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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/20763-8.txt b/20763-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bd08af --- /dev/null +++ b/20763-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5763 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Carpentry for Boys, by J. S. Zerbe + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Carpentry for Boys + In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying + Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original + Illustrations + +Author: J. S. Zerbe + +Release Date: March 7, 2007 [EBook #20763] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CARPENTRY FOR BOYS *** + + + + +Produced by Ross Wilburn, Curtis Weyant and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS + +CARPENTRY FOR BOYS + +[Illustration: _Fig. 1. A Typical Work Bench._] + + + +THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS + +CARPENTRY FOR BOYS + +in simple language, including +chapters on drawing, laying out +work, designing and architecture + +WITH 250 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS + +BY J. S. ZERBE, M.E. + +AUTHOR OF + + +ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS +PRACTICAL MECHANICS FOR BOYS + + +THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY + +NEW YORK + +COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY + +THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY + + ++----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +|Transcriber's Notes: Italics are marked by underscore(_), Bold text is| +|marked by $, Small caps have been uppercased. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + +CONTENTS + + +INTRODUCTORY + +I. TOOLS AND THEIR USES Page 5 + +Knowledge of Tools. A Full Kit of Tools. The Hatchet. The Claw Hammer. +About Saws--Cross-cut, Rip Saw, Back Saw. Planes--Jack Plane, Smoothing +Plane, Pore Plane. Gages. Chisels--Firmer Chisel. Trusses. Saw Clamps. +The Grindstone. Oilstone. Miter Box. The Work Bench. + +II. HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS Page 16 + +Care of Tools---First Requisites. Saws--How to Set. Saw-set Errors. Saw +Setting Block. Filing. The Angle of Filing. Filing Pitch. Saw Clamps. +Filing Suggestions. The File. Using the File. The Grindstone. In the Use +of Grindstones. Correct Way of Holding Tool in Grinding. Care of Stone. +Incorrect Way to Hold Tool. Way to Revolve or Turn Grindstone. The +Plane. The Gage. Chisels. General Observations. + +III. HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS Page 29 + +On the Holding of Tools. The Saw. How to Start a Saw. Sawing on a Line. +The First Stroke. The Starting Cut for Cross-cutting. Forcing a Saw. The +Stroke. The Chinese Saw. Things to Avoid. The Plane. Angle for Holding +Planes. Errors to be Avoided. The Gage. Holding the Gage. The +Draw-knife. + +IV. HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES Page 39 + +Fundamentals of Designing. The Commercial Instinct. First Requirements +of Designing. Conventional Styles. The Mission Style. Cabinets. Harmony +of Parts. Harmony of Wood. + +V. HOW WORK IS LAID OUT Page 43 + +Concrete Examples of Work. Dimensions. Laying Out a Table. The Top. The +Mortises. The Facing Boards. The Tenons. Tools Used. Chamfered Tenons. +The Frame. The Drawer Support. The Table Frame. The Top. The Drawer. How +Any Structure is Built Up. Observations About Making a Box. Points. +Beveling and Mitering. Proper Terms. Picture Frames. Dovetail Points. +Box Points. First Steps in Dovetailing. Cutting Out the Spaces. Tools +Used in Laying Out Mortises and Tenons. + +VI. THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE Page 59 + +The Compass. Determining Angles. Definition of Degrees. Degrees Without +a Compass. How Degrees are Calculated by the Dividers. + +VII. HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED Page 65 + +Importance of Proper Designation. How to Explain Mechanical Forms. +Defining Segment and Sector. Arcade, Arch, Buttress, Flying Buttress, +Chamfer, Cotter, Crenelated, Crosses, Curb Roof, Cupola, Crown Post, +Corbels, Dormer, Dowel, Drip, Detent, Extrados, Engrailed, Facet, Fret, +Fretwork, Frontal, Frustrums, Fylfot, Gambrel Roof, Gargoyle, Gudgeon, +Guilloche. Half Timbered, Hammer Beam, Header, Hip Roof, Hood Molding, +Inclave, Interlacing Arch, Inverted, Inverted Arch, Key Stone, King +Post, Label, Louver, Lintel, Lug, M-Roof, Mansard Roof, Newel, +Parquetry, Peen, Pendant, Pendastyle, Pedestal, Plinth, Portico, Plate, +Queen Post, Quirk Molding, Re-entering Angle, Rafter, Scarfing, Scotia +Molding, Sill, Skewback, Spandrel, Strut, Stud, Stile, Tie Beam, Timber, +Trammel, Turret, Transom, Valley Roof. + +VIII. DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY Page 73 + +Fundamentals in Drawing. Representing Objects. Forming Lines and +Shadows. Analysis of Lines and Shadings. How to Show Plain Surfaces. +Concave Surfaces. Convex Surfaces. Shadows from a Beam. Flat Effects. +The Direction of Light. Raised Surfaces. Depressed Surfaces. Full +Shading. Illustrating Cube Shading. Shading Effect. Heavy Lines. +Perspectives. True Perspective of a Cube. Isometric Cube. Flattened +Perspective. Technical Designations. Sector and Segment. Terms of +Angles. Circles and Curves. Irregular Curves. Ellipses and Ovals. Focal +Points. Produced Line. Spirals, Perpendicular and Vertical. Signs to +Indicate Measurement. Definitions. Abscissa. Angle. Apothegm. Apsides or +Apsis. Chord. Cycloid. Conoid. Conic Section. Ellipsoid. Epicycloid. +Evolute. Flying Buttress. Focus. Gnomes. Hexagon. Hyperbola. +Hypothenuse. Incidental. Isosceles. Triangle. Parabola. Parallelogram. +Pelecoid. Polygons. Pyramid. Rhomb. Sector. Segment. Sinusoid. Tangent. +Tetrahedron. Vertex. + +IX. MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING WORK Page 93 + +Moldings. The Basis of Moldings. The Simplest Moldings. The Astragal. +The Cavetto. The Ovolo. The Torus. The Apothegm. The Cymatium. The Ogee. +Ogee Recta. Ogee Reversa. The Reedy. The Casement. The Roman-Doric +Column. Lesson from the Doric Column. Applying Molding. Base. +Embellishments. Straight-faced Molding. Plain Molding. Base. Diversified +Uses. Shadows Cast by Moldings. + +X. AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING AND BEADING Page 104 + +Where Mortises Should be Used. Depth of Mortises. Rule for Mortises. +True Mortise Work. Steps in Cutting Mortises. Things to Avoid in +Mortising. Lap-and-Butt Joints. Scarfing. The Tongue and Groove. +Beading. Ornamental Bead Finish. The Bead and Rabbet. Shading with Beads +and Rabbets. + +XI. HOUSE BUILDING Page 113 + +House Building. The Home and Embellishments. Beauty Not Ornamentation. +Plain Structures. Colonial Type. The Roof the Keynote. Bungalow Types. +General House Building. Building Plans. The Plain Square-Floor Plan. The +Rectangular Plan. Room Measurements. Front and Side Lines. The Roof. +Roof Pitch. The Foundation. The Sills. The Flooring Joist. The Studding. +Setting Up. The Plate. Intermediate Studding. Wall Headers. Ceiling +Joist. Braces. The Rafters. The Gutter. Setting Door and Window Frames. +Plastering and Finish Work. + +XII. BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES Page 130 + +Bridges. Self-supporting Roofs. Common Trusses. The Vertical Upright +Truss. The Warren Girder. The Bowstring Girder. Fundamental Truss +Forms. + +XIII. THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER Page 134 + +The Best Woods. Soft Woods. Hard Woods. The Most Difficult Woods. The +Hard-ribbed Grain in Wood. The Easiest Working Woods. Differences in the +Working of Woods. Forcing Saws in Wood. + +XIV. WOOD TURNING Page 138 + +Advantages of Wood Turning. Simple Turning Lathe. The Rails. The Legs. +Centering Blocks. The Tail-stock. The Tool Rest. Materials. The Mandrel. +Fly-wheel. The Tools Required. + +XV. ON THE USE OF STAINS Page 147 + +Soft Wood. Use of Stains. Stains as Imitations. Good Taste in Staining. +Great Contrasts Bad. Staining Contrasting Woods. Hard Wood Imitations. +Natural Effects. Natural Wood Stains. Polishing Stained Surfaces. + +XVI. THE CARPENTER AND THE ARCHITECT Page 152 + +XVII. USEFUL ARTICLES TO MAKE Page 155 + +Common Bench. Its Proportions. Square Top Stool. Folding Blacking Box. +Convenient Easel. Hanging Book-rack. Sad Iron Holder. Bookcase. +Wood-box. Parallel Bars for Boys' Use. Mission Writing Desk. Screen +Frame. Mission Chair. Grandfather's Clock. Knockdown and Adjustable +Bookcase. Coal Scuttle Frame or Case. Mission Arm Chair. Dog-house. +Settle, With Convenient Shelves. Towel Rack. Sofa Framework. + +XVIII. SPECIAL TOOLS AND THEIR USES Page 170 + +Bit and Level Adjuster. Miter Boxes. Swivel Arm Uprights. Movable Stops. +Angle Dividers. "Odd Job" Tool. Bit Braces. Ratchet Mechanism. +Interlocking Jaws. Steel Frame Breast Drills. Horizontal Boring. 3-Jaw +Chuck. Planes. Rabbeting, Beading and Matching. Cutter Adjustment. Depth +Gage. Slitting Gage. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane. Router Planes. +Bottom Surfacing. Door Trim Plane. + +XIX. ROOFING TRUSSES Page 185 + +Characteristics of Trusses. Tie Beams. Ornamentation. Objects of Beams, +Struts and Braces. Utilizing Space. Types of Structures. Gambrel Roof. +Purlin Roof. The Princess Truss. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam Truss. +The Mansard. Scissors Beam. Braced Collar Beam. Rib and Collar Truss. +Hammer-beam Truss. Flying Buttress. + +XX. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTS Page 197 + +Definition and Uses. Different Types. Bridle Joint. Spur Tenon. Saddle +Joints. Joggle Joint. Heel Joints. Stub Tenon. Tusk Tenon. Double Tusk +Tenon. Cogged Joints. Anchor Joints. Deep Anchor Joints. + +XXI. SOME MISTAKES AND A LITTLE ADVICE IN CARPENTRY Page 205 + +Lessons From Mistakes. Planing the Edge of a Board Straight. Planing it +Square. Planing to Dimensions. Holding the Plane. How it Should be Run +on the Edge of the Board. Truing With the Weight of the Plane. A Steady +Grasp. In Smoothing Boards. Correct Sand-papering. Gluing. Removing +Surplus Glue. Work Edge and Work Side. The Scribing and Marking Line. +Finishing Surfaces. Sawing a Board Square. The Stroke of the Saw. Sawing +Out of True. + + + + +LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS + + +FIG. + +1. A typical work bench Frontispiece + PAGE +2. Hatchet 6 +3. Hammer 7 +4. Common saw 7 +5. Plane 8 +6. Jack plane bit 9 +6a. Fore plane bit 10 +7. Firmer chisel 11 +7a. Mortising chisel 12 +8. Trestle 12 +9. Miter box 13 +10. Incorrect saw setting 17 +10a. Correct saw setting 17 +11. Saw setting device 17 +12. Filing angle 18 +13. Rip saw 19 +14. Cross cut 20 +15. Filing clamp 21 +16. Grindstone 23 +17. Correct manner of holding tool 24 +18. Incorrect way of holding tool 24 +19. Gage 26 +20. Starting a saw 31 +21. Wrong sawing angle 32 +22. Correct sawing angle 33 +23. Thrust cut 34 +24. Chinese saw 34 +25. Moving angle for plane 35 +26. Holding gage 36 +27. Laying out table leg 43 +28. The first marking line 44 +29. Scribing mortise line 44 +30. The corner mortises 44 +31. The side rail 46 +32. Scribing the tenons 46 +33. Cross scoring 47 +34. The tenon 47 +35. Finishing the tenon 47 +36. The tenon and mortise 48 +37. The drawer support 48 +38. Drawer cleats 49 +39. Assembled table frame 50 +40. The top 51 +41. The drawer 52 +42. Bevel joint 53 +43. Miter joint 53 +44. Picture frame joint 54 +45. Initial marks for dovetails 55 +46. End marks for dovetails 55 +47. Angles for dovetails 55 +48. Cutting out recesses for dovetails 56 +49. Tongues for dovetails 56 +50. Recess for dovetails 56 +51. Determining angles 61 +52. Marking degrees 63 +53. Angles from base lines 63 +54. Stepping off spaces 63 +55. Arcade 67 +56. Arch 67 +57. Buttress 67 +58. Chamfer 67 +59. Cooter 67 +60. Crenelated 67 +61. Crosses 67 +62. Curb roof 67 +63. Cupola 67 +64. Console 67 +65. Corbels 67 +66. Dormer 67 +67. Dowel 67 +68. Drips 67 +69. Detail 68 +70. Extrados 68 +71. Engrailed 68 +72. Facet 68 +73. Fret 68 +74. Frontal 68 +75. Frustrums 68 +76. Fylfat 68 +77. Gambrel 68 +78. Gargoyle 68 +79. Gudgeon 68 +80. Guilloche 68 +81. Half timbered 68 +82. Hammer beam 68 +83. Haunches 69 +84. Header 69 +85. Hip roof 69 +86. Hood molding 69 +87. Inclave 69 +88. Interlacing arch 69 +89. Invected 69 +90. Inverted arch 69 +91. Keystone 69 +92. King post 69 +93. Label 69 +94. Louver 69 +95. Lintel 70 +96. Lug 70 +97. M-roof 70 +98. Mansard roof 70 +99. Newel post 70 +100. Parquetry 70 +101. Peen, or pein 70 +102. Pendant 70 +103. Pentastyle 70 +104. Pedestal 70 +105. Pintle 70 +106. Portico 70 +107. Plate 70 +108. Queen post 71 +109. Quirk molding 71 +110. Re-entering 71 +111. Rafter 71 +112. Scarfing 71 +113. Scotia molding 71 +114. Sill 71 +115. Skew back 71 +116. Spandrel 71 +117. Strut 71 +118. Stud, studding 71 +119. Stile 72 +120. Trammel 72 +121. Turret 72 +122. Transom 72 +123. Valley roof 72 +125. Plain line 74 +126. Concave shading 74 +127. Convex shading 74 +128. Wave shading 75 +129. Light past concave surface 75 +130. Light past convex surface 75 +131. Plain surface 75 +132. Outlines 76 +133. Raised surface 77 +134. Depressed surface 77 +135. Shading raised surfaces 78 +136. Shading depressed surfaces 78 +137. Plain cubical outline 79 +138. Indicating cube 79 +139. Confused lines 79 +140. Heavy horizontal lines 80 +141. Heavy vertical lines 80 +142. Isometric cube 81 +143. Cube and circle 81 +144. Flattened perspective 82 +145. Angles in isometric cube 83 +146. Plain circle 84 +147. Sphere shading 84 +148. Drawing regular ellipse 86 +149. Drawing irregular ellipse 88 +150. Drawing spiral 89 +151. Abscissa 90 +152. Angle 91 +153. Apothegm 91 +154. Apsides, or apsis 91 +155. Chord 91 +156. Convolute 91 +157. Conic sections 91 +158. Conoid 91 +159. Cycloid 91 +160. Ellipsoid 91 +161. Epicycloid 91 +162. Evolute 91 +163. Focus 91 +164. Gnome 91 +165. Hyperbola 91 +167. Hypothenuse 91 +168. Incidence 92 +169. Isosceles triangle 92 +170. Parabola 92 +171. Parallelogram 92 +172. Pelecoid 92 +173. Polygons 92 +174. Pyramid 92 +175. Quadrant 92 +176. Quadrilateral 92 +177. Rhomb 92 +178. Sector 92 +179. Segment 92 +180. Sinusoid 92 +181. Tangent 92 +182. Tetrahedron 92 +183. Vertex 92 +184. Volute 92 +185. Band (molding) 94 +186. Astragal (molding) 94 +187. Cavetto (molding) 94 +188. Ovolo (molding) 94 +189. Torus (molding) 95 +190. Apophyges (molding) 95 +191. Cymatium (molding) 95 +192. Ogee-recta (molding) 95 +193. Ogee-reversa (molding) 96 +194. Bead (molding) 96 +195. Casement (molding) 97 +196. The Doric column 98 +197. Front of cabinet 100 +198. Facia board 100 +199. Molding on facia board 100 +200. Ogee-recta on facia 101 +201. Trim below facia 101 +202. Trim below ogee 101 +203. Trim above base 102 +204. Trim above base molding 102 +205. Shadows cast by plain moldings 103 +206. Mortise and tenon joint 105 +207. Incorrect mortising 105 +208. Steps in mortising 106 +209. The shoulders of tenons 108 +210. Lap-and-butt joint 108 +211. Panel joint 109 +212. Scarfing 109 +213. Tongue and groove 110 +214. Beading 110 +215. Outside beading finish 110 +216. Edge beading 111 +217. Corner beading 111 +218. Point beading 111 +219. Round edge beading 111 +220. Beading and molding 111 +221. First square house plan 117 +222. First rectangular house plan 118 +223. Square house to scale 119 +224. Rectangular house to scale 120 +225. Front elevation of square house 121 +226. Elevation of rectangular house 121 +227. Illustrating one-third pitch 122 +228. Illustrating half pitch 122 +229. The sills at the corner 123 +230. The joist and sills 123 +231. The plate splice 124 +232. The rafters 125 +233. The gutter 126 +234. The cornice 127 +234a. The finish without gutter 128 +235. Common truss 130 +236. Upright truss 131 +237. Vertical upright truss 131 +238. Warren girder 132 +239. Extended Warren girder 132 +240. Bowstring girder 132 +241. Frame details of wood turning lathe 139 +242. Tail stock details 140 +243. Tool rest details 142 +244. Section of mandrel 143 +245. View of turning lathe 145 +246. Turning tools 146 +247. Bench 155 +248. Stool 156 +249. Blacking box 156 +250. Easel 157 +251. Hanging book rack 158 +252. Book shelf 159 +253. Wood box 160 +254. Horizontal bars 161 +255. Mission desk 161 +256. Screen frame 162 +257. Mission chair 162 +258. Grandfather's clock 163 +259. Frame for bookcase 164 +260. Coal scuttle case 165 +261. Mission arm chair 165 +262. Dog house 168 +263. Settle 167 +264. Towel rack 168 +265. Mission sofa frame 168 +266. Bit and square level 170 +267. Metal miter box 171 +268. Parts of metal miter box 172 +269. Angle dividers 173 +270. An "odd job" tool 174 +271. Universal-jaw brace 176 +272. Taper-shank bit brace 176 +273. Alligator-jaw brace 176 +274. Steel frame breast drill 177 +275. Steel frame breast drill 177 +276. Steel frame breast drill 177 +277. Details of metal plane 179 +278. Rabbet, matching and dado plane 180 +279. Molding and beading plane 181 +280. Dovetail tongue and groove plane 182 +281. Router planes 183 +282. Router planes 183 +283. Door trim plane 184 +284. Gambrel roof 187 +285. Purlin roof 188 +286. Princess truss 189 +287. Arched, or cambered, tie beam 190 +288. The mansard 191 +289. Scissors beam 192 +290. Braced collar beam 193 +291. Rib and collar truss 194 +291-1/2. Hammer-beam truss 195 +292. Bridle joints 197 +293. Spur tenons 198 +294. Saddle joints 198 +295. Joggle joints 199 +296. Framing joints 199 +297. Heel joints 200 +298. Stub tenon 200 +299. Tusk tenon 201 +300. Double tusk tenon 202 +301. Cogged joints 203 +302. Anchor joint 203 +303. Deep anchor joint 204 + + + + +CARPENTRY + +A PRACTICAL COURSE, WHICH TELLS IN CONCISE AND SIMPLE FORM "HOW TO DO +IT" + + + + + +INTRODUCTORY + + +Carpentry is the oldest of the arts, and it has been said that the +knowledge necessary to make a good carpenter fits one for almost any +trade or occupation requiring the use of tools. The hatchet, the saw, +and the plane are the three primal implements of the carpenter. The +value is in knowing how to use them. + +The institution of Manual Training Schools everywhere is but a tardy +recognition of the value of systematic training in the use of tools. +There is no branch of industry which needs such diversification, in +order to become efficient. + +The skill of the blacksmith is centered in his ability to forge, to +weld, and to temper; that of the machinist depends upon the callipered +dimensions of his product; the painter in his taste for harmony; the +mason on his ability to cut the stone accurately; and the plasterer to +produce a uniform surface. But the carpenter must, in order to be an +expert, combine all these qualifications, in a greater or less degree, +and his vocation may justly be called the King of Trades. Rightly, +therefore, it should be cultivated in order to learn the essentials of +manual training work. + +But there is another feature of the utmost importance and value, which +is generally overlooked, and on which there is placed too little stress, +even in many of the manual training schools. The training of the mind +has been systematized so as to bring into operation the energies of all +the brain cells. Manual training to be efficient should, at the same +time, be directed into such channels as will most widely stimulate the +muscular development of the child, while at the same time cultivating +his mind. + +There is no trade which offers such a useful field as carpentry. It may +be said that the various manual operations bring into play every muscle +of the body. + +The saw, the plane, the hammer, the chisel, each requires its special +muscular energy. The carpenter, unlike the blacksmith, does not put all +his brawn into his shoulders, nor develop his torso at the expense of +his other muscles, like the mason. It may also be said that, unlike most +other occupations, the carpenter has both out-of-door and indoor +exercise, so that he is at all times able to follow his occupation, +summer or winter, rain or shine; and this also further illustrates the +value of this branch of endeavor as a healthful recreation. + +It is the aim of this book to teach boys the primary requirements--not +to generalize--but to show how to prepare and how to do the work; what +tools and materials to use; and in what manner the tools used may be +made most serviceable, and used most advantageously. + +It would be of no value to describe and illustrate how a bracket is +made; or how the framework of a structure is provided with mortises and +tenons in order to hold it together. The boy must have something as a +base which will enable him to design his own creations, and not be an +imitator; his mind must develop with his body. It is the principal aim +of this book to give the boy something to think about while he is +learning how to bring each individual part to perfection. + +If the boy understands that there is a principle underlying each +structural device; that there is a reason for making certain things a +definite way, he is imbued with an incentive which will sooner or later +develop into an initiative of his own. + +It is this phase in the artisan's life which determines whether he will +be merely a machine or an intelligent organism. + +This work puts together in a simple, concise form, not only the +fundamentals which every mechanic should learn to know, but it defines +every structural form used in this art, and illustrates all terms it is +necessary to use in the employment of carpentry. A full chapter is +devoted to drawings practically applied. All terms are diagrammed and +defined, so that the mind may readily grasp the ideas involved. + +Finally, it will be observed that every illustration has been specially +drawn for this book. We have not adopted the plan usually followed in +books of this class, of taking stock illustrations of manufacturers' +tools and devices, nor have we thought it advisable to take a picture of +a tool or a machine and then write a description around it. We have +illustrated the book to explain "_how to do the work_"; also, to teach +the boy what the trade requires, and to give him the means whereby he +may readily find the form of every device, tool, and structure used in +the art. + + + + +CHAPTER I + +TOOLS AND THEIR USES + + +KNOWLEDGE OF TOOLS.--A knowledge of tools and their uses is the first +and most important requirement. The saw, the plane, the hatchet and the +hammer are well known to all boys; but how to use them, and where to use +the different varieties of each kind of tool, must be learned, because +each tool grew out of some particular requirement in the art. These uses +will now be explained. + +A FULL KIT OF TOOLS.--A kit of tools necessary for doing any plain work +should embrace the following: + + +1. A Hatchet. +2. A Claw Hammer--two sizes preferred. +3. Cross-cut Saw, 20 inches long. +4. Rip Saw, 24 inches long. +5. Wooden Mallet. + 6. Jack Plane. +7. Smoothing Plane. +8. Compass Saw. +9. Brace. +10. Bits for Brace, ranging from 1/4 inch to 1 inch diameter. +11. Several small Gimlets. +12. Square. +13. Compass. +14. Draw-knife. +15. Rule. +16. Two Gages. +17. Set of Firmer Chisels. +18. Two Mortising Chisels. +19. Small Back Saw. +20. Saw Clamps. +21. Miter Box. +22. Bevel Square. +23. Small Hand Square. +24. Pliers. +25. Pair of Awls. +26. Hand Clamps. +27. Set Files. +28. Glue Pot. +29. Oil Stone. +30. Grindstone. +31. Trusses. +32. Work Bench. +33. Plumb Bob. +34. Spirit Level. + + +THE HATCHET.--The hatchet should be ground with a bevel on each side, +and not on one side only, as is customary with a plasterer's lathing +hatchet, because the blade of the hatchet is used for trimming off the +edges of boards. Unless ground off with a bevel on both sides it cannot +be controlled to cut accurately. A light hatchet is preferable to a +heavy one. It should never be used for nailing purposes, except in +emergencies. The pole of the hammer--that part which is generally used +to strike the nail with--is required in order to properly balance the +hatchet when used for trimming material. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 2._] + +THE CLAW HAMMER.--This is the proper tool for driving nails and for +drawing them out. Habits should be formed with the beginner, which will +be of great service as the education proceeds. + +One of these habits is to persist in using the tool for the purpose for +which it was made. The expert workman (and he becomes expert because of +it) makes the hammer do its proper work; and so with every other tool. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 3._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 4._] + +ABOUT SAWS.--There are four well-defined kinds. First, a long, flat saw, +for cross-cutting. Second, a slightly larger saw for ripping purposes. +Third, a back saw, with a rib on the rear edge to hold the blade rigid, +used for making tenons; and, fourth, a compass or keyhole saw. + +CROSS-CUTS.--The difference between a cross-cut and a rip saw is, that +in the latter the teeth have less pitch and are usually larger than in +the cross-cut saw. The illustrations (Figs. 13 and 14) will distinctly +show the difference in the teeth. When a cross-cut saw is used for +ripping along the grain of the wood, the teeth, if disposed at an angle, +will ride over the grain or fiber of the wood, and refuse to take hold +or bite into the wood. On the other hand, if the rip saw is used for +cross-cutting purposes, the saw kerf will be rough and jagged. