Hardware, estimating, and mill design

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There is a form of headless wire nail, known as a =barbed dowel-pin=, which is made as shown in Fig. 3 (_k_). This type of nail, or dowel, is used for doweling through the morti...

Pompeian bronze Copper Sage-green bronze Nickel Royal copper bronze Silver Ormolu metal Gold Boston finish Bower-Barff Enameled White enamel Japanned Gun-metal brown White metal...

=35. Common-Grade Rim and Mortise Locks.= The =rim lock=, as illustrated in Fig. 36, is generally used for buildings of the cheapest class, such as tenements and small houses. A...

In Fig. 52 are illustrated types of prison or asylum locks. The lock shown at (_a_) is embedded, or built, in the jamb, while that at (_b_) is secured to the door and the keeper...

=63. Sash Balances.=—By the use of =sash balances=, one of which is shown in Fig. 73, there is no necessity for weight boxes, counterweights, etc. The contrivance illustrated ha...

=82. Sign Plates.=—Although metallic plates with lettering are not usually included in the hardware specifications, they find extensive use in hotels, banks, and other public bu...

=98. Shutter Rings.=—In Fig. 139 is shown a =shutter ring=. Rings should always be used on solid shutters to close them; the shutter being solid, furnishes in itself no edge whi...

=144. Allowance for Finishing Hardware.=—Architects are constantly called on to prepare preliminary estimates on proposed buildings, to assist clients to determine whether they...

=163. Plate Glass.=—The process of manufacturing =plate glass= is radically different from that of common sheet glass. The latter is blown, while the former is cast in large she...

Before fixing the price for excavation, it is advisable to investigate the character of the soil by making boring tests. Where there is rock to be blasted in making the excavati...

=22. Stone masonry= is generally measured by the perch; in some sections of the United States, however, measurement by the cord is preferred, but the best method (as being invar...

=39. Terra-Cotta Partitions.=—In office buildings, =terra-cotta partitions= are usually erected on top of a floor in order to divide the space into such rooms as will suit the t...

DATA FOR ESTIMATING SHINGLES ===========+===========================+=========================== | Number of Square Feet of |Number of Shingles Required Exposure to| Roof Covere...

Plastering laths are about 1¾ inches wide, ¼ inch thick, and usually 4 feet long, the studding being generally placed 12 or 16 inches on centers, so that the ends of the laths m...

=104. Quantities.=—One pound of pure lead-and-oil paint will cover from 2¾ to 3¼ square yards of wood for the first coat, and from 4½ to 6 square yards for each additional coat;...

Stone footings under porch foundations, 74' 6" × 2' 3" × 6" 83.8 Backing for ashlar and water-table, 79' 10" × 1' (average) × 3' 239.5 Rubble wall behind porches, 101' 4" × 1' 6...

PORCH-ROOF FRAMING _Quantities_ LINEAR FEET FEET B. M. Rafters, 2" × 6"; 1 ft. B. M., per lin. ft.: 2 pieces, each 9' 6", order 10' 20 22 pieces, each 8' 6", order 10' 220 4 pie...

No. 2 white pine, 1½" × 7" rabbeted jambs and head, and 2" × 7" sill. Complete, set in place: 1 window, 3 lights, 13" × 10" $ 1.16 2 windows, 1 light, 16" × 10", at 48 cents eac...

FIXTURES _Quantities and Cost_ One double-oven brick-set kitchen range with water-back; to be selected by the owner; complete $50.00 One Class A, white-glazed earthenware sink,...

=8. Enclosed Fire-Escape, or Stair Towers.=—Various designs for brick-enclosed stairways of factory buildings have been recommended at different times by the insurance companies...

=31. Floor Construction.=—The floor construction consists of heavy timber girders, no dimension of which may be less than 6 inches, as otherwise it would not comply with the req...

=51.= The building departments of several of the large cities stipulate that buildings of the second class, which includes factory construction, shall not have steel girders tha...

The important feature in the design of such tanks is to see that they are properly braced with hoops, and it is usual to specify that no hoop shall be subjected to a unit stress...

E Elbow catches, §55, p134 Electric wiring, Cost of, §61, p41 Elevator doors in factories, §64, p8 Freight, in factories, §64, p8 latches, §55, p124 Location of, in factories, §...