11. Rub down with wax dissolved in turpentine.
12. Insert ink well.
Design No. 3, shown at b ([Fig. 158]), called for molded edges, places for two square ink wells, and a simple carved design in the flat space between them. The process in this case was as follows:
1. Square up.
2. Lay out the work from drawing.
3. Cut out squares 1⁄4 inch deep with socket chisel and mallet.
4. Gouge groove.
5. Make moulded edges by first gouging the quarter circle shown in detail drawing, and doing the long sides with the grain first. Next remove the rest of the wood outside the curved outline with smoothing plane on long sides, block plane on ends. Sand-paper the groove and moulded edges.
6. Lay out and execute carving.
7. Rub down with wax or raw linseed oil.