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

• A—Plane-Iron.
• B—Cap Iron.
• C—The Iron Lever.
• D—Thumb piece and Cam.
• E—Screw which acts as a fulcrum when the thumb piece is pushed into position.
• F—Thumb screw by which the Plane-Iron A is regulated for any thickness of shaving.
• G—Lever which is in contact with Plane-Iron.
• H—Screw which holds the iron bed piece in place.
• I—Bed piece.
• K—Lever.

Fig. 29.

The plane-iron should be ground on the grindstone if nicked or rounded.

To grind the plane-iron it should be held in the hand as shown in [Fig. 32].

Fig. 30.

Fig. 31.

Apply the iron to the stone, as indicated by dotted line [A, Fig. 33]; then raise it until the proper angle is reached, a position indicated by full lines B.