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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 26

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22 THE HARDWOOD FINISHER. a flat and smooth-backed gouge is passed once — or twice at the most — along the edge. The scraper during this opera¬ tion may be held either as already shown in Fig. 6, or as the writer prefers holding it, as in Fig. 9 ; but for the matter of … that, there is absolutely nothing to be said against fastening the scraper in the bench vise while this operation is being carried out. The thing to be arrived at in this particular action is the production of an exceedingly fine burr, scarcely enough to be called a burr at all, but a particularly…

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