Introduction to Framing & Carpentry
A first look at wood framing on a residential crew: the pieces that make a wall stand up, the tools in every framer's belt, and a layout exercise you can do today.
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Framing & Carpentry
Building the structural skeleton of houses and commercial buildings using lumber, fasteners, and hand and power tools. Framers turn a set of blueprints into the walls, floors, and roof that everything else attaches to.
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