No. 24. Book-Carrier.
(Requiring [Exercises] 5, 12, 8, 9, 10, 3, 4, 15, 44, 32, 29, 14, 13, 3, 5, 41, and 42.)
This is made partly in hard and partly in soft wood.
For the handle, cut from Beech a piece 8 in. long, 2 in. wide, and 7⁄8 in. thick. Plane one side and one edge. Then gauge-mark for 11⁄2 in. wide and 3⁄4 in. thick, and plane the rough side and edge down to each gauge-mark. Then draw on one side the diagram of the handle shown in Fig. 1 of [drawings No. 24]. With the turning saw, cut to the inner and outer lines of the diagram. With the plane, round the top of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, and, with the knife, round and smooth the other parts, taking care that all the right angles are strictly maintained. Then, with an 1⁄8-in. centre-bit, drill a hole for each screw, as shown in the Fig., and, with the knife, counter-sink for the heads of the screws. With the knife, make the chamfers at the corners of the curves, as shown in Fig. 2, and finish completely with scraper and sand-paper.