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   SawdustSteve | Aug 11, 2002 06:40am | #1

   The only book that comes to mind is:  WORKING WINDOWS, A guide to the Repair & Restoration of Wood Windows' by Terence Meany.   Published by  Lyons Press in 1998.  (Lyons Press  31 West 21 St., NYC, NY 10010)     $ 14.95.    I don't know if it will answer ALL of your questions, but it is a good start on your search.

   SawdustSteve

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   zaverio | Aug 12, 2002 03:19am | #2

   Thank you for your answer. I'm interested in rebuilding the framing and casing as close as possible to how they were built in the late 1700/early 1800 here in New England. The windows that I'm changeing are a replacement done abouth 100 years ago.

   Thank you all.

   Zav

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   zaverio | Aug 18, 2002 03:41am | #3

   Thank you for youe message. I do not have the possibility (scanner) of posting any picture. In any case the windows are gone and for the moment only a tyvek housewrap is in their place. Do you know of the use of dowels to instal the casing of windows? I have an entrance door whose casing was secured with square dowels into the posts.

   Best regards

   Zaverio

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   TomS | Aug 21, 2002 11:17pm | #4

   I think Roy Underhill did a piece on windows in one of his books.  Most of them are  readily available at local libraries.  He explained not only how to get them done, but explained how a sash can be dated by the size of the parts.  It was interesting reading, but again, I am not sure which of his books it was in.

   Tom