The Mechanic's Companion: Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, Masonry, Slating, Plastering, Painting, Smithing, and Turning, Comprehending the Latest Improvements and Containing a Full Description of the Tools Belonging to Each Branch of Business, with Copious Directions for Their Use, an Explanation of the Terms Used in Each Art and an Introduction to Practical Geometry

Peter Nicholson

F. Bell, 1853 - Building - 362 pages

Contents

• The gauge: 11
• DEFINITIONS: 12
• Solids: 17
• Square tools 297: 20
• Of the sash fillister for throwing the shavings: 23
• Practical problems: 24
• Rebating planes without a fence 105: 25
• Squaremouthed rebating planes 106: 27
• To divide a line in the same proportion as ano: 28
• The templet: 29
• To frame one piece of timber at right angles: 31
• Of cements: 32
• Table of bridging joists: 39
• Table of small rafters: 45
• The sash saw 119: 52
• The compass saw: 53
• The keyhole or turning saw: 54
• The hatchet 120: 56
• To prove a square 121: 58
• The gauge: 59
• The mortise gauge: 60
• The side hook: 61
• The mitre box 123: 63
• The straight edge: 64
• Winding sticks: 65
• Definitions: 72
• To tryup a piece of stuff all round: 78
• Hanging of doors: 84
• Geometrical stairs: 90
• The plough: 107
• Dado grooving plane: 108
• Moulding planes ib 31 The bead plane: 109
• A snipesbill: 110
• Hollows and rounds: 111
• Stock and bits: 112
• The centre bit: 113
• Countersinks ib 37 Rimers: 114
• The taper shell bit ib 39 The bradawl ib 40 Chisels in general: 115
• The firmer chisel: 116
• The mortise chisel ib 43 The gouge ib 44 The drawing knife: 117
• Of saws in general ib 46 The ripping saw ib 47 The half ripper: 118
• The mitre square: 124
• Tools: 125
• Tools: 126
• Mouldings: 127
• Ditto: 129
• Mouldings of doors: 130
• Ditto: 131
• Ditto: 132
• Mouldings for sashes and cornices: 133
• To describe the scrool of a handrail: 155
• Doglegged stairs: 158
• Geometrical stairs: 165
• Description of bricks: 187
• Of foundations: 190
• Of walls: 193
• Vaulting and groining: 196
• Tools: 199
• English bond ib XXV Flemish bond: 200
• Arch work: 201
• Piers and cornices: 203
• Groins: 204
• Niches: 205
• Steening wells: 206
• Index and explanation of terms used in bricklaying: 213
• Definition: 219
• Problems respecting arches and methods: 230
• Strength of arches: 235
• Definition: 242
• Definitions and tools: 255
• Index and explanation of terms used in smithing: 277
• Definition and history: 286
• Elliptic turning: 302
• To turn a hollow sphere: 308
• Description of the Nature of Steam of the principle of: 317
• Mechanical Portions of the Steamengine with their rela: 325
• Tools: 351

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Mechanic's Companion: Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, Masonry, Slating, Plastering, Painting, Smithing, and Turning, Comprehending the Latest Improvements and Containing a Full Description of the Tools Belonging to Each Branch of Business, with Copious ...
• Author: Peter Nicholson
• Publisher: F. Bell, 1853
• Original from: The Ohio State University
• Digitized: Aug 8, 2013
• Length: 362 pages