xvii
Chapter
11
Fundamentals of
Woodworking . . . . . . . . . . .278
Wood Types and Characteristics . . . . 280
Wood Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Cutting Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Shaping and Smoothing Wood . . . . . 295
Drilling Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter
12
Designing, Planning, and
Constructing
Woodworking Projects . . . .306
Project Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Selecting Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Cutting the Project Parts . . . . . . . . . . 313
Assembling the Project . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Finishing the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Chapter
13
Surveying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
What is Surveying? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Selecting Appropriate Building Sites . . . 326
Site Layout and Design . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Basic Surveying Principles . . . . . . . . 334
Surveying Application . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Chapter
14
Concrete Foundations
and Flatwork . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Concrete Applications and
Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Forming Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Preparation and Materials . . . . . . . . . 353
Compression Strength and
Tensile Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Testing and Finishing Concrete . . . . . 359
Foundation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Concrete Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Flatwork Placement and Curing . . . . 366
Chapter
15
Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Masonry Tools and Equipment . . . . . 374
Masonry Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Masonry Building Products . . . . . . . . 379
Bonds and Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Mortar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Planning the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Fundamentals of Laying
Masonry Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Chapter
16
Framing Structures . . . . . . .404
Building Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Structure Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Framing Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Floor Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Wall Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Roof and Ceiling Framing . . . . . . . . . 426