Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . Fig, 60. Carpenters often nail a piece on the side of the bench (Fig. 60),which holds boards for planing fairly well, for common work, buttends to bruise the ends of the boards a little against the cleat,and requires a knife,or something, drivenin at the other end ofthe boards to holdthem with any degreeof security. Anothercheap substitute isshown in Fig. holds boards of regular sizes quite well. Thin pieces canbe held tighter by wedging, as shown. Another sim-ple contrivance,and more of avise, is easilymade by boringa couple ofholesin


Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . Fig, 60. Carpenters often nail a piece on the side of the bench (Fig. 60),which holds boards for planing fairly well, for common work, buttends to bruise the ends of the boards a little against the cleat,and requires a knife,or something, drivenin at the other end ofthe boards to holdthem with any degreeof security. Anothercheap substitute isshown in Fig. holds boards of regular sizes quite well. Thin pieces canbe held tighter by wedging, as shown. Another sim-ple contrivance,and more of avise, is easilymade by boringa couple ofholesin aboard,say 6 wide and12 long, and screwing it loosely to the side of the bench (Fig. 62), makingthe holes in the board larger than the diameter of the screws so that it will be free ;p— _ to play. By insert- ~=^^=-^ ing the piece to be. Fig. 61.


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