Measure from the rounded end, and rule with the square, the length of 41⁄4 in. Then, with Tenon or Dovetail Saw, cut off just outside the line. Then, with the knife, pare down to the line, and with a file, smooth that end as well as the rounded end, finishing throughout with sand-paper.
No. 8. Thread-Winder.
(Requiring [Exercises] 5, 7, 12, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 1, 6, 16, and 13.)
Beech is required, about 7 in. long, 3 in. wide, and 1⁄2 in. thick. Plane one side and one edge. Draw the centre line A to B in Fig. 1 of [drawings No. 8]. With square and compasses draw all the other lines shown in the same Fig. Then fit a 3⁄4 in. Centre-bit to the Brace, and bore two holes, one at A and the other at B. Then, with the smaller turning saw, cut the two outside curved edges as shown in Fig. 1. With the knife, trim to the lines, making the edges square, as shown in Fig. 3. Then shave and slightly round each semicircle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, smoothing the edges with the file. Then set the Marking Gauge to 1⁄4 in., and, with the smooth side for a base, mark gauge lines on each edge for thickness, and plane the rough side down to those lines. Then set the plane very fine and take a shaving off the face side so as to remove the pencil and compass marks. Then finish with sand-paper.
