. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 78.—Sanding Stick. but is a real essential when put to use. This stick will prove onfurther acquaintance with it to be a rival of a wood rasp. Thesand, or, better, garnet, paper is held firmly and smoothly to thestick, allowing every bit of surface to be brought into use. Thepaper being cut overlapping wide should be conformed to thestick; then, with the two laps turned in, sanded side together, the 58 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN tube is slipped over the stick, the laps sliding into the saw same principle is us


. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 78.—Sanding Stick. but is a real essential when put to use. This stick will prove onfurther acquaintance with it to be a rival of a wood rasp. Thesand, or, better, garnet, paper is held firmly and smoothly to thestick, allowing every bit of surface to be brought into use. Thepaper being cut overlapping wide should be conformed to thestick; then, with the two laps turned in, sanded side together, the 58 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN tube is slipped over the stick, the laps sliding into the saw same principle is used on power-driven sanding spindles. As the carpenter does not make use of a steel scraper as fre-quently as a cabinet maker, he may find the proper way to. Fig. 79.—Device for Sharpening a Scraper,sharpen for a continued use of that tool a little elaborate. Hold-ing such a well-sharpened scraper in reserve, however, anotherblade for less severe use may be kept keen on both edges byadopting another craftsmans plan of having a fiat, smooth filesecured by staples to a stick and having a saw kerf just over thesurface of the file. The blade when dull is then drawn throughthe kerf against the file, insuring a keen, square edge. A care-


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