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 5._] + +The back saw is used almost exclusively for making tenons, and has +uniformly fine teeth so as to give a smooth finish to the wood. + +PLANES.--The plane may be called the æsthetic tool in the carpenter's +kit. It is the most difficult tool to handle and the most satisfactory +when thoroughly mastered. How to care for and handle it will be +referred to in a subsequent chapter. We are now concerned with its uses +only. Each complete kit must have three distinct planes, namely, the +jack plane, which is for taking off the rough saw print surface of the +board. The short smoothing plane, which is designed to even up the +inequalities made by the jack plane; and the long finishing plane, or +fore plane, which is intended to straighten the edges of boards or of +finished surfaces. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 6. Jack plane bit._] + +THE JACK PLANE.--This plane has the cutting edge of its blade ground so +it is slightly curved (Fig. 6), because, as the bit must be driven out +so it will take a deep bite into the rough surface of the wood, the +curved cutting edge prevents the corner edges of the bit from digging +into the planed surface. + +On the other hand, the bits of the smoothing and finishing planes are +ground straight across their cutting edges. In the foregoing we have not +enumerated the different special planes, designed to make beads, +rabbets, tongues and grooves, but each type is fully illustrated, so +that an idea may be obtained of their characteristics. (Fig. 6_a_). + +GAGES.--One of the most valuable tools in the whole set is the gage, but +it is, in fact, the least known. This is simply a straight bar, with a +sharpened point projecting out on one side near its end, and having an +adjustable sliding head or cheekpiece. This tool is indispensable in +making mortises or tenons, because the sharpened steel point which +projects from the side of the bar, serves to outline and define the +edges of the mortises or tenons, so that the cutting line may readily be +followed. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 6a. Fore-plane bit._] + +This is the most difficult tool to hold when in use, but that will be +fully explained under its proper head. Each kit should have two, as in +making mortises and tenons one gage is required for each side of the +mortise or tenon. + +CHISELS.--Two kinds are found in every kit--one called the firmer (Fig. +7) and the mortising chisel. The firmer has a flat body or blade, and a +full set ranges in width from three-eighths of an inch to two inches. +The sizes most desirable and useful are the one-half inch, the inch and +the inch-and-a-half widths. These are used for trimming out cross grains +or rebates for setting door locks and hinges and for numerous other uses +where sharp-end tools are required. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 7._] + +THE MORTISING CHISEL.--The mortising chisel (Fig. 7_a_), on the other +hand, is very narrow and thick, with a long taper down to the cutting +edge. They are usually in such widths as to make them stock sizes for +mortises. Never, under any circumstances, use a hammer or hatchet for +driving chisels. The mallet should be used invariably. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 7a._] + +TRUSSES.--There should be at least two, each three feet in length and +twenty inches in height. + +SAW CLAMPS.--These are necessary adjuncts, and should be made of hard +wood, perfectly straight and just wide enough to take in the narrow +back saw. The illustration shows their shape and form. + +THE GRINDSTONES.--It is better to get a first-class stone, which may be +small and rigged up with a foot treadle. A soft, fine-grained stone is +most serviceable, and it should have a water tray, and never be used +excepting with plenty of water. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 8._] + +AN OIL STONE is as essential as a grindstone. For giving a good edge to +tools it is superior to a water stone. It should be provided with a top, +and covered when not in use, to keep out dust and grit. These are the +little things that contribute to success and should be carefully +observed. + +THE MITER BOX.--This should be 14 inches long and 3" by 3" inside, made +of hard wood 3/4" thick. The sides should be nailed to the bottom, as +shown. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 9._] + +THE WORK BENCH.--In its proper place we show in detail the most approved +form of work bench, fitted with a tool rack to hold all the tools, +conveniently arranged. In this chapter we are more particularly +concerned with the uses of tools than their construction; and we impress +on boys the necessity of having a place for everything, and that every +tool should be kept in its proper place. A carpenter's shop filled with +chips, shavings and other refuse is not a desirable place for the +indiscriminate placing of tools. If correct habits are formed at the +outset, by carefully putting each tool in its place after using, it will +save many an hour of useless hunting and annoyance. + +One of the most important things in laying off work, for instance, on +trusses, is the disposition of the saw and square. Our illustration +shows each truss with side cleats, which will permit the user +temporarily to deposit the saw or the square so that it will be handy, +and at the same time be out of the way of the work and prevent either of +the tools from being thrown to the floor. + +In the same way, and for the same purpose, the work bench has temporary +holding cleats at the end and a shelf in front, which are particularly +desirable, because either a saw or a square is an encumbrance on a work +bench while the work is being assembled, and tools of this kind should +not be laid flat on a working surface, nor should they be stood in a +leaning position against a truss or work bench. + +_Strictly observe these fundamentals_--Never place a tool with the +cutting edge toward you. Always have the racks or receptacles so made +that the handle may be seized. Don't put a tool with an exposed cutting +edge above or below another tool in such a manner that the hand or the +tool you are handling can come into contact with the edge. Never keep +the nail or screw boxes above the work bench. They should always be kept +to one side, to prevent, as much as possible, the bench from becoming a +depository for nails. Keep the top of the bench free from tools. Always +keep the planes on a narrow sub-shelf at the rear of the bench. + +If order was Heaven's first law, it is a good principle to apply it in a +workman's shop, and its observance will form a habit that will soon +become a pleasure to follow. + + + + +CHAPTER II + +HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS + + +CARE OF TOOLS.--Dull tools indicate the character of the workman. In an +experience of over forty years, I have never known a good workman to +keep poorly sharpened tools. While it is true that the capacity to +sharpen tools can be acquired only by practice, correct habits at the +start will materially assist. In doing this part of the artisan's work, +it should be understood that there is a right as well as a wrong way. + +There is a principle involved in the sharpening of every tool, which +should be observed. A skilled artisan knows that there is a particular +way to grind the bits of each plane; that the manner of setting a saw +not only contributes to its usefulness, but will materially add to the +life of the saw; that a chisel cannot be made to do good work unless its +cutting edge is square and at the right working angle. + +FIRST REQUISITE.--A beginner should never attempt a piece of work until +he learns how the different tools should be sharpened, or at least learn +the principle involved. Practice will make perfect. + +SAWS.--As the saw is such an important part of the kit, I shall devote +some space to the subject. _First_, as to setting the saw. The object of +this is to make the teeth cut a wider kerf than the thickness of the +blade, and thereby cause the saw to travel freely. A great many +so-called "saw sets" are found in the market, many of them built on +wrong principles, as will be shown, and these are incapable of setting +accurately. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 10._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 10a._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 11._] + +HOW TO SET.--To set a saw accurately, that is, to drive out each tooth +the same distance, is the first requirement, and the second is to bend +out the whole tooth, and not the point only. + +In the illustration (Fig. 10), the point is merely bent out. This is +wrong. The right way is shown in Fig. 10_a_. The whole tooth is bent, +showing the correct way of setting. The reasons for avoiding one way and +following the other are: First, that if the point projects to one side, +each point or tooth will dig into the wood, and produce tooth prints in +the wood, which make a roughened surface. Second, that if there are +inequalities in setting the teeth (as is sure to be the case when only +the points are bent out), the most exposed points will first wear out, +and thereby cause saw deterioration. Third, a saw with the points +sticking out causes a heavy, dragging cut, and means additional labor. +Where the whole body of the tooth is bent, the saw will run smoothly and +easily through the kerf and produce a smooth-cut surface. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 12._] + +Our illustration (Fig. 11) shows a very simple setting block, the +principal merit of which is that any boy can make it, and in the use of +which he cannot go wrong in setting a tooth. + +SIMPLE SAW SETTER.--Take a block of wood, a 4 by 4 inch studding, four +inches long. Get a piece of metal one-half inch thick and two inches +square. Have a blacksmith or machinist bore a quarter-inch hole through +it in the center and countersink the upper side so it may be securely +fastened in a mortise in the block, with its upper side flush with the +upper surface of the block. Now, with a file, finish off one edge, going +back for a quarter of an inch, the angle at A to be about 12 degrees. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 13. Rip-Saw._] + +FILING ANGLES.--In its proper place will be shown how you may easily +calculate and measure degrees in work of this kind. Fig. 12 shows an +approximation to the right angle. B, B (Fig. 11) should be a pair of +wooden pegs, driven into the wooden block on each side of the metal +piece. The teeth of the saw rest against the pegs so that they serve as +a guide or a gage, and the teeth of the saw, therefore, project over the +inclined part (B) of the metal block. Now, with an ordinary punch and a +hammer, each alternate tooth may be driven down until it rests flat on +the inclined face (A), so that it is impossible to set the teeth +wrongly. When you glance down the end of a properly set saw, you will +see a V-shaped channel, and if you will place a needle in the groove and +hold the saw at an angle, the needle will travel down without falling +out. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 14. cross-cut._] + +FILING.--The next step is the filing. Two things must be observed: the +pitch and the angle. By pitch is meant the inclination of the teeth. +Note the illustration (Fig. 13), which shows the teeth of a rip saw. You +will see at A that the pitch of the tooth is at right angles to the edge +of the saw. In Fig. 14, which shows the teeth of a cross-cut saw, the +pitch (B) is about 10 degrees off. The teeth of the rip saw are also +larger than those of the cross-cut. + +THE ANGLE OF FILING.--By angle is meant the cutting position of the +file. In Fig. 12, the lines B represent the file disposed at an angle +of 12 degrees, not more, for a rip saw. For a cross-cut the angle of the +file may be less. + +SAW CLAMPS.--You may easily make a pair of saw clamps as follows: + +Take two pieces of hard wood, each three inches wide, seven-eighths of +an inch thick, and equal in length to the longest saw. Bevel one edge of +each as shown in A (Fig. 15), so as to leave an edge (B) about +one-eighth of an inch thick. At one end cut away the corner on the side +opposite the bevel, as shown at C, so the clamps will fit on the saw +around the saw handle. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 15._] + +When the saw is placed between these clamps and held together by the +jaws of the vise, you are ready for the filing operation. Observe the +following _filing suggestions_: Always hold the file horizontal or +level. In filing, use the whole length of the file. Do the work by a +slow, firm sweep. + +Do not file all of the teeth along the saw at one operation, but only +the alternate teeth, so as to keep the file at the same angle, and thus +insure accuracy; then turn the saw and keep the file constantly at one +angle for the alternate set of teeth. + +Give the same number of strokes, and exert the same pressure on the file +for each tooth, to insure uniformity. Learn also to make a free, easy +and straight movement back and forth with the file. + +THE FILE.--In order to experiment with the filing motion, take two +blocks of wood, and try surfacing them off with a file. When you place +the two filed surfaces together after the first trial both will be +convex, because the hands, in filing, unless you exert the utmost +vigilance, will assume a crank-like movement. The filing test is so to +file the two blocks that they will fit tightly together without rolling +on each other. Before shaping and planing machines were invented, +machinists were compelled to plane down and accurately finish off +surfaces with a file. + +In using the files on saws, however small the file may be, one hand +should hold the handle and the other hand the tip of the file. + +A file brush should always be kept on hand, as it pays to preserve files +by cleaning them. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 16._] + +THE GRINDSTONE.--As most of the tools require a grindstone for +sharpening purposes, an illustration is given as a guide, with a diagram +to show the proper grinding angle. In Fig. 16 the upright (A) of the +frame serves as a line for the eye, so that if the point of the tool is +brought to the sight line, and the tool (C) held level, you will always +be able to maintain the correct angle. There is no objection to +providing a rest, for instance, like the cross bars (D, D), but the +artisan disdains such contrivances, and he usually avoids them for two +reasons: First, because habit enables him to hold the tool horizontally; +and, second, by holding the tool firmly in the hand he has better +control of it. There is only one thing which can be said in favor of a +rest, and that is, the stone may be kept truer circumferentially, as +all stones have soft spots or sides. + +IN THE USE OF GRINDSTONES.--There are certain things to avoid and to +observe in the use of stones. Never use one spot on the stone, however +narrow the tool may be. Always move the tool from side to side. Never +grind a set of narrow tools successively. If you have chisels to grind +intersperse their grinding with plane bits, hatchet or other broad +cutting tools, so as to prevent the stone from having grooves therein. +Never use a tool on a stone unless you have water in the tray. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 17. Correct manner of holding tool._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 18. Incorrect way of holding tool._] + +CORRECT WAY TO HOLD TOOL FOR GRINDING.--There is a correct way to hold +each tool; see illustration (Fig. 17). The left hand should grasp the +tool firmly, near the sharp edge, as shown, and the right hand should +loosely hold the tool behind the left hand. There is a reason for this +which will be apparent after you grind a few tools. The firm grasp of +the left hand gives you absolute control of the blade, so it cannot +turn, and when inequalities appear in the grindstone, the rigid hold +will prevent the blade from turning, and thus enable you to correct the +inequalities of the stone. Bear in mind, the stone should be taken care +of just as much as the tools. An experienced workman is known by the +condition of his tools, and the grindstone is the best friend he has +among his tools. + +INCORRECT WAY TO HOLD TOOL FOR GRINDING.--The incorrect way of holding a +tool is shown in Fig. 18. This, I presume, is the universal way in which +the novice takes the tool. It is wrong for the reason that the thumbs of +both hands are on top of the blade, and they serve as pivots on which +the tool may turn. The result is that the corners of the tool will dig +into the stone to a greater or less degree, particularly if it has a +narrow blade, like a chisel. + +Try the experiment of grinding a quarter-inch chisel by holding it the +incorrect way; and then grasp it firmly with the left hand, and you will +at once see the difference. + +The left hand serves both as a vise and as a fulcrum, whereas the right +hand controls the angle of the tool. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 19._] + +These remarks apply to all chisels, plane bits and tools of that +character, but it is obvious that a drawknife, which is always held by +the handles in grinding, and hatchets, axes and the like, cannot be held +in the same manner. + +A too common error is to press the tool too hard on the stone. This is +wrong. Do not try to force the grinding. + +Then, again, it is the practice of some to turn the stone away from the +tool. The stone should always move toward the tool, so as to prevent +forming a feather edge. + +THE PLANE.--Indiscriminate use of planes should be avoided. Never use +the fore or smoothing planes on rough surfaces. The jack plane is the +proper tool for this work. On the other hand, the fore plane should +invariably be used for straightening the edges of boards, or for fine +surfacing purposes. As the jack plane has its bit ground with a curved +edge, it is admirably adapted for taking off the rough saw print +surface. + +THE GAGE.--The illustration (Fig. 19) shows one of the most useful tools +in the kit. It is used to scribe the thickness of the material which is +to be dressed down, or for imprinting the edges of tenons and mortises. +Two should be provided in every kit, for convenience. + +The scribing point should be sharpened with a file, the point being +filed to form a blade, which is at right angles to the bar, or parallel +with the movable cheekpiece. + +CHISELS.--I have already pointed out, in general, how to hold tools for +grinding purposes, this description applying particularly to chisels, +but several additional things may be added. + +Always be careful to grind the chisel so its cutting edge is square with +the side edge. This will be difficult at first, but you will see the +value of this as you use the tool. For instance, in making rebates for +hinges, or recesses and mortises for locks, the tool will invariably run +crooked, unless it is ground square. + +The chisel should never be struck with a hammer or metal instrument, as +the metal pole or peon of the hammer will sliver the handle. The wooden +mallet should invariably be used. + +GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.--If the workman will carefully observe the +foregoing requirements he will have taken the most important steps in +the knowledge of the art. If he permits himself to commence work without +having his tools in first-class condition, he is trying to do work under +circumstances where even a skilled workman is liable to fail. + +Avoid making for yourself a lot of unnecessary work. The best artisans +are those who try to find out and know which is the best tool, or how to +make a tool for each requirement, but that tool, to be serviceable, must +be properly made, and that means it must be rightly sharpened. + + + + +CHAPTER III + +HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS + + +Observation may form part of each boy's lesson, but when it comes to the +handling of tools, practice becomes the only available means of making a +workman. Fifty years of observation would never make an observer an +archer or a marksman, nor would it enable him to shoe a horse or to +build a table. + +It sometimes happens that an apprentice will, with little observation, +seize a saw in the proper way, or hold a plane in the correct manner, +and, in time, the watchful boy will acquire fairly correct habits. But +why put in useless time and labor in order to gain that which a few +well-directed hints and examples will convey? + +Tools are made and are used as short cuts toward a desired end. Before +the saw was invented the knife was used laboriously to sever and shape +the materials. Before planes were invented a broad, flat sharpened blade +was used to smooth off surfaces. Holes were dug out by means of small +chisels requiring infinite patience and time. Each succeeding tool +proclaimed a shorter and an easier way to do a certain thing. The man +or boy who can make a new labor-saving tool is worthy of as much praise +as the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before. + +Let us now thoroughly understand how to hold and use each tool. That is +half the value of the tool itself. + +THE SAW.--With such a commonplace article as the saw, it might be +assumed that the ordinary apprentice would look upon instruction with a +smile of derision. + +HOW TO START A SAW.--If the untried apprentice has such an opinion set +him to work at the task of cutting off a board accurately on a line. He +will generally make a failure of the attempt to start the saw true to +the line, to say nothing of following the line so the kerf is true and +square with the board. + +HOW TO START ON A LINE.--The first mistake he makes is to saw _on the +line_. This should never be done. The work should be so laid out that +the saw kerf is on the discarded side of the material. The saw should +cut alongside the line, and _the line should not_ be obliterated in the +cutting. Material must be left for trimming and finishing. + +THE FIRST STROKE.--Now, to hold the saw in starting is the difficult +task to the beginner. Once mastered it is simple and easy. The only time +in which the saw should be firmly held by the hand is during the +initial cut or two; afterwards always hold the handle loosely. There is +nothing so tiring as a tightly grasped saw. The saw has but one handle, +hence it is designed to be used with one hand. Sometimes, with long and +tiresome jobs, in ripping, two hands may be used, but one hand can +always control a saw better than two hands. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 20._] + +THE STARTING CUT.--In order to make our understanding of the starting +cut more explicit, we refer to Fig. 20, in which the thumb of the left +hand is shown in the position of a guide--the end of the thumb being +held up a sufficient distance to clear the teeth. In this position you +need not fear that the teeth of the saw (A) will ride up over the thumb +if you have a firm grasp of the saw handle. + +The first stroke should be upwardly, not downwardly. While in the act of +drawing up the saw you can judge whether the saw blade is held by the +thumb gage in the proper position to cut along the mark, and when the +saw moves downwardly for the first cut, you may be assured that the cut +is accurate, or at the right place, and the thumb should be kept in its +position until two or three cuts are made, and the work is then fairly +started. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 21. Wrong sawing angle._] + +FOR CROSS-CUTTING.--For ordinary cross-cutting the angle of the saw +should be at 45 degrees. For ripping, the best results are found at less +than 45 degrees, but you should avoid flattening down the angle. An +incorrect as well as a correct angle are shown in Figs. 21 and 22. + +FORCING A SAW.--Forcing a saw through the wood means a crooked kerf. The +more nearly the saw is held at right angles to a board, the greater is +the force which must be applied to it by the hand to cause it to bite +into the wood; and, on the other hand, if the saw is laid down too far, +as shown in the incorrect way, it is a very difficult matter to follow +the working line. Furthermore, it is a hard matter to control the saw so +that it will cut squarely along the board, particularly when ripping. +The eye must be the only guide in the disposition of the saw. Some boys +make the saw run in one direction, and others cause it to lean the +opposite way. After you have had some experience and know which way you +lean, correct your habits by disposing the saw in the opposite +direction. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 22. Right sawing angle._] + +THE STROKE.--Make a long stroke, using the full blade of the saw. Don't +acquire the "jerky" style of sawing. If the handle is held loosely, and +the saw is at the proper angle, the weight of the saw, together with the +placement of the handle on the saw blade, will be found sufficient to +make the requisite cut at each stroke. + +You will notice that the handle of every saw is mounted nearest the back +edge. (See Fig. 23.) The reason for so mounting it is, that as the +cutting stroke is downward, the line of thrust is above the tooth line, +and as this line is at an angle to the line of thrust, the tendency is +to cause the saw teeth to dig into the wood. