. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... B the furring stud, C the plastering, and D the boarding andshingling on the outside. Sometimes a 4 X 4-inch piece is used for 88 CARPENTRY 77 the corner post and a 2 X 4-inch furring stud is set close against it ineach wall to form the solid corner, as shown in plan in Fig. 100; buta 4X 4-inch stick is hardly large enough for the long corner post,and the best practice is to use a 4X8-inch piece although in very lightframing a 4 X 6-inch piece might be used. A tenon is cut in the footof the corner post to fit a
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... B the furring stud, C the plastering, and D the boarding andshingling on the outside. Sometimes a 4 X 4-inch piece is used for 88 CARPENTRY 77 the corner post and a 2 X 4-inch furring stud is set close against it ineach wall to form the solid corner, as shown in plan in Fig. 100; buta 4X 4-inch stick is hardly large enough for the long corner post,and the best practice is to use a 4X8-inch piece although in very lightframing a 4 X 6-inch piece might be used. A tenon is cut in the footof the corner post to fit a mortise cut in the sill, and mortises CC,Fig. 101, are cut in the post at the proper level to receive the tenonscut in the girts. Holes must also be bored to receive the pins DDwhich fasten these members to the post. The braces are often only nailed in place, but it is much betterto cut tenons on the braces for pins, as shown at A in Fig. 102. Theplate is usually fastened to the posts by means of spikes only, butit may be mortised to receive a tenon cut in the top of the Fig. 101. Details of Tenon Joints forCorners Fig. 102. Corner Bracing with Mortise-and-Tenon Joints In the case of a balloon frame no mortises need be cut in theposts for the girts or braces, as they are omitted in this frame; butthe post must be notched instead, as shown in Fig. 103, to receivethe ledger board or ribbon and the light braces which are sometimesused. Girts. The girts are always made of the same width as theposts, being flush with the face of the post both outside and inside,and the depth is usually 8 inches, although sometimes a 6-inch timbermay be used. The size is, therefore, usually 4X8 inches. A tenonat each end fits into the mortise cut in the post, and the whole issecured by means of a pin DD, as shown in Fig. 101. The pinshould always be of hard wood and about | inch in diameter. 80 78 CARPENTRY It is evident that if the girts in two adjoining walls were framedinto the corner post
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