Carpentry Pocket Reference is the U.S. Army Field Manual 5-426, Carpentry. The Army created this manual as a training guide and reference text for personnel responsible for planning and executing construction projects. It provides techniques and procedures for frame construction, preparation and use of bills of materials (BOMs), building layout, forming for concrete slabs and foundations, framing and finish carpentry, roof framing and coverings, bridge and wharf construction, and the materials used for these projects.

Chapters include:

• Construction Drawings
• Construction Planning and Materials
• Bills of Materials
• Building Layout and Foundation
• Forms of Concrete
• Rough Framing
• Roof Systems and Coverings
• Doors and Windows
• Finish Carpentry
• Nonstandard Fixed Bridge
• Timber-Pile Wharves
• Carpentry Abbreviations and Symbols
• Manpower Estimates

Carpentry Pocket Reference gives you the information you need to design and build your next project.

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