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 23._] + +[Illustration: CHINESE SAW. _Fig. 24._] + +THE CHINESE SAW.--This saw is designed to saw with an upward cut, and +the illustration (Fig. 24) shows the handle jutting out below the tooth +line, in order to cause the teeth to dig into the material as the handle +is drawn upwardly. Reference is made to these features to impress upon +beginners the value of observation, and to demonstrate the reason for +making each tool a particular way. + +THINGS TO AVOID.--Do not oscillate the saw as you draw it back and +forth. This is unnecessary work, and shows impatience in the use of the +tool. There is such an infinite variety of use for the different tools +that there is no necessity for rendering the work of any particular +tool, or tools, burdensome. Each in its proper place, handled +intelligently, will become a pleasure, as well as a source of profit. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 25._] + +THE PLANE.--The jack plane and the fore plane are handled with both +hands, and the smoothing plane with one hand, but only when used for +dressing the ends of boards. For other uses both hands are required. + +ANGLES FOR HOLDING PLANES.--Before commencing to plane a board, always +observe the direction in which the grain of the wood runs. This +precaution will save many a piece of material, because if the jack plane +is set deep it will run into the wood and cause a rough surface, which +can be cured only by an extra amount of labor in planing down. + +Never move the jack plane or the smoothing plane over the work so that +the body of the tool is in a direct line with the movement of the plane. +It should be held at an angle of about 12 or 15 degrees (see Fig. 25). +The fore plane should always be held straight with the movement of the +plane, because the length of the fore plane body is used as a +straightener for the surface to be finished. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 26._] + +ERRORS TO BE AVOIDED.--Never draw back the plane with the bit resting on +the board. This simply wears out the tool, and if there should be any +grit on the board it will be sure to ruin the bit. This applies +particularly to the jack plane, but is bad practice with the others as +well. + +A work bench is a receptacle for all kinds of dirt. Provide a special +ledge or shelf for the planes, and be sure to put each plane there +immediately after using. + +THE GAGE.--A man, who professed to be a carpenter, once told me that he +never used a gage because he could not make it run straight. A few +moments' practice convinced him that he never knew how to hold it. The +illustration shows how properly to hold it, and the reason why it should +so be held follows. + +You will observe (Fig. 26) that the hand grasps the stem of the gage +behind the cheekpiece, so that the thumb is free to press against the +side of the stem to the front of the cheekpiece. + +HOLDING THE GAGE.--The hand serves to keep the cheekpiece against the +board, while the thumb pushes the gage forward. The hand must not, under +any circumstances, be used to move the gage along. In fact, it is not +necessary for the fingers to be clasped around the gage stem, if the +forefinger presses tightly against the cheekpiece, since the thumb +performs all the operation of moving it along. Naturally, the hand +grasps the tool in order to hold it down against the material, and to +bring it back for a new cut. + +THE DRAW-KNIFE.--It is difficult for the apprentice to become accustomed +to handle this useful tool. It is much more serviceable than a hatchet +for trimming and paring work. In applying it to the wood always have the +tool at an angle with the board, so as to make a slicing cut. This is +specially desirable in working close to a line, otherwise there is a +liability of cutting over it. + +This knife requires a firm grasp--firmness of hold is more important +than strength in using. The flat side is used wholly for straight edges, +and the beveled side for concave surfaces. It is the intermediate tool +between the hatchet and the plane, as it has the characteristics of both +those tools. It is an ugly, dangerous tool, more to be feared when lying +around than when in use. Put it religiously on a rack which protects the +entire cutting edge. _Keep it off the bench._ + + + + +CHAPTER IV + +HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES + + +FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGNING.--A great deal of the pleasure in making +articles consists in creative work. This means, not that you shall +design some entirely new article, but that its general form, or +arrangement of parts, shall have some new or striking feature. + +A new design in any art does not require a change in all its parts. It +is sufficient that there shall be an improvement, either in some +particular point, as a matter of utility, or some change in an artistic +direction. A manufacturer in putting out a new chair, or a plow, or an +automobile, adds some striking characteristic. This becomes his talking +point in selling the article. + +THE COMMERCIAL INSTINCT.--It is not enough that the boy should learn to +make things correctly, and as a matter of pastime and pleasure. The +commercial instinct is, after all, the great incentive, and should be +given due consideration. + +It would be impossible, in a book of this kind, to do more than to give +the fundamental principles necessary in designing, and to direct the +mind solely to essentials, leaving the individual to build up for +himself. + +FIRST REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNING.--First, then, let us see what is +necessary to do when you intend to set about making an article. Suppose +we fix our minds upon a table as the article selected. Three things are +necessary to know: First, the use to which it is to be put; second, the +dimensions; and, third, the material required. + +Assuming it to be the ordinary table, and the dimensions fixed, we may +conclude to use soft pine, birch or poplar, because of ease in working. +There are no regulation dimensions for tables, except as to height, +which is generally uniform, and usually 30 inches. As to the length and +width, you will be governed by the place where it is to be used. + +If the table top is to have dimensions, say, of 36" × 48", you may lay +out the framework six inches less each way, thus giving you a top +overhang of three inches, which is the usual practice. + +CONVENTIONAL STYLES.--Now, if you wish to depart from the conventional +style of making a table you may make variations in the design. For +instance, the Chippendale style means slender legs and thin top. It +involves some fanciful designs in the curved outlines of the top, and in +the crook of the legs. Or if, on the other hand, the Mission type is +preferred, the overhang of the top is very narrow; the legs are straight +and heavy, and of even size from top to bottom; and the table top is +thick and nearly as broad as it is long. Such furniture has the +appearance of massiveness; it is easily made and most serviceable. + +MISSION STYLE.--The Mission style of architecture also lends itself to +the making of chairs and other articles of furniture. A chair is, +probably, the most difficult piece of household furniture to make, +because strength is required. In this type soft wood may be used, as the +large legs and back pieces are easily provided with mortises and tenons, +affording great rigidity when completed. In designing, therefore, you +may see how the material itself becomes an important factor. + +CABINETS.--In the making of cabinets, sideboards, dressers and like +articles, the ingenious boy will find a wonderful field for designing +ability, because in these articles fancy alone dictates the sizes and +the dimensions of the parts. Not so with chairs and tables. The +imagination plays an important part even in the making of drawers, to +say nothing of placing them with an eye to convenience and artistic +effect. + +HARMONY OF PARTS.--But one thing should be observed in the making of +furniture, namely, harmony between the parts. For instance, a table +with thin legs and a thick top gives the appearance of a top-heavy +structure; or the wrong use of two different styles is bad from an +artistic standpoint; moreover, it is the height of refined education if, +in the use of contrasting woods, they are properly blended to form a +harmonious whole. + +HARMONIZING WOOD.--Imagine a chiffonier with the base of dark wood, like +walnut, and the top of pine or maple, or a like light-colored wood. On +the other hand, both walnut and maple, for instance, may be used in the +same article, if they are interspersed throughout the entire article. +The body may be made of dark wood and trimmed throughout with a light +wood to produce a fine effect. + + + + +CHAPTER V + +HOW WORK IS LAID OUT + + +CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF WORK.--A concrete example of doing any work is more +valuable than an abstract statement. For this purpose I shall direct the +building of a common table with a drawer in it and show how the work is +done in detail. + +For convenience let us adopt the Mission style, with a top 36" × 42" and +the height 30". The legs should be 2" × 2" and the top 1", dressed. The +material should be of hard wood with natural finish, or, what is better +still, a soft wood, like birch, which may be stained a dark brown, as +the Mission style is more effective in dark than in light woods. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 27._] + +FRAMEWORK.--As we now know the sizes, the first thing is to build the +framework. The legs should be dressed square and smoothed down with the +fore plane to make them perfectly straight. Now, lay out two mortises at +the upper end of each leg. Follow the illustrations to see how this is +done. + +LAYING OUT THE LEGS.--Fig. 27 shows a leg with square cross marks (A) at +each end. These marks indicate the finished length of the leg. You will +also see crosses on two sides. These indicate what is called the "work +sides." The work sides are selected because they are the finest surfaces +on the leg. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 28._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 29._] + +THE LENGTH OF THE MORTISES.--Then take a small try square (Fig. 28) and +add two cross lines (B, C) on each of the inner surfaces, the second +line (B) one-half inch from the finish line (A), and the other line (C) +seven inches down from the line (A). The side facing boards, hereafter +described, are seven inches wide. + +When this has been done for all the legs, prepare your gage (Fig. 29) to +make the mortise scribe, and, for convenience in illustrating, the leg +is reversed. If the facing boards are 1" thick, and the tenons are +intended to be 1/2" thick, the first scribe line (E) should be 1/2" from +the work side, because the shoulder on the facing board projects out +1/4", and the outer surface of the facing board should not be flush with +the outer surface of the leg. The second gage line (F) should be 1" from +the work side. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 30._] + +THE MORTISES.--When the mortises have been made they will appear as +shown in the enlarged cross section of the leg (Fig. 30), the total +depth of each mortise being 1-1/2". The depth of this mortise determines +for us the length of the tenons on the facing boards. + +THE FACING BOARDS.--These boards are each 1 inch thick and 7 inches +wide. As the top of the table is 42 inches long, and we must provide an +overhang, say of 2 inches, we will first take off 4 inches for the +overhang and 4 inches for the legs, so that the length of two of the +facing boards, from shoulder to shoulder, must be 34 inches; and the +other two facing boards 28 inches. Then, as we must add 1-1/2 inches for +each tenon, two of the boards will be 37 inches long and two of them 31 +inches long. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 31._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 32._] + +The illustration (Fig. 31) shows a board marked with the cross lines (B) +at each end for the end of the tenons, or the extreme ends of the +boards. + +THE TENONS.--Do not neglect first to select the work side and the +working edge of the board. The outer surface and the upper edges are the +sides to work from. The cheekpiece (A) of the gage must always rest +against the working side. + +The cross marks (B, C) should be made with the point of a sharp knife, +and before the small back saw is used on the cross-cuts the lines (B), +which indicate the shoulders, should be scored with a sharp knife, as +shown in Fig. 33. This furnishes a guide for the saw, and makes a neat +finish for the shoulder. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 33._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 34._] + +[Illusstration _Fig. 35._] + +TOOLS USED.--The back saw is used for cutting the tenon, and the end of +the board appears as shown in the enlarged Fig. 34. Two things are now +necessary to complete the tenons. On the upper or work edge of each +board use the gage to mark off a half-inch slice, and then cut away the +flat side of the tenon at the end, on its inner surface, so it will +appear as shown in Fig. 35. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 36._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 37._] + +CHAMFERED TENONS.--The object of these chamfered or beveled tenons is to +permit the ends to approach each other closely within the mortise, as +shown in the assembled parts (Fig. 36). + +THE FRAME ASSEMBLED.--The frame is now ready to assemble, but before +doing so a drawer opening and supports should be made. The ends of the +supports may be mortised into the side pieces or secured by means of +gains. + +Mortises and tenons are better. + +THE DRAWER SUPPORTS.--Take one of the side-facing boards (Fig. 37) and +cut a rectangular opening in it. This opening should be 4 inches wide +and 18 inches long, so placed that there is 1 inch of stock at the upper +margin and 2 inches of stock at the lower margin of the board. At each +lower corner make a mortise (A), so that one side of the mortise is on a +line with the margin of the opening, and so that it extends a half inch +past the vertical margin of the opening. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 38._] + +You can easily cut a gain (B) in a strip, or, as in Fig. 38, you may use +two strips, one (C) an inch wide and a half inch thick, and on this nail +a strip (D) along one margin. This forms the guide and rest for the +drawer. + +At the upper margin of the opening is a rebate or gain (E) at each +corner, extending down to the top line of the drawer opening, into which +are fitted the ends of the upper cross guides. + +THE TABLE FRAME.--When the entire table frame is assembled it will have +the appearance shown in Fig. 39, and it is now ready for the top. + +THE TOP.--The top should be made of three boards, either tongued and +grooved, or doweled and glued together. In order to give a massive +appearance, and also to prevent the end grain of the boards from being +exposed, beveled strips may be used to encase the edges. These marginal +cleats are 3/4 inch thick and 2 inches wide, and joined by beveled ends +at the corners, as shown in Fig. 40. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 39._] + +THE DRAWER.--The drawer (Fig. 41) shown in cross section, has its front +(A) provided with an overlapping flange (B). + +It is not our object in this chapter to show how each particular article +is made, but simply to point out the underlying principles, and to +illustrate how the fastening elements, the tenons and mortises, are +formed, so that the boy will know the proper steps in their natural +order. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 40._] + +HOW ANY STRUCTURE IS BUILT UP.--It should be observed that each +structure, however small, is usually built from the base up. Just the +same as the more pretentious buildings are erected: First, the sill, +then the floor supports, then the posts and top plates, with their +connecting girders, and, finally, the roof. + +The chapter on House Building will give more detailed illustrations of +large structures, and how they are framed and braced. At this point we +are more concerned in knowing how to proceed in order to lay out the +simple structural details, and if one subject of this kind is fully +mastered the complicated character of the article will not be difficult +to master. + +OBSERVATIONS ABOUT A BOX.--As simple a little article as a box +frequently becomes a burden to a beginner. Try it. Simply keep in mind +one thing; each box has six sides. Now, suppose you want a box with six +equal sides--that is, a cubical form--it is necessary to make only three +pairs of sides; two for the ends, two for the sides and two for the top +and bottom. Each set has dimensions different from the other sets. Both +pieces of the set, representing the ends, are square; the side pieces +are of the same width as the end pieces, and slightly longer; and the +top and bottom are longer and wider than the end pieces. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 41._] + +A box equal in all its dimensions may be made out of six boards, +properly cut. Make an attempt in order to see if you can get the right +dimensions. + +JOINTS.--For joining together boards at right angles to each other, such +as box corners, drawers and like articles, tenons and mortises should +never be resorted to. In order to make fine work the joints should be +made by means of dovetails, rabbets or rebates, or by beveling or +mitering the ends. + +BEVELING AND MITERING.--There is a difference in the terms "beveling" +and "mitering," as used in the art. In Fig. 42 the joint A is _beveled_, +and in Fig. 43 the joint B is _mitered_, the difference being that a +bevel is applied to an angle joint like a box corner, while a miter has +reference to a joint such as is illustrated in Fig. 43, such as the +corner of a picture frame. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 42._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 43._] + +PROPER TERMS.--It is the application of the correct terms to things that +lays the foundation for accurate thinking and proper expressions in +describing work. A wise man once said that the basis of true science +consists in correct definitions. + +PICTURE FRAMES.--In picture frames the mitered corners may have a saw +kerf (C) cut across the corners, as shown in Fig. 44, and a thin blade +of hard wood driven in, the whole being glued together. + +DOVETAIL JOINTS.--It is in the laying out of the more complicated +dovetail joints that the highest skill is required, because exactness is +of more importance in this work than in any other article in joinery. In +order to do this work accurately follow out the examples given, and you +will soon be able to make a beautiful dovetail corner, and do it +quickly. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 44._] + +PREPARING A BOX JOINT.--In order to match a box joint for the inner end +of a table drawer, the first step is to select two work sides. One work +side will be the edge of the board, and the other the side surface of +the board, and on those surfaces we will put crosses, as heretofore +suggested. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 45._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 46._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 47._] + +FIRST STEPS.--Now lap together the inner surfaces of these boards (Y, +Z), so the ends are toward you, as shown in Fig. 45. Then, after +measuring the thickness of the boards to be joined (the thinnest, if +they are of different thicknesses), set your compasses, or dividers, for +1/4 inch, providing the boards are 1/2 inch thick, and, commencing at +the work edge of the board, step off and point, as at A, the whole width +of the board, and with a square make the two cross marks (B), using the +two first compass points (A), then skipping one, using the next two, and +so on. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 48._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 49._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 50._] + +When this is done, turn up the board Z (Fig. 46), so that it is at right +angles to the board Y, and so the outer surface of the board Z is flush +with the end of the board X, and with a sharp knife point extend the +lines B along with the grain of the wood on board Z, up to the cross mark +C. This cross mark should have been previously made and is located as +far from the end of the board Z as the thickness of the board Y. + +We now have the marks for the outer surface of the board Z, and the end +marks of board Y. For the purpose of getting the angles of the end of +the board Z and the outer side of board Y, a cross line (D, Fig. 47) is +drawn across the board X near the end, this line being as far from the +end as the thickness of the board Z, and a vertical line (E) is drawn +midway between the two first cross marks (A). + +Now, with your compass, which, in the meantime, has not been changed, +make a mark (F), and draw down the line (G), which will give you the +working angle at which you may set the bevel gage. Then draw down an +angle from each alternate cross line (A), and turn the bevel and draw +down the lines (H). These lines should all be produced on the opposite +side of the board, so as to assure accuracy, and to this end the edges +of the board also should be scribed. + +CUTTING OUT THE SPACES.--In cutting out the intervening spaces, which +should be done with a sharp chisel, care should be observed not to cut +over the shoulder lines. To prevent mistakes you should put some +distinctive mark on each part to be cut away. In this instance E, H show +the parts to be removed, and in Fig. 48 two of the cutaway portions are +indicated. + +When the end of the board Z is turned up (Fig. 49), it has merely the +longitudinal parallel lines B. The bevel square may now be used in the +same manner as on the side of the board Y, and the fitting angles will +then be accurately true. + +This is shown in Fig. 50, in which, also, two of the cutaway parts are +removed. + +TOOLS USED IN LAYING OUT TENONS AND MORTISES.--A sharp-pointed knife +must always be used for making all marks. Never employ an awl for this +work, as the fiber of the wood will be torn up by it. A small try square +should always be used (not the large iron square), and this with a +sharp-pointed compass and bevel square will enable you to turn out a +satisfactory piece of work. + +The foregoing examples, carefully studied, will enable you to gather the +principles involved in laying off any work. If you can once make a +presentable box joint, so that all the dovetails will accurately fit +together, you will have accomplished one of the most difficult phases of +the work, and it is an exercise which will amply repay you, because you +will learn to appreciate what accuracy means. + + + + +CHAPTER VI + +THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE + + +THE SQUARE.--The square is, probably, the oldest of all tools, and that, +together with the compass, or dividers, with which the square is always +associated, has constituted the craftsman's emblem from the earliest +historical times. So far as we now know, the plain flat form, which has +at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, was the only +form of square used by the workman. But modern uses, and the development +of joinery and cabinet making, as well as the more advanced forms of +machinery practice, necessitated new structural forms in the square, so +that the bevel square, in which there is an adjustable blade set in a +handle, was found necessary. + +THE TRY SQUARE.--In the use of the ordinary large metal square it is +necessary to lay the short limb of the square on the face of the work, +and the long limb must, therefore, rest against the work side or edge of +the timber, so that the scribing edge of the short limb does not rest +flat against the work. As such a tool is defective in work requiring +accuracy, it brought into existence what is called the try square, +which has a rectangular handle, usually of wood, into which is fitted at +one end a metal blade, which is at right angles to the edge of the +handle. The handle, therefore, always serves as a guide for the blade in +scribing work, because it lies flat down on the work. + +THE T-SQUARE is another modification of the try square, its principal +use being for draughting purposes. + +THE COMPASS.--The compass is one of the original carpenter's tools. The +difference between _compass_ and _dividers_ is that compasses have +adjustable pen or pencil points, whereas dividers are without adjustable +points. Modern work has brought refinements in the character of the +compass and dividers, so that we now have the bow-compass, which is, +usually, a small tool, one leg of which carries a pen or pencil point, +the two legs being secured together, usually, by a spring bow, or by a +hinged joint with a spring attachment. + +PROPORTIONAL DIVIDERS.