First lessons in wood-working . up a longer splinter, which is again brokenoff, and so on^ till the splinter curls up asa thin ^ shaving, as ^t e f. When you examine one of the thin shav- 62 Manual Training. ings taken off by such a plane, you findthat it is cracked or broken across at equalshort distances. Thus it is so much weak-ened that the cutting-iron cannot lift it upby the end and continue the split down intothe Avood. With this partial view of the mode of actionof the plane we can now go on to considerthe way of using it. The discussion of theseveral kinds of planes, and of the method
First lessons in wood-working . up a longer splinter, which is again brokenoff, and so on^ till the splinter curls up asa thin ^ shaving, as ^t e f. When you examine one of the thin shav- 62 Manual Training. ings taken off by such a plane, you findthat it is cracked or broken across at equalshort distances. Thus it is so much weak-ened that the cutting-iron cannot lift it upby the end and continue the split down intothe Avood. With this partial view of the mode of actionof the plane we can now go on to considerthe way of using it. The discussion of theseveral kinds of planes, and of the methodsof sharpening them and of adjusting themfor different kinds of work, will come later. For your first exercise in planing, the toolcalled a ^^ jack-plane will be used. It isdesigned for coarse work, such as removingthe rough outside of a plank, or cutting offconsiderable quantities of material. As it isintended to cut pretty thick shavings, thecap is set well back from the edge ofthe cutting-iron (^^ to i\^0, the cutting-ironis
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