The hardwood finisher : with rules and directions for finishing in natural colors and in antique, mahogany, cherry, birch, walnut, oak, ash, redwood, sycamore, pine and all other domestic woods, also miscellaneous rules for filling, staining, varnishing, polishing, dyeing, gilding and bronzing : together with hints on the preparation of woodwork for the finisher (1908)
New York : Industrial Publication Co. · leaf 25
21 THE HARDWOOD FINISHER. and bright corners appear along the scraper. Now, if due care has really been taken in making the corners perfect and square, the scraper in this condition would produce shavings … tolerably well on any hard wood ; but the shaving would be the result of abrasive and not of cutting action. It is purely a matter of choice if at this stage a smooth- backed gouge is passed to and fro over the side of the scraper, as in Fig. 4, with the notion of imparting a still higher polish to…
Wood finishing
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