--A useful tool is called the proportional +dividers, the legs of which are hinged together intermediate the ends, +so that the pivotal joint is adjustable. By means of this tool the scale +of work may be changed, although its widest field of usefulness is work +laid off on a scale which you intend to reduce or enlarge +proportionally. + +DETERMINING ANGLES.--Now, in order to lay out work the boy should know +quickly and accurately how to determine various angles used or required +in his work. The quickest way in which to learn this is to become +familiar with the degree in its various relations. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 51._] + +DEFINITION OF DEGREE.--A degree is not a measure, as we would designate +a foot or a pound to determine distance or quantity. It is used to +denote a division, space, interval or position. To illustrate, look at +the circle, Fig. 51. The four cardinal points are formed by the cross +lines (A, B), and in each one of the quadrants thus formed the circle is +divided into 90 degrees. Look at the radial lines (C, D), and you will +find that the distance between these lines is different along the +curved line (E) than along the curved line (F). The degree is, +therefore, to indicate only the space, division or interval in the +circle. + +THE MOST IMPORTANT ANGLE.--Most important for one to know at a glance is +that of 45 degrees, because the one can the more readily calculate the +other degrees, approximately, by having 45 degrees once fixed in the +mind, and impressed on the visual image. With a square and a compass it +is a comparatively easy matter accurately to step off 45 degrees, as it +is the line C, midway between A and B, and the other degrees may be +calculated from the line C and the cardinal lines A or B. + +DEGREES WITHOUT A COMPASS.--But in the absence of a compass and when you +do not wish to step off a circle, you will in such case lay down the +square, and mark off at the outer margin of the limbs two equal +dimensions. Suppose we take 2 inches on each limb of the square. The +angle thus formed by the angle square blade is 45 degrees. To find 30 +degrees allow the blade of the angle square to run from 2 inches on one +limb to 3-1/2 inches on the other limb, and it will be found that for 15 +degrees the blade runs from 2 inches on one limb to 7-1/2 inches on the +other limb. It would be well to fix firmly these three points, at least, +in your mind, as they will be of the utmost value to you. It is a +comparatively easy matter now to find 10 degrees or 25 degrees, or any +intermediate line. + +WHAT DEGREES ARE CALCULATED FROM.--The question that now arises is what +line one may use from which to calculate degrees, or at what point in +the circle zero is placed. Degrees may be calculated either from the +horizontal or from the vertical line. Examine Fig. 53. The working +margin indicated by the cross mark is your base line, and in specifying +an angle you calculate it from the work edge. Thus, the line A indicates +an angle of 30 degrees. The dotted line is 45 degrees. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 52._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 53._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 54._] + +THE DIVIDERS.--The dividers are used not only for scribing circles, but +also for stepping and dividing spaces equally. There is a knack in the +use of the dividers, where accuracy is wanted, and where the surface is +of wood. Unless the utmost care is observed, the spaces will be unequal, +for the reason that the point of the dividers will sink more deeply into +the wood at some places than at others, due to the uneven texture of the +wood grain. It will be better to make a line lengthwise, and a cross +line (A) for starting (see Fig. 54). You may then insert one point of +the dividers at the initial mark (B), and describe a small arc (C). Then +move the dividers over to the intersection of the arc (C) on the line, +and make the next mark, and so on. + +Some useful hints along this same line will be found under the chapter +on Drawing, which should be carefully studied. + + + + +CHAPTER VII + +HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED + + +THE RIGHT NAME FOR EVERYTHING.--Always make it a point to apply the +right term to each article or portion of a structure. Your explanation, +to those who do know the proper technical terms, will render much easier +a thorough understanding; and to those who do not know, your language +will be in the nature of an education. + +PROPER DESIGNATIONS.--Every part in mechanism, every point, curve and +angle has its peculiar designation. A knowledge of terms is an +indication of thoroughness in education, and, as heretofore stated, +becomes really the basis of art, as well as of the sciences. When you +wish to impart information to another you must do it in terms understood +by both. + +Furthermore, and for this very reason, you should study to find out how +to explain or to define the terms. You may have a mental picture of the +structure in your mind, but when asked to explain it you are lost. + +LEARNING MECHANICAL FORMS.--Suppose, for example, we take the words +_segment_ and _sector_. Without a thorough understanding in your own +mind you are likely to confuse these terms by taking one for the other. +But let us assume you are to be called upon to explain a sector to some +one who has no idea of terms and their definitions. How would you +describe it? While it is true it is wedge-shaped, you will see by +examining the drawing that it is not like a wedge. The sector has two +sides running from a point like a wedge, but the large end of the sector +is curved. + +If you were called upon to define a segment you might say it had one +straight line and one curve, but this would not define it very lucidly. +Therefore, in going over the designations given, not only fix in your +mind the particular form, but try to remember some particular manner in +which you can clearly express the form, the shape or the relation of the +parts. + +For your guidance, therefore, I have given, as far as possible, simple +figures to aid you in becoming acquainted with structures and their +designations, without repeating the more simple forms which I have used +in the preceding chapters. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 55.-Fig. 65._] + +55. _Arcade._--A series of arches with the columns or piers which +support them, the spandrels above, and other parts. + +56. _Arch._--A curved member made up, usually, of separate wedge-shaped +solids, A. K, Keystone; S, Springers; C, Chord, or span. + +57. _Buttress._--A projecting mass of masonry. A, used for resisting the +thrust of an arch, or for ornamentation; B, a flying buttress. + +58. _Chamfer._--The surface A formed by cutting away the arris or angle +formed by two faces, B, C, of material. + +59. _Cotter or Cotter Pin._--A pin, A, either flat, square or round, +driven through a projecting tongue to hold it in position. + +60. _Crenelated._--A form of molding indented or notched, either +regularly or irregularly. + +61. _Crosses._--1. Latin cross, in the Church of Rome carried before +Bishops. 2. Double cross, carried before Cardinals and Bishops. 3. +Triple or Papal cross. 4. St. Andrew's and St. Peter's cross. 5. Maltese +cross. 6. St. Anthony or Egyptian cross. 7. Cross of Jerusalem. 8. A +cross patté or fermé (head or first). 9. A cross patonce (that is, +growing larger at the ends). 10. Greek cross. + +62. _Curb Roof._--A roof having a double slope, or composed on each side +of two parts which have unequal inclinations; a gambrel roof. + +63. _Cupola._--So called on account of its resemblance to a cup. A roof +having a rounded form. When on a large scale it is called a dome. + +_Crown Post._--See _King Post_. + +64. _Console._--A bracket with a projection not more than half its +height. + +65. _Corbels._--A mass of brackets to support a shelf or structure. +Largely employed in Gothic architecture. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 66.-Fig. 79._] + +66. _Dormer._--A window pierced in a roof and so set as to be vertical, +while the roof slopes away from it. Also called a _Gablet_. + +67. _Dowel._--A pin or stud in one block, or body, designed to engage +with holes in another body to hold them together in alignment. + +68. _Drip._--That part of a cornice or sill course A, or other +horizontal member which projects beyond the rest, so as to divert water. + +69. _Detents._--Recesses to lock or to serve as a stop or holding place. + +70. _Extrados._--The exterior curve of an arch, especially the upper +curved face A. B is the _Intrados_ or _Soffit_. + +71. _Engrailed._--Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a +bordure, bend, or the like. + +72. _Facet._--The narrow plain surface, as A, between the fluting of a +column. + +73. _Fret, Fretwork._--Ornamental work consisting of small fillets, or +slats, intersecting each other or bent at right angles. Openwork in +relief, when elaborated and minute in all its parts. Hence any minute +play of light and shade. A, Japanese fretwork. B, Green fret. + +74. _Frontal_, also called _Pediment_.--The triangular space, A, above a +door or window. + +75. _Frustums._--That part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting +off the top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., +between two planes, which may either be parallel or inclined to each +other. + +76. _Fylfat._--A rebated cross used as a secret emblem and worn as an +ornament. It is also called _Gammadium_, and more commonly known as +_Swastika_. + +77. _Gambrel Roof._--A curb roof having the same section in all its +parts, with a lower, steeper and longer part. See _Curb Roof_ and +distinguish difference. + +78. _Gargoyle._--A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, +often carved grotesquely. + +79. _Gudgeon._--A wooden shaft, A, with a socket, B, into which is +fitted a casting, C. The casting has a _gudgeon_, D. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 80.-Fig. 93._] + +80. _Guilloche._--An ornament in the form of two or more bands or +strings twisted together or over or through each other. + +81. _Half Timbered._--Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces +filled in with masonry. + +82. _Hammer Beam._--A member of one description of roof truss, called +hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tie beam at the +top of the wall. A is the _hammer beam_, and C the pendant post. + +83. _Haunches._--The parts A, A, on each side of the crown of an arch. +Each haunch is from one-half to two-thirds of the half arch. + +84. _Header._--A piece of timber, A, fitted between two trimmers, B, B, +to hold the ends of the tail beams, C, C. + +85. _Hip Roof._--The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping +sides or skirts of a roof which have their wall plates running in +different directions. + +86. _Hood Molding._--A projecting molding over the head of an arch, as +at A, forming the outer-most member of the archivolt. + +87. _Inclave._--The border, or borders, having a series of dovetails. +One variation of molding or ornamentation. + +88. _Interlacing Arch._--Arches, usually circular, so constructed that +their archivolts, A, intersect and seem to be interlaced. + +89. _Invected._--Having a border or outline composed of semicircles or +arches, with the convexity outward. The opposite of engrailed. + +90. _Inverted Arch._--An arch placed with the crown downward; used in +foundation work. + +91. _Keystone._--The central or topmost stone, A, of an arch, sometimes +decorated with a carving. + +92. _King Post._--A member, A, of a common form of truss for roofs. It +is strictly a tie intended to prevent the sagging of the tie beam, B, in +the middle. If there are struts, C, supporting the rafters, D, they +extend down to the foot of the _King Post_. + +93. _Label._--The name given to the projecting molding, A, around the +top of the door opening. A form of mediæval architecture. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 94.-Fig. 104._] + +94. _Louver._--The sloping boards, A, set to shed rain water outward in +an opening of a frame, as in belfry windows. + +95. _Lintel._--A horizontal member. A spanning or opening of a frame, +and designed to carry the wall above it. + +96. _Lug._--A. projecting piece, as A, to which anything is attached, or +against which another part, like B, is held. + +97. _M-Roof._--A kind of roof formed by the junction of two common roofs +with a valley between them, so the section resembles the letter M. + +98. _Mansard Roof._--A hipped curb roof, that is, a roof having on all +sides two slopes, the lower one, A, being steeper than the upper portion +or deck. + +99. _Newel Post._--The upright post at the foot of a stairway, to which +the railing is attached. + +100. _Parquetry._--A species of joinery or cabinet work, consisting of +an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colored +woods, used particularly for floors. + +101. _Peen._ also _Pein._--The round, _round_-edged or hemispherical +end, as at A, of a hammer. + +102. _Pendant._--A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., and much +used in the later styles of Gothic architecture where it is of stone. +Imitated largely in wood and plaster work. + +103. _Pentastyle._--A pillar. A portico having five pillars, A, is +called the _Pentastyle_ in temples of classical construction. + +104. _Pedestal._--An upright architectural member, A, right-angled in +plan, constructionally a pier, but resembling a column, having a +capital, shaft and base to agree with the columns in the structure. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 105.-Fig. 117._] + +105. _Pintle._--An upright pivot pin, or the pin of a hinge; A +represents the _pintle_ of a rudder. + +106. _Portico._--A colonnade or covered structure, especially in +classical style, of architecture, and usually at the entrance of a +building. + +107. _Plate._--A horizontal timber, A, used as a top or header for +supporting timbers, roofs and the like. + +108. _Queen Post._--One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or +other framed truss of simple form. Compare with _King Post._ A, B, tie +beam; C, C, queen posts; D, straining piece; E, principal rafter; F, +rafter. + +109. _Quirk Molding._--A small channel, deeply recessed, in proportion +to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded +molding. An excellent corner post for furniture. + +110. _Re-entering._--The figure shows an irregular polygon (that is, +many-sided figure) and is a re-entering polygon. The recess A is a +re-entering angle. + +111. _Rafter._--Originally any rough and heavy piece of timber, but in +modern carpentry used to designate the main roof support, as at A. See +_Queen Post_. + +112. _Scarfing._--Cutting timber at an angle along its length, as the +line A. Scarfing joints are variously made. The overlapping joints may +be straight or recessed and provided with a key block B. When fitted +together they are securely held by plates and bolts. + +113. _Scotia Molding._--A sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so +called from the dark shadow which it casts. + +114. _Sill._--In carpentry the base piece, or pieces, A, on which the +posts of a structure are set. + +115. _Skew-Back._--The course of masonry, such as a stone, A, with an +inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs, B, or +wedge-shaped stones comprising the arch. + +116. _Spandrel._--The irregular, triangular space, A, between the curve +of an arch and the enclosing right angle. + +117. _Strut._--In general, any piece of a frame, such as a timber A, or +a brace B, which resists pressure or thrust in the direction of its +length. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 118.-Fig. 123._] + +118. _Stud, Studding._--The vertical timber or scantling, A, which is +one of the small uprights of a building to which the boarding or +plastering lath are nailed. + +119. _Stile._--The main uprights of a door, as A, A; B, B, B, rails; C, +C, mullions; D, D, panels. + +_Tie Beam._--See _Queen Post_. + +120. _Trammel._--A very useful tool for drawing ellipses. It comprises a +cross, A, with grooves and a bar, B, with pins, C, attached to sliding +blocks in the grooves, and a pen or stylus, D, at the projecting end of +the bar to scribe the ellipse. + +121. _Turret._--A little tower, frequently only an ornamental structure +at one of the angles of a larger structure. + +122. _Transom._--A horizontal cross-bar, A, above a door or window or +between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal member, +and if there is a vertical, like the dotted line B, it is called a +_Mullion_. See _Stile_. + +123. _Valley Roof._--A place of meeting of two slopes of a roof which +have their sides running in different directions and formed on the plan +of a re-entrant angle. + + + + +CHAPTER VIII + +DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY + + +A knowledge of drawing, at least so far as the fundamentals are +concerned, is of great service to the beginner. All work, after being +conceived in the brain, should be transferred to paper. A habit of this +kind becomes a pleasure, and, if carried out persistently, will prove a +source of profit. The boy with a bow pen can easily draw circles, and +with a drawing or ruling pen he can make straight lines. + +REPRESENTING OBJECTS.--But let him try to represent some object, and the +pens become useless. There is a vast difference in the use of drawing +tools and free-hand drawing. While the boy who is able to execute +free-hand sketches may become the better artist, still that art would +not be of much service to him as a carpenter. First, because the use of +tools gives precision, and this is necessary to the builder; and, +second, because the artist deals wholly with perspectives, whereas the +builder must execute from plane surfaces or elevations. + +FORMING LINES AND SHADOWS.--It is not my intention to furnish a complete +treatise on this subject, but to do two things, one of which will be to +show, among other features, how simple lines form objects; how shading +becomes an effective aid; how proportions are formed; and, second, how +to make irregular forms, and how they may readily be executed so that +the boy may be able to grasp the ideas for all shapes and structural +devices. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 125._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 126._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 127._] + +ANALYSIS OF LINE SHADING.--In the demonstration of this work I shall +give an analysis of the simple lines formed, showing the terms used to +designate the lines, curves, and formations, so that when any work is +laid out the beginner will be able, with this glossary before him, to +describe architecturally, as well as mathematically, the angles and +curves with which he is working. + +HOW TO CHARACTERIZE SURFACE.--Suppose we commence simply with straight +lines. How shall we determine the character of the surface of the +material between the two straight lines shown in Fig. 125? Is it flat, +rounded, or concaved? Let us see how we may treat the surface by simple +lines so as to indicate the configuration. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 128._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 129._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 130._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 131._] + +CONCAVE SURFACES.--In Fig. 126 the shading lines commence at the upper +margin, and are heaviest there, the lines gradually growing thinner and +farther apart. + +CONVEX SURFACES.--In Fig. 127 the shading is very light along the upper +margin, and heavy at the lower margin. The first shaded figure, +therefore, represents a concaved surface, and the second figure a +convex surface. But why? Simply for the reason that in drawings, as well +as in nature, light is projected downwardly, hence when a beam of light +moves past the margin of an object, the contrast at the upper part, +where the light is most intense, is strongest. + +The shading of the S-shaped surface (Fig. 128) is a compound of Figs. +126 and 127. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 132._] + +SHADOWS FROM A SOLID BODY.--We can understand this better by examining +Fig. 129, which shows a vertical board, and a beam of light (A) passing +downwardly beyond the upper margin of the board. Under these conditions +the upper margin of the board appears darker to the vision, by contrast, +than the lower part. It should also be understood that, in general, the +nearer the object the lighter it is, so that as the upper edge of the +board is farthest from the eye the heavy shading there will at least +give the appearance of distance to that edge. + +But suppose that instead of having the surface of the board flat, it +should be concaved, as in Fig. 130, it is obvious that the hollow, or +the concaved, portion of the board must intensify the shadows or the +darkness at the upper edge. This explains why the heavy shading in Fig. +126 is at that upper margin. + +FLAT EFFECTS.--If the board is flat it may be shaded, as shown in Fig. +131, in which the lines are all of the same thickness, and are spaced +farther and farther apart at regularly increasing intervals. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 133._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 134._] + +THE DIRECTION OF LIGHT.--Now, in drawing, we must observe another thing. +Not only does the light always come from above, but it comes also from +the left side. I show in Fig. 132 two squares, one within the other. All +the lines are of the same thickness. Can you determine by means of such +a drawing what the inner square represents? Is it a block, or raised +surface, or is it a depression? + +RAISED SURFACES.--Fig. 133 shows it in the form of a block, simply by +thickening the lower and the right-hand lines. + +DEPRESSED SURFACES.--If, by chance, you should make the upper and the +left-hand lines heavy, as in Fig. 134, it would, undoubtedly, appear +depressed, and would need no further explanation. + +FULL SHADING,--But, in order to furnish an additional example of the +effect of shading, suppose we shade the surface of the large square, as +shown in Fig. 135, and you will at once see that not only is the effect +emphasized, but it all the more clearly expresses what you want to show. +In like manner, in Fig. 136, we shade only the space within the inner +square, and it is only too obvious how shadows give us surface +conformation. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 135._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 136._] + +ILLUSTRATING CUBE SHADING.--In Fig. 137 I show merely nine lines joined +together, all lines being of equal thickness. + +As thus drawn it may represent, for instance, a cube, or it may show +simply a square base (A) with two sides (B, B) of equal dimensions. + +SHADING EFFECTS.--Now, to examine it properly so as to observe what the +draughtsman wishes to express, look at Fig. 138, in which the three +diverging lines (A, B, C) are increased in thickness, and the cube +appears plainly. On the other hand, in Fig. 139, the thickening of the +lines (D, E, F) shows an entirely different structure. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 137._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 138._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 139._] + +It must be remembered, therefore, that to show raised surfaces the +general direction is to shade heavily the lower horizontal and the right +vertical lines. (See Fig. 133.) + +HEAVY LINES.--But there is an exception to this rule. See two examples +(Fig. 140). Here two parallel lines appear close together to form the +edge nearest the eye. In such cases the second, or upper, line is +heaviest. On vertical lines, as in Fig. 141, the second line from the +right is heaviest. These examples show plain geometrical lines, and +those from Figs. 138 to 141, inclusive, are in perspective. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 140._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 141._] + +PERSPECTIVE.--A perspective is a most deceptive figure, and a cube, for +instance, may be drawn so that the various lines will differ in length, +and also be equidistant from each other. Or all the lines may be of the +same length and have the distances between them vary. Supposing we have +two cubes, one located above the other, separated, say, two feet or more +from each other. It is obvious that the lines of the two cubes will not +be the same to a camera, because, if they were photographed, they would +appear exactly as they are, so far as their positions are concerned, and +not as they appear. But the cubes do appear to the eye as having six +equal sides. The camera shows that they do not have six equal sides so +far as measurement is concerned. You will see, therefore, that the +position of the eye, relative to the cube, is what determines the angle, +or $the relative$ angles of all the lines. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 142._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 143._] + +A TRUE PERSPECTIVE OF A CUBE.