A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . Fig. 648 161. Sled Making.—The ranners and cross-bars of a sled (Fig. 648)should be of straight-grained oak, maple, ash, or other strong wood. ]/&stock will do for the runners of a common hand-sled. Saw the curved partsof the runners with the band-saw, jig-saw, turning-saw, or compass-saw; orremove most of the waste wood with the common hand-saw, and trim to theline with drawshave, spokeshave, or plane. Get out thecross-bars about 2 wide and i thick, making a tenonwith one shoulder at each end (Fig. 649).^ In markingthes
A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . Fig. 648 161. Sled Making.—The ranners and cross-bars of a sled (Fig. 648)should be of straight-grained oak, maple, ash, or other strong wood. ]/&stock will do for the runners of a common hand-sled. Saw the curved partsof the runners with the band-saw, jig-saw, turning-saw, or compass-saw; orremove most of the waste wood with the common hand-saw, and trim to theline with drawshave, spokeshave, or plane. Get out thecross-bars about 2 wide and i thick, making a tenonwith one shoulder at each end (Fig. 649).^ In markingthese tenons and the length of the cross-bars, lay thepieces fiat upon the bench, clamp them together, andmark all at once (Fig. 4). To lay out the mortises,place the runners together on edge (Fig. 651) and squarelines across both on the top edges at the points wherethe cross-bars are to go, 2 apart (or the width of the Fig. 650 .cross-bars). Continue these lines upon both sides ofeach runner. Set the gauge at ^i and mark the line AB (Figs. 652 and Fig. 649 J If the
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