Handwork in Wood

by William Noyes

Fig. 139. Ax.

Fig. 140. Shingling Hatchet.

Fig. 141. Carpenter's Adze.

The hatchet has, beside the cutting edge, a head for driving nails, and a notch for drawing them, thus combining three tools in one. The shingling hatchet, Fig. 140, is a type of this.

The adze, the carpenter's house adze, Fig. 141, is flat on the lower side, since its use is for straightening surfaces.

WOOD HAND TOOLS.

References:*

(1) Cutting.

Goss, p. 22.

Smith, R. H., pp. 1-8.