A remarkably simple treatment of elementary woodworking for students in the seventh and eighth grades. It deals with tools, processes and materials and includes only such subject matter as should be taught to grammar grade students. It meets the requirements of students working in large classes and devoting the minimum of time to manual training. A practical and unusually attractive textbook and one that can be used with any course of models and in any order.
BEGINNING WOODWORK, At Home and in School. By Clinton S. VanDeusen.
A full and clear description in detail of the fundamental processes of elementary benchwork in wood. This description is given thru directions for making a few simple, useful articles, suitable either for school or home problems. The book contains more than one hundred original sketches and ten working drawings.
PROBLEMS IN FARM WOODWORK. By Samuel A. Blackburn.
A book of working drawings of 100 practical problems relating to agriculture and farm life. Especially valuable to the student or teacher of agriculture or manual arts in rural schools and in high schools in agricultural communities, and to the boy on the farm. There are 60 full-page plates of working drawings, each accompanied by a page or more of text treating of "Purpose," "Material," "Bill of Stock," "Tools," "Directions," and "Assembly." A wonderfully practical book.
PROBLEMS IN FURNITURE MAKING. By Fred D. Crawshaw.
This book, revised and enlarged, consists of 43 plates of working drawings suitable for use in grammar and high schools, and 36 pages of text, including chapters on design, construction and finishes, and notes on the problems.
FURNITURE DESIGN FOR SCHOOLS AND SHOPS. By Fred D. Crawshaw.
A manual on furniture design. A book that will stimulate and encourage designing and initiation on the part of the student. It contains a collection of plates showing perspective drawings of typical designs, representing particular types of furniture. Each perspective is accompanied by suggestions for rearrangement and the modeling of parts. The text discusses and illustrates principles of design as applied to furniture. A practical and helpful book that should be in the hands of every teacher of cabinet making and designing.
PROBLEMS IN WOODWORKING. By M. W. Murray.