. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. djustment, one will appreciate having an ex-tremely useful tool for irregular surface work, or for reshapinghatchet or other handles to your own particular form. It isessentially a hard-wood tool. On the same basis of construction as that already outlined,a convex scraper may be made, by arching the central part ofthe handle to any desired curve and making the blade in conform-ity. This tool is used in shaping to a finish the hollow or saddlesurface on wood-seat chairs, the roughing-out work being effectedby a mallet and gou
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. djustment, one will appreciate having an ex-tremely useful tool for irregular surface work, or for reshapinghatchet or other handles to your own particular form. It isessentially a hard-wood tool. On the same basis of construction as that already outlined,a convex scraper may be made, by arching the central part ofthe handle to any desired curve and making the blade in conform-ity. This tool is used in shaping to a finish the hollow or saddlesurface on wood-seat chairs, the roughing-out work being effectedby a mallet and gouge, followed by a convex shave similar inround to the scraper. As a necessary adjunct or rather a pre-liminary tool, the spoke shave, Fig. 72, has much to do in pre-paring in an easy way the surface or edge, before using thescraper described. A form of this tool is to be had from hard-ware dealers, but like many bought tools and a few all-metaltools, it does not appeal to the men whose work requires a spokeshave. The illustration, Fig. 72, shows the form of handle,. Fig. 72.—Details of Spoke Shave. section and tightening bolt, which is set in a similar way to thatof the scraper. The blades can be bought of different handle made for a small blade, such as would readily cut theedge of a portion of a 3-inch circle, would be found very service- ESSENTIAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT 49 able, with one large tool for heavy work. It is suggested thata plate of bone be used for the heel of the tool instead of brass;a strip sawed from a beef shank, inserted in the wood handle,held by screws and filed to a flush finish, causing the tool towork more freely than metal. A little oil wiped over it now andthen will add to easing the work. Now to the application of these tools to the hall seat andother furniture forms. With the work all in the square-edgedstate, note what is desired—a reduction of certain surfaces andedges beyond the range of any shaper knife, universal plane orother tool r
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