Identifier: woodworkingforbe00whee (find matches)
Title: Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946
Subjects: Carpentry Woodwork
Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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noticeable. Examine the clapboards of any house on whichthey are used. In arranging them break joints at the ends, thatIS, do not have the joints of one row directly under, or very near,those of the rows above and below. Do not saw the ends byeye. Mark them accurately with the try-square and knife andsaw them carefully with a fine saw, trying to make as close jointsas possible. A fair quality of clapboards should be used, but a few defectsnear the thin edges which are to be covered may do no seriousharm for such structures as these. Simple Summer Cottages 275 When you begin to attempt more ambitious structures,such as modest summer cottages for camping in vacations,for hunting- or fishing-lodges, or for family use,—suchhouses as are often undertaken by older boys or men witha taste for amateur carpentry,—there are a number of thingsto be considered before beginning to do any actual work. Do not begin a house you cannot pay for. If you find
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that the more elaborate plans suggested will exceed yourmeans, do not let them tempt you to run in debt, but con-tent yourself with the simplest plan. You will find it per-fectly comfortable, and whenever you can afford the expenseyou can easily add to it and improve it. That is the bestprinciple to go on, morally as well as financially. If that is too expensive, some of those given in the preceding pages willprobably answer your purpose. 2;6 Wood-Working for Beginners In addition to points already spoken of in the precedingpages, bear in mind, in making your plans, to use onlysimple forms for your first efforts. Avoid dormer windowsand complicated roofs (especially combinations producing valleys) and bay-windows, and the like, at first. Sucharrangements add many difficulties for the beginner. Whenyou can make a plain, simple building, with everything snug

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