- Annual rings, 59
- Ash, 92
- Aspen, 107
- Band saw, 58
- Basswood, 103
- Beech, 99
- Bench, care of, 3
- Bench hook, 15
- Bevel, 10
- Big Trees of California, 123
- Birches, 96
- Bit, auger, 27
- auger, details of, 28
- center, 27
- countersink, 29
- gimlet, 29
- Black walnut, 89
- Brace, common forms of, 26
- and bit, 27
- Bract of linden, 105
- Buckeye, 87
- Butternut, 89
- Buttonwood, 101
- Cap iron, 17
- Cedar, 120
- Chisel, cutting angle of, 23
- firmer, 24
- framing, 24
- methods of using, 24
- sharpening, 25
- Clamp iron of plane, 18
- Compound leaves, 85
- Cottonwood, or Carolina poplar, 108
- Cutting tools, 11
- Cypress, 118
- Dovetail. See Joint
- Drawing board, 45, 62
- Elm, American, 94
- Evergreens, 111
- Felling trees, 52
- Fir, balsam, 118
- Framing square, 8
- Gang saw, 55
- Glue, use of, 39
- Grain of wood, 59
- Groups of tools, 4
- Gum, sweet, or liquid amber, 101
- Hammer, claw, 31
- use of, 32
- Hand screw, use of, 40
- Hemlock, 115
- Hickory, 87
- Honey locust, 91
- Hornbeam, 100
- Horse-chestnut, 86
- Ironwood, 100
- Joint, definition of, 39
- dovetail, 47
- end lap, 44
- middle lap, 38
- miter, 41
- Joint edge, 37
- Jointers, 21
- Laying out work, 38
- Linden, or basswood, 103
- Locust, 91
- Log boom, 55
- Log jam, 53
- Logs, redwood, 126
- Lumbering and milling, 51
- Mallet, 33
- Maple, ash-leaved, 82
- Japan, 84
- Norway, 78
- red, 80
- silver, 78
- striped, 81
- sugar, 76
- sycamore, 80
- Maple keys, 82
- Marking gauge, 8
- Mechanical drawing, 43
- of end lap joint, 44
- of cylinder, 44
- Medullary rays, 59
- Miscellaneous tools, 31
- Mortise, cutting a, 34
- Mulberry, 109
- Nail set or punch, 32
- Nails, cut and wire, 41
- method of using cut, 41
- withdrawing, 32
- Oak, black and black-jack, 69
- chestnut, 74
- live, 75
- mossy-cup, 68
- pin, 72
- post, 67
- red, 70
- scarlet, 71
- white, 66
- Oilstone, use of, 25
- Pecan, 89
- Perspective drawing and constructive drawing compared, 43
- Pine, Georgia, 114
- white, 113
- yellow, 114
- Plan of work, 4
- Plane, 17
- adjustments on, 18
- block, 21
- block, method of using, 22
- jack, 19
- smooth, 20
- wooden, 22
- Plane iron in action, 17
- Poplars, 106
- River driving, 53
- Rule, use of, 6
- Sandpaper, use of, 34
- Sassafras, 108
- Saw, back, 15
- circular, 57
- method of holding, 14
- turning, 16
- Saw tapers, 14
- Saw teeth, shape of, 13
- Saw tooth action, 11
- Saw tooth set, 13
- Sawmill, 55
- Saws, 11
- Scale drawing, 48
- Screw-driver, 33
- Screws, varieties of, and methods of using, 42
- Sections of red oak, 70
- Set screw of plane iron, 17
- Shake in wood, 60
- Shrinkage, 61
- Spokeshave, 29
- Spruce, 116
- Stock, squaring up, 36
- Sycamore, 101
- T square, use of, 45
- Timber and lumber, 58
- Trees, broad-leaved, or deciduous, 65
- Triangles, use of, 45
- Try-square, use of, 6
- Tulip, or whitewood, 102
- Warping, 61
- Weather checks, 60
- Willow, 106
- Working face, 37
About This Book
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.