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 479
464 Wood-Working- for Beginners necessary, by a piece of Ijoard or a strij) lightly nailed to thebench-top. Masts and spars should be natural sticks, if possible, andthe final shaping and smoothing will be all they will require, forwhich some such apparatus as that just described will save timeand… … Fig. 649. the same process should be followed so far as the small size of thesticks will allow, as you can of course shave more accurately withthe plane, on account of the long guiding sole, for the same degreeof effort, than with any free-hand tool like the knife. Butwhen the stick is quite small…
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