The Make and mend club. A story of boys' adventures, sports and experiments (1883)
Van Orden, Howard · New York, A. Sibley · leaf 22
THE MAKE AND MEND CLUB. 14 “This,” he said, “is a jack-plane, and is used to take the rough surface from a board. Fig. -6. It should be held steadily by fixing the right hand at the handle (h) and the left over the top and side at (s) and pushed forward on the wood, when the knife (k) will take oft… … Fig. 7. “And this,” taking up a short one, “is a smoothing plane, and you will probably find it to be the most useful to you.” Fig. 9. Fig. 8. “ Here you have a handsaw with large teeth bent considerable outward. It is a ‘ rip-saw ’ and intended for use when sawing with the grain of a board. This…
Handicraft for boys · Amusements · Sports
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