THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
CONTENTS
| [LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS] | |
| [INTRODUCTORY] | |
| [I. Tools and Their Uses] | Page 5 |
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| [II. How to Grind and Sharpen Tools] | Page 16 |
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| [III. How to Hold and Handle Tools] | Page 29 |
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| [IV. How toDesign Articles] | Page 39 |
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| [V. How work is Laid Out] | Page 43 |
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| [VI. The Uses of the Compass and the Square] | Page 59 |
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| [VII. How the Different Structural Parts are Designated] | Page 65 |
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| [VIII. Drawing and Its Utility] | Page 73 |
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| [IX.Moldings, with Practical Illustrations inEmbellishing Work] | Page 93 |
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| [X. An Analysis of Tenoning, Mortising, Rabbeting and Beading] | Page 104 |
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| [XI. House Building] | Page 113 |
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| [XII. Bridges, Trussed Work and Like Structures] | Page 130 |
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| [XIII. The Best Woods for the Beginner] | Page 134 |
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| [XIV. Wood Turning] | Page 138 |
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| [XV. On the Use of Stains] | Page 147 |
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| [XVI. The Carpenter and the Architect] | Page 152 |
| [XVII. Useful Articles to Make] | Page 155 |
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| [XVIII. Special Tools and Their Uses] | Page 170 |
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| [XIX. Roofing Trusses] | Page 185 |
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| [XX. On the Construction of Joints] | Page 197 |
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| [XXI. Some Mistakes and a Little Advice in Carpentry] | Page 205 |
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| [GLOSSARY OF WORDS] | |
| [THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS] |
Knowledge of Tools. A Full Kit of Tools. The Hatchet. The Claw Hammer. About Saws—Cross-cut, Rip Saw, Back Saw. Planes—Jack Plane, Smoothing Plane, Pore Plane. Gages. Chisels—Firmer Chisel. Trusses. Saw Clamps. The Grindstone. Oilstone. Miter Box. The Work Bench.
Care of Tools—-First Requisites. Saws—How to Set. Saw-set Errors. Saw Setting Block. Filing. The Angle of Filing. Filing Pitch. Saw Clamps. Filing Suggestions. The File. Using the File. The Grindstone. In the Use of Grindstones. Correct Way of Holding Tool in Grinding. Care of Stone. Incorrect Way to Hold Tool. Way to Revolve or Turn Grindstone. The Plane. The Gage. Chisels. General Observations.
On the Holding of Tools. The Saw. How to Start a Saw. Sawing on a Line. The First Stroke. The Starting Cut for Cross-cutting. Forcing a Saw. The Stroke. The Chinese Saw. Things to Avoid. The Plane. Angle for Holding Planes. Errors to be Avoided. The Gage. Holding the Gage. The Draw-knife.
Fundamentals of Designing. The Commercial Instinct. First Requirements of Designing. Conventional Styles. The Mission Style. Cabinets. Harmony of Parts. Harmony of Wood.
Concrete Examples of Work. Dimensions. Laying Out a Table. The Top. The Mortises. The Facing Boards. The Tenons. Tools Used. Chamfered Tenons. The Frame. The Drawer Support. The Table Frame. The Top. The Drawer. How Any Structure is Built Up. Observations About Making a Box. Points. Beveling and Mitering. Proper Terms. Picture Frames. Dovetail Points. Box Points. First Steps in Dovetailing. Cutting Out the Spaces. Tools Used in Laying Out Mortises and Tenons.
The Compass. Determining Angles. Definition of Degrees. Degrees Without a Compass. How Degrees are Calculated by the Dividers.
Importance of Proper Designation. How to Explain Mechanical Forms. Defining Segment and Sector. Arcade, Arch, Buttress, Flying Buttress, Chamfer, Cotter, Crenelated, Crosses, Curb Roof, Cupola, Crown Post, Corbels, Dormer, Dowel, Drip, Detent, Extrados, Engrailed, Facet, Fret, Fretwork, Frontal, Frustrums, Fylfot, Gambrel Roof, Gargoyle, Gudgeon, Guilloche. Half Timbered, Hammer Beam, Header, Hip Roof, Hood Molding, Inclave, Interlacing Arch, Inverted, Inverted Arch, Key Stone, King Post, Label, Louver, Lintel, Lug, M-Roof, Mansard Roof, Newel, Parquetry, Peen, Pendant, Pendastyle, Pedestal, Plinth, Portico, Plate, Queen Post, Quirk Molding, Re-entering Angle, Rafter, Scarfing, Scotia Molding, Sill, Skewback, Spandrel, Strut, Stud, Stile, Tie Beam, Timber, Trammel, Turret, Transom, Valley Roof.
