. Elementary woodworking . 128 THE BIG TREES 129 cut one down, and that the cost of felling one of thesemonsters is five hundred dollars. A stump of one of these trees is so large that danceshave been held on it, and on one very large one a ball-room has been built for this special purpose. As one Californian has said, The redwood forestsare apparently imperishable, except through the ax, asthe trees are rarely injured by fire. The redwood isthe only lumber that can take the place of the whitepine, answer as a satisfactory substitute for mahoganyand black walnut, displace oak for railroad ties
. Elementary woodworking . 128 THE BIG TREES 129 cut one down, and that the cost of felling one of thesemonsters is five hundred dollars. A stump of one of these trees is so large that danceshave been held on it, and on one very large one a ball-room has been built for this special purpose. As one Californian has said, The redwood forestsare apparently imperishable, except through the ax, asthe trees are rarely injured by fire. The redwood isthe only lumber that can take the place of the whitepine, answer as a satisfactory substitute for mahoganyand black walnut, displace oak for railroad ties, cypressand cedar for shingles, and surpass all other woods fordurability when in contact with the earth or whenexposed to Fig. 136. Immense Flock of Sheep being herded illegally in a United StatesGovernment Forest Reservation. (They kill the young seedling trees) INDEX IAGE Anniiul rings 59 Ash. 92 Aspen 107 Band saw 58 Basswood 103 Beech 09 Bench, care of 3 Bench hook 15 Bevel 10 Big Trees of California . 123 Birches do Bit, auger 27 auger, details of ... 28 center 27 countersink .... 29 gimlet 29 Black walnut 89 Brace, common forms of. 20 and bit 27 Bract of linden .... 105 Buckeye 87 Butternut 89 Buttonwood 101 Cap ironCedar . 17120 PAGE Chisel, cutting angle of . 23 firmer 24 framing 24 methods of using . 24 sharpening 25 Clamp iron of plane ... 18Compound leaves .... 85feottonwood, or Carolina pop-lar 108 Cutting tools 11 Cypress 118 l^ovetail. See JointDrawing board . Elm, American . 45, 6i Evergreens ...... 111 Felling trees 52 Fir, balsam 118 Framing square .... 8 Gang saw 55 Glue, use of 39 Grain of wood 59 Groujis of tools 4 Gum, sweet, or liquid amber 101 94 131 132 ELEMENTARY WOODWO
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