Craft, Trades & Making · Building Trades
A topic within Building Trades, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Craft, Trades & Making.
No prior grounding assumed.
Carpentry for Boys
James Slough Zerbe · 1913
Introduces carpentry through small, complete projects rather than isolated joints, on the premise that a beginner learns tool use fastest by…
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Carpentry
Ira Samuel Griffith · 1918
Organises house carpentry as a sequence from foundation to finish, arguing that a trade-school apprentice should learn framing in the order a house…
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James Slough Zerbe
Introduces carpentry through small, complete projects rather than isolated joints, on the premise that a beginner learns tool use fastest by finishing something usable.
about 2.5 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Frank D. Graham & Thomas J. Emery
Compiles carpentry, drafting and material knowledge into a single reference on the premise that a working carpenter needs quick answers on the job, not a course of instruction.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Ira Samuel Griffith
Organises house carpentry as a sequence from foundation to finish, arguing that a trade-school apprentice should learn framing in the order a house is actually built.
about 3 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026