Identifier: woodworkingforbe00whee
Title: Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946
Subjects: Carpentry Woodwork
Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam’s sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Fig. 243, 14 wide. Board thickness is sufficient for a short seat, but iflong a i:^ plank should be used. If you have in mind to makea very long sled you should consider, before beginning, that youmust either use a quite thick plank to get the necessary stiffness,which will add to the weight of the double-runner, or the plankmust be stiffened or trussed with rods beneath like a bridge,which will add to the expense and labour. It should be ofstrong, elastic, straight-grained wood, free from bad knots ordefects, as the strain upon it is great. It should not be tooyielding and springy, however, or it may sag inconveniently.Clear hard Southern pine or ash is good, A plank of stiff spruceof good quality will do. The rear end can be rounded, as shown(Fig. 243). 158 Wood-Working for Beginners
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Machine-planing is sufficient for the sides of the seat-plank, but the edges should be planed carefully (see Phuie)^ and the angles slightly rounded off with the plane, spokeshave, or rasp and file (see Spokeshave^ Rasp^ and File) to prevent splinters. To enable the front sled to turn properly, get out two pieces of 2 plank, as shown in Fig. 244,about 3 wide and as long as thewidth of the sled, one being taperedtoward the ends on the under side.The tapering is important, as it di-minishes the friction when the frontsled is turned. Screw one of thesepieces firmly across the top of thefront sled and the other across the lower side of the seat-board(see Scre7vs)^ a hole being bored through the centre of eachcross-piece (as well as through the seat-board and the top of thefront sled) for the king-bolt upon which the front sled turns.Find these centres accurately and bore carefully with a bit yVlarger than the king-bolt (see Boring). The front sled should turn very freelyand easily, andhav
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