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 467
of the sharp one. The nearerthe edge, the smoother the result, but the harder to work the plane.Something more than the break-iron is required, however, toinsure breaking the shavings. There must be an angle, againstwhich they can be broken, close in front of the cutting edge andabove the shaving.… … Fig. 631. necessary to ensure the shaving being readily broken by the cap.With a wide mouth, the shaving will not be broken by the cap intime^ because there is no corner against which to break it. Tools and Operations 453 With straight-grained wood this does not make so much differ-ence, but with…
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