Wood-working for Beginners: A Manual for Amateurs - Charles G. Wheeler

Rabbet, [185], [187], [459]
— -hutch, [132], [133]
— -plane. See Plane [450], [451]
Rack, for books, [183], [184]
— for pipes, [188], [189]
— for table or desk, [184], [185]
— for tools, [83], [84]
Rafters, [282]
— arrangement of, [287]
— hip-, [284]
— jack-, [284]
— laying out, [268]
Rails (of door or panel work), [370]
— (of table), [204]
Rasp, [460]
Rasping. See Filing.
Ratchet-brace, [351]
Ratchets (for shelves), [489]
Rat-tailed file, [380]
Raw oil. See Painting, [437]
Rays, medullary, [29], [30]
Reamers, [353]
Rear elevation, [532]
Red cedar, [514]
— deal, [519]
— fir, [519]
— lead, [438] (Painting)
— oak, [518]
— pine, Canadian, [519]
Redwood, [520]
Relishing (relished joint), [425]
Repairing furniture, [460]-[462]
Ribbands, [320]
Ribs, [314], [321], [324], [325]
— bending. See Bending Wood.
Ridge-board, [268]
Rift-flooring, [36]
— stock, [35], [36]
Rings, annual, [29]
— swinging (gymnastic), [173]
Ripping-saw, [468], [469] (Saw)
Risers, [289]
Rivets, [462]
Rock elm, [515]
— maple, [517]
Rod, measuring, [53]
Roof-boards, [268]
— -timbers, [268]
— durability of, [525]
Roofing-paper, [246], [258]
Roofs, [128], [268]-[270]
— for house-boat, [341], [342]
— hip-, [284]-[286]
— lean-to, shed, or single-pitched, [241], [250]
— overhang of, [282]
Rope twisted for pressure, [362]
Rosewood, [520]
Rot, wet and dry, [526]
Rounding sticks, [462]-[465]
— form for, [95], [96]
Router, See Plane, [451]
Rowboat, small, [308]-[311]
Rowboats, [299]-[317]
Rowlocks, [302], [306], [313]
Rubbing down, [384]
Rule, [465]
— makers, [22]
Ruler, marking by, [415]
Runner-board, ice-boat, [334]
Runners, ice-boat, [335]-[338]
Running foot, [48], [244]
Runway for animals, [128], [276]
Rust, preventing, [23]
Rustic summer houses and arbours, [292], [293]

