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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This is the complete guide to framing any gable, Dutch, Tudor, California, gambrel, shed or gazebo roof -- including irregular roofs that can stump even experienced roof cutters. The author takes you through every measurement and every cut on each type of roof -- so you understand exactly what's required. He actually builds a model of each roof described, and recommends that you do the same.
With this manual you aren't restricted to rafter lengths and pitches listed in those rafter tables that roof cutters have struggled with for years. Instead, the author explains how to use an inexpensive hand-held calculator to figure any common, hip, valley or jack rafter in seconds -- including rafters on irregular roofs and rafter pitches that aren't in any rafter table.
Anyone who knows the methods described in this practical manual should have no trouble making a good living as a master roof cutter. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Marshall Gross | | Paperback: | 475 pages | | Publisher: | Craftsman Book Co | | Publication Date: | April 06, 2010 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 091046040X | | Product Length: | 8.39 inches | | Product Width: | 5.4 inches | | Product Height: | 1.14 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.2 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.4 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 20 reviews |
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26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 SIMPLY THE BEST BOOK ON THE SUBJECT EVER. Jan 21, 1999
I REFER TO THIS BOOK BEFORE EVERY MAJOR ROOF FRAMING JOB. I AM ABLE TO CUT ALL THE RAFTERS WITHOUT LEAVING THE GROUND. TEACHERS OF GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY SHOULD READ THIS BOOK IN ORDER TO GIVE THEIR STUDENTS A PRACTICAL MODEL TO UNDERSTANDING THEOREMS AND EQUATIONS. THANKS MARSHALL, YOU HAVE SAVED ME ALOT OF TIME AND MONEY.
28 of 29 found the following review helpful:
BEST ROOF FRAMING TEACHER NO CONTEST FUN FUN FUN May 17, 2002
By Bernadette M. Weldon
...I have always been fond of the REAL carpenters that could cut roofs that would make you want to cry. It is also my personal belief that the roof makes the house. What I mean is, if you stand back and look at any house with a piece of paper covering the roof all you see is just a big box with windows and doors ! But, add a really nice roof and plain Jane becomes a castle ! I taught myself and I have used this book to teach several kids and adults that I have met through Habitat for Humanity. The best part is the Mr. Gross, he tells you first thing he wanted to be a good teacher and he has gone far beyond that ! First he takes you right into a project and you can easily teach anyone how to cut roofs (and teach yourself)by going along. I love the way he has the knack of explaining complicated math. He has done more for my ability to understand complex math than any of the college professors I have taken math classes from...I wish that one day I could met Mr. Gross, such a craftsman and such a good teacher...Good luck and remember, Jesus was a carpenter !!!!!
27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
My most valuble tool? This book. Jan 09, 1999
I have framed a lot of roofs in my 20 years as a framer. However, I always felt as if I was missing something. I knew there had to be a book that explained how to cut and fit a basic roof, with hips and valleys, mathmatically. After seventeen years of searching I found it. Much to my suprise, the book explained how to cut even the most complicated roofs, (regular or irregular). The last $750,000 house I framed was for a retired framer who now only trims the houses he build. He said he has never seen a complex roof, as straight, the cuts as good, nor one done as fast as this house. Since I have had this book I have been able to command my price, and have earned one of the best reputations in Central Kentucky. It will take the average person years to learn all the information in this book, however, after a few days of reading, one will learn more about roofs than he could imagine. I have used this book so much I have worn it out. Because I could not imagine framing with out this book, I am going order four copies today!
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Roof framing as a science May 13, 1998
By Nick Ridge (sarahridge@alink.net)
You are a better man than I if you can grasp this book lying in bed casually reading it as you would a novel. I have been studing it for two years and see it as the equivalent to an apprenticeship cutting roofs. It has expanded my knowledge base as a carpenter in other areas besides framing. The uncommited need not apply.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
a trigonometric approach to an esoteric art Jun 23, 2001
By thecastlebookroom
"thecastlebookroom"
The advent of the mass-produced computer-designed truss roof has made the true roof-cutter a dying breed. There is a dearth of information on this complex subject, and this text is a welcome entry for that void. Unfortunately, while Mr. Gross is himself a talented roof-cutter and carpenter, he is less talented as a teacher and writer. I found his explanations lacking, although well-supported with drawings and diagrams. He introduces some very useful concepts, such as theoretical lengths and height-above-plate, and he encourages the solution to roof calculation problems by means of a trig calculator, rather than obsolete math tables. I found this book very useful, although weakly bound for the rigors of an oft-consulted text. In conjunction with Gross's book, I also recommend "A Roof Cutter's Secrets to Framing the Custom Home" by Will Holladay.
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