The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . l cut in under, as it cannot be guided as easilyas the firmer-chisel can, with both hands to hold it. Chamfering and Bevelling are somewhat similar opera-tions. They consist in cutting the edges of a piece of wood, as shown in Figs. 28and 29. The corner of a block ofwood is very often cham-, fered, when planing end- wood, to prevent the woodfrom splintering. It can only be done, of course, beforethe adjoining side has been planed up, that a squarecorner can be obtained again when the work is finished. The Gouge is a c
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . l cut in under, as it cannot be guided as easilyas the firmer-chisel can, with both hands to hold it. Chamfering and Bevelling are somewhat similar opera-tions. They consist in cutting the edges of a piece of wood, as shown in Figs. 28and 29. The corner of a block ofwood is very often cham-, fered, when planing end- wood, to prevent the woodfrom splintering. It can only be done, of course, beforethe adjoining side has been planed up, that a squarecorner can be obtained again when the work is finished. The Gouge is a chisel with a curved section, its usebeing for cutting grooves and curvatures in a piece ofwork where thechisel cannot beemployed. A Draw-knife isvery handy forquickly reducingthe size of materialand in roundingsticks. The blade is drawn toward you instead of beingpushed as in the case of a plane or chisel. Boring.— Probably the only trouble you will have withthe bit and bit-stock will be in holding the brace in aperfectly vertical position so as to bore a straight Fig. 29. — Chamfering. THE PROPER HANDLING OF TOOLS 31 The centre of the hole should first be located uponthe work. Then, after selecting the right size of bit andsecuring it in the clutches of the bit-stock, grasp thehandle of the stock with the right hand and place theleft hand on the top knob. Set the point of the bitagainst the work and bore steadily until the point ap-pears upon the opposite side. The bit should then bewithdrawn and the rest of the hole bored from the otherside. This prevents the fibre around the hole fromsplintering off, as it is likely to do when a hole is boredall the way through from one side. To bore a hole ina piece of work held in the vise, clamp a waste piece ofwood in the vise with it, and bore straight through thework into the waste piece. When boring hard wood or using large bits increasedpressure is necessary to operate the brace and at the sametime steady the bit. This can
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