Saddle-boards, [269]
Sail-boat, small, [311], [328]-[332]
Sail, leg-of-mutton, [332]
— sprit-, [332]
San Domingo mahogany, [517]
Sandpaper, [465], [466]
— block, [466]
Sandpapering. See Sandpaper.
Sanitary precautions, [277]-[279]
Sap, [30]
Sapwood, [29], [42], [43], [510]
Sassafras, [522]
Satinwood, [521]
Saw, [466]-[473]
— -filing, [485]-[487] (Sharpening)
Saw-set, [473]
Sawing. See Saw.
— curves, [180]
— joints to fit, [410]
— log, ways of, [30]-[35]
— lumber, [31]-[35]
Saws, Japanese, [14], [15]
— makers, [22]
— where to keep, [82]
Scale (for drawings), [533]
Scarfing, bevelled, or splaying, [410], [411]
Schedule of materials, [55]
Scoring with cuts. See Paring.
Scotch fir, [519]
— pine, [519]
Scows and punts, [299]-[308]
Scrap-boxes, [85]
Scraper, [473], [474]
— for beading, [345], [346]
— Japanese, [13], [14]
— sharpening, [487], [488] (Sharpening)
— where to keep, [85]
Scraping. See Scraper.
Scratch-awl, [345] (Awl)
Screw-drivers, [475], [476]
— for bit-brace, [476]
— long and short, [476]
Screws, and their use, [476]-[479]
— how to keep, [85]
Scriber. See Marking, [414]
Scribing. See Marking, [414]-[416] and [479], [480]
Seams of boat. See Caulking.
Seasoned stock, [164], [177], [178]
— tests for, [39], [40]. See Seasoning lumber.
Seasoning lumber, [36]-[40], [42], [164], [177], [178], [522]-[524]
Seat for corner, with shelves, [212]
— outdoor, [210]
Second story, framing at, [296], [297]
Secret dovetailing, [373]
— nailing. See Blind- and Sliver-nailing, [432]
Section, [533], [534]
See-saw, tilt or, [142]-[145]
Sequoia, [520]
Set (for nails), [433], [434]
— (of saw), [467]
Setting glass, [391]
Setting mirrors, [391]
— nails, [433], [434]
— posts, [262], [263]
— saws. See Sharpening.
Settle, corner, with shelves, [212]
— with table, [212]-[214]
Sewerage, [278], [279]
Shacks, [241]-[259]
Shagbark (hickory), [515]
Shakes, [531]
Sharpening tools, [16], [22], [23], [25], [480]-[488]
Sharpie (sail-boat), [328]-[332]
Shave. See Draw-knife and Spokeshave.
Sheathing, [46], [47], [245], [269]
— for canvas canoe, [325], [326]
— outside of house with paper, [273]
— -paper, [246]
— striking, [245]
Shed-roof. See Lean-to.
Sheer plan, [229], [230]
Shelf for books, hanging, [185]
Shellac. See Finishing.
Shell-bit, [353] (Bits)
Shelves, corner, [190], [191]
— ends of, [195]
— for pipes, etc., [188], [189]
— for wall, [187]-[189]
— movable, [489]
— or pigeon-holes, [200]
Shingles, [48], [269]
Shingling, [269], [270]
— hips, [285], [286]
Shooting-board, [93], [94]
— use of, [490], [491]
Shrinkage, [30]-[35]
— effects of swelling and shrinking, [526]-[531]. See Expansion and Contraction.
Shutter, [247], [258]
Side elevation, [532]
— -plates, [287]
Sills, [265]
Silver-grain or rays. See Medullary rays and Quartered oak.
Single-pitched roof. See Lean-to.
Site, selection of, [277]-[279]
Sizing of floor-beams, [267]
Skag, [307]
Skew-chisel, [357], [358]
Skiffs, [308]-[314]
Skis, [145]-[148]
Slab-sided file, [380]
Sleds, [155]-[163]
Slips, [435], [484]
Sliver nailing, [432]
Sloid knife. See Knife, [411], [412]
— work-bench, [57]
Smoke-pipe, [257]-[259]
Smoking wood, [524]
Smoothing, [179], [180], [450], [453], [457], [458]. See Plane, Scraper, Sandpaper.
— -plane, [448], [449]
Snake, wooden, [108], [109]
Sofa with bookcase, etc., [211]
Soft wood, [45]
Sole (of plane), [445]
Southern pine, [519], [520]
Specimens of wood, [44], [507], [508]
Sperm oil, [434]
Splaying (splice), [410], [411]
Splices. See Joints and Splices.
Spline, [491]
Split stock. See Rift.
Splitting stock, [44], [527]-[529]
— wood, [28], [491]
Spokeshave, [491], [492]
— makers, [22]
Spoon-bit, [353]
Sporting-cabinet, [215], [216]
Spring-board, [170]
Spritsail, [332]
Spruce, [521]
Square, [492]-[495]
— -foot, [47], [244] (note)
— makers, [22]
— mitre, [349]
— where to keep, [84], [85], and Frontispiece
Squaring work, [181]
— with clamps, [360], [361]
Squirrel-house, [136]-[139]
Stacking lumber, [39], [44]
— result of careless, [42]
Staining, [495]-[498]
— shingles, [270]
Stains, creosote-, [270], [525]
Stairs, [289]
— (for little houses), [123]
Staking out, [260]-[262]
Stands, for plants, [201], [202], [207]
Stands, small, [202], [207]-[209]
Star-shakes, [531]
Steam-chest, [347]
Steaming wood, [347] (Bending)
Steel square, [495]
— -wool, [498], [499]
Steering (sleds), [159], [160], [163]
Stem-posts, [309], [310], [320]-[323]
Steps, [289]
Stern-post, [327]. See Stem-posts.
"Sticking" lumber. See Stacking.
Stile (of door or panel work), [370]
Stilts, [141]
Stock (of plane), [445]
— "built up," 409, [410], [530], [531]
— care of, [44]
— cross- or crooked-grained, [40], [41], [529], [530]
— planing down, [44]
— splitting, [527]-[529]
— rift or split, [35], [36]. See Lumber.
Stop, bench-, [71]-[75]
— -chamfer, [357]
— for drawers, [378]
Stove-pipe. See Smoke-pipe.
Stores or houses, play-, [241]-[259]
Straight-bent chisel, [358]
Straight-edge, [86], [499]
— marking by, [415]
— to detect warping or winding. See Winding-sticks.
Striking circles and arcs, [364], [365]
Stringers or strings (stairs), [289]
Strop, [85], [499], [500]
Stropping, [485]
Studding, [266], [287]
— second-story, [296]
Sugar maple, [517]
— pine, [519]
Summer cottages, simple, [271]-[290]
— -houses, [291]-[293]
Sunlight, [277], [278]
Swelling and shrinking, [30]-[35], [50]-[53], [225], [526]-[531]
Swing, giant, [172], [173]
Swords, wooden, [106], [107]
Sycamore, [521]

