Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . Fig. 535. should usually be made, for only the bevel of the tool bears on the wood, which makes this gouge quite hard to control. You can often apply the principle of the sliding or sideways cut in using the gouge, as with the chisel, to good advantage. You can roll the gouge aroundwith your hand from side to sideso as to make it cut is particularly useful to givea clean cut when gouging acrossthe grain (Fig. 535). In somecases, in working out a moulding,for instance, you can hold thetool at an angle with the work and get a bet
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . Fig. 535. should usually be made, for only the bevel of the tool bears on the wood, which makes this gouge quite hard to control. You can often apply the principle of the sliding or sideways cut in using the gouge, as with the chisel, to good advantage. You can roll the gouge aroundwith your hand from side to sideso as to make it cut is particularly useful to givea clean cut when gouging acrossthe grain (Fig. 535). In somecases, in working out a moulding,for instance, you can hold thetool at an angle with the work and get a better result than to push it straight forward lengthways (Fig. 536). Be careful not to scoop out little hollows below the required. Fig. 536. 2,gS Woocl-W^orking for Beginners depth of the cut, and keep the direction of the grain in mind thesame as with the chisel. The little ineciualities left by the gougecan be reduced easily by the file, curved scraper, or glass andsandpaper. See Sharpening. Gouge-Bit.—See Bits. Grindstone.—When you get to the point of having a grind-stone, get one which is somewhat soft and fine, for if too coarseit will produce a rougher edge than is desirable for your tools. Do not allow your grindstone to become softened in spots bybeing left partially immersed in a trough of water, as it will wearaway irregularly. With the best of care a stone will, however,become untrue after continued use, not merely in its circularoutline, but the face will become hollowed and uneven. It mustthen be trued, either by some one of the contrivances now madefor the purpose, or by simply turning the stone into the correctshape by holding the end gf a piece of soft iron, as a piece ofpipe, against the surf
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