It is rather low tech and somewhat dated in the new world of 'hurricane and earthquake' code requirements. But, I like it. it does not promise more than it delivers and what it delivers in content is well presented.
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Summary: Highly recommended....
Review: This book is the best I've ever seen as a teaching tool on this subject. It assumes no prior knowledge, everything is very clearly written, and the illustrations make it simple to understand. (In fact, if you scanned through the book and only studied the pictures and read their captions, you would learn a great deal without reading the book's text.) If you choose to buy this book, it's money well spent.
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Summary: Highly recommended....
Review: This book is the best I've ever seen as a teaching tool on this subject. It assumes no prior knowledge, everything is very clearly written, and the illustrations make it simple to understand. (In fact, if you scanned through the book and only studied the pictures and read their captions, you would learn a great deal without reading the book's text.) If you choose to buy this book, it's money well spent.
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Summary: essential tool
Review: this is an essential primer on stick framing, covering everything from tools to layouts of floors, walls, ceilings and roofs. nothing about shingling, drywalling, or plastering - just framing. but that's the strength of this book, in the depth of its treatment of the subject. there are at least two or three illustrations, photos or diagrams per page. guaranteed a couple helpful hints or little useful tricks per page. the book's a big step up from your usual how-tos, because the author ties in his own personal building experiences, in ways that illustrate the logic of methods and practices. this book was critical in the construction of a treehouse that i helped my brother in-law put up for his kids (by the way -no kids allowed!). neither of us had any framing experience, but after sleeping with this book under our pillows, we now both know the relationship of a double top plate to a three-stud corner (more or less) i like the quality of the book's "construction" too. a heavy duty cover and binding, almost as if the publisher envisions its use at the job site (which it was for us.) too bad it's a library book, and i'm racking up fines because i don't want to return it quite yet ...
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