it goes back way further than you think! in 1892 the Pearson nailer was invented. It was a hand held nail feeder, that was struck like a...

BALLOON FRAMING. (Defined as the exterior studs running from the sill plate all the way to the top plate of the 2nd story) In the mid to...

Carpentry Training in Early America. For the first few hundred years of American history the training of carpenters was pretty formal....