Table, and settle, or chair, [212]-[214]
— -top, putting on, [203], [205], [206], [209]
Tables, [203]-[209]
Tacks, [500]
— for canvas canoes, [323]
Tallow, bayberry, [378]
Tamping, [263]
Tank, water-, for frogs, etc., [139], [140]
Tannic acid, [526]
Tape, [500]
Tar, coal-and wood-, [525]
Teak, [522]
Templates, [231]
Tennis rackets, [104]
Tenon. See Mortising.
— -saw. See Saw (Back-saw).
Tenons (in repairing), [462]
Thole-pins, [302]
Thompson's Island, [271]
Three-cornered file. See File.
Throat (of plane), [445]
Tilt, or see-saw, [142]-[145]
Timber, definition, [45]
— durability of. See Lumber.
Toboggan, [148]-[152]
Toe-nailing, [431], [432]
Toggle-joint, application of, [267]
Tool-cabinets, [96]-[101]
— -chest, [96], [97], [223], [224]
— -handles, oiling, [23]
— -rack, [83], [84]
Tools, [9]-[28]
—and supplies, arrangement, [80]-[86], [96]
— cabinet for, [96]-[101]
— care of, [22], [23]
— common, and their use, [344]-[505]
— edge-, [25]-[28]
— Japanese, [14], [15]
— lists of, [18]-[20]
— makers, [22]
— primitive, [9]-[15]
— sharpening, [16], [22], [23], [25], [480]-[488]
— "universal," [18]
— use of, [23]-[25]
Toothed-plane, [449], [450]
Toothing, [449], [450]
Totlet Town, [118]-[121]
Toughness, [40], [511]
Toy boats, hulls of, [227]-[237]
— village, [118]-[121]
Toys, [106]-[125]
Trapeze, [173]
Travelling-cage, [140]
Traverse (sled), [156]-[163]
Traversing, [446]
Treads, [289]
Trees. See Felling and Seasoning and Preservation of Forests.
— big, [520]
— broad-leaved, [511]
— conifers or needle-leaved, [511]
Trestles, [88]-[90]
Triangular file, [380]
Trigger, [153]
Trimming. See Paring.
Truing, grindstone, [398]
— oil-stone, [435]
— stock (surfaces), [179], [500], [501]
Trunk for centre-board, [330], [331]
Trying-plane, [447], [448] (Plane)
Try-square. See Square ([492]).
Tulip wood, [48]
Tupelo, [522]
Turning, Indian, [10], [11]
— -saw, [469], [470]
Turpentine. See Finishing and Painting, [437], [438], [498], [526]
Turtles, frogs, lizards, etc., tank for, [139], [140]
Twist-drill, [501]
"Twister" (rope), [362]
Twisting. See Winding.
Two-foot square, [495]

