Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 769
lliptical, and it is principally the middle portion of the edge which is used; the chisel is ground fromboth sides, and with an oblique edge, and Figs. 3481 and 3-482 represent the full thickness of the chiseand its ordinary angles, namely, about 25 to 30 degrees for soft, and 40 for hard woods.… … nj Fig. 3477 shows the position of the gouge in turning the cylinder; the bevel lies at a tangent, and thstool generally rests on the middle of the back, or witli the concave side upwards, the extremity of thehandle is held in the right hand close to the person, and the left hand grasps the blade,…
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