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Circular work in carpentry and joinery / George Collings ; Annotations and illustrations by Karl Shumaker.

By: Collings, George.
Contributor(s): Shumaker, Karl | Holmes, Roger, 1949-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Stobart Davies, c1992Description: x, 126 p. : ill ; 27 cm. + hbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0854420541 (hbk); 9780854420544.Subject(s): Carpentry | Joinery | Building skills & tradesDDC classification: 694 | 694 COL
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Circular work of simple or single curvature -- Solid-headed Frames -- Elliptical Heads -- Bull's-eye frames -- Gothic-headed frames -- Cased frames -- Intersection of circular and straight mouldings, easing-angles etc. -- Circular angle brackets and hip rafters -- Part II. Complex circular work, or work of double curvature -- Conical roofs and skylights.
Summary: This is a practical guide to the circular work of single and double curvature. Re-edited and annotated, the book gives explanations of the entire field of curved work, including mouldings, angle brackets, cased frames, elliptical heads, conical roofs, windows and solid-headed frames.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 694 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00074534
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 694 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000419824
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a practical guide to the circular work of single and double curvature and is a new edition of the 5th London edition of 1911. The book is re-edited and annotated with drawings to give clear, easily understood explanations of the entire field of curved work which traditional joiners are likely to encounter. The book includes a look at mouldings, angle brackets, cased frames, elliptical heads, conical roofs and skylights, windows and solid-headed frames.

Introduction -- Part I. Circular work of simple or single curvature -- Solid-headed Frames -- Elliptical Heads -- Bull's-eye frames -- Gothic-headed frames -- Cased frames -- Intersection of circular and straight mouldings, easing-angles etc. -- Circular angle brackets and hip rafters -- Part II. Complex circular work, or work of double curvature -- Conical roofs and skylights.

This is a practical guide to the circular work of single and double curvature. Re-edited and annotated, the book gives explanations of the entire field of curved work, including mouldings, angle brackets, cased frames, elliptical heads, conical roofs, windows and solid-headed frames.

CIT Module CRAF6012 - Core reading.

CIT Module CRAF7001- Core reading.