Bench Work in Wood: A Course of Study and Practice Designed for the Use of Schools and Colleges |
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applied back-saw bead beading-plane beam bench bench-worker blade brace carpentry chamfers chisel clamped cleat cross-cutting-saw cut the mortises cutting edge depth diameter dimensions distance dotted line dotted outline drawing driven edges jointed ELEVATION FACE END ELEVATION end grain exercise fastened fibers fish-pieces fore-plane form shown frame FRAME AND PANEL framing-square gauge glue gouge groove hammer hole illustrated by Fig inch indicated inserted iron jack-plane joinery joint jointer kerf length marked miter miter-joint mortise and tenon nails narrow oblique oilstone panel parallel PLAN plane points portion position produced rabbeted ratchet-wheel removed represented by Fig right angles ripping-saw sand-paper saw tooth Scale scarfed joint screw scribe Set the bevel sharpened shaving shown by Fig shows shrink shrinkage side smooth smooth-plane spokeshave square stock required stone strain stroke surface teeth thickness timber tool try-square usually vise wedge width wood wooden working-edge working-face
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Page 132 - To proportion the area of each surface to the pressure which it has to bear, so that the timber may be safe against injury under the heaviest...
Page 132 - ... surfaces accurately in order to distribute the stress uniformly. 4. To proportion the fastenings, so that they may be of equal strength with the pieces which they connect.
Page ii - In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. TYPOGRAPHY BY JS GUSHING & Co., BOSTON, USA PRESSWORK BY GINN & Co., BOSTON, USA INTRODUCTION.
Page 10 - ... the United States of America : " Bronze standard of length, No. 11. Malleable iron standard of length, No. 57. At the bottom of each of the two holes near the extremities of each bar is a gold pin, upon which are drawn three transversal lines and two longitudinal lines. The length of the English yard is defined by the distance from the middle transversal line in one hole to the middle transversal line in the other hole, using the parts of those lines which are central between the longitudinal...