Undercutting, [195], [410]
Underpinning, [259], [260], [262]-[264], [279]
Undershot water-wheel, [116], [117]
"Universal" planes, [451]
— tools, [18]

Varnish. See Finishing.
— Japan, [438]
— -stains, [496]
Vaulting apparatus, [169]
— board, [170]
— -horse, [170], [172]
Veining-tool. See Carving-tools.
Village, play, "Cottage Row," [271]-[276]
— Totlet Town, [118]-[121]
Vise, bench-, [65]-[71], [536]
— for metal, [75], [76]
Vise, Japanese carpenter's, [13]
— parallelism of jaws, [67], [68]
V tool, [357]

Wale-strips. See Gunwale strips.
Wall-cabinet, [186], [189], [190]
— -shelves, [187]-[189]
Walnut. See Black Walnut, [513]
Warping of lumber, [32]-[34], [409], [410], [502], [526]-[531]
Washboard. See Coaming.
Washita stone, [434]
Water-line, [230] (footnote)
— pure, [277]-[279]
— -table, [273]
— -tank for frogs, turtles, etc., [139], [140]
— -tight compartments, [318], [319] (footnote)
— -wheels, [116]-[118]
Wax finish, [381]
Weather-drying, [36], [40]. See Seasoning.
Weather-vane (steamboat), [115]. See Windmills.
Wedge for splitting, [28]
Wedges, [502], [503]
Wedging. See Wedges.
— tenons, [427], [428]
Wet rot, [526]
Weymouth pine. See Pine.
Wheel, steering- (for sled), [160]
Whetstone. See Oil-stone.
Whetting. See Sharpening.
White ash, [512]
— cedar, [514]
— deal, [521]
— lead. See Painting.
— mahogany, [517]
— oak, [518]
— pine, [518], [519]
Whitewood, [521]
Whittling, [4], [218], [219]. See Knife.
Willow, [522]
Winding, [41], [360], [526]-[531]
— -sticks, [503], [504]
Windmills, [109]-[116]
Window-casings, [272]
— -shutter, [258]
— sliding, [248]
Windows and doors, sizes of, [276]
Wind-shakes, [531]
Wing compasses, [364]
Wire-edge, [480]
Withdrawing nails, [504], [505]
Wood, [29]-[48] (Chapter III.), [510]-[522]. See lumber.
— charring, [263], [264], [525]
— checking and cracking, [31], [42], [526]
— collection of specimens, [44], [507], [508]
— colour of, [40]
— cross-grained, [40], [41], [529], [530]
— curling and warping, [32]-[34], [409], [410], [502], [526]-[531]
— durability of. See Decay and Preservation.
— -filler, [385]
— hard, [45]
— methods of drying, [36]-[40], [522]-[524]
— quality of, [33]-[35], [510], [511], [522]
— seasoning of, [36]-[40], [42], [164], [177], [178], [522]-[524]
— selection of, [33]-[45], [510], [511], [522]
— shrinkage and swelling, [30]-[35], [50]-[53], [225], [526]-[531]
— soft, [45]
— -tar, [525]
— warped, [41]. See Warping.
— winding, [41]. See Winding.
Wooden chain, [218], [219]
— guns and pistols, [152]-[154]
Woods and some of their characteristics, [510]-[522]
Work-bench, [57]-[65]
— first-class, [101], [536], [537]
— makeshifts, [77]-[80]
— position and care of, [74], [75]
— sloid, [57]
— top, [74], [536]
Working drawings, [49], [50], [532]-[536]
— edge or surface, [54]
Workshop, [56]-[101], [259]-[270]
Wrench, [505]
Wrought nails, [433]

Yellow deal, [519] (Pine)
— fir, [519]
— pine, [519]
Yew, [522]

Zinc, [438] (Painting)

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