Chapter III: Introduction: Care of tools and bench 3

PART I.

TOOLS AND ELEMENTARY PROCESSES.

CHAPTER I.--Laying-out Tools; Their Uses 9

1. The rule; 2. The try-square; 3. The framing square; 4. The
bevel; 5. The marking gage; 6. The pencil gage; 7. Splitting
gage; 8. The mortise gage; 9. The Dividers; 10. Pencil and
knife.

CHAPTER II.--Saws 20

11. Saws; 12. The crosscut saw; 13. The rip-saw; 14. The
back-saw; 15. The turning saw; 16. The compass saw; 17. Saw
filing.

CHAPTER III.--Planes 28

18. Planes; 19. Setting the blade; 20. Adjustment of the iron;
21. The jack-plane; 22. The smooth-plane; 23. The jointer; 24.
The block-plane; 25. The wooden plane; 26. Planing first surface
true; 27. Face side, face edge; 28. Planing first edge square
with face side; 29. Finishing the second edge; 30. Finishing the
second side; 31. Planing the first end square; 32. Finishing the
second end; 33. End planing with the shooting board; 34. Rules
for planing to dimensions; 35. Planing a chamfer.

CHAPTER IV.--Boring Tools 46

36. Brace or bitstock; 37. Center bit; 38. The auger bit; 39.
The drill bit; The gimlet bit; 40. Countersink bit; 41. The
screwdriver bit; 42. The brad-awl; 43. Positions while boring;
44. Thru boring; 45. Boring to depth.

CHAPTER V.--Chisels and Chiseling 53

46. Chisels; 47. Horizontal paring across the grain; 48. Vertical
paring; 49. Oblique and curved line paring; 50. Paring chamfers;
51. The firmer gouge; 52. Grinding beveled edge tools; 53.
Whetting beveled edge tools; 54. Oilstones; 55. Sharpening the
chisel; 56. Sharpening plane-irons; 57. To tell whether a tool is
sharp or not.

CHAPTER VI.--Form Work; Modeling 65

58. Making a cylinder; 59. The spokeshave; 60. Making curved
edges; 61. Modeling.

CHAPTER VII.--1. Laying Out Duplicate Parts; 2. Scraping and
Sandpapering; 3. Fastening Parts 70

62. Laying out duplicate parts; 63. Scraping; 64. Sandpapering;
65. Hammers; 66. Nails; 67. Nailing; 68. Nailset; 69. Withdrawing
nails; 70. The screwdriver; 71. Screws; 72. Fastening with
screws; 73. Glue; 74. Clamps; 75. Gluing.

PART II.

SIMPLE JOINERY.

CHAPTER VIII.--Type Forms 84

76. Joinery; 77. General directions for joinery; 78. Dado; 79.
Directions for dado; 80. Cross-lap joint; 81. Directions for
cross-lap joint, _first method_; 82. Directions for cross-lap
joint, _second method_; 83. Glue joint; 84. Directions for glue
joint; 85. Doweling; 86. Directions for doweling; 87. Keyed
tenon-and-mortise; 88. Directions for key; 89. Directions for
tenon; 90. Directions for mortise; 91. Directions for mortise in
the tenon; 92. Blind mortise-and-tenon; 93. Directions for tenon;
94. Directions for laying out mortise; 95. Directions for cutting
mortise, _first method_; 96. Directions for cutting mortise,
_second method_; 97. Miter joint; 98. Directions for miter joint;
99. Dovetail joint; 100. Directions for dovetail joint.

CHAPTER IX.--Elementary Cabinet Work 105

101. Combination plane; 102. Drawer construction; 103. Directions
for rabbeted corner; 104. Directions for dovetail corner; 105.
Directions for drawer; 106. Paneling; 107. Cutting grooves; 108.
Haunched mortise-and-tenon; 109. Rabbeting; 110. Fitting a door;
111. Hinging a door; 112. Locks.

PART III.

WOOD AND WOOD FINISHING.

CHAPTER X.--Wood 116

113. Structure; 114. Growth; 115. Respiration and transpiration;
116. Moisture; 117. Shrinkage; 118. Weight; 119. Other
properties; 120. Grain.

CHAPTER XI.--Lumbering and Milling 126

121. Lumbering; 122. Milling; 123. Quarter sawing; 124. Waste;
125. Lumber transportation; 126. Seasoning; 127. Lumber terms and
measurements.

CHAPTER XII.--Common Woods 138

128. Classification. _Coniferous woods_; 129. Cedar; 130.
Cypress; 131. Pine; 132. Spruce. _Broad-leaved woods_; 133. Ash;
134. Basswood; 135. Birch; 136. Butternut; 137. Cherry; 138.
Chestnut; 139. Elm; 140. Gum; 141. Hickory; 142. Maple; 143. Oak;
144. Sycamore; 145. Tulip wood; 146. Walnut.

CHAPTER XIII.--Wood Finishing 150

147. Wood finishes; 148. Brushes; 149. General directions for
using brush; 150. Fillers; 151. Filling with paste filler; 152.
Stains; 153. Waxing; 154. Varnishes; 155. Shellac; 156. Shellac
finishes; 157. Oil or copal varnishes; 158. Flowing copal
varnish; 159. Typical finishes for coarse-grained woods; 160.
Patching; 161. Painting.

APPENDIX I.--Additional Joints 164

APPENDIX II.--Wood Finishing Recipes 171

1. Wax; 2. Water stains; 3. Oil stains; 4. Spirit stains.

APPENDIX III.--Working Drawings 173

1. Instruments; 2. Conventions; 3. Projection and relation of
views; 4. Letters and figures; 5. Constructions; 6. Order of
procedure.