The Manual Arts Press
Peoria, Illinois
Transcriber’s Notes
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling have been retained except as mentioned under Changes made below.
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Page 35, ... being careful to hold so as to get the full benefit ...: part of the sentence appears to be missing.
Page 79, Paragraph starting The gage of wire for nails and the gage of wire for screws ...: the size of Figs. 132 and 135 in this text depend on the display used, and are, of course, not necessarily displayed in their true size.
Pages 132-133: Figs. 214 and 213 appear in reverse order in the source document.
Page 146, paragraph starting Hickory excels as carriage and wagon stock ...: the repeated paragraph is also repeated in the source document; ... giving rise to “curly” and blister” figures ...: should be either “curly and blister” or “curly” and “blister”.