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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
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cross-light is often very useful, not merely that you may havelight enough, but also that when testing your work withthe try-square, straight-edge, and the like, any inaccuracymay be detected by the light passing through the crack be-tween the testing tool and the work, and also when sightingby the eye alone. Fasten thebench firmly to the floor (and wallif you can) with screws, cleats, orL irons. Avoid chopping on the benchtop or whittling it or boring holesor marring it by saw-cuts or chisel-marks. Do not use paint, varnish,or glue at the bench if you canhelp it. If necessary to do so, cleanthe bench-top carefully when youget through. Lumps of hardened glue will hinder you anddeface your work. Filing-Bench.—You cannot do much of such variedwoodwork as you will undertake without having to do agood deal of metal work. It is a poor plan to do such workat the vise you use for your woodwork, or even at the samebench. It scars and defaces the wooden vise and the bench,and the particles o
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