A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . but thereare some advantages in starting withgood, clear-grained oak, not veryhard. Pine, black walnut, mahog-any, cherry, and other woods canalso be used, if straight-grained. The simplest tools are similar toother chisels and gouges, but aresharpened on both sides, and are ofa great variety of sizes and degreesof curvature. The edges must beground and whetted to be verykeen, and kept so by frequent strop-ping. They should not be used forother work. A carvers bench is usually alittle higher than a cabinet-makersor a car
A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school . but thereare some advantages in starting withgood, clear-grained oak, not veryhard. Pine, black walnut, mahog-any, cherry, and other woods canalso be used, if straight-grained. The simplest tools are similar toother chisels and gouges, but aresharpened on both sides, and are ofa great variety of sizes and degreesof curvature. The edges must beground and whetted to be verykeen, and kept so by frequent strop-ping. They should not be used forother work. A carvers bench is usually alittle higher than a cabinet-makersor a carpenters, but a specialbench is not necessary unless muchcarving is to be done, as it is easyto block up the work. The bench should face the light, which should come down on the work if pos-sible. Carving should be done standing, for it is hard to get theproper freedom of movement while sitting. A variety of holdfastsand clamping devices to keep the work in place are in use, butsimple work can usually be held by the vises, clamps, wedges, etc.,used in ordinary Fig. 490 172 A Shorter Course in Woodworking Lay the tools on the bench before you but behind the work, withthe handles away from you, as it is quicker to pick them up by theblades and to select the tool required. It is well to have the handles of carving tools of differ-ent pattern from thoseof the other tools. The picture of what isto b e carved should b e
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