. Elementary woodworking . 62 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING A better way would be to build the board up of sev-eral narrow strij)s glued together, as the warping of onewould be counteracted by the warping of its neighborsin opposite directions; but to make doubly sure, cleatsfastened with tongue and groove joint should be addedat the ends, as shown at D. This has an advantageover the first method, as the cleats in Q are often inthe way and make the board clumsy to Fig. 77. A Study in Construction. Methods of overcomingWarping and Shrinkage The student will find many evidences about the house
. Elementary woodworking . 62 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING A better way would be to build the board up of sev-eral narrow strij)s glued together, as the warping of onewould be counteracted by the warping of its neighborsin opposite directions; but to make doubly sure, cleatsfastened with tongue and groove joint should be addedat the ends, as shown at D. This has an advantageover the first method, as the cleats in Q are often inthe way and make the board clumsy to Fig. 77. A Study in Construction. Methods of overcomingWarping and Shrinkage The student will find many evidences about the houseof how the woodworker has tried to prevent warpingand shrinkage, as, for instance, in the paneled doors,tables, etc. The wood of the various trees differs greatly in hard-ness, evenness of grain, durability, etc., and every boy WOOD 63 should know not only what our woods are used for, buthe should also know the trees when he sees them. We are indebted to the trees for many things besideswood. They give us delightful shade and coolness insummer; many of them produce delicious fruit andnuts; from them we obtain such valuable products asmaple sirup and sugar; while tar, pitch, turpentine,rubber, and tannin are only a few of the many tree pro-ducts. The houses we live in, the chairs we sit on,—infact, most of our furniture, even to the frames of ourpictures, the cars we ride in, and the very pencils wewrite with, are of wood which was once part of theliving fo
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