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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 159

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eoretically, be changed with every new operation, but all that can bedone practically is to have a longer bevel for soft wood than for hard. Saw-filing is hard for beginners to do well, and it is soon enoughto undertake it when the pupil has become quite familiar with the use oftools, for it does… … Fig. 370 Common Tools and Their Uses 137 filing saw-teeth, but to do the work well is hard and only a small proportionof good workmen are experts in fixing saws. The teeth are first jointed, or reduced to the same level, by lightlypassing the flat side of a file over their points, lengthways of the…

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