Elements of woodwork

lumber ways; To minimize the warping of lumber; Weather-dried lumber; Kiln-dried lumber; Moist air kilns; Induced draft kilns; Results of the two systems; Filling a kiln; Length...

The try-square; The steel, or framing, square; The bevel; The gauge; The hammer; The hatchet; The mallet; Saws; The knife blade; Planes; Sharpening a plane; The jack plane; The...

=1. Kinds of trees used for lumber.=--(=A.=) The classification of trees here considered is based upon the method by which the trunk, or stem, of a tree is formed. The term _exo...

=8. The manufacture of lumber=.--(=A.=) There are two distinct processes in the preparation of lumber for commercial purposes, _logging_ and _sawing_; the former includes all th...

=14. The piling of lumber.=--(=A.=) To the uninitiated it may seem that the piling of lumber is work upon which it is not necessary to expend much skill, but there are few opera...

=27. How to purchase tools.=--(=A.=) The quality of the tools used by the mechanic is of the greatest importance. They should be selected carefully, and while it is the poorest...

65. DIFFERENT KINDS OF GLUE.--(=A.=) Wood-workers use both _liquid_ and _sheet_ or _stick_ glue, but as the former requires little skill in its use, we will deal principally wit...

=69. Filling.=--(=A.=) After wood has been smoothed and made ready to receive the finish, it is prepared by _filling_, by which is meant the process of filling the grain so that...

This is a modern treatment of descriptive geometry with applications to spherical projections, shades and shadows, perspective, and isometric projections, for the use of technic...