Fundamentals in Drawing. Representing Objects. Forming Lines and Shadows. Analysis of Lines and Shadings. How to Show Plain Surfaces. Concave Surfaces. Convex Surfaces. Shadows from a Beam. Flat Effects. The Direction of Light. Raised Surfaces. Depressed Surfaces. Full Shading. Illustrating Cube Shading. Shading Effect. Heavy Lines. Perspectives. True Perspective of a Cube. Isometric Cube. Flattened Perspective. Technical Designations. Sector and Segment. Terms of Angles. Circles and Curves. Irregular Curves. Ellipses and Ovals. Focal Points. Produced Line. Spirals, Perpendicular and Vertical. Signs to Indicate Measurement. Definitions. Abscissa. Angle. Apothegm. Apsides or Apsis. Chord. Cycloid. Conoid. Conic Section. Ellipsoid. Epicycloid. Evolute. Flying Buttress. Focus. Gnomes. Hexagon. Hyperbola. Hypothenuse. Incidental. Isosceles. Triangle. Parabola. Parallelogram. Pelecoid. Polygons. Pyramid. Rhomb. Sector. Segment. Sinusoid. Tangent. Tetrahedron. Vertex.
Moldings. The Basis of Moldings. The Simplest Moldings. The Astragal. The Cavetto. The Ovolo. The Torus. The Apothegm. The Cymatium. The Ogee. Ogee Recta. Ogee Reversa. The Reedy. The Casement. The Roman-Doric Column. Lesson from the Doric Column. Applying Molding. Base. Embellishments. Straight-faced Molding. Plain Molding. Base. Diversified Uses. Shadows Cast by Moldings.
Where Mortises Should be Used. Depth of Mortises. Rule for Mortises. True Mortise Work. Steps in Cutting Mortises. Things to Avoid in Mortising. Lap-and-Butt Joints. Scarfing. The Tongue and Groove. Beading. Ornamental Bead Finish. The Bead and Rabbet. Shading with Beads and Rabbets.
House Building. The Home and Embellishments. Beauty Not Ornamentation. Plain Structures. Colonial Type. The Roof the Keynote. Bungalow Types. General House Building. Building Plans. The Plain Square-Floor Plan. The Rectangular Plan. Room Measurements. Front and Side Lines. The Roof. Roof Pitch. The Foundation. The Sills. The Flooring Joist. The Studding. Setting Up. The Plate. Intermediate Studding. Wall Headers. Ceiling Joist. Braces. The Rafters. The Gutter. Setting Door and Window Frames. Plastering and Finish Work.
Bridges. Self-supporting Roofs. Common Trusses. The Vertical Upright Truss. The Warren Girder. The Bowstring Girder. Fundamental Truss Forms.
The Best Woods. Soft Woods. Hard Woods. The Most Difficult Woods. The Hard-ribbed Grain in Wood. The Easiest Working Woods. Differences in the Working of Woods. Forcing Saws in Wood.
Advantages of Wood Turning. Simple Turning Lathe. The Rails. The Legs. Centering Blocks. The Tail-stock. The Tool Rest. Materials. The Mandrel. Fly-wheel. The Tools Required.
Soft Wood. Use of Stains. Stains as Imitations. Good Taste in Staining. Great Contrasts Bad. Staining Contrasting Woods. Hard Wood Imitations. Natural Effects. Natural Wood Stains. Polishing Stained Surfaces.
Common Bench. Its Proportions. Square Top Stool. Folding Blacking Box. Convenient Easel. Hanging Book-rack. Sad Iron Holder. Bookcase. Wood-box. Parallel Bars for Boys' Use. Mission Writing Desk. Screen Frame. Mission Chair. Grandfather's Clock. Knockdown and Adjustable Bookcase. Coal Scuttle Frame or Case. Mission Arm Chair. Dog-house. Settle, With Convenient Shelves. Towel Rack. Sofa Framework.
Bit and Level Adjuster. Miter Boxes. Swivel Arm Uprights. Movable Stops. Angle Dividers. "Odd Job" Tool. Bit Braces. Ratchet Mechanism. Interlocking Jaws. Steel Frame Breast Drills. Horizontal Boring. 3-Jaw Chuck. Planes. Rabbeting, Beading and Matching. Cutter Adjustment. Depth Gage. Slitting Gage. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane. Router Planes. Bottom Surfacing. Door Trim Plane.
