No. 4. Envelope Opener.
(Requiring [Exercises] 5, 1, 2, and 6.)
Saw from Beech, a piece about 8 in. long, 3⁄4 in. wide and 1⁄2 in. thick. With the knife, make one of the flat sides perfectly level and smooth throughout, and cut one end across at right angles. With a fine pencil, draw on the level side the outline of Fig 1 of [drawings No. 4], and also, with compasses, describe on the end the semicircle shown by Fig 3 of [drawings No. 4], with the flat edge for the base. Apply the long cut to the edges at right angles to the flat side. Then, on each of the edges thus flattened, draw a line showing the course of the tapering illustration on the first side of Fig. 2 of [drawings No. 4]. Apply the long cut to each of those lines, at right angles to the edges. This will produce a rod, flat on one side, and presenting a tapered half square on the other. Then shave off the corners of that square, so as to produce half a tapered octagon; then shave off the corners of that octagon, being careful that the work is in unison with the semicircle previously described on the thick end. When so far done to satisfaction, round both ends symmetrically, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of [drawings No. 4], and finish with sand-paper.
No. 5. Rectangular Flower-Stick, with Chamfered or Bevelled Corners.
(Requiring [Exercises] 5, 7, 8, 9, 6, and 3.)