awing on a Line.
The First Stroke. The Starting Cut for Cross-cutting. Forcing a Saw. The
Stroke. The Chinese Saw. Things to Avoid. The Plane. Angle for Holding
Planes. Errors to be Avoided. The Gage. Holding the Gage. The
Draw-knife.

IV. HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES Page 39

Fundamentals of Designing. The Commercial Instinct. First Requirements
of Designing. Conventional Styles. The Mission Style. Cabinets. Harmony
of Parts. Harmony of Wood.

V. HOW WORK IS LAID OUT Page 43

Concrete Examples of Work. Dimensions. Laying Out a Table. The Top. The
Mortises. The Facing Boards. The Tenons. Tools Used. Chamfered Tenons.
The Frame. The Drawer Support. The Table Frame. The Top. The Drawer. How
Any Structure is Built Up. Observations About Making a Box. Points.
Beveling and Mitering. Proper Terms. Picture Frames. Dovetail Points.
Box Points. First Steps in Dovetailing. Cutting Out the Spaces. Tools
Used in Laying Out Mortises and Tenons.

VI. THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE Page 59

The Compass. Determining Angles. Definition of Degrees. Degrees Without
a Compass. How Degrees are Calculated by the Dividers.

VII. HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED Page 65

Importance of Proper Designation. How to Explain Mechanical Forms.
Defining Segment and Sector. Arcade, Arch, Buttress, Flying Buttress,
Chamfer, Cotter, Crenelated, Crosses, Curb Roof, Cupola, Crown Post,
Corbels, Dormer, Dowel, Drip, Detent, Extrados, Engrailed, Facet, Fret,
Fretwork, Frontal, Frustrums, Fylfot, Gambrel Roof, Gargoyle, Gudgeon,
Guilloche. Half Timbered, Hammer Beam, Header, Hip Roof, Hood Molding,
Inclave, Interlacing Arch, Inverted, Inverted Arch, Key Stone, King
Post, Label, Louver, Lintel, Lug, M-Roof, Mansard Roof, Newel,
Parquetry, Peen, Pendant, Pendastyle, Pedestal, Plinth, Portico, Plate,
Queen Post, Quirk Molding, Re-entering Angle, Rafter, Scarfing, Scotia
Molding, Sill, Skewback, Spandrel, Strut, Stud, Stile, Tie Beam, Timber,
Trammel, Turret, Transom, Valley Roof.

VIII. DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY Page 73

Fundamentals in Drawing. Representing Objects. Forming Lines and
Shadows. Analysis of Lines and Shadings. How to Show Plain Surfaces.
Concave Surfaces. Convex Surfaces. Shadows from a Beam. Flat Effects.
The Direction of Light. Raised Surfaces. Depressed Surfaces. Full
Shading. Illustrating Cube Shading. Shading Effect. Heavy Lines.
Perspectives. True Perspective of a Cube. Isometric Cube. Flattened
Perspective. Tec