--Fig. 142 shows a true perspective--that +is, it is true from the measurement standpoint. It is what is called an +_isometrical_ view, or a figure in which all the lines not only are of +equal length, but the parallel lines are all spaced apart the same +distances from each other. + +ISOMETRIC CUBE.--I enclose this cube within a circle, as in Fig. 143. To +form this cube the circle (A) is drawn and bisected with a vertical line +(B). This forms the starting point for stepping off the six points (C) +in the circle, using the dividers without resetting, after you have made +the circle. Then connect each of the points (C) by straight lines (D). +These lines are called chords. From the center draw two lines (E) at an +angle and one line (F) vertically. These are the radial lines. You will +see from the foregoing that the chords (D) form the outline of the +cube--or the lines farthest from the eye, and the radial lines (E, F) +are the nearest to the eye. In this position we are looking at the block +at a true diagonal--that is, from a corner at one side to the extreme +corner on the opposite side. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 144._] + +Let us contrast this, and particularly Fig. 142, with the cube which is +placed higher up, viewed from the same standpoint. + +FLATTENED PERSPECTIVE.--Fig. 144 shows the new perspective, in which the +three vertical lines (A, A, A) are of equal length, and the six +angularly disposed lines (B, C) are of equal length, but shorter than +the lines A. The only change which has been made is to shorten the +distance across the corner from D to D, but the vertical lines (A) are +the same in length as the corresponding lines in Fig. 143. +Notwithstanding this change the cubes in both figures appear to be of +the same size, as, in fact, they really are. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 145._] + +In forming a perspective, therefore, it would be a good idea for the boy +to have a cube of wood always at hand, which, if laid down on a +horizontal support, alongside, or within range of the object to be +drawn, will serve as a guide to the perspective. + +TECHNICAL DESIGNATIONS.--As all geometrical lines have designations, I +have incorporated such figures as will be most serviceable to the boy, +each figure being accompanied by its proper definition. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 146._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 147._] + +Before passing to that subject I can better show some of the simple +forms by means of suitable diagrams. + +Referring to Fig. 145, let us direct our attention to the body (G), +formed by the line (D) across the circle. This body is called a segment. +A chord (D) and a curve comprise a segment. + +SECTOR AND SEGMENT.--Now examine the shape of the body formed by two of +the radial lines (E, E) and that part of the circle which extends from +one radial line to the other. The body thus formed is a sector, and it +is made by two radiating lines and a curved line. Learn to distinguish +readily, in your mind, the difference between the two figures. + +TERMS OF ANGLES.--The relation of the lines to each other, the manner in +which they are joined together, and their comparative angles, all have +special terms and meanings. Thus, referring to the isometric cube, in +Fig. 145, the angle formed at the center by the lines (B, E) is +different from the angle formed at the margin by the lines (E, F). The +angle formed by B, E is called an exterior angle; and that formed by E, +F is an interior angle. If you will draw a line (G) from the center to +the circle line, so it intersects it at C, the lines B, D, G form an +equilateral or isosceles triangle; if you draw a chord (A) from C to C, +the lines H, E, F will form an obtuse triangle, and B, F, H a +right-angled triangle. + +CIRCLES AND CURVES.--Circles, and, in fact, all forms of curved work, +are the most difficult for beginners. The simplest figure is the circle, +which, if it represents a raised surface, is provided with a heavy line +on the lower right-hand side, as in Fig. 146; but the proper artistic +expression is shown in Fig. 147, in which the lower right-hand side is +shaded in rings running only a part of the way around, gradually +diminishing in length, and spaced farther and farther apart as you +approach the center, thus giving the appearance of a sphere. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 148._] + +IRREGULAR CURVES.--But the irregular curves require the most care to +form properly. Let us try first the elliptical curve (Fig. 148). The +proper thing is, first, to draw a line (A), which is called the "major +axis." On this axis we mark for our guidance two points (B, B). With the +dividers find a point (C) exactly midway, and draw a cross line (D). +This is called the "minor axis." If we choose to do so we may indicate +two points (E, E) on the minor axis, which, in this case, for +convenience, are so spaced that the distance along the major axis, +between B, B, is twice the length across the minor axis (D), along E, E. +Now find one-quarter of the distance from B to C, as at F, and with a +compass pencil make a half circle (G). If, now, you will set the compass +point on the center mark (C), and the pencil point of the compass on B, +and measure along the minor axis (D) on both sides of the major axis, +you will make two points, as at H. These points are your centers for +scribing the long sides of the ellipse. Before proceeding to strike the +curved lines (J), draw a diagonal line (K) from H to each marking point +(F). Do this on both sides of the major axis, and produce these lines so +they cross the curved lines (G). When you ink in your ellipse do not +allow the circle pen to cross the lines (K), and you will have a +mechanical ellipse. + +ELLIPSES AND OVALS.--It is not necessary to measure the centering points +(F) at certain specified distances from the intersection of the +horizontal and vertical lines. We may take any point along the major +axis, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 149. Let B be this point, taken at +random. Then describe the half circle (C). We may, also, arbitrarily, +take any point, as, for instance, D on the minor axis E, and by drawing +the diagonal lines (F) we find marks on the circle (C), which are the +meeting lines for the large curve (H), with the small curve (C). In this +case we have formed an ovate or an oval form. Experience will soon make +perfect in following out these directions. + +FOCAL POINTS.--The focal point of a circle is its center, and is called +the _focus_. But an ellipse has two focal points, called _foci_, +represented by F, F in Fig. 148, and by B, B in Fig. 149. + +A _produced line_ is one which extends out beyond the marking point. +Thus in Fig. 148 that part of the line K between F and G represents the +produced portion of line K. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 149._] + +SPIRALS.--There is no more difficult figure to make with a bow or a +circle pen than a spiral. In Fig. 150 a horizontal and a vertical line +(A, B), respectively, are drawn, and at their intersection a small +circle (C) is formed. This now provides for four centering points for +the circle pen, on the two lines (A, B). Intermediate these points +indicate a second set of marks halfway between the marks on the lines. +If you will now set the point of the compass at, say, the mark 3, and +the pencil point of the compass at D, and make a curved mark one-eighth +of the way around, say, to the radial line (E), then put the point of +the compass to 4, and extend the pencil point of the compass so it +coincides with the curved line just drawn, and then again make another +curve, one-eighth of a complete circle, and so on around the entire +circle of marking points, successively, you will produce a spiral, +which, although not absolutely accurate, is the nearest approach with a +circle pen. To make this neatly requires care and patience. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 150._] + +PERPENDICULAR AND VERTICAL.--A few words now as to terms. The boy is +often confused in determining the difference between _perpendicular_ and +_vertical_. There is a pronounced difference. Vertical means up and +down. It is on a line in the direction a ball takes when it falls +straight toward the center of the earth. The word _perpendicular_, as +usually employed in astronomy, means the same thing, but in geometry, or +in drafting, or in its use in the arts it means that a perpendicular +line is at right angles to some other line. Suppose you put a square +upon a roof so that one leg of the square extends up and down on the +roof, and the other leg projects outwardly from the roof. In this case +the projecting leg is _perpendicular_ to the roof. Never use the word +_vertical_ in this connection. + +SIGNS TO INDICATE MEASUREMENTS.--The small circle (°) is always used to +designate _degree_. Thus 10° means ten degrees. + +Feet are indicated by the single mark '; and two closely allied marks " +are for inches. Thus five feet ten inches should be written 5' 10". A +large cross (×) indicates the word "by," and in expressing the term six +feet by three feet two inches, it should be written 6' × 3'2". + +The foregoing figures give some of the fundamentals necessary to be +acquired, and it may be said that if the boy will learn the principles +involved in the drawings he will have no difficulty in producing +intelligible work; but as this is not a treatise on drawing we cannot go +into the more refined phases of the subject. + +DEFINITIONS.--The following figures show the various geometrical forms +and their definitions: + +[Illustration: _Fig. 151.-Fig. 165._] + +151. _Abscissa._--The point in a curve, A, which is referred to by +certain lines, such as B, which extend out from an axis, X, or the +ordinate line Z. + +152. _Angle._--The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet. + +153. _Apothegm._--The perpendicular line A from the center to one side +of a regular polygon. It represents the radial line of a polygon the +same as the radius represents half the diameter of a circle. + +154. _Apsides_ or _Apsis_.--One of two points, A, A, of an orbit, oval +or ellipse farthest from the axis, or the two small dots. + +155. _Chord._--A right line, as A, uniting the extremities of the arc of +a circle or a curve. + +156. _Convolute_ (see also _Involute_).--Usually employed to designate a +wave or folds in opposite directions. A double involute. + +157. _Conic Section._--Having the form of or resembling a cone. Formed +by cutting off a cone at any angle. See line A. + +158. _Conoid._--Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. + +159. _Cycloid._--A curve, A, generated by a point, B, in the plane of a +circle or wheel, C, when the wheel is rolled along a straight line. + +160. _Ellipsoid._--A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or +circles. + +161. _Epicycloid._--A curve, A, traced by a point, B, in the +circumference of a wheel, C, which rolls on the convex side of a fixed +circle, D. + +162. _Evolute._--A curve, A, from which another curve, like B, on each +of the inner ends of the lines C is made. D is a spool, and the lines C +represent a thread at different positions. The thread has a marker, E, +so that when the thread is wound on the spool the marker E makes the +evolute line A. + +163. _Focus._--The center, A, of a circle; also one of the two centering +points, B, of an ellipse or an oval. + +164. _Gnome._--The space included between the boundary lines of two +similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in +common. + +165. _Hyperbola._--A curve, A, formed by the section of a cone. If the +cone is cut off vertically on the dotted line, A, the curve is a +hyperbola. See _Parabola_. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 167.-Fig. 184._] + +167. _Hypothenuse._--The side, A, of a right-angled triangle which is +opposite to the right angle B, C. A, regular triangle; C, irregular +triangle. + +168. _Incidence._--The angle, A, which is the same angle as, for +instance, a ray of light, B, which falls on a mirror, C. The line D is +the perpendicular. + +169. _Isosceles Triangle._--Having two sides or legs, A, A, that are +equal. + +170. _Parabola._--One of the conic sections formed by cutting of a cone +so that the cut line, A, is not vertical. See _Hyperbola_ where the cut +line is vertical. + +171. _Parallelogram._--A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose +opposite sides, A, A, or B, B, are parallel and consequently equal. + +172. _Pelecoid._--A figure, somewhat hatchet-shaped, bounded by a +semicircle, A, and two inverted quadrants, and equal to a square, C. + +173. _Polygons._--Many-sided and many with angles. + +174. _Pyramid._--A solid structure generally with a square base and +having its sides meeting in an apex or peak. The peak is the vertex. + +175. _Quadrant._--The quarter of a circle or of the circumference of a +circle. A horizontal line, A, and a vertical line, B, make the four +quadrants, like C. + +176. _Quadrilateral._--A plane figure having four sides, and +consequently four angles. Any figure formed by four lines. + +177. _Rhomb._--An equilateral parallelogram or a quadrilateral figure +whose sides are equal and the opposite sides, B, B, parallel. + +178. _Sector._--A part, A, of a circle formed by two radial lines, B, B, +and bounded at the end by a curve. + +179. _Segment._--A part, A, cut from a circle by a straight line, B. The +straight line, B, is the chord or the _segmental line_. + +180. _Sinusoid._--A wave-like form. It may be regular or irregular. + +181. _Tangent._--A line, A, running out from the curve at right angles +from a radial line. + +182. _Tetrahedron._--A solid figure enclosed or bounded by four +triangles, like A or B. A plain pyramid is bounded by five triangles. + +183. _Vertex._--The meeting point, A, of two or more lines. + +184. _Volute._--A spiral scroll, used largely in architecture, which +forms one of the chief features of the Ionic capital. + + + + +CHAPTER IX + +MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING WORK + + +MOLDINGS.--The use of moldings was early resorted to by the nations of +antiquity, and we marvel to-day at many of the beautiful designs which +the Ph[oe]necians, the Greeks and the Romans produced. If you analyze +the lines used you will be surprised to learn how few are the designs +which go to make up the wonderful columns, spires, minarets and domes +which are represented in the various types of architecture. + +THE BASIS OF MOLDINGS.--Suppose we take the base type of moldings, and +see how simple they are and then, by using these forms, try to build up +or ornament some article of furniture, as an example of their utility. + +THE SIMPLEST MOLDING.--In Fig. 185 we show a molding of the most +elementary character known, being simply in the form of a band (A) +placed below the cap. Such a molding gives to the article on which it is +placed three distinct lines, C, D and E. If you stop to consider you +will note that the molding, while it may add to the strength of the +article, is primarily of service because the lines and surfaces produce +shadows, and therefore become valuable in an artistic sense. + +THE ASTRAGAL.--Fig. 186 shows the ankle-bone molding, technically called +the _Astragal_. This form is round, and properly placed produces a good +effect, as it throws the darkest shadow of any form of molding. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 185. Band._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 186. Astragal or Ankle Bone._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 187. Cavetto. Concave._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 188. Ovolo. Quarter round._] + +THE CAVETTO.--Fig. 187 is the cavetto, or round type. Its proper use +gives a delicate outline, but it is principally applied with some other +form of molding. + +THE OVOLO.--Fig. 188, called the ovolo, is a quarter round molding with +the lobe (A) projecting downwardly. It is distinguished from the +astragal because it casts less of a shadow above and below. + +THE TORUS.--Fig. 189, known as the torus, is a modified form of the +ovolo, but the lobe (A) projects out horizontally instead of downwardly. + +THE APOPHYGES (Pronounced apof-i-ges).--Fig. 190 is also called the +_scape_, and is a concaved type of molding, being a hollowed curvature +used on columns where its form causes a merging of the shaft with the +fillet. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 189. Torus._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 190. Apophyge._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 191. Cymatium._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 192. Ogee-Recta._] + +THE CYMATIUM.--Fig. 191 is the cymatium (derived from the word cyme), +meaning wave-like. This form must be in two curves, one inwardly and one +outwardly. + +THE OGEE.--Fig. 192, called the ogee, is the most useful of all +moldings, for two reasons: First, it may have the concaved surface +uppermost, in which form it is called ogee recta--that is, right side +up; or it may be inverted, as in Fig. 193, with the concaved surface +below, and is then called ogee reversa. Contrast these two views and you +will note what a difference the mere inversion of the strip makes in the +appearance. Second, because the ogee has in it, in a combined form, the +outlines of nearly all the other types. The only advantage there is in +using the other types is because you may thereby build up and space your +work better than by using only one simple form. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 193. Ogee-Reversa._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 194. Bead or Reedy._] + +You will notice that the ogee is somewhat like the cymatium, the +difference being that the concaved part is not so pronounced as in the +ogee, and the convexed portion bulges much further than in the ogee. It +is capable of use with other moldings, and may be reversed with just as +good effect as the ogee. + +THE REEDY.--Fig. 194 represents the reedy, or the bead--that is, it is +made up of reeds. It is a type of molding which should not be used with +any other pronounced type of molding. + +THE CASEMENT (Fig. 195).--In this we have a form of molding used almost +exclusively at the base of structures, such as columns, porticoes and +like work. + +[Illustration:_ Fig. 195. Casement._] + +Now, before proceeding to use these moldings, let us examine a +Roman-Doric column, one of the most famous types of architecture +produced. We shall see how the ancients combined moldings to produce +grace, lights and shadows and artistic effects. + +THE ROMAN-DORIC COLUMN.--In Fig. 196 is shown a Roman-Doric column, in +which the cymatium, the ovolo, cavetto, astragal and the ogee are used, +together with the fillets, bases and caps, and it is interesting to +study this because of its beautiful proportions. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 196._] + +The pedestal and base are equal in vertical dimensions to the +entablature and capital. The entablature is but slightly narrower than +the pedestal; and the length of the column is, approximately, four times +the height of the pedestal. The base of the shaft, while larger +diametrically than the capital, is really shorter measured vertically. +There is a reason for this. The eye must travel a greater distance to +reach the upper end of the shaft, and is also at a greater angle to that +part of the shaft, hence it appears shorter, while it is in reality +longer. For this reason a capital must be longer or taller than the base +of a shaft, and it is also smaller in diameter. + +It will be well to study the column not only on account of the wonderful +blending of the various forms of moldings, but because it will impress +you with a sense of proportions, and give you an idea of how simple +lines may be employed to great advantage in all your work. + +LESSONS FROM THE DORIC COLUMN.--As an example, suppose we take a plain +cabinet, and endeavor to embellish it with the types of molding +described, and you will see to what elaboration the operation may be +carried. + +APPLYING MOLDING.--Let Fig. 197 represent the front, top and bottom of +our cabinet; and the first thing we shall do is to add a base (A) and a +cap (B). Now, commencing at the top, suppose we utilize the simplest +form of molding, the band. + +This we may make of any desired width, as shown in Fig. 198. On this +band we can apply the ogee type (Fig. 199) right side up. + +But for variation we may decide to use the ogee reversed, as in Fig. +200. This will afford us something else to think about and will call +upon our powers of initiative in order to finish off the lower margin or +edge of the ogee reversa. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 197._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 198._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 199._] + +If we take the ogee recta, as shown in Fig. 201, we may use the cavetto, +or the ovolo (Fig. 202); but if we use the ogee reversa we must use a +convex molding like the cavetto at one base, and a convex molding, like +the torus or the ovolo, at the other base. + +In the latter (Fig. 202) four different moldings are used with the ogee +as the principal structure. + +BASE EMBELLISHMENTS.--In like manner (Fig. 204) the base may have the +casement type first attached in the corner, and then the ovolo, or the +astragal added, as in Fig. 203. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 200._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 201._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 202._] + +STRAIGHT-FACED MOLDINGS.--Now let us carry the principle still further, +and, instead of using various type of moldings, we will employ nothing +but straight strips of wood. This treatment will soon indicate to you +that the true mechanic or artisan is he who can take advantage of +whatever he finds at hand. + +Let us take the same cabinet front (Fig. 205), and below the cap (A) +place a narrow strip (B), the lower corner of which has been chamfered +off, as at C. Below the strip B is a thinner strip (D), vertically +disposed, and about two-thirds its width. The lower corner of this is +also chamfered, as at F. To finish, apply a small strip (G) in the +corner, and you have an embellished top that has the appearance, from a +short distance, of being made up of molding. + +PLAIN MOLDED BASE.--The base may be treated in the same manner. The main +strip (4) has its upper corner chamfered off, as at I, and on this is +nailed a thin, narrow finishing strip (J). The upper part or molded top, +in this case, has eleven distinct lines, and the base has six lines. By +experimenting you may soon put together the most available kinds of +molding strips. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 203._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 204._] + +DIVERSIFIED USES.--For a great overhang you may use the cavetto, or the +apophyges, and below that the astragal or the torus; and for the base +the casement is the most serviceable molding, and it may be finished off +with the ovolo or the cymatium. + +Pages of examples might be cited to show the variety and the +diversification available with different types. + +SHADOWS CAST BY MOLDINGS.--Always bear in mind that a curved surface +makes a blended shadow. A straight, flat or plain surface does not, and +it is for that reason the concaved and the convexed surfaces, brought +out by moldings, become so important. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 205._] + +A little study and experimenting will soon teach you how a convex, a +concave or a flat surface, and a corner or corners should be arranged +relatively to each other; how much one should project beyond the other; +and what the proportional widths of the different molding bands should +be. An entire volume would scarcely exhaust this subject. + + + + +CHAPTER X + +AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING AND BEADING + + +In the chapter on How Work is Laid Out, an example was given of the +particular manner pursued in laying out mortises and tenons, and also +dovetailed work. I deem it advisable to add some details to the subject, +as well as to direct attention to some features which do not properly +belong to the laying out of work. + +WHERE MORTISES SHOULD BE USED.--Most important of all is a general idea +of places and conditions under which mortises should be resorted to. +There are four ways in which different members may be secured to each +other. First, by mortises and tenons; second, by a lap-and-butt; third, +by scarfing; and, fourth, by tonguing and grooving. + +DEPTH OF MORTISES.--When a certain article is to be made, the first +consideration is, how the joint or joints shall be made. The general +rule for using the tenon and mortise is where two parts are joined +wherein the grains of the two members run at right angles to each +other, as in the following figure. + +RULE FOR MORTISES.--Fig. 206 shows such an example. You will notice this +in doors particularly, as an example of work. