id the awkward raising of theleft hand at the moment of striking the blow, and the knob keeps itfrom slipping thru the hand. In both ax and hatchet there is a two-beveled edge. This is for the sake of facility in cutting into the woodat anv anele. 88 HANDWORK IX WOOD. There are two principal forms,… … Fiy. 13i. Ax. Fig. 140. Shiiitrliny Hatchet. Fig-. 141. Car- penters Adze. Tlic hatchet has, beside the cutting edge, a head for driving nails,and a notch f(n- drawing them, thus comlnning three tools in one.The shingling liatchet. Fig. 140, is a type of this. The ailze, the carpenters honse adze.…
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