Characteristics of Trusses. Tie Beams. Ornamentation. Objects of Beams, Struts and Braces. Utilizing Space. Types of Structures. Gambrel Roof. Purlin Roof. The Princess Truss. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam Truss. The Mansard. Scissors Beam. Braced Collar Beam. Rib and Collar Truss. Hammer-beam Truss. Flying Buttress.
Definition and Uses. Different Types. Bridle Joint. Spur Tenon. Saddle Joints. Joggle Joint. Heel Joints. Stub Tenon. Tusk Tenon. Double Tusk Tenon. Cogged Joints. Anchor Joints. Deep Anchor Joints.
Lessons From Mistakes. Planing the Edge of a Board Straight. Planing it Square. Planing to Dimensions. Holding the Plane. How it Should be Run on the Edge of the Board. Truing With the Weight of the Plane. A Steady Grasp. In Smoothing Boards. Correct Sand-papering. Gluing. Removing Surplus Glue. Work Edge and Work Side. The Scribing and Marking Line. Finishing Surfaces. Sawing a Board Square. The Stroke of the Saw. Sawing Out of True.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| FIG. | |
| 1. A typical work bench | [Frontispiece] |
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| 2. Hatchet | [6] |
| 3. Hammer | [7] |
| 4. Common saw | [7] |
| 5. Plane | [8] |
| 6. Jack plane bit | [9] |
| 6a. Fore plane bit | [10] |
| 7a. Firmer chisel | [11] |
| Mortising chisel | [12] |
| 8. Trestle | [12] |
| 9. Miter box | [13] |
| 10. Incorrect saw setting | [17] |
| 10a. Correct saw setting | [17] |
| 11. Saw setting device | [17] |
| 12. Filing angle | [18] |
| 13. Rip saw | [19] |
| 14. Cross cut | [20] |
| 15. Filing clamp | [21] |
| 16. Grindstone | [23] |
| 17. Correct manner of holding tool | [24] |
| 18. Incorrect way of holding tool | [24] |
| 19. Gage | [26] |
| 20. Starting a saw | [31] |
| 21. Wrong sawing angle | [32] |
| 22. Correct sawing angle | [33] |
| 23. Thrust cut | [34] |
| 24. Chinese saw | [34] |
| 25. Moving angle for plane | [35] |
| 26. Holding gage | [36] |
| 27. Laying out table leg | [43] |
| 28. The first marking line | [44] |
| 29. Scribing mortise line | [44] |
| 30. The corner mortises | [44] |
| 31. The side rail | [46] |
| 32. Scribing the tenons | [46] |
| 33. Cross scoring | [47] |
| 34. The tenon | [47] |
| 35. Finishing the tenon | [47] |
| 36. The tenon and mortise | [48] |
| 37. The drawer support | [48] |
| 38. Drawer cleats | [49] |
| 39. Assembled table frame | [50] |
| 40. The top | [51] |
| 41. The drawer | [52] |
| 42. Bevel joint | [53] |
| 43. Miter joint | [53] |
| 44. Picture frame joint | [54] |
| 45. Initial marks for dovetails | [55] |
| 46. End marks for dovetails | [55] |
| 47. Angles for dovetails | [55] |
| 48. Cutting out recesses for dovetails | [56] |
| 49. Tongues for dovetails | [56] |
| 50. Recess for dovetails | [56] |
| 51. Determining angles | [61] |
| 52. Marking degrees | [63] |
| 53. Angles from base lines | [63] |
| 54. Stepping off spaces | [63] |
| 55. Arcade | [67] |
| 56. Arch | [67] |
| 57. Buttress | [67] |
| 58. Chamfer | [67] |
| 59. Cooter | [67] |
| 60. Crenelated | [67] |
| 61. Crosses | [67] |
| 62. Curb roof | [67] |
| 63. Cupola | [67] |
| 64. Console | [67] |
| 65. Corbels | [67] |
| 66. Dormer | [67] |
| 67. Dowel | [67] |
| 68. Drips | [67] |
| 69. Detail | [68] |
| 70. Extrados | [68] |
| 71. Engrailed | [68] |
| 72. Facet | [68] |
| 73. Fret | [68] |
| 74. Frontal | [68] |
| 75. Frustrums | [68] |
| 76. Fylfat | [68] |
| 77. Gambrel | [68] |
| 78. Gargoyle | [68] |
| 79. Gudgeon | [68] |
| 80. Guilloche | [68] |
| 81. Half timbered | [68] |
