A practical textbook for school woodworking that presents tool care, bench practice, and step-by-step instruction on layout, sawing, planing, boring, chiseling, shaping, fastening, and gluing; it explains sharpening and maintenance, measuring and marking tools, use and adjustment of planes, saw selection and filing, drills and braces, chiseling techniques, and sanding; includes demonstrations of form work and modeling, rules for planing to dimensions, and clear procedures for simple joinery—dado, cross-lap, dowel, mortise-and-tenon and glued joints—designed for topical study and classroom use.