First lessons in manual training and carpentry (1907)
Craftsman's home study schools, Freeport, Ill. [from old catalog] · Freeport, Ill., The Craftsman's home study schools · leaf 25
^■satKEC^SSIS The next tool to be used is the Gauge. To gauge a line parallelto the edge of a block, hold the gauge firmly with the right hand.Tip the tool away from you until the spur, or marking point, barely 23 THE CRAFTSMANS HOME STUDY SCHOOLS touches the wood. Push the gauge away from you. If… … Be sure that the gauge block tightly touches the given or work-ing edge at all times. In this way you will have control of the gauge,while if used some other way the spur will follow the grain of thewood and therefore the mark will be incorrect. Set the gauge to the given width (V/2 in.) and gauge…
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