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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t sec-tions shown on the body plan. Cut out each of these patterns soas to save the part which is the reverse of the shape of the sectionof the boat, thus forming a series of templates, which you canapply to the hull at each section to test your cutting, until thetemplates just fit the wood at their respective sections, when theshape of the hull will, of course, agree with the plan. The spokeshave, and sometimes the plane, can be used to goodadvantage in the final shaping (see Spokeshave), Especial care is 2^2 Wood-Working for Beginners required not to slice off too much, and you will, of course, work,as a rule, from the centre (or amidships) towards the ends. Theblock can be held in the lap or between the knees for this shap-ing, but it is ])etter for all kinds of crooked work to have thematerial firmly held by a vise or some other contrivance, so thatnot merely the hands of the worker are free, but the whole bodyas well. This form of hull is simple to make, in that the curves of the
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Fig. 356. outside are all convex. There are no concave surfaces and re-versed curves. The surface can be finally shaped by the use ofthe rasp, followed by a file, and finally smoothed with scraperor glass (see Scrapet-). Do not use sandpaper until the hull isfinished. The inside must next be hollowed. Gauge a line around theupper side, ^ from the edge, except at the bow and stern, wherea greater distance should be allowed (Fig. 356). The hull mustnow be held firmly in some way. If you cannot contrive to clampit firmly without bruising the outside, you should arrange someblocks (padding them with cloth or leather) in such a way that itcan be held securely. It is better to spend an hour in fasteningthe block firmly than to attempt to steady it with one hand andto cut with the other. In all the shaping of the boat, both handsshould be free if possible. Grasp the blade of the tool with theleft hand, or lay the hand across it, so as to exert a back-pressureon the tool. This gives great con
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