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 498
Fig. 670. varied slightly according to the hardness of the wood and thekind of work to be done; but where you have only few tools andmust use them for all kinds of work you cannot always, as apractical matter, pay much regard to such variations, as of courseyou cannot keep regrinding your tools… … Fig. 671. Fig. 672. An edge suitable for delicate work in white-pine would be imme-diately ruined if used upon lignum-vitse. Any little wire edge which is produced on the flat side by theprocess of rubbing on the oilstone can be removed by drawingthe flat side of the iron over the stone once, but…
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