. The teacher's handbook of slöjd : as practised and taught at Naäs, containing explanations and details of each exercise. nderside of the bench top. If the screws do not turn easily, thefriction niay be reduced by rubbing them well with pul-verised plumbago. On the side of the bench farthest from the worker is atrough or channel, called the bench well, in which tools notin actual use may be laid. Triangular pieces of wood, firmlyattached to the ends of this well, facilitate the sweeping outof shavings, etc. The different portions of the bench are fastened togetiierby dovetailing, mortising, a
. The teacher's handbook of slöjd : as practised and taught at Naäs, containing explanations and details of each exercise. nderside of the bench top. If the screws do not turn easily, thefriction niay be reduced by rubbing them well with pul-verised plumbago. On the side of the bench farthest from the worker is atrough or channel, called the bench well, in which tools notin actual use may be laid. Triangular pieces of wood, firmlyattached to the ends of this well, facilitate the sweeping outof shavings, etc. The different portions of the bench are fastened togetiierby dovetailing, mortising, and iron screws. The bench top rests upon feet or rails, and it is oftenfurnished on the under side with a drawer or till. A simil;trdrawer may be connected with the rails. The wood used for the bench top should be oak, ash, beech,or hard pine; for the screws, horn-beam or figured birch .for the well and the rails, fir or pine. The complete bench described above is too large forgeneral use in school slojd, the space for which is usuallylimited. As only one person can advantageously work at it,it is also too Fig. 8. Single Bench. ^20-Top, 5 feet long by 1^ feet broad. Height, 2 feet 7 inches. Naas pattern. The bench represented in Fig. 8 is more suitable for schools TOOLS. 65 where many benches are required. It is at once simple and ^^nch afterpractical. It takes up little space, and it can be procured for —^indeed for one-fourth—of the cost of the benchfirst described. It is furnished with a back bench vice only,consisting of a piece of wood moving on bolts, and workedby a screw fixed with a forked wedge to the movable frontjaw of the vice. The bolts must be firmly inserted in thedetached portion of the vice, and must have their anteriorends made fast in a cross-piece; otherwise the movable por-tion of the vice will not move easily and surely backwardsand forwards by means of the screw. To fasten a piece ofwood quite steadily in the vice it shou
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