The Fundamental Principles and Practical Methods Described in Detail Especially Written for Carpenters and Other Woodworkers Who Desire to Engage in Boat or Ship Building, and as a Text-book for Schools.

To meet a popular demand for a test-book to assist the great army of house carpenters and other woodworkers in transferring from their usual occupations to the wooden boat and ship building industries, now rapidly developing in this country, and especially for those men who wish to qualify for advanced positions, and for boat and ship builders who wish to broaden their experience in order that they may prepare for greater responsibilities, this work is offered.
   The text is the outgrowth and development of a pioneer course organized early in the war by Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., in response to the demand caused by shortage of skilled labor in these industries. 
   It was a study to know how to organize the work effectively, to select only those problems that otherwise might take years of labor in the industry for these men to solve, and to present the problems progressively and in such a way that the men would grasp the basic principles in the shortest possible time. 
   It has been the aim of the author to establish a fundamental course, - one that would help the ship builder as well as the boat builder; for whatever the size or type of the vessel, the general principles of construction remain very much the same in all cases. 
   Those who master this course can direct the labor of others, because they themselves will have learned by doing, and it is only by manipulative skill that a practical understanding of the subject can be acquired. 
   It was out of the question to build a full-size ship. The space and equipment necessary to handle heavy timbers, the cost of the lumber itself, and the extra labor that would be required of the men after a hard day's work, were all factors to be considered in determining the kind of instruction that would best meet the emergency situation. 
   We have built a full-size boat, using full-size timbers, and, under exact factory conditions, and with the scarfing and adzing of heavy yellow-pine timbers and practice calking, both light and heavy, a course has developed, which, judging from the reports from the men as to their advancement and success in the industry after completing the course, has been most gratifying. 

   CONTENTS 

   CHAPTER I - THE MOULD LOFT
Sheer Plan - Half -Breadth Plan - Body Plan- Table of Offsets- Model for Taking Off Offsets - Mould Loft Work - Laying Off- Laying Out the Sheer Plan - Laying Out the Half -Breadth Plan - Laying Out the Body Plan
   CHAPTER II - STEM AND STERN CONSTRUCTION
The Stem - Lower Stem - Apron - Deadwood - Stern Post - Stern Post Knee - Shaft Log - Stern Deadwood - Horn Timber - Transom - Stem and Stern Moulds - Picking Up the Lines Cutting Out the Stock - Rabbeting – Stop waters - Keel
   CHAPTER III - FUTTOCKS AND FRAMES
Futtock Moulds - Picking Up the Lines - Surmarks- Steam Box - Steam Bending - Bending Form - Diagonal Lines - Beveling Frames - Beveling Board - Frame Construction - Cross Spalls - Floor Timbers - Raising Frames - Ribbands - Harpings - Fairing Up - Projection of Diagonals - Filling-in Pieces - Keelson
   CHAPTER IV - OUTSIDE PLANKING
Principal Strakes - To Find the Width of Strakes- Sheer Strake - Binding Strake - Spiling - Garboard Strake - Lower Strakes - Scaling - Beveling for Planking - Calking - Finishing
   CHAPTER V - SHIP CONSTRUCTION
Materials and Processes - Drawings and Plans - Specifications - Sheer Plan - Half-Breadth Plan - Body Plan - Tables of Offsets - Midship Construction Section - Scantlings or Dimensions - Lofting the Ship - Moulds - Frames - Mill Floor Carriages - Ways
   CHAPTER VI - MACHINES AND LABOR-SAVING DEVICES
Sawing and Handling Large Timbers - Bevel and Edging Machines - Surfacing Knees - Faying the Knees - Working Rudder Stock - Setting Up the Keel - Assembling Platform - Fitting and Fastening Frames 110
   CHAPTER VII - RAISING THE FRAMES
Work of the Riggers - Cant Frames - Bolting the Frames - Keelsons - Fairing-up Work - Iron Strapping
   CHAPTER VIII - PLANKING AND FINISHING
Layout of the Ship - Preparations for Planking - Material - Steam Box - Clamps and Wedges - Bottom, Bilge and Side Planking - Calking - Cementing Seams and Painting – Ship fitting - Shaping the Masts - Shipyards and Ways
   CHAPTER IX - HAND TOOLS
Complete List of Tools Used in Wooden Boat and Ship Building - Adze - Broad Axe - Calking Irons - Calking Mallet - Ship Auger Bits
   CHAPTER X - WOODEN BOAT AND SHIP TERMINOLOGY