Identifier: shortercourseinw00whee
Title: A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946
Subjects: Woodwork
Publisher: New York, London, G.P. Putnam’s sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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Fig. 213 82 A Shorter Course in Woodworking and it should be firmly bolted to the floor,venient to have it adjustable in height. • For school use it is con-
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79. Bench-stop.—There is nothing better than the old-fashioned form shown in Fig. 214, which will not damage the work or the tools, and is easily raised or lowered. 80. The Bench-vise. — The work should be clamped in the vise only tightly enough to keep it from slipping. If a piece has to be held with considerable force in one side of the vise only, put a piece of waste wood of the same thickness in the other side (Fig. 163), to prevent straining the vise and to hold the woodFig. 214 with even pressure. There are excellent bench-vises (preferably with jaws of wood), andalso with a quick-action or instantaneous-grip. These are good,but are not necessary, and some think a common wooden vise better forthe beginner. Some also prefer a bench without a tail-vise ^ for the beginner,on the ground that he should learn to keep the work steady without it, buta tail-vise is certainly very useful, and almost essential, in many cases. 81. Horses or Trestles are to lay stock on for marking or sa
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