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 446
NG. 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… … Fig. 606. Fig. 607. Fig, 608. at a glance that the board will be held much tighter than if thenails were driven straight up and down. Of course you cannotalways drive nails this way, and there are many cases in whichyou would gain nothing, but it takes only a moment longer totoe nails, and it is…
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