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 206._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 207._] + +The next consideration is, shall the mortises be cut entirely through +the piece? This is answered by the query as to whether or not the end of +the tenon will be exposed; and usually, if a smooth finish is required, +the mortise should not go through the member. In a door, however, the +tenons are exposed at the edges of the door, and are, therefore, seen, +so that we must apply some other rule. The one universally adopted is, +that where, as in a door stile, it is broad and comparatively thin, or +where the member having the mortise in its edge is much thinner than +its width, the mortise should go through from edge to edge. + +The reason for this lies in the inability to sink the mortises through +the stile (A, Fig. 207) perfectly true, and usually the job is turned +out something like the illustration shows. The side of the rail (B) must +be straight with the side of the stile. If the work is done by machinery +it results in accuracy unattainable in hand work. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 208._] + +TRUE MORTISE WORK.--The essense of good joining work is the ability to +sink the chisel true with the side of the member. More uneven work is +produced by haste than by inability. The tendency of all beginners is +to strike the chisel too hard, in order the more quickly to get down to +the bottom of the mortise. Hence, bad work follows. + +STEPS IN CUTTING MORTISES.--Examine Fig. 208, which, for convenience, +gives six successive steps in making the mortise. The marks _a_, _b_ +designate the limits, or the length, of the mortise. The chisel (C) is +not started at the marking line (A), but at least an eighth of an inch +from it. The first cut, as at B, gives a starting point for the next cut +or placement of the chisel. When the second cut (B) has thus been made, +the chisel should be turned around, as in dotted line _d_, position C, +thereby making a finish cut down to the bottom of the mortise, line _e_, +so that when the fourth cut has been made along line _f_, we are ready +for the fifth cut, position C; then the sixth cut, position D, which +leaves the mortise as shown at E. Then turn the chisel to the position +shown at F, and cut down the last end of the mortise square, as shown in +G, and clean out the mortise well before making the finishing cuts on +the marking lines (_a_, _b_). The particular reason for cleaning out the +mortise before making the finish cuts is, that the corners of the +mortise are used as fulcrums for the chisels, and the eighth of an inch +stock still remaining protects the corners. + +THINGS TO AVOID IN MORTISING.--You must be careful to refrain from +undercutting as your chisel goes down at the lines _a_, _b_, because if +you commit this error you will make a bad joint. + +As much care should be exercised in producing the tenon, although the +most common error is apt to occur in making the shoulder. This should be +a trifle undercut. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 209._] + +See the lines (A, Fig. 209), which illustrate this. + +LAP-AND-BUTT JOINT.--The lap-and-butt is the form of uniting members +which is most generally used to splice together timbers, where they join +each other end to end. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 210._] + +Bolts are used to secure the laps. + +But the lap-and-butt form is also used in doors and in other cabinet +work. It is of great service in paneling. + +A rabbet is formed to receive the edge of the panel, and a molding is +then secured to the other side on the panel, to hold the latter in +place. + +SCARFING.--This method of securing members together is the most rigid, +and when properly performed makes the joint the strongest part of the +timber. Each member (A, Fig. 212) has a step diagonally cut (B), the two +steps being on different planes, so they form a hook joint, as at C, and +as each point or terminal has a blunt end, the members are so +constructed as to withstand a longitudinal strain in either direction. +The overlapping plates (D) and the bolts (E) hold the joint rigidly. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 211._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 212._] + +THE TONGUE AND GROOVE.--This form of uniting members has only a limited +application. It is serviceable for floors, table tops, paneling, etc. +In Fig. 213, a door panel is shown, and the door mullions (B) are also +so secured to the rail (C). The tongue-and-groove method is never used +by itself. It must always have some support or reinforcing means. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 213._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 214._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 215._] + +BEADING.--This part of the work pertains to surface finishings, and may +or may not be used in connection with rabbeting. + +Figs. 214 and 215 show the simplest and most generally adopted forms in +which it is made and used in connection with rabbeting, or with the +tongue and groove. The bead is placed on one or both sides of that +margin of the board (Fig. 214) which has the tongue, and the adjoining +board has the usual flooring groove to butt against and receive the +tongue. It is frequently the case that a blind bead, as in Fig. 215, +runs through the middle of the board, so as to give the appearance of +narrow strips when used for wainscoting, or for ceilings. The beads also +serve to hide the joints of the boards. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 216._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 217._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 218._] + +ORNAMENTAL BEAD FINISH.--These figures show how the bead may be used for +finishing corners, edges and projections. Fig. 216 has a bead at each +corner of a stile (A), and a finishing strip of half-round material (B) +is nailed to the flat edge. Fig. 217 has simply the corners themselves +beaded, and it makes a most serviceable finish for the edges of +projecting members. + +Fig. 218, used for wider members, has the corners beaded and a fancy +molding (C); or the reduced edge of the stile itself is rounded off. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 219._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 220._] + +THE BEAD AND RABBET.--A more amplified form of work is available where +the rabbet plane is used with the beader. These two planes together +will, if properly used, offer a strong substitute for molding and +molding effects. + +Fig. 219 has both sides first rabbeted, as at A, and the corners then +beaded, as at B, with the reduced part of the member rounded off, as at +C. Or, as in Fig. 220, the reduced edge of the member may have the +corners beaded, as at D, and the rabbeted corners filled in with a round +or concaved moulding (E). + +SHADING WITH BEADS AND RABBETS.--You will see from the foregoing, that +these embellishments are serviceable because they provide the article +with a large number of angles and surfaces to cast lights and shadows; +and for this reason the boy should strive to produce the effects which +this class of work requires. + + + + +CHAPTER XI + +HOUSE BUILDING + + +House building is the carpenter's craft; cabinet-making the joiner's +trade, yet both are so intimately associated, that it is difficult to +draw a line. The same tools, the same methods and the same materials are +employed. + +There is no trade more ennobling than home building. It is a vocation +which touches every man and woman, and to make it really an art is, or +should be, the true aspiration of every craftsman. + +THE HOUSE AND EMBELLISHMENTS.--The refined arts, such as sculpture and +painting, merely embellish the home or the castle, so that when we build +the structure it should be made with an eye not only to comfort and +convenience, but fitting in an artistic and æsthetic sense. It is just +as easy to build a beautiful home as an ugly, ungainly, illy +proportioned structure. + +BEAUTY NOT ORNAMENTATION.--The boy, in his early training, should learn +this fundamental truth, that beauty, architecturally, does not depend +upon ornamentation. Some of the most beautiful structures in the world +are very plain. Beauty consists in proportions, in proper correlation +of parts, and in adaptation for the uses to which the structure is to be +put. + +PLAIN STRUCTURES.--A house with a plain façade, having a roof properly +pitched and with a simple cornice, if joined to a wing which is not +ungainly or out of proper proportions, is infinitely more beautiful than +a rambling structure, in which one part suggests one order of +architecture and the other part some other type or no type at all, and +in which the embellishments are out of keeping with the size or +pretensions of the house. + +COLONIAL TYPE.--For real beauty, on a larger scale, there is nothing +to-day which equals the old Colonial type with the Corinthian columns +and entablature. The Lee mansion, now the National Cemetery, at +Washington, is a fine example. Such houses are usually square or +rectangular in plan, severely plain, with the whole ornamentation +consisting of the columns and the portico. This type presents an +appearance of massiveness and grandeur and is an excellent illustration +of a form wherein the main characteristic of the structure is +concentrated or massed at one point. + +The Church of the Madelaine, Paris, is another striking example of this +period of architecture. + +Of course, it would be out of place with cottages and small houses, but +it is well to study and to know what forms are most available and +desirable to adopt, and particularly to know something of the art in +which you are interested. + +THE ROOF THE KEYNOTE.--Now, there is one thing which should, and does, +distinguish the residence from other types of buildings, excepting +churches. It is the roof. A house is dominated by its covering. I refer +to the modern home. It is not true with the Colonial or the Grecian +types. In those the façade or the columns and cornices predominate over +everything else. + +BUNGALOW TYPES.--If you will take up any book on bungalow work and note +the outlines of the views you will see that the roof forms the main +element or theme. In fact, in most buildings of this kind everything is +submerged but the roof and roof details. They are made exceedingly flat, +with different pitches with dormers and gables intermingled and +indiscriminately placed, with cornices illy assorted and of different +kinds, so that the multiplicity of diversified details gives an +appearance of great elaboration. Many of those designs are monstrosities +and should, if possible, be legally prohibited. + +I cannot attempt to give even so much as an outline of what constitutes +art in its relation to building, but my object is to call attention to +this phase of the question, and as you proceed in your studies and your +work you will realize the value and truthfulness of the foregoing +observations. + +GENERAL HOUSE BUILDING.--We are to treat, generally, on the subject of +house building, how the work is laid out, and how built, and in doing so +I shall take a concrete example of the work. This can be made more +effectual for the purpose if it is on simple lines. + +BUILDING PLANS.--We must first have a plan; and the real carpenter must +have the ability to plan as well as to do the work. We want a five-room +house, comprising a parlor, dining room, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a +bathroom. Just a modest little home, to which we can devote our spare +hours, and which will be neat and comfortable when finished. It must be +a one-story house, and that fact at once settles the roof question. We +can make the house perfectly square in plan, or rectangular, and divide +up the space into the proper divisions. + +THE PLAIN SQUARE FLOOR PLAN will first be taken up, as it is such an +easy roof to build. Of course, it is severely plain. + +Fig. 221 shows our proposed plan, drawn in the rough, without any +attempts to measure the different apartments, and with the floor plan +exactly square. Supposing we run a hall (A) through the middle. On one +side of this let us plan for a dining room and a kitchen, a portion of +the kitchen space to be given over to a closet and a bathroom. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 221._] + +The chimney (B) must be made accessible from both rooms. On the other +side of the hallway the space is divided into a parlor and two +bedrooms. + +THE RECTANGULAR PLAN.--In the rectangular floor plan (Fig. 222) a +portion of the floor space is cut out for a porch (A), so that we may +use the end or the side for the entrance. Supposing we use the end of +the house for this purpose. The entrance room (B) may be a bedroom, or a +reception and living room, and to the rear of this room is the dining +room, connected with the reception room by a hall (C). This hall also +leads to the kitchen and to the bathroom, as well as to the other +bedroom. The parlor is connected with the entrance room (B), and also +with the bedroom. All of this is optional, of course. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 222._] + +There are also two chimneys, one chimney (D) having two flues and the +other chimney (E) having three flues, so that every room is +accommodated. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 223._] + +ROOM MEASUREMENTS.--We must now determine the dimensions of each room, +and then how we shall build the roof. + +In Figs. 223 and 224, we have now drawn out in detail the sizes, the +locations of the door and windows, the chimneys and the closets, as well +as the bathroom. All this work may be changed or modified to suit +conditions and the taste of the designer. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 224._] + +FRONT AND SIDE LINES.--From the floor diagram, and the door and window +spaces, as marked out, we may now proceed to lay out rough front and +side outlines of the building. The ceilings are to be 9 feet, and if we +put a rather low-pitched roof on the square structure (Fig. 223) the +front may look something like Fig. 225, and a greater pitch given to the +rectangular plan (Fig. 224) will present a view as shown in Fig. 226. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 225._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 226._] + +THE ROOF.--The pitch of the roof (Fig. 225) is what is called "third +pitch," and the roof (Fig. 226) has a half pitch. A "third" pitch is +determined as follows: + +ROOF PITCH.--In Fig. 227 draw a vertical line (A) and join it by a +horizontal line (B). Then strike a circle (C) and step it off into three +parts. The line (D), which intersects the first mark (E) and the angle +of the lines (A, B), is the pitch. + +In Fig. 228 the line A is struck at 15 degrees, which is halfway between +lines B and C, and it is, therefore, termed "half-pitch." + +[Illustration: _Fig. 227._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 228._] + +Thus, we have made the ground plans, the elevations and the roofs as +simple as possible. Let us proceed next with the details of the +building. + +THE FOUNDATION.--This may be of brick, stone or concrete, and its +dimensions should be at least 1-1/2 inches further out than the sill. + +THE SILLS.--We are going to build what is called a "balloon frame"; and, +first, we put down the sills, which will be a course of 2" × 6", or 2" × +8" joists, as in Fig. 229. + +THE FLOORING JOIST.--The flooring joists (A) are then put down (Fig. +230). These should extend clear across the house from side to side, if +possible, or, if the plan is too wide, they should be lapped at the +middle wall and spiked together. The ends should extend out flush with +the outer margins of the sills, as shown, but in putting down the first +and last sill, space must be left along the sides of the joist of +sufficient width to place the studding. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 229._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 230._] + +THE STUDDING.--The next step is to put the studding into position. 4" × +4" must be used for corners and at the sides of door and window +openings. 4" × 6" may be used at corners, if preferred. Consult your +plan and see where the openings are for doors and windows. Measure the +widths of the door and window frames, and make a measuring stick for +this purpose. You must leave at least one-half inch clearance for the +window or door frame, so as to give sufficient room to plumb and set the +frame. + +SETTING UP.--First set up the corner posts, plumbing and bracing them. +Cut a top plate for each side you are working on. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 231._] + +THE PLATE.--As it will be necessary in our job to use two or more +lengths of 2" × 4" scantling for the plate, it will be necessary to join +them together. Do this with a lap-and-butt joint (Fig. 231). + +Then set up the 4" × 4" posts for the sides of the doors and windows, +and for the partition walls. + +The plate should be laid down on the sill, and marked with a pencil for +every scantling to correspond with the sill markings. The plate is then +put on and spiked to the 4" × 4" posts. + +INTERMEDIATE STUDDING.--It will then be an easy matter to put in the +intermediate 2" × 4" studding, placing them as nearly as possible 16 +inches apart to accommodate the 48-inch plastering lath. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 232._] + +WALL HEADERS.--When all the studding are in you will need headers above +and rails below the windows and headers above all the doors, so that you +will have timbers to nail the siding to, as well as for the lathing. + +CEILING JOISTS.--We are now ready for the ceiling joists, which are, +usually, 2" × 6", unless there is an upper floor. These are laid 16 +inches apart from center to center, preferably parallel with the floor +joist. + +It should be borne in mind that the ceiling joist must always be put on +with reference to the roof. + +Thus, in Fig. 232, the ceiling joists (A) have their ends resting on the +plate (B), so that the rafters are in line with the joists. + +BRACES.--It would also be well, in putting up the studding, to use +plenty of braces, although for a one-story building this is not so +essential as in two-story structures, because the weather boarding +serves as a system of bracing. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 233._] + +THE RAFTERS.--These may be made to provide for the gutter or not, as may +be desired. They should be of 2" × 4" scantling. + +THE GUTTER.--In Fig. 233 I show a most serviceable way to provide for +the gutter. A V-shaped notch is cut out of the upper side of the rafter, +in which is placed the floor and a side. This floor piece is raised at +one end to provide an incline for the water. + +A face-board is then applied and nailed to the ends of the rafters. This +face-board is surmounted by a cap, which has an overhang, beneath which +is a molding of any convenient pattern. The face-board projects down at +least two inches below the angled cut of the rafter, so that when the +base-board is applied, the lower margin of the face-board will project +one inch below the base. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 234._] + +This base-board is horizontal, as you will see. The facia-board may be +of any desired width, and a corner molding should be added. It is +optional to use the brackets, but if added they should be spaced apart a +distance not greater than twice the height of the bracket. + +A much simpler form of gutter is shown in Fig. 234, in which a V-shaped +notch is also cut in the rafter, and the channel is made by the pieces. +The end of the rafter is cut at right angles, so the face-board is at an +angle. This is also surmounted by an overhanging cap and a molding. The +base is nailed to the lower edges of the rafters, and the facia is then +applied. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 234a._] + +In Fig. 234_a_ the roof has no gutter, so that the end of the rafter is +cut off at an angle and a molding applied on the face-board. The base is +nailed to the rafters. This is the cheapest and simplest form of +structure for the roof. + +SETTING DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES.--The next step in order is to set the +door and window frames preparatory to applying the weather boarding. It +is then ready for the roof, which should be put on before the floor is +laid. + +PLASTERING AND INSIDE FINISH.--Next in order is the plastering, then the +base-boards and the casing; and, finally, the door and windows should +be fitted into position. + +Enough has been said here merely to give a general outline, with some +details, how to proceed with the work. + + + + +CHAPTER XII + +BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES + + +BRIDGES.--Bridge building is not, strictly, a part of the carpenter's +education at the present day, because most structures of this kind are +now built of steel; but there are certain principles involved in bridge +construction which the carpenter should master. + +SELF-SUPPORTING ROOFS.--In putting up, for instance, self-supporting +roofs, or ceilings with wide spans, and steeples or towers, the bridge +principle of trussed members should be understood. + +The most simple bridge or trussed form is the well-known A-shaped arch. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 235._] + +COMMON TRUSSES.--One form is shown in Fig. 235, with a vertical king +post. In Fig. 236 there are two vertical supporting members, called +queen posts, used in longer structures. Both of these forms are equally +well adapted for small bridges or for roof supports. + +THE VERTICAL UPRIGHT TRUSS.--This form of truss naturally develops into +a type of wooden bridge known all over the country, as its framing is +simple, and calculations as to its capacity to sustain loads may readily +be made. Figs. 237, 238 and 239 illustrate these forms. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 236._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 237._] + +THE WARREN GIRDER.--Out of this simple truss grew the Warren girder, a +type of bridge particularly adapted for iron and steel construction. + +This is the simplest form for metal bridge truss, or girder. It is now +also largely used in steel buildings and for other work requiring +strength with small weight. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 238._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 239._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 240._] + +THE BOWSTRING GIRDER.--Only one other form of bridge truss need be +mentioned here, and that is the _bowstring_ shown in Fig. 240. + +In this type the bow receives the entire compression thrust, and the +chords act merely as suspending members. + +FUNDAMENTAL TRUSS FORM.--In every form of truss, whether for building or +for bridge work, the principles of the famous A-truss must be employed +in some form or other; and the boy who is experimentally inclined will +readily evolve means to determine what degree of strength the upper and +the lower members must have for a given length of truss to sustain a +specified weight. + +There are rules for all these problems, some of them very intricate, but +all of them intensely interesting. It will be a valuable addition to +your knowledge to give this subject earnest study. + + + + +CHAPTER XIII + +THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER + + +In this place consideration will be given to some of the features +relating to the materials to be employed, particularly with reference to +the manner in which they can be worked to the best advantage, rather +than to their uses. + +THE BEST WOODS.--The prime wood, and the one with which most boys are +familiar, is white pine. It has an even texture throughout, is generally +straight grained, and is soft and easily worked. White pine is a wood +requiring a very sharp tool. It is, therefore, the best material for the +beginner, as it will at the outset teach him the important lesson of +keeping the tools in a good, sharp condition. + +SOFT WOODS.--It is also well for the novice to do his initial work with +a soft wood, because in joining the parts together inaccuracies may be +easily corrected. If, for instance, in mortising and tenoning, the edge +of the mortised member is not true, or, rather, is not "square," the +shoulder of the tenon on one side will abut before the other side does, +and thus leave a crack, if the wood is hard. If the wood is soft there +is always enough yield to enable the workman to spring it together. +Therefore, until you have learned how to make a true joint, use soft +wood. + +Poplar is another good wood for the beginner, as well as redwood, a +western product. + +HARD WOODS.--Of the hard woods, cherry is the most desirable for the +carpenter's tool. For working purposes it has all the advantages of a +soft wood, and none of its disadvantages. It is not apt to warp, like +poplar or birch, and its shrinking unit is less than that of any other +wood, excepting redwood. There is practically no shrinkage in redwood. + +THE MOST DIFFICULT WOODS.