A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . any warping or winding will be more easily seen(Fig. 230). If the upper edges of the sticks arethin, or feather-edged, it is easier to tell whenthey are in line, but common straight-edges aresufficient for ordinary work. To make a chair or table, for example, standevenly, turn it over, lay straight-edges on the endsof the legs, and sight across (Fig. 231). Then trimone or two legs until the straight-edges are in 256. For other methods, see 88 A Shorter Course in Woodworking 87. Vise for Metal.—Every woodworking
A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . any warping or winding will be more easily seen(Fig. 230). If the upper edges of the sticks arethin, or feather-edged, it is easier to tell whenthey are in line, but common straight-edges aresufficient for ordinary work. To make a chair or table, for example, standevenly, turn it over, lay straight-edges on the endsof the legs, and sight across (Fig. 231). Then trimone or two legs until the straight-edges are in 256. For other methods, see 88 A Shorter Course in Woodworking 87. Vise for Metal.—Every woodworking shop should have a visefor holding metal, as those for woodworking should not be used for metal, and also a good wrench, a pairof pliers or pincers, cutting nippers,and files for metal. (See page 77.)Shears for metal and a hack-saw aresometimes useful. 88. An Anvil is often of use and issometimes combined with a vise. Itshould have a flat steel surface andalso a tapering point or A solid Chopping-block—a section of a tree-trunk—is Fig. 231 WOODWORKING MACHINES All who work in wood, even if they do not use machinery them-selves, should be familiar with the general principles on which themachines work and should know what they can do. To use woodworking machinery properly and safely the pupilshoiild learn, under competent supervision rather than from a book,the principle, construction, and care of each machine, the meaning,use, and relation of all the parts. Each machine must be kept in goodorder, properly adjusted, properly lubricated, and the cutting-edgessharp. Also, while using a machine, the operator must attend strictlyto what he is doing and to nothing else, or there may be an can not be impressed too strongly upon him, or upon others whomight interrupt him or distract his attention. There are so many designs and arrangements for each kind ofmachine that they cannot be described in detail, and the specialstudy of such ma
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