Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . hest handles, filledwith an assortment of awls and little chisels, gouges, screw-diivers,saws, etc. Such affairs are sometimes useful, but the loose toolsare apt to become lost or broken, and the money can be used tobetter advantage in other ways. It is well to have a variety of sizes of awls, fitted into hard-wood handles. An awl handle into which awls of various sizescan be fitted, somewhat as a brace holds bits, answers very well,if you have to carry your tools from place to place, but for shop-work it is more convenient to have each awl in
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . hest handles, filledwith an assortment of awls and little chisels, gouges, screw-diivers,saws, etc. Such affairs are sometimes useful, but the loose toolsare apt to become lost or broken, and the money can be used tobetter advantage in other ways. It is well to have a variety of sizes of awls, fitted into hard-wood handles. An awl handle into which awls of various sizescan be fitted, somewhat as a brace holds bits, answers very well,if you have to carry your tools from place to place, but for shop-work it is more convenient to have each awl in a separate handle. The Marking-awl ox Scratch-awl \?, simply an awl with a round,sharp point used for marking in carpentry, but for very closework a knife or chisel is better. See Marking. Axe.—This is such a common tool that it needs no descrip-tion, and is, moreover, seldom required for amateur work. Back-Saw.—See Saw. Beading.—K tool for scraping beading, reeds, and the like,can be made by filing the reverse of the shape required on the.
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