| 82. Hammer beam | [68] |
| 83. Haunches | [69] |
| 84. Header | [69] |
| 85. Hip roof | [69] |
| 86. Hood molding | [69] |
| 87. Inclave | [69] |
| 88. Interlacing arch | [69] |
| 89. Invected | [69] |
| 90. Inverted arch | [69] |
| 91. Keystone | [69] |
| 92. King post | [69] |
| 93. Label | [69] |
| 94. Louver | [69] |
| 95. Lintel | [70] |
| 96. Lug | [70] |
| 97. M-roof | [70] |
| 98. Mansard roof | [70] |
| 99. Newel post | [70] |
| 100. Parquetry | [70] |
| 101. Peen, or pein | [70] |
| 102. Pendant | [70] |
| 103. Pentastyle | [70] |
| 104. Pedestal | [70] |
| 105. Pintle | [70] |
| 106. Portico | [70] |
| 107. Plate | [70] |
| 108. Queen post | [71] |
| 109. Quirk molding | [71] |
| 110. Re-entering | [71] |
| 111. Rafter | [71] |
| 112. Scarfing | [71] |
| 113. Scotia molding | [71] |
| 114. Sill | [71] |
| 115. Skew back | [71] |
| 116. Spandrel | [71] |
| 117. Strut | [71] |
| 118. Stud, studding | [71] |
| 119. Stile | [72] |
| 120. Trammel | [72] |
| 121. Turret | [72] |
| 122. Transom | [72] |
| 123. Valley roof | [72] |
| 125. Plain line | [74] |
| 126. Concave shading | [74] |
| 127. Convex shading | [74] |
| 128. Wave shading | [75] |
| 129. Light past concave surface | [75] |
| 130. Light past convex surface | [75] |
| 131. Plain surface | [75] |
| 132. Outlines | [76] |
| 133. Raised surface | [77] |
| 134. Depressed surface | [77] |
| 135. Shading raised surfaces | [78] |
| 136. Shading depressed surfaces | [78] |
| 137. Plain cubical outline | [79] |
| 138. Indicating cube | [79] |
| 139. Confused lines | [79] |
| 140. Heavy horizontal lines | [80] |
| 141. Heavy vertical lines | [80] |
| 142. Isometric cube | [81] |
| 143. Cube and circle | [81] |
| 144. Flattened perspective | [82] |
| 145. Angles in isometric cube | [83] |
| 146. Plain circle | [84] |
| 147. Sphere shading | [84] |
| 148. Drawing regular ellipse | [86] |
| 149. Drawing irregular ellipse | [88] |
| 150. Drawing spiral | [89] |
| 151. Abscissa | [90] |
| 152. Angle | [91] |
| 153. Apothegm | [91] |
| 154. Apsides, or apsis | [91] |
| 155. Chord | [91] |
| 156. Convolute | [91] |
| 157. Conic sections | [91] |
| 158. Conoid | [91] |
| 159. Cycloid | [91] |
| 160. Ellipsoid | [91] |
| 161. Epicycloid | [91] |
| 162. Evolute | [91] |
| 163. Focus | [91] |
| 164. Gnome | [91] |
| 165. Hyperbola | [91] |
| 167. Hypothenuse | [91] |
| 168. Incidence | [92] |
| 169. Isosceles triangle | [92] |
| 170. Parabola | [92] |
| 171. Parallelogram | [92] |
| 172. Pelecoid | [92] |
| 173. Polygons | [92] |
| 174. Pyramid | [92] |
| 175. Quadrant | [92] |
| 176. Quadrilaterale | [92] |
| 177. Rhomb | [92] |
| 178. Sector | [92] |
| 179. Segment | [92] |
| 180. Sinusoid | [92] |
| 181. Tangent | [92] |
| 182. Tetrahedron | [92] |
| 183. Vertex | [92] |
| 184. Volute | [92] |
| 185. Band (molding)e | [94] |
| 186. Astragal (molding) | [94] |
| 187. Cavetto (molding) | [94] |
| 188. Ovolo (molding) | [94] |
| 189. Torus (molding) | [95] |
| 190. Apophyges (molding) | [95] |
| 191. Cymatium (molding) | [95] |
| 192. Ogee-recta (molding) | [95] |
| 193. Ogee-reversa (molding) | [96] |
| 194. Bead (molding) | [96] |
| 195. Casement (molding) | [97] |
| 196. The Doric column | [98] |
| 197. Front of cabinet | [100] |
| 198. Facia board | [100] |
| 199. Molding on facia board | [100] |
| 200. Ogee-recta on facia | [101] |
| 201. Trim below facia | [101] |
| 202. Trim below ogee | [101] |
| 203. Trim above base | [102] |
| 204. Trim above base molding | [102] |
