Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . h its short andsometimes curved face enables it to smooth with great ease. Italso acts on the same principle as a draw-knife with the additionof a guiding stock. It bears somewhat the same relation to thedraw-knife that the plane does to the chisel. Grasp the tool firm-ly, bearing downwardwith both hands andpressing forward withthe thumbs, pushingthe tool from you soas to cut like a plane(Fig. 679). Of courseit can also be drawntowards you when thecircumstances of thework render it advis-able. See Paring andSharpe?—See Bits. Squ
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . h its short andsometimes curved face enables it to smooth with great ease. Italso acts on the same principle as a draw-knife with the additionof a guiding stock. It bears somewhat the same relation to thedraw-knife that the plane does to the chisel. Grasp the tool firm-ly, bearing downwardwith both hands andpressing forward withthe thumbs, pushingthe tool from you soas to cut like a plane(Fig. 679). Of courseit can also be drawntowards you when thecircumstances of thework render it advis-able. See Paring andSharpe?—See Bits. Square.—This tool is one of the most useful in the list, forthe importance of having your work square can hardly beover-estimated. The try-square should have a metal strip on the inside edge ofthe wooden arm, head, or beam, or the handle can be whollyof metal. Get a medium-sized try-square (9- or lo-inch blade isgood) rather than a very small one, as it is much more useful;and a graduated scale, like a rule, on the blade is Tools and Operations 493 The primary use of this tool is to test or try the accuracy
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