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Title: Carpentry for Boys
In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying
Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original
Illustrations

Author: J. S. Zerbe

Release Date: March 7, 2007 [EBook #20763]

Language: English

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THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS

CARPENTRY FOR BOYS

[Illustration: _Fig. 1. A Typical Work Bench._]

THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS

CARPENTRY FOR BOYS

in simple language, including
chapters on drawing, laying out
work, designing and architecture

WITH 250 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS

BY J. S. ZERBE, M.E.

AUTHOR OF

ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS
PRACTICAL MECHANICS FOR BOYS

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY

NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY

I. TOOLS AND THEIR USES Page 5

Knowledge of Tools. A Full Kit of Tools. The Hatchet. The Claw Hammer.
About Saws--Cross-cut, Rip Saw, Back Saw. Planes--Jack Plane, Smoothing
Plane, Pore Plane. Gages. Chisels--Firmer Chisel. Trusses. Saw Clamps.
The Grindstone. Oilstone. Miter Box. The Work Bench.

II. HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS Page 16

Care of Tools---First Requisites. Saws--How to Set. Saw-set Errors. Saw
Setting Block. Filing. The Angle of Filing. Filing Pitch. Saw Clamps.
Filing Suggestions. The File. Using the File. The Grindstone. In the Use
of Grindstones. Correct Way of Holding Tool in Grinding. Care of Stone.
Incorrect Way to Hold Tool. Way to Revolve or Turn Grindstone. The
Plane. The Gage. Chisels. General Observations.

III. HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS Page 29

On the Holding of Tools. The Saw. How to Start a Saw. S