| 205. Shadows cast by plain moldings | [103] |
| 206. Mortise and tenon joint | [105] |
| 207. Incorrect mortising | [105] |
| 208. Steps in mortising | [106] |
| 209. The shoulders of tenons | [108] |
| 210. Lap-and-butt joint | [108] |
| 211. Panel joint | [109] |
| 212. Scarfing | [109] |
| 213. Tongue and groove | [110] |
| 214. Beading | [110] |
| 215. Outside beading finish | [110] |
| 216. Edge beading | [111] |
| 217. Corner beading | [111] |
| 218. Point beading | [111] |
| 219. Round edge beading | [111] |
| 220. Beading and molding | [111] |
| 221. First square house plan | [117] |
| 222. First rectangular house plan | [118] |
| 223. Square house to scale | [119] |
| 224. Rectangular house to scale | [120] |
| 225. Front elevation of square house | [121] |
| 226. Elevation of rectangular house | [121] |
| 227. Illustrating one-third pitch | [122] |
| 228. Illustrating half pitch | [122] |
| 229. The sills at the corner | [123] |
| 230. The joist and sills | [123] |
| 231. The plate splice | [124] |
| 232. The rafters | [124] |
| 233. The gutter | [126] |
| 234. The cornice | [127] |
| 234a. The finish without gutter | [128] |
| 235. Common truss | [130] |
| 236. Upright truss | [131] |
| 237. Vertical upright truss | [131] |
| 238. Warren girder | [132] |
| 239. Extended Warren girder | [132] |
| 240. Bowstring girder | [132] |
| 241. Frame details of wood turning lathe | [139] |
| 242. Tail stock details | [133] |
| 243. Tool rest details | [142] |
| 244. Section of mandrel | [143] |
| 245. View of turning lathe | [145] |
| 246. Turning tools | [146] |
| 247. Bench | [155] |
| 248. Stool | [156] |
| 249. Blacking box | [156] |
| 250. Easel | [157] |
| 251. Hanging book rack | [158] |
| 252. Book shelf | [159] |
| 253. Wood box | [160] |
| 254. Horizontal bars | [161] |
| 255. Mission desk | [161] |
| 256. Screen frame | [162] |
| 257. Mission chair | [162] |
| 258. Grandfather's clock | [163] |
| 259. Frame for bookcase | [164] |
| 260. Coal scuttle case | [165] |
| 261. Mission arm chair | [165] |
| 262. Dog house | [166] |
| 263. Settle | [167] |
| 264. Towel rack | [168] |
| 265. Mission sofa frame | [168] |
| 266. Bit and square level | [170] |
| 267. Metal miter box | [171] |
| 268. Parts of metal miter box | [172] |
| 269. Angle dividers | [173] |
| 270. An "odd job" tool | [174] |
| 271. Universal-jaw brace | [176] |
| 272. Taper-shank bit brace | [176] |
| 273. Alligator-jaw brace | [176] |
| 274. Steel frame breast drill | [177] |
| 275. Steel frame breast drill | [177] |
| 276. Steel frame breast drill | [177] |
| 277. Details of metal plane | [179] |
| 278. Rabbet, matching and dado plane | [180] |
| 279. Molding and beading plane | [181] |
| 280. Dovetail tongue and groove plane | [182] |
| 281. Router planes | [183] |
| 282. Router planes | [183] |
| 283. Door trim plane | [184] |
| 284. Gambrel roof | [187] |
| 285. Purlin roof | [188] |
| 286. Princess truss | [189] |
| 287. Arched, or cambered, tie beam | [190] |
| 288. The mansard | [191] |
| 289. Scissors beam | [192] |
| 290. Braced collar beam | [193] |
| 291. Rib and collar truss | [194] |
| 291½. Hammer-beam truss | [195] |
| 292. Bridle joints | [197] |
| 293. Spur tenons | [198] |
| 294. Saddle joints | [198] |
| 295. Joggle joints | [199] |
| 296. Framing joints | [199] |
| 297. Heel joints | [200] |
| 298. Stub tenon | [200] |
| 299. Tusk tenon | [201] |
| 300. Double tusk tenon | [202] |
| 301. Cogged joints | [203] |
| 302. Anchor joint | [203] |
| 303. Deep anchor joint | [204] |