Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . ood be-tween them with a knife or chisel (being careful about splitting)and shape the outside as marked. Slip the Ijlade through thehole in the guard you have just made up to the handle atld nailthe fuard to the blade. Wooden Snake.—This imitation reptile (Fig. 146) ifwell made will (when graspedat the middle) by a slightmovement of the hand undu-late and writhe in a very life-like manner, as you may know,so do not be eager to terrifyyour feminine relatives, orthose of other boys, too much. Before beginning work readcarefully Markings Rule, Kn
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . ood be-tween them with a knife or chisel (being careful about splitting)and shape the outside as marked. Slip the Ijlade through thehole in the guard you have just made up to the handle atld nailthe fuard to the blade. Wooden Snake.—This imitation reptile (Fig. 146) ifwell made will (when graspedat the middle) by a slightmovement of the hand undu-late and writhe in a very life-like manner, as you may know,so do not be eager to terrifyyour feminine relatives, orthose of other boys, too much. Before beginning work readcarefully Markings Rule, Knife,Saiv, and Rounding Sticks. Thesnake can be of any size—sayfrom 2 to 6 long and from i to2 in diam. Select a piece ofstraight-grained wood,—w h i t e^*^ ^* pine or any wood easy to work. First see that the stick is square, then make it hexagonal (six-sided), then taper it to the general shape of the snake, and finallyround and smooth it (Fig. 147). Remember not to use sand-paper in the smoothing, as the grit will dull the tools yet to be. i-4 II ^>H I ^r ^^ Fig. 147. used. The head you must whittle or carve according to youringenuity and skill. The mouth can be cut with a fine snake having been shaped, mark pencil lines lengthways
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