A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school (1911)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 154
gacross the grain of a piece of soft pine. If the cut be clean and smooth,the tool is sharp. The edge left by the oilstone can often be improved for fine workby stropping. Draw the tool back over the strop, away from theedge (Fig. 360). Raise it from the strop on the forward stroke. P ane-irons can… … Fig. 360 » The fibrous structure of soft wood, being more yielding than that of hard wood,offers less resistance to the tool, and therefore requires a keener edge to cut it cleanlywithout tearing or crushing the wood. The firmer structure of hard wood can be cut byan edge which would merely tear…
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