. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... Fig. 108. Application of Bevels in Fitting Wreath toRail. curve of the plan in full size. Fix point 3 at a height equal to 3risers from the floor line; at this point place the pitch-board of theflight to determine the pitch over the curve as shown from 3 throughb to the floor line. From the newel, draw a line to w, square tothe floor line; and from w, square to the pitch-line b, draw the linew to; connect to to n. This last line is the development of the bottomplan tangent a; and the line b is the development o
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... Fig. 108. Application of Bevels in Fitting Wreath toRail. curve of the plan in full size. Fix point 3 at a height equal to 3risers from the floor line; at this point place the pitch-board of theflight to determine the pitch over the curve as shown from 3 throughb to the floor line. From the newel, draw a line to w, square tothe floor line; and from w, square to the pitch-line b, draw the linew to; connect to to n. This last line is the development of the bottomplan tangent a; and the line b is the development of the plan tangent 322 STAIR-BUILDING 59. Fig. 109. b; and the angle between the two lines a and b will give each lineits true direction as required on the face-mould for squaring the joints of the wreath,a ^=y ^^ shown at m to connectsquare withthe newel, andat 3 to con-nect square tothe rail of theconnectin gflight. The wreathin this eX-ample follows Face-Mould and Bevel for Wreath, Bottom Tangent Level,+i,^ „^^*^1^Top One Inclined. tlie noSlUg line of the stepswithout being ramped as it was in the examples shown in Figs. 100and 101. In those figures the bottom tangent a was level, while inFig. 103 it inclines equal to the pitch of the upper tangent b^ and of theflight adjoining. Inother words, themethod shown inFig. 101 is appliedto a construction inwhich the wreath isramped; while inFig. 103 the methodis applicable to a groundwreath followingthe nosing line allalong the curve tothe newel. The stair-build-er is supposed toknow how to con-struct a wreath under both conditions, as the conditions are usuallydetermined by th
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