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... left hand , and try to cut it across with your knife , about an inch from the end . Pressing down on the knife pretty hard , you force the blade in a short distance , pushing the wood right and left , and making a small notch . You soon ...
... left hand , and try to cut it across with your knife , about an inch from the end . Pressing down on the knife pretty hard , you force the blade in a short distance , pushing the wood right and left , and making a small notch . You soon ...
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... left of the notch , and cut in the same direction as at first . You will turn up another chip , as in Fig . 3. You ... hand . Then if your tool slips it may perhaps cut your bench , but it cannot cut you . Further- more , it may be observed ...
... left of the notch , and cut in the same direction as at first . You will turn up another chip , as in Fig . 3. You ... hand . Then if your tool slips it may perhaps cut your bench , but it cannot cut you . Further- more , it may be observed ...
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... side , you may now make another cut to meet the first one , thus cutting the stick quite in two . Having done this ... left hand instead of resting on the bench . Holding the stick thus you will have a better command of the knife , and ...
... side , you may now make another cut to meet the first one , thus cutting the stick quite in two . Having done this ... left hand instead of resting on the bench . Holding the stick thus you will have a better command of the knife , and ...
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... left hand . First strike EXERCISE 2. a square blow with the hatchet , ob- Cross - cutting serving how little it penetrates . with hatchet . Next strike obliquely , right and left alternately . Be very careful not to strike very hard ...
... left hand . First strike EXERCISE 2. a square blow with the hatchet , ob- Cross - cutting serving how little it penetrates . with hatchet . Next strike obliquely , right and left alternately . Be very careful not to strike very hard ...
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... left hand , snatching the hand away just as you strike with the right . This must be practiced with extreme care , and only by one pupil at a time , and under the eye of the instructor . Last of all , when you are quite sure of your ...
... left hand , snatching the hand away just as you strike with the right . This must be practiced with extreme care , and only by one pupil at a time , and under the eye of the instructor . Last of all , when you are quite sure of your ...
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AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY applied back-saw battened door bench bench-hook bevel block brace and bit carefully chamfer chisel corner cracks cross-cut-saw Cross-cutting crosswise cut square cutting-iron dimensions distance dove-tail drawing drive end elevation exactly face fastened fibers figure finished following the grain front gauge glue glued groove half an inch hammer hand-screws handle hatchet hinges hold the piece hole inch thick inches long inches wide iron isometric jack-plane knife last exercise left hand length lengthwise LESSON lines mark mortise mortise and tenon nails nearly necessary object obliquely panel parallel pared pencil-mark perpendicular piece of wood pine plane prevent proper pupil push rip-saw round sand-paper scale screw shaving shellac short shrinking sketch smoothing-plane splinter split stick stiles straight-edge strike stroke surface teeth tenon Test vise warping waste wedge width winding wood plane
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Page 96 - This sandstone has long attracted popular attention. The bright vermillion cliffs rise to a height of one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet above the water surface of the Des Moines river. The red coloration of the rock is, however, local, merging laterally and downward into a yellow or buff color.