--Ash is by far the most difficult wood to +work. While not as hard as oak, it has the disadvantage that the entire +board is seamed with growth ribs which are extremely hard, while the +intervening layers between these ribs are soft, and have open pores, so +that, for instance, in making a mortise, the chisel is liable to follow +the hard ribs, if the grain runs at an angle to the course of the +mortise. + +THE HARD-RIBBED GRAIN IN WOOD.--This peculiarity of the grain in ash +makes it a beautiful wood when finished. Of the light-colored woods, oak +only excels it, because in this latter wood each year's growth shows a +wider band, and the interstices between the ribs have stronger +contrasting colors than ash; so that in filling the surface, before +finishing it, the grain of the wood is brought out with most effective +clearness and with a beautifully blended contrast. + +THE EASIEST WORKING WOODS.--The same thing may be said, relatively, +concerning cherry and walnut. While cherry has a beautiful finishing +surface, the blending contrasts of colors are not so effective as in +walnut. + +Oregon pine is extremely hard to work, owing to the same difficulties +experienced in handling ash; but the finished Oregon pine surface makes +it a most desirable material for certain articles of furniture. + +Do not attempt to employ this nor ash until you have mastered the trade. +Confine yourself to pine, poplar, cherry and walnut. These woods are all +easily obtainable everywhere, and from them you can make a most +creditable variety of useful articles. + +Sugar and maple are two hard woods which may be added to the list. +Sugar, particularly, is a good-working wood, but maple is more +difficult. Spruce, on the other hand, is the strongest and toughest +wood, considering its weight, which is but a little more than that of +pine. + +DIFFERENCES IN THE WORKING OF WOODS.--Different woods are not worked +with equal facility by all the tools. Oak is an easy wood to handle +with a saw, but is, probably, aside from ash, the most difficult wood +known to plane. + +Ash is hard for the saw or the plane. On the other hand, there is no +wood so easy to manipulate with the saw or plane as cherry. Pine is +easily worked with a plane, but difficult to saw; not on account of +hardness, but because it is so soft that the saw is liable to tear it. + +FORCING SAWS IN WOOD.--One of the reasons why the forcing of saws is +such a bad practice will be observed in cutting white or yellow pine. +For cross-cutting, the saw should have fine teeth, not heavily set, and +evenly filed. To do a good job of cross-cutting, the saw must be held at +a greater angle, or should lay down flatter than in ripping, as by so +doing the lower side of the board will not break away as much as if the +saw should be held more nearly vertical. + +These general observations are made in the hope that they will serve as +a guide to enable you to select your lumber with some degree of +intelligence before you commence work. + + + + +CHAPTER XIV + +WOOD TURNING + + +ADVANTAGES OF WOOD TURNING.--This is not, strictly, in the carpenter's +domain; but a knowledge of its use will be of great service in the +trade, and particularly in cabinet making. I urge the ingenious youth to +rig up a wood-turning lathe, for the reason that it is a tool easily +made and one which may be readily turned by foot, if other power is not +available. + +SIMPLE TURNING LATHE.--A very simple turning lathe may be made by +following these instructions: + +THE RAILS.--Procure two straight 2" × 4" scantling (A), four feet long, +and planed on all sides. Bore four 3/8-inch holes at each end, as shown, +and 10 inches from one end four more holes. A plan of these holes is +shown in B, where the exact spacing is indicated. Then prepare two +pieces 2" × 4" scantling (C), planed, 42 inches long, one end of each +being chamfered off, as at 2, and provided with four bolt holes. Ten +inches down, and on the same side, with the chamfer (2) is a cross gain +(3), the same angle as the chamfer. Midway between the cross gain (3) +and the lower end of the leg is a gain (4) in the edge, at right angles +to the cross gain (3). + +THE LEGS.--Now prepare two legs (D) for the tail end of the frame, each +32 inches long, with a chamfer (5) at one end, and provided with four +bolt holes. At the lower end bore a bolt hole for the cross base piece. +This piece (E) is 4" × 4", 21 inches long, and has a bolt hole at each +end and one near the middle. The next piece (F) is 2" × 4", 14-1/2 +inches long, provided with a rebate (6) at each end, to fit the cross +gains (4) of the legs (C). Near the middle is a journal block (7). + +[Illustration: _Fig. 241. Frame details._] + +CENTERING BLOCKS.--Next provide a 4" × 4" piece (G), 40 inches long, +through which bore a 3/4-inch hole (8), 2 inches from the upper end, +and four bolt holes at right angles to the shaft hole (8). Then, with a +saw split down this bearing, as shown at 9, to a point 4 inches from the +end. Ten inches below the upper end prepare two cross gains (10), each +an inch deep and four inches wide. In these gains are placed the top +rails (A), so the bolt holes in the gains (10) will coincide with the +bolt holes (11) in the piece A. Below the gains (10) this post has a +journal block (12), intended to be in line with the journal block (7) of +the piece F. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 242. Tail Stock._] + +Then make a block (H) 2" × 4", and 6 inches long. This also must have a +shaft hole (B), and a saw kerf (14), similar to the arrangement on the +upper end of the post (G); also bore four bolt holes, as shown. This +block rests between the upper ends of the lugs (C). + +Another block (I), 2" × 4", and 6 feet long, with four bolt holes, will +be required for the tail end of the frame, to keep the rails (A) two +inches apart at that end. + +THE TAIL STOCK.--This part of the structure is made of the following +described material: + +Procure a scantling (J), planed, 4" × 4", 24 inches long, the upper end +of which is to be provided with four bolt holes, and a centering hole +(15). At the lower end of the piece is a slot (16) 8 inches long and +1-1/2 inches wide, and there are also two bolt holes bored transversely +through the piece to receive bolts for reinforcing the end. + +A pair of cheekpieces (K), 2" × 4", and each 12 inches long, are mitered +at the ends, and each has four bolt holes by means of which the ends may +be bolted to the upright (J). + +Then a step wedge (L) is made of 1-3/8" × 2" material, 10 inches long. +This has at least four steps (17), each step being 2 inches long. A +wedge 1-3/8 inches thick, 10 inches long, and tapering from 2 inches to +1-3/8 inches, completes the tail-stock. + +THE TOOL REST.--This is the most difficult part of the whole lathe, as +it must be rigid, and so constructed that it has a revolvable motion as +well as being capable of a movement to and from the material in the +lathe. + +Select a good 4" × 4" scantling (M), 14 inches long, as shown in Fig. +243. Two inches from one end cut a cross gain (I), 1-1/2 inches deep and +1 inch wide, and round off the upper edge, as at 2. + +Then prepare a piece (N), 1 inch thick, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches +long. Round off the upper edge to form a nose, and midway between its +ends cut a cross gain 4 inches wide and 1-1/2 inches deep. The lower +margin may be cut away, at an angle on each side of the gain. All that +is necessary now is to make a block (O), 8 inches long, rounded on one +edge, and a wedge (P). + +[Illustration: _Fig 243. Tool Rest._] + +A leather belt or strap (Q), 1-1/2 inches wide, formed into a loop, as +shown in the perspective view (R), serves as a means for holding the +rest rigidly when the wedge is driven in. + +MATERIALS.--Then procure the following bolts: + + 4-3/8" bolts, 10" long. + 8-3/8" '' 6" '' + 20-3/8" '' 5" '' + 5-3/8" '' 9" '' + +THE MANDREL.--A piece of steel tubing (S), No. 10 gage, 3/4 inch in +diameter, 11-1/2 inches long, will be required for the mandrel. Get a +blacksmith, if a machine shop is not convenient, to put a fixed center +(1) in one end, and a removable centering member (2) in the other end. + +On this mandrel place a collar (3), held by a set screw, and alongside +of it a pair of pulleys, each 1-1/2 inches wide, one of them, being, +say, 2 inches in diameter, and the other 3 inches. This mandrel is held +in position by means of the posts of the frame which carry the split +journal bearings. This form of bearing will make a durable lathe, free +from chattering, as the bolts can be used for tightening the mandrel +whenever they wear. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 244. Mandrel._] + +The center point (1) is designed to rest against a metal plate (4) +bolted to the wooden post, as shown in the large drawing. + +FLY-WHEEL.--It now remains only to provide a fly-wheel and treadle with +the communicating belt. The fly-wheel may be of any convenient size, or +it may be some discarded pulley or wheel. Suppose it is two feet in +diameter; then, as your small pulley is 2 inches in diameter, each +revolution of the large wheel makes twelve revolutions in the mandrel, +and you can readily turn the wheel eighty times a minute. In that case +your mandrel will revolve 960 revolutions per minute, which is ample +speed for your purposes. + +The wheel should be mounted on a piece of 3/4-inch steel tubing, one end +having a crank 3 inches long. This crank is connected up by a pitman +rod, with the triangularly shaped treadle frame. + +Such a lathe is easily made, as it requires but little metal or machine +work, and it is here described because it will be a pleasure for a boy +to make such a useful tool. What he needs is the proper plan and the +right dimensions to carry out the work, and his own ingenuity will make +the modifications suitable to his purpose. + +The illustration (Fig. 245) shows such a lathe assembled ready for work. + +THE TOOLS REQUIRED.--A few simple tools will complete an outfit capable +of doing a great variety of work. The illustration (Fig. 246) shows five +chisels, of which all other chisels are modifications. + +A and B are both oblique firmer chisels, A being ground with a bevel on +one side only, and B with a bevel on each side. + +C is a broad gage, with a hollow blade, and a curved cutting edge, +ground with a taper on the rounded side only. + +D is a narrow gage similarly ground, and E is a V-shaped gage. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 245._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 246._] + +It may be observed that in wood-turning sharp tools are absolutely +necessary, hence a good oil stone, or several small, round and V-shaped +stones should be used. + + + + +CHAPTER XV + +ON THE USE OF STAINS + + +As this subject properly belongs to the painter and decorator, it is not +necessary to go into details concerning the methods used to finish off +your work. As you may not be able to afford the luxury of having your +productions painted or stained, enough information will be given to +enable you, if the character of the wood justifies it, to do the work +yourself to a limited extent. + +SOFT WOOD.--As, presumably, most of your first work will be done with +pine, poplar, or other light-colored material, and, as many people +prefer the furniture to be dark in color, you should be prepared to +accommodate them. + +USE OF STAINS.--Our subject has nothing to do with the technique of +staining, but has reference, solely, to the use of stains. I recommend, +therefore, that, since all kinds of stains are now kept in stock, and +for sale everywhere, you would better rely upon the manufactured goods +rather than to endeavor to mix up the paints yourself. + +STAINS AS IMITATIONS.--It will be well to remember one thing as to +stains. Never attempt to stain anything unless that stain is intended +to produce an imitation of some real wood. There are stains made up +which, when applied, do not imitate any known wood. This is bad taste +and should be avoided. Again you should know that the same stain tint +will not produce like effects on the different light-colored woods. Try +the cherry stain on pieces of pine, poplar, and birch, and you will +readily see that while pine gives a brilliant red, comparatively +speaking, pine or birch will be much darker, and the effect on poplar +will be that of a muddy color. In fact, poplar does not stain cherry to +good advantage; and for birch the ordinary stain should have a small +addition of vermilion. + +By making trials of your stains before applying them to the furniture, +you will readily see the value of this suggestion. + +GOOD TASTE IN STAINING.--Oak, mahogany, cherry, black walnut, and like +imitations are always good in an artistic sense, but imitations of +unfamiliar woods mean nothing to the average person. The too common +mistake is to try to imitate oak by staining pine or poplar or birch. It +may, with good effect, be stained to imitate cherry. + +Oregon pine, or some light-colored wood, with a strong contrasting grain +may be used for staining in imitation of oak. + +GREAT CONTRASTS BAD.--Violent contrasts in furniture staining have the +effect of cheapness, unless the contrasting outlines are artistically +distributed throughout the article, from base to top finish. + +STAINING CONTRASTING WOODS.--Then, again, do not stain a piece of +furniture so that one part represents a cheap, soft wood, and the other +part a dark or costly wood. Imagine, for instance, a cabinet with the +stiles, rails and mullions of mahogany, and the panels of pine or +poplar, or the reverse, and you can understand how incongruous would be +the result produced. + +On the other hand, it would not be a very artistic job to make the +panels of cherry and the mullions and stiles of mahogany, because the +two woods do not harmonize, although frequently wrongly combined. + +HARD WOOD IMITATIONS.--It would be better to use, for instance, ash or +oak for one portion of the work, and a dark wood, like cherry or walnut, +for the other part; but usually a cherry cabinet should be made of +cherry throughout; while a curly maple chiffonier could not be improved +by having the legs of some other material. + +These considerations should determine for you whether or not you can +safely use stains to represent different woods in the same article. + +NATURAL EFFECTS.--If effects are wanted, the skilled workman will +properly rely upon the natural grain of the wood; hence, in staining, +you should try to imitate nature, because in staining you will depend +for contrast on the natural grain of the wood to help you out in +producing pleasing effects. + +NATURAL WOOD STAINS.--It should be said, in general, however, that a +stain is, at best, a poor makeshift. There is nothing so pleasing as the +natural wood. It always has an appearance of cleanliness and openness. +To stain the wood shows an attempt to cover up cheapness by a cheap +contrivance. The exception to this rule is mahogany, which is generally +enriched by the application of a ruby tint which serves principally to +emphasize the beautiful markings of the wood. + +POLISHING STAINED SURFACES.--If, on the other hand, you wish to go to +the labor of polishing the furniture to a high degree, staining becomes +an art, and will add to the beauty and durability of any soft or cheap +wood, excepting poplar. + +When the article is highly polished, so a good, smooth surface is +provided, staining does not cheapen, but, on the other hand, serves to +embellish the article. + +As a rule, therefore, it is well to inculcate this lesson: Do not stain +unless you polish; otherwise, it is far better to preserve the natural +color of the wood. One of the most beautiful sideboards I ever saw was +made of Oregon pine, and the natural wood, well filled and highly +polished. That finish gave it an effect which enhanced its value to a +price which equaled any cherry or mahogany product. + + + + +CHAPTER XVI + +THE CARPENTER AND THE ARCHITECT + + +A carpenter has a trade; the architect a profession. It is not to be +assumed that one vocation is more honorable than the other. A +_profession_ is defined as a calling, or occupation, "if not mechanical, +agricultural, or the like," to which one devotes himself and his +energies. A _trade_ is defined as an occupation "which a person has +learned and engages in, especially mechanical employment, as +distinguished from the liberal arts," or the learned professions. + +_Opportunity_ is the great boon in life. To the ambitious young man the +carpenter's trade offers a field for venturing into the learned +professions by a route which cannot be equaled in any other pursuit. In +his work he daily enters into contact with problems which require +mathematics of the highest order, geometry, the methods of calculating +strains and stresses, as well as laying out angles and curves. + +This is a trade wherein he must keep in mind many calculations as to +materials, number, size, and methods of joining; he must remember all +the small details which go to make up the entire structure. This +exercise necessitates a mental picture of the finished product. His +imagination is thus directed to concrete objects. As the mind develops, +it becomes creative in its character, and the foundation is laid for a +higher sphere of usefulness in what is called the professional field. + +A good carpenter naturally develops into an architect, and the best +architect is he who knows the trade. It is a profession which requires +not only the artistic taste, but a technical knowledge of details, of +how practically to carry out the work, how to superintend construction, +and what the different methods are for doing things. + +The architect must have a scientific education, which gives him a +knowledge of the strength of materials, and of structural forms; of the +durability of materials; of the price, quality, and use of everything +which goes into a structure; of labor conditions; and of the laws +pertaining to buildings. + +Many of these questions will naturally present themselves to the +carpenter. They are in the sphere of his employment, but it depends upon +himself to make the proper use of the material thus daily brought to +him. + +It is with a view to instil that desire and ambition in every young man, +to make the brain do what the hand has heretofore done, that I suggest +this course. The learned profession is yours if you deserve it, and you +can deserve it only through study, application, and perseverance. + +Do well that which you attempt to do. _Don't_ do it in that manner +because some one has done it in that way before you. If, in the trade, +the experience of ages has taught the craftsman that some particular way +of doing things is correct, there is no law to prevent you from +combating that method. Your way may be better. But you must remember +that in every plan for doing a thing there is some particular reason, or +reasons, why it is carried out in that way. Study and learn to apply +those reasons. + +So in your leisure or in your active moments, if you wish to advance, +you must be alert. _Know for yourself the reasons for things_, and you +will thereby form the stepping stones that will lead you upward and +contribute to your success. + + + + +CHAPTER XVII + +USEFUL ARTICLES TO MAKE + + +As stated in the Introductory, the purpose of this book is to show _how +to do the things_, and not to draw a picture in order to write a +description of it. Merely in the line of suggestion, we give in this +chapter views and brief descriptions of useful household articles, all +of which may be made by the boy who has carefully studied the preceding +pages. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 247._] + +This figure shows a common bench wholly made of material 1 inch thick, +the top being 12 inches wide and 4 feet long. The legs are 14 inches +high and 13 inches wide; and the side supporting rails are 3 inches +wide. These proportions may, of course, be varied. You will note that +the sides of the top or seat have an overhang of 1/2 inch on each +margin. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 248._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 249._] + +This is a common, square-top stool, the seat being 12" × 12", and the +legs 14 inches high. Two of the pieces forming the legs are 10 inches +wide and the other two 8 inches wide, so that when the wide pieces are +nailed to the edges of the narrow pieces the leg body will be 10" × 10" +and thus give the seat an overhang of 1 inch around the margins. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 250._] + +A most useful article is shown in Fig. 249. It is a blacking-box with a +lid, a folding shoe rest and three compartments. The detached figure +shows a vertical cross-section of the body of the box, and illustrates +how the shoe rest is hinged to the sides of the box. The box itself is +14" × 16" in dimensions; the sides are 6 inches wide and the legs 5 +inches in height. In order to give strength to the legs, the bottom has +its corners cut out, to permit the upper ends of the legs to rest in +the recesses thus formed. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 251._] + +This is a convenient form of easel, made of four uprights. The main +front uprights are of strips 5/8" × 1-1/4", and the rear uprights are of +1/2" × 1" material. A thin broomstick will serve as the pivot bar for +the upper end. The rest is made of two strips, each 1/2" × 1", nailed +together to form an L, and nails or wooden pins will serve to hold the +rest in any desired position. The front uprights should be at least 5 +feet long. + +A simple hanging book-rack is illustrated in Fig. 251. The two vertical +strips are each 4 inches wide, 1 inch thick and 4 feet long. Four +shelves are provided, each 3/4 inch thick, 9 inches wide and 4 feet +long. Each shelf is secured to the uprights by hinges on the upper side, +so as to permit it to be swung upwardly, or folded; and below each hinge +is a triangular block or bracket, fixed to the shelf, to support it in a +horizontal position. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 252._] + +A sad-iron holder, or bookcase, shown in Fig. 252, is another simple +form of structure. It may be sufficiently large to serve as a standing +case by having the uprights at the ends serve as legs, or the uprights +may have holes at their upper ends, by means of which it can be +suspended on a wall. As shown, it is 30 inches long from bottom to top, +and 20 inches wide. The shelves are 8 inches wide. All the material is, +preferably, 3/4-inch stock. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 253._] + +Fig. 253 shows a wood-box, or it may readily be adapted for coal. For +wood it should be 2 feet long, 1 foot 8 inches wide and 1 foot 10 inches +high. It will, of course, be made of such dimensions as to suit the wood +to be stored in it, and both the flat-top as well as the sloping portion +of the top should be hinged, so that the entire top can be opened for +filling purposes. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 254._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 255._] + +A pair of parallel bars is shown in Fig. 254. The dimensions of this +will vary, and be dependent on the size of the boy intending to use it; +but a size best adapted is to make the posts 3 feet high, and the +distance between the bars 16 inches. This gives ample room for the +exercises required. The length between the posts along the bars should +be at least 5 feet. The entire structure can be made of soft wood, +except the bars, which should be of hard, rigid wood. The posts can be +made of 2" × 2" material, and the braces 2" × 1". The base pieces, both +longitudinal and transverse, should also be of 2" × 2" material. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 256._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 257._] + +Fig. 255 represents a mission type of writing desk for a boy's use. All +the posts, braces and horizontal bars are of 2" × 2" material, secured +to each other by mortises and tenons. The legs are 27 inches high up to +the table top, and the narrow shelf is 12 inches above the top. The most +convenient size for the top is 26" × 48". The top boards may be 1 inch +thick and the shelf the same thickness, or even 3/4 inch. It is well +braced and light, and its beauty will depend largely on the material of +which it is made. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 258._] + +The screen (Fig. 256) represents simply the framework, showing how +simple the structure is. The bars are all of 1-1/2" × 1-1/2" material, +secured together by mortises and tenons. + +Fig. 257 represents a mission chair to match the desk (Fig. 255), and +should be made of the same material. The posts are all of 2" × 2" +material. The seat of the chair should be 16 inches, and the rear posts +should extend up above the seat at least 18 inches. