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 448
pe, one by one (hence the name), but now com-monly made by machine. The expressions three-penny, eight-penny, ten-penny, etc., indicate the length, and come from anold custom of so designating the lengths, but you need only tocall for them by the length, as 2 inch or 2f inch, in order to getwhat… … Fig. 611. Nail-Set, or Punch.—The nail-set, for sinking nail-heads below the surface, is quite important, and it is well to have a28 4o4 Wood-Working for Beginners large one and a fine one. The end of the set or punch must notbe allowed to become rounding or it will be all the time slippingoff the…
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