A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . Fig. 29It saves time but is not a necessity- Fig. 28 The mortise-gauge has two spurs, one of which can be set at any required distance from the other, and two lines marked at once, as for a mortise (see page 144). and is often hard for the beginner to use. Some gauges have a steel wheelwith sharpened edge instead of aspur. Occasionally a knife point orblade is used for cutting thin are gauges called panel-gauges,with long beams and heads for widespaces. One can easily be made. 10. Compasses are used tostrike
A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . Fig. 29It saves time but is not a necessity- Fig. 28 The mortise-gauge has two spurs, one of which can be set at any required distance from the other, and two lines marked at once, as for a mortise (see page 144). and is often hard for the beginner to use. Some gauges have a steel wheelwith sharpened edge instead of aspur. Occasionally a knife point orblade is used for cutting thin are gauges called panel-gauges,with long beams and heads for widespaces. One can easily be made. 10. Compasses are used tostrike circles or arcs; to lay offangles and arcs; to take measure-Pj ments from a rule, a drawing, or some object; to lay out measure-ments; and toscribe where a gauge can not be used. To set. Common Tools and Their Uses 15 them by the rule place the points on the rule as in Fig. 34. When striking circles or arcs, hold the compasses by the top at the hinged joint, as grasping them lower down may cause the points to move; and lean them slightly in the direction they are being turned, so that the marking point will be drawn along smoothly (Fig. 35). Hold them in the same way when stepping off measurements.
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