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 84
is the most difficult part of the bench to makenicely, and you can sjiend a good deal of pains upon it. If you have not yetthe proper tools to make this mortise you can mark it out and have it cut for avery small sum at a wood-working mill or shop. \Vhen nailing the cross-boardupon the legs, bear… … Fig, 60. Carpenters often nail a piece on the side of the bench (Fig. 60),which holds boards for planing fairly well, for common work, buttends to bruise the ends of the boards a little against the cleat,and requires a knife,or something, drivenin at the other end ofthe boards to holdthem with any…
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