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238 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTas other methods of roofing are familiar to everybody.They call for no roof-boards, being nailed directlyto the stringers (rafters that run parallel with theridge). The way to make them has been describedin Chapter XI I.A stone chimney, with fireplace not less than fourfeet wide, is ideal for heating a woodland home.Nothing is so jolly as an open fire of hardwood logs.With a Dutch oven or reflector, besides the ordinaryutensils (see Vol. I., pp. 65-66), you can cookas well on the hearth and over the fire as in a stove.But if rocks are scarce about your building site,or if good fuel is not abundant, a stove will berequired.It will save a good deal of labor in building,and much wood chopping thereafter. Choosefor yourself.Let us say that you decide on a clapboard roofand a stone chimney, the house to be 14 x 16 feetinside measurement, high enough for a porch infront and a lean-to kitchen in the rear, to be addedin future. A ground plan is shown in Fig. 69. Itmay be modified, of course, according to frontageand other conditions.The tools you ought to have for such a job are:2 Axes, Jack plane,2 Hatchets, Framing chisel (V^),Crosscut saw (6 ft.) and Tape line,handles, 2 ft. Rule,Peavey, or cant hook, Steel square,Sledge hammer (8 lb.), Pocket level to screw on2 Steel wedges (5 lb.), square,Froe,T-bevel,Spade,Plumb-bob,Mattock, Chalk line and chalk,Hand saw, Orosscut satw file,Rip saw, 2 Triangular files (7 in.Compass saw, and 6 in. slim taper).Brace, Mill file (8 in.),Z Auger bits (H, H, 1/4).. Whetstone,2 Drill bits (Vs, %), 50 ft. Rope (1 in.>.Drawing knife.