It is with the earnest hope that nature study and manual work may be closely correlated, that Part II is added. No better period can be selected in which to study trees, their leaves, bark, wood, etc., than when the student is working with wood, learning by experience its grain, hardness, color, and value in the arts.
Occasional talks on the broader topics of forestry, its economic aspects, climatic effects, influence on rainfall, the flow of rivers, floods, droughts, etc., will be found interesting as well as instructive, and such interest should be instilled into every American boy and girl.
The writer is indebted to the Fish, Forest, and Game Commission of New York state for the series of Adirondack lumbering scenes, and to the United States Bureau of Forestry for the views of California Big Trees.
EDWIN W. FOSTER.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| [PART I. TOOLS] | |
| Chapter I. Introduction | [3] |
| General directions regarding care of tools and bench. Plan of work and division of tools into groups. | |
| Chapter II. Measuring and Marking Tools | [5] |
| The rule: divisions; method of using. The try-square: method of handling. The framing square. The marking gauge. The bevel. | |
| Chapter III. Cutting Tools | [11] |
| Saws: necessity for two classes; shape of teeth; set; tapers; method of holding. Backsaw; use of bench hook. The turning saw. The plane: use of cap iron; names of parts. Adjustment of plane. Use of lever and adjusting screw; positions for planing. The jack plane. The smooth plane. Jointers; action of short and long planes. The block plane. The wooden plane. The chisel: size of cutting angle; effect of careless sharpening. The framing and firmer chisels; proper positions for horizontal and vertical cutting. Sharpening on oilstone. Brace and bit. Center and auger bits; gimlet and countersink bits. The spokeshave. | |
| Chapter IV. Miscellaneous Tools and Methods of Work | [31] |
| The hammer; use of nail punch. The mallet. The screw-driver. Sandpaper, use of. Squaring up stock; method explained in detail. Laying out work; method of laying out a typical joint. Securing parts; use of glue and hand screws. Nails; method of using cut nails. Screws; method of using round-head and flat-head screws. Mechanical drawing. The drawing instruments explained, and method of making complete working drawings described. Scale drawings. | |
| [PART II. WOOD] | |
| Chapter V. Lumbering and Milling | [51] |
| The forest; felling trees and floating logs to the mill. The forming and breaking up of log jams. The log boom and modern sawmills. Timber and lumber defined. Annual rings; medullary rays; formation of grain. Characteristics and defects in wood. Warping and shrinkage. | |
| Chapter VI. Broad-Leaved Trees: the Oaks | [65] |
| White oak. Post oak. Mossy-cup oak. Black and black-jack oak. Red oak. Scarlet and pin oaks. Chestnut oak. Live oak. | |
| Chapter VII. Broad-Leaved Trees: the Maples | [76] |
| Sugar and Norway maples. Silver and red maples. Sycamore maple. Moosewood. Maple keys. Ash-leaved maple. Japan maples. | |
| Chapter VIII. Broad-Leaved Trees having Compound Leaves | [85] |
| Horse-chestnut. Buckeye. The hickories. Black walnut and butternut. Locust. Honey locust. Ash. | |
| Chapter IX. Broad-Leaved Trees having Simple Leaves | [94] |
| Elm. The birches. Beech. Iron wood. Buttonball. Sweet gum. Tulip. Basswood. Willow. The poplars. Sassafras. Mulberry. | |
| Chapter X. The Evergreens | [111] |
| White pine. Georgia pine. Yellow pine. Hemlock. Spruce. Cypress. Balsam fir. The cedars. | |
| Chapter XI. The Big Trees of California | [123] |