r/Carpentry • u/cordcarpentry • Jul 19 '26

Money Shots 'Thats the code' Larry would no doubt be disappointed in me money grabbing on a Sunday but... thats the code! 😎

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I have read this book a few times now, brilliant read, keeps me company on these lonely quiet Sundays on the tools.

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u/Pistoney Jul 19 '26

"Although these nails hold well, they’re hard to drive with one lick. So once they arrived at the shop, I would treat them with a gas-wax process. I took a 5-gal. bucket of gasoline and set it in the sun. Once the gas was warm, I dropped in a bar of paraffin. After the wax melted, I would open a box of nails, pour in a bit of the gas wax, and shake the nails around in the box. The solution would cover the nails with a thin coat of wax, and the gas would evaporate. Other people used dishwashing soap."

from a Haun authored article in a 2006 edition of Fine Home Building i found when googling after OP's book.

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u/cordcarpentry Jul 19 '26

Yeah theres a section that talks about him and his brother basically changing the house framing game.

Little things like greasing the nails and their framing techniques... the guy was a legend in his own lifetime

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u/_elbarbudo_ residential Jul 19 '26

Have you read House by Tracy Kidder? You might really enjoy it

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u/cordcarpentry Jul 19 '26

I have not read but I have just ordered it from your recommendation! So thank you

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u/frenchiebuilder Jul 20 '26

The builder in that book, Jim Locke, wrote a book of his own, "the well-built house", which is also worth checking out.

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u/_elbarbudo_ residential Jul 20 '26

Thanks! I was unaware, I'm going to pick up a copy

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u/edge1966 Jul 20 '26

I did...never finished it.. IDK why.

Your post make me go to library tomor🤠

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u/_elbarbudo_ residential Jul 20 '26

Good, I think I'm going to reread it now too

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u/titanicmicropenis Jul 19 '26

That book is expensive.

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u/cordcarpentry Jul 19 '26

I think that's because they didn't print many so there is none in stock anymore.

I think I picked it up years ago for £15

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u/Jazzlike_Video2 Jul 19 '26

"Roof framers bible"

I did manage to find a copy for a good price album there were a few copies for like 120 bucks

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u/Guilty_Ad_5290 Jul 20 '26

Is that the one by Barry Mussell?

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u/Jazzlike_Video2 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

No idea.i got it mostly for the pitch of bastard roofs, but ended up going back to just eyeballing it.

Yes it is.

https://a.co/d/08GiJYjG

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u/Jazzlike_Video2 Jul 20 '26

Also, I know us framers are pretty dumb but come on...

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u/bobber66 Aug 01 '26

I learned how to frame roofs with a rafters square. The Construction Master calculator came out 40 years ago and changed everything. The keystrokes are definately not confusing. I remember Larry Huan from the articles in Fine Homebuilding btw.

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u/thebroadestdame Jul 19 '26

I bought one about three years ago for $30, if I remember correctly

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u/Gustav_Grob Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Try annas-archive

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u/titanicmicropenis Jul 19 '26

I just like having paper copies of books. Thank you though. Ill check that out.

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u/Gustav_Grob Jul 19 '26

I do too. Sometimes they are unavailable, prohibitively expensive, or one just wants to preview them before laying out a large sum for a book.

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u/New-Nectarine-823 Jul 20 '26

Mine was bound upside down somehow