Fig. 37. board that is cross-grained, as at B, the shaving willsplit ahead of the cutting iron and leave the surfacerough. APPENDIX 191 Fig. 38 shows the wood plane and and the advantageof a narrow mouth, which the iron plane shown by Fig.37Jacks. This, too, changes the direction of the shav-ing.… … Fig. 38. immediately in front of the cutting iron, and so preventsits being torn up before it is cut. This is one of theadvantages that the wood plane has over the iron,another being the comparative ease of working. Still,when everything is considered, iron planes are the best.Their principal…
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