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The manual provides practical instruction on workshop practice, beginning with care of tools and the bench and a three-step plan of squaring, laying out, and cutting stock. It describes measuring and marking instruments, saws, planes, chisels, bits, and auxiliary tools, and explains sharpening, adjustment, jointing, securing parts, and preparing working drawings. A second section treats wood itself: logging and milling processes, grain and defects, and the identification and characteristics of common broad-leaved and evergreen trees, concluding with large Californian specimens. The text stresses linking nature study to manual work and the responsible use and upkeep of tools.

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Title: Elementary woodworking

Author: Edwin W. Foster

Release date: January 6, 2023 [eBook #69725]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Ginn & Company, 1903

Credits: Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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“Grizzly Giant,” a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove, California

ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING

BY
EDWIN W. FOSTER

GINN & COMPANY
BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON

Copyright, 1903
By EDWIN W. FOSTER

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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