Thank you for the replies. I have printed them out and placed them in my virtual tool box.
I thought the author's comment was way off base, but being a rookie preparing to cut my first frame, I thought I'd make sure. (Kinda surprised the comment found it's way past edits.)
BTW, I saw sheetrock hung the way you suggested...looks MUCH better than a few houses I have seen with the sheetrock butting up against the timbers.
