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 486
If done at themill, have a piece of waste wood put on the under side to preventthe burr, or ragged edge, left by the sawing. A common way to test saws, when buying, is to take the handle Tools and Operations 471 in one hand and bend the point of the saw around in a curvesideways and then let the… … Fig. 658. This will help you to keep the saw-blade at right angles with thesurface of the wood. Hold the saw firmly with the forefinger pressed against the sideof the handle to help guide and steady it (Fig. 657). Having placed the saw just at the outside edge of the line andon the farther side of…
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