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 459
left hand, which is nearerthe cutting-edge than the right, act as a brake or countercheckor drag to check the progress of the tool. It is largely by thevarying balance of these two forces — the pushing forward of thetool with the right hand and the checking and controlling withthe left — that… … Fig. 620. Pencil.—See Markifig. Tools and Operations 445 Pincers.—There are various kinds of pincers, pliers, andnippers. A pair of common pliers and also cutting nippers willbe very useful. Plane.—A plane is in principle (roughly speaking), as youwill readily see, nothing but a chisel stuck…
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