Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs (1900)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 445
split thewood, than one made by a bit ordrill, because it does not removethe wood but merely presses itaside, so that when the nail isdriven the fibres tend to springback to their original position andclose in around the nail, helpingto hold it in place. In driving the old-fashionednails, which… … WRONG. Fig. 605, Tools and Operations 431 will tend to separate the fibres and split the wood (Fig. 605).With nails having two sides smooth and two rough, as you pickthem up you can tell by the fingers which way to hold them,the rough sides going across the grain and the smooth sides with it. Nails…
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