Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . is objection to its being Withdrawing Nails. Nails.—There are many kinds of nails, many more than isworth while to specify here, as you will probably use those ofwire for most of your work. When another kind would bepreferable (as is the case for some purposes) it will be nails in common use before the introduction of those of wirewere known as cut, being stamped from a sheet of metal, and* wrought, the latter kind being much older and originally forgedby hand into shape, one by one (hence the name), but now com-monly ma
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . is objection to its being Withdrawing Nails. Nails.—There are many kinds of nails, many more than isworth while to specify here, as you will probably use those ofwire for most of your work. When another kind would bepreferable (as is the case for some purposes) it will be nails in common use before the introduction of those of wirewere known as cut, being stamped from a sheet of metal, and* wrought, the latter kind being much older and originally forgedby hand into shape, one by one (hence the name), but now com-monly made by machine. The expressions three-penny, eight-penny, ten-penny, etc., indicate the length, and come from anold custom of so designating the lengths, but you need only tocall for them by the length, as 2 inch or 2f inch, in order to getwhat you want, and you can easily select whatever degree ofstoutness you need. Copper or galvanised nails and tacks willbe needed for your boat-building, copper being preferable, par-ticularly for salt Fig. 611. Nail-Set, or Punch.—The nail-set, for sinking nail-heads below the surface, is quite important, and it is well to have a28 4o4 Wood-Working for Beginners large one and a fine one. The end of the set or punch must notbe allowed to become rounding or it will be all the time slippingoff the nail-head and punching holes in the surrounding slight conical depression in the end of the set is good. Donot use a file for a nail-set, for tlie end is too hard and will dentthe face of the hammer-head. When setting nails, hold the nail-set firmly against the littlefinger, placing the latter on the wood close to the head of thenail, as shown in Fig. 6ii. This will keep the set from slippingoff the nail-head and damaging the work. Nippers.—A pair of these will often be of use in wood-workingoperations. ^ Odd-Jobs.—A very simple combined tool known as Odd-jobs can be used as a marking-gauge, mortise-gauge, scratch-awl, try-square
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