Elementary Course in Woodwork / Designed for use in high and technical schools, with one hundred and thirty-four illustrations: First Edition

by George Alexander Ross

THIRD.

Set the gauge, [Fig. 42], to the width given in the drawing, and gauge a line from the face edge on both sides; then plane to the gauge lines.

Fig. 43.

In using the gauge see that it is held as shown in [Fig. 43], and push away from the body, having the pressure on the gauge as shown by the line [A, B, Fig. 44]. This will keep the head of the gauge close to the work. Do not try to mark a line by holding it as in [Fig. 45], with the spur at right angles to the work, as it will generally follow the fibre of the wood and a crooked, ragged line will be the result. By holding it as shown in [Fig. 43] (and gently letting the spur touch the work, going over it once or twice until the line is of the desired heaviness to work to) a clear, clean-cut line will be obtained.

Fig. 44.

Fig. 45.