A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . 38 A Shorter Course in Woodworking are easier to adjust and to keep in order. To protect the cutting-edgelay planes on their sides or ends, or, better, arrange a little strip to raiseone end slightly from the bench or shelf. 27. The Jack-plane, as now commonlyused, is to straighten and level the surfaceof the wood, and can be followed by thesmoothing-plane. The iron is ground square-^^ ^°° ly across (Fig. 107), but with thecomers very slightly rounded. This plane was formerly used for coarse work and to rough off the

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