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 259._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 260._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 261._] + +Fig. 258 is a good example of a grandfather's clock in mission style. +The framework only is shown. The frame is 12" × 12", and 5 feet high, +and made up of 2" × 2" material. When neatly framed together, it is a +most attractive article of furniture. The top may be covered in any +suitable way, showing a roof effect. The opening for the dial face of +the clock should be at one of the gable ends. + +A more pretentious bookcase is shown in Fig. 259, in which the frame is +made up wholly of 2" × 2" material. The cross-end bars serve as ledges +to support the shelves. This may be lined interiorly and backed with +suitable casing material, such as Lincrusta Walton, or fiber-board, and +the front provided with doors. Our only object is to show the framework +for your guidance, and merely to make suggestions as to structural +forms. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 262._] + +Another most serviceable article is a case for a coal scuttle (Fig. +260). This should be made of 1-inch boards, and the size of the door, +which carries the scuttle shelf, should be 12" × 16" in size. From this +you can readily measure the dimensions of the case itself, the exterior +dimensions of which are 15" × 20", so that when the 1-inch top is placed +on, it will be 21 inches high. The case from front to rear is 12 inches, +and the shelf above the top is 11 inches wide, and elevated 10 inches +above the top of the case. This is a most useful box for culinary +articles, if not needed for coal, because the ledge, used for the coal +scuttle, can be used to place utensils on, and when the door is opened +all the utensils are exposed to view, and are, therefore, much more +accessible than if stored away in the case itself. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 263._] + +A mission armchair. Fig. 261 is more elaborate than the chair shown in +Fig. 257, but it is the same in general character, and is also made of +2" × 2" stock. The seat is elevated 16 inches from the floor, and the +rear posts are 28 inches high. The arms are 8 inches above the seat. A +chair of this character should have ample seat space, so the seat is 18" +× 18". + +The dog house (Fig. 262), made in imitation of a dwelling, is 24 inches +square, and 18 inches high to the eaves of the roof. The opening in +front is 8" × 10", exclusive of the shaped portion of the opening. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 264._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 265._] + +Fig. 263 shows a simple and easily constructed settee with an under +shelf. The seat is 16 inches from the floor and 24 inches wide. The back +extends up 24 inches from the seat. The lower shelf is midway between +the floor and seat, and is 19 inches wide. This may or may not be +upholstered, dependent on the character of the material of which it is +made. If upholstered, the boards may be of second-class material, +preferably of pine or other light, soft wood. + +A towel rack (Fig. 264) is always a needed article in the kitchen. The +roller may be an old curtain roller cut down to 18 inches in length. The +top piece is 2-1/2 inches wide and 21 inches long. The vertical bars are +each 1-1/2 inches wide and 9 inches long. The brackets are 1-1/2 inches +wide and made of 3/4-inch material. + +Fig. 265 represents the framework of a sofa, the seat of which is 16 +inches high, the front posts up to the arm-rests 24 inches, and the rear +posts 38 inches. From front to rear the seat is 18 inches. The posts are +of 3" × 3" material. This makes a very rigid article of furniture, if +mortised and tenoned and properly glued. The seat is 6 feet long, but it +may be lengthened or shortened to suit the position in which it is to be +placed. It is a companion piece to the chair (Fig. 261). + + + + +CHAPTER XVIII + +SPECIAL TOOLS AND THEIR USES + + +In the foregoing chapters we have referred the reader to the simple +tools, but it is thought desirable to add to the information thus given, +an outline of numerous special tools which have been devised and are now +on the market. + +BIT AND LEVEL ADJUSTER.--It is frequently necessary to bore holes at +certain angles. This can be done by using a bevel square, and holding it +so one limb will show the boring angle. But this is difficult to do in +many cases. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 266. Bit and Square level._] + +This tool has three pairs of V slots on its back edges. The shank of the +bit will lie in these slots, as shown in Fig. 266, either vertically, or +at an angle of 45 degrees, and boring can be done with the utmost +accuracy. It may be attached to a Carpenter's square, thus making it an +accurate plumb or level. + +MITER BOXES.--The advantages of metal miter boxes is apparent, when +accurate work is required. + +The illustration, Fig. 267, shows a metal tool of this kind, in which +the entire frame is in one solid casting. The saw guide uprights are +clamped in tapered sockets in the swivel arm and can be adjusted to hold +the saw without play, and this will also counteract a saw that runs out +of true, due to improper setting or filing. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 267. Metal Miter Box._] + +A second socket in the swivel arm permits the use of a short saw or +allows a much longer stroke with a standard or regular saw. + +The swivel arm is provided with a tapering index pin which engages in +holes placed on the under side of the base. The edge of the base is +graduated in degrees, as plainly shown, and the swivel arm can be set +and automatically fastened at any degree desired. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 268. Parts of Metal Miter Box._] + +The uprights, front and back are graduated in sixteenths of inches, and +movable stops can be set, by means of thumb-screw to the depth of the +cut desired. + +Figure 268 shows the parts of the miter box, in which the numbers +designate the various parts: 101 is the frame; 102 the frame board; 104 +frame leg; 106 guide stock; 107 stock guide clamp; 109 stock guide +plate; 110 swivel arm; 111 swivel arm bushing; 112 swivel bushing screw; +113 index clamping lever; 115 index clamping lever catch; 116 index +clamping lever spring; 122 swivel complete; 123 T-base; 124-1/2 +uprights; 126 saw guide cap; 127 saw guide cap plate; 132 saw guide tie +bar; 133 left saw guide stop and screw; 134 right side guide stop and +screw; 135 saw guide stop spring; 136 saw guide cylinder; 137 saw guide +cylinder plate; 138 trip lever (back); 139 trip lever (front); 141 +leveling screw; 142 trip clamp and screw; 146 T-base clamp screw. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 269. Angle Dividers._] + +ANGLE DIVIDERS.--This is another tool, which does not cost much and is +of great service to the carpenter in fitting moldings where they are +applied at odd angles. + +To lay out the cut with an ordinary bevel necessitates the use of +dividers and a second handling of the bevel, making three operations. + +THE "ODD JOB" TOOL.--A most useful special tool, which combines in its +make-up a level, plumb try-square, miter-square, bevel, scratch awl, +depth gage, marking gage, miter gage, beam compass, and a one-foot rule. +To the boy who wishes to economize in the purchase of tools this is an +article which should be obtained. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 270. "Odd Job" Tool._] + +Figure 270 shows the simplicity of the tool, and how it is applied in +use. + +BIT BRACES.--These tools are now made with so many improved features +that there is really no excuse for getting poor tools. + +The illustrations show merely the heads and the lower operating parts of +the tools. Fig. 271 shows a metal-clad ball-bearing head, so called, as +its under side is completely encased in metal securely screwed to the +wood and revolving against the ball thrust bearing. + +D represents a concealed ratchet in which the cam ring governs the +ratchet, and, being in line with the bit, makes it more convenient in +handling than when it is at right angles. The ratchet parts are entirely +enclosed, thus keeping out moisture and dirt, retaining lubrication and +protecting the users' hands. + +The ratchet mechanism is interchangeable, and may be taken apart by +removing one screw. The two-piece clutch, which is drop forged, is +backed by a very strong spring, insuring a secure lock. When locked, ten +teeth are in engagement, while five are employed while working at a +ratchet. It has universal jaws (G) for both wood and metal workers. + +In Fig. 272, B represents a regular ball bearing head, with the wood +screw on the large spindle and three small screws to prevent its working +loose. This also has a ball thrust. E is the ratchet box, and this shows +the gear teeth cut on the extra heavy spindle, and encased, so that the +user's hands are protected from the teeth. + +The interlocking jaws (H), which are best for taper shanks, hold up to +No. 2 Clark's expansion, and are therefore particularly adapted for +carpenter's use. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 271. Fig. 272. Fig. 273. Types of Bit Braces._] + +In Fig. 273 the plain bearing head (C) has no ball thrust. The head is +screwed on the spindle and held from turning off by two small screws. +The open ratchet (F) shows the gear pinned to the spindle and exposed. +This has alligator jaws (J), and will hold all ordinary size taper shank +bits, also small and medium round shank bits or drills. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 274. Fig. 275. Fig. 276. Steel Frame Breast Drills._] + +STEEL FRAME BREAST DRILL.--These drills are made with both single and +double speed, each speed having three varieties of jaws. The single +speed is very high, the ratio being 4-1/2 to 1, which makes it +desirable to use for small drills, or for use in wood. + +A level is firmly set in the frames of these tools to assist the user to +maintain a horizontal position in boring. Each of the forms shown has a +ball thrust bearing between the pinion and frame. The breast plate may +be adjusted to suit and is locked by a set screw. The spindle is kept +from turning while changing drills, by means of the latch mounted on the +frame, and readily engaging with the pinion. The crank is pierced in +three places so that the handle can be set for three different sweeps, +depending on the character of the work. + +Figure 274 has a three jaw chuck, and has only single speed. Figure 275 +has an interlocking jaw, and is provided with double speed gearing. +Figure 276 has a universal jaw, and double speed. + +PLANES.--The most serviceable planes are made in iron, and it might be +well to show a few of the most important, to bring out the manner +employed to make the adjustments of the bits. + +In order to familiarize the boy with the different terms used in a +plane, examine Figure 277. The parts are designated as follows: 1A is +the double plane iron; 1 single plane iron; 2 plane iron cap; 3 cap +screw; 4 lever cap; 5 lever cap screw; 6 frog complete; 7 Y adjusting +lever; 8 adjusting nut; 9 lateral adjusting lever; 11 plane handle; 12 +plane knob; 13 handle bolt and nut; 14 knob bolt and nut; 15 plane +handle screw; 16 plane bottom; 44 frog pin; 45 frog clamping screw; 46 +frog adjusting screw. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 277. Details of Metal Plane._] + +RABBETING, MATCHING AND DADO PLANES.--Figure 278 shows a useful form of +plane for the reason that it is designed to receive a variety of irons, +adapted to cut rabbets. + +The detached sections of Fig. 278 show the various parts, as well as the +bits which belong to it. 1, 1 represent the single plane irons; 4 the +lever cap; 16 the plane bottom, 50 the fence; 51 the fence thumb screw; +61 the short arm; 70 the adjustable depth gage; 71 the depth gage which +goes through the screw; and 85 the spurs with screws. + +MOLDING AND BEADING PLANE.--A plane of the character shown in Fig. 279 +will do an immense variety of work in molding, beading and dado work, +and is equally well adapted for rabbeting, for filletsters and for match +planing. The regular equipment with this tool comprises fifty-two +cutters. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 278. Rabbet, Matching and Dado Plane._] + +As shown in Fig. 279, the plane has a main stock (A), which carries the +cutter adjustment, a handle, a depth gage, a slitting gage, and a steel +bottom forming a bearing for the other end of the cutter, and slides on +arms secured to the main stock. + +This bottom can be raised or lowered, so that, in addition to allowing +the use of cutters of different widths, cutters can be used having one +edge higher or lower than the edge supported in the main stock. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 279. Molding and Beading Plane._] + +The auxiliary center bottom (C), which can be adjusted for width or +depth, fulfils the requirement of preventing the plane from tilting and +gouging the work. The fence D has a lateral adjustment by means of a +screw, for extra fine work. The four small cuts in the corners show how +the bottoms should be set for different forms of cutters, and the great +importance of having the fences adjusted so that the cutters will not +run. + +The samples of work illustrated show some of the moldings which can be +turned out with the plane. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 280. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane._] + +DOVETAIL TONGUE AND GROOVE PLANE.--This is a very novel tool, and has +many features to recommend it. Figure 280 shows its form, and how it is +used. It is designed to make the dovetailed tongue as well as the +groove. + +It will cut any size groove and tongues to fit with sides of twenty +degrees flare, where the width of the neck is more than one-quarter of +an inch thick, and the depth of the groove not more than three-quarters +of an inch. The tongue and groove are cut separately, and can be made +with parallel or tapering sides. The operation of the plane is very +simple. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 281. Fig. 282. Router Planes._] + +ROUTER PLANES.--This is a type of plane used for surfacing the bottom of +grooves or other depressions parallel with the general surface of the +work. + +The planes are made in two types, one, like Fig. 281, which has a closed +throat, and the other, Fig. 282, with an open throat. Both are +serviceable, but the latter is preferable. These planes will level off +bottoms of depression, very accurately, and the tool is not an expensive +one. + +DOOR TRIM PLANE.--This is a tool for making mortises for butts, face +plates, strike plates, escutcheons, and the like, up to a depth of 5/16, +and a width of 3 inches. The principal feature in the plane is the +method of mounting the cutter, which can be instantly set to work from +either end of the plane or across it. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 283. Door Trim Plane._] + +The cutter, as shown in Fig. 283, is cushioned by a spring which +prevents taking a heavier chip than can be easily carried. A fence +regulates the position of the cut and insures the sides of the cut being +parallel. The depth of the cut is governed by a positive stop. By +removing the fence and locking the cutter post with the thumb screw, +instead of using the spring, a very superior router plane is obtained. + + + + +CHAPTER XIX + +ROOFING TRUSSES + + +The chapter on Bridge Building gives some suggestions as to form of +trusses, the particular types there shown being principally for wide +spans. Such trusses were made for one purpose only, namely, to take +great weight, and they were, as a consequence, so constructed as to +provide strength. + +But a roofing truss, while designed to hold the accumulated materials, +such as snow and ice, likely to be deposited there, is of such a design, +principally, so as to afford means of ornamentation. This remark has +reference to such types as dispense with the cross, or tie beam, which +is the distinguishing feature in bridge building. + +The tie beam is also an important element in many types of trusses, +where ornamentation is not required, or in such structures as have the +roofed portion of the buildings enclosed by ceiling walls, or where the +space between the roofs is used for storage purposes. + +In England, and on the Continent of Europe, are thousands of trusses +structured to support the roofs, which are marvels of beauty. Some of +them are bewildering in their formation. The moldings, beaded surfaces, +and the carved outlines of the soffits, of the arches, and of the +purlins, are wonderful in detail. + +The wooden roof of Westminster Hall, while very simple in structure, as +compared with many others, looks like an intricate maze of beams, struts +and braces, but it is, nevertheless, so harmonized that the effect is +most pleasing to the eye, and its very appearance gives the impression +of grandeur and strength. + +Nearly all of the forms shown herein have come down to us from mediæval +times, when more stress was laid on wooden structures than at the +present time, but most of the stone and metal buildings grew out of the +wooden prototypes. + +Now the prime object of nearly all the double-roofed trusses was to +utilize the space between the rafters so as to give height and majesty +to the interior. + +A large dome is grand, owing to its great simplicity, but the same plain +outlines, or lack of ornamentation, in the ceiling of a square or +rectangular building would be painful to view, hence, the braces, beams, +plates, and various supports of the roofed truss served as ornamental +parts, and it is in this particular that the art of the designer finds +his inspiration. + +Before proceeding to apply the matter of ornamentation, it might be well +to develop these roof forms, starting with the old type Barn Roof, where +the space between the rafters must be utilized for the storage of hay. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 284. Gambrel Roof._] + +_The Gambrel Roof_, Fig. 284, requires a tie beam, (A), as shown, but +the space above the beam is free of all obstructions, and gives a large +storage space. The roof has two sets of rafters (B, C), and of different +pitch, the lower rafters (B) having a pitch of about 30 degrees, and the +upper ones (C), about 45 degrees. + +A tie bar (D) joins the middle portion of each of the rafters (B, C) and +another tie bar (E) joins the middle part of the rafter (B), and the +supporting post (F). The cross tie beam (G) completes the span, and a +little study will show the complete interdependence of one piece upon +the other. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 285. Purlin Roof._] + +_The Purlin Roof_ is a type of structure used very largely throughout +the United States, for wide barns. (A) is the cross beam; (B, B) the +purlin posts; (C, C) the purlin plates; (D, D) the rafters; and (E, E) +the supporting braces. + +The rafters (D) are in two sections, the distance from the eaves to the +comb being too great for single length rafters, and the purlin plates +are not designed to make what is called a "self-supporting" roof, but +merely to serve as supports for the regular rafters. + +_The Princess Truss_, on the other hand, is designed to act as a support +for the different lengths of rafters (A, B, C), and as a means for +holding the roof. It is adapted for low pitch and wide spans. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 286. Princess Truss._] + +The main truss is made up of the cross beam (D), rafters (E, E) and +thrust beam (F). Purlin posts (G, G) are placed at an angle intermediate +the ends of the rafters, and the purlin plates (H, H) support the roof +rafters (A, B, C); I, I are the vertical tie rods. + +This type is probably the oldest form of truss for building purposes, +and it has been modified in many ways, the most usual modification being +the substitution of posts for the tie rods (I, I). + +Following out the foregoing forms, we may call attention to one more +type which permitted ornamentation to a considerable degree, although it +still required the tie beam. In fact the tie beam itself was the feature +on which the architect depended to make the greatest effect by +elaborating it. + +This is shown in Fig. 287, and is called the _Arched_, or _Cambered, Tie +Beam Truss_. It is a very old type, samples of which have been found +which take it back to a very remote age. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 287. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam._] + +The tie beam A, in wide spans, was made in two sections, properly tied +together, and sometimes the outer ends were very wide, and to add to the +effect of the arch, it might also be raised in the middle, something in +the form shown by the dotted line (B). + +_The Mansard_ is what may be called a double-mounted roof, and it will +be seen how it was evolved from the preceding types. It will be noted +that the simple truss formed by the members (A, B, C) is merely +superposed on the leaning posts, the tie beam also being necessary in +this construction. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 288. The Mansard._] + +But the most elaborate formations are those which were intended to +provide trusses for buildings wherein the tie beams were dispensed with. + +The simplest form known is called the _Scissors Beam_, illustrated in +Fig. 289. This has been utilized for small spaces, and steep pitches. +Each rafter (A) has an angled beam or brace (B), springing from its +base, to the opposite rafter (A), to which it is joined, midway between +its ends, as at C. + +Where the two braces (B) cross each other they are secured together, as +at D. As a result, three trusses are formed, namely, 1, 2, 3, and it +possesses remarkable strength. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 289. Scissors Beam._] + +BRACED COLLAR BEAM.--This is a modification of the last type, but is +adapted for thick walls only. The tie rod braces (A, A) have to be +brought down low to give a good bracing action, and this arrangement is +capable of considerable ornamentation. + +The steeper the pitch the higher up would be the inner and lower brace +posts (B, B) which were supported by the top of the wall. This form is +not available for wide spans, and is shown to illustrate how the +development was made into the succeeding types. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 290. Braced Collar Beam._] + +THE RIB AND COLLAR TRUSS, Fig. 291, is the first important structural +arrangement which permitted the architect to give full sway to +embellishment. The inwardly-projecting members (A, A) are called _Hammer +Beams_. They were devised as a substitute for the thick walls used in +the Braced Collar Beam Truss, and small brackets (B, B) were placed +beneath as supports. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 291. Rib and Collar Truss._] + +The short tie beam (C), near the apex, serves as the member to receive +the thrust and stress of the curved ribs (D, D). It forms a most +graceful type of roof, and is capable of the most exquisite +ornamentation, but it is used for the high pitched roofs only. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 290-1/2. Hammer Beam Truss._] + +The acme of all constructions, in which strength, beauty, and capacity +for ornamentation are blended, is the _Hammer Beam Truss_. Here the +hammer beam projects inwardly farther than in the preceding figure, and +has a deeper bracket (B), and this also extends down the pendant post +(C) a greater distance. + +The curved supporting arch (D), on each side, is not ribbed, as in the +Rib and Collar Truss, but instead, is provided with openwork (not shown +herein), together with beadings and moldings, and other ornamental +characteristics, and some of the most beautiful architectural forms in +existence are in this type of roof. + +What are called Flying Buttresses (E) are sometimes used in connection +with the Hammer Beam Truss, which, with heavy roofs and wide spans, is +found to be absolutely necessary. + + + + +CHAPTER XX + +ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTS + + +In uniting two or more elements, some particular type of joint is +necessary. In framing timbers, in making braces, in roof construction +and supports, in floor beams, and in numerous other places, where +strength is required, the workman should have at his command a knowledge +of the most serviceable methods. + +Illustrations can most forcibly convey the different types; but the +sizes must be determined by the character of the material you are +working with. Our aim is to give the idea involved, and the name by +which each is known. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 292. Bridle Joints._] + +Reference has been made in Chapter X, to certain forms of scarfing and +lapping pieces. This chapter has to do with a variety of other +structural forms, but principally with such as are used in heavy +building work, and in cases where neither fish plates nor scarfing will +answer the purpose. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 293. Spur Tenon._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 294. Saddle Joints._] + +BRIDLE JOINTS.--This is a form of joint where permanency is not desired, +and where it is necessary to readily seat or unseat the vertical timber. +It is also obvious that the socket for the upright is of such a +character that it will not weaken it to any great extent. + +SPUR TENON.--This tenon can be used in many places where the regular one +is not available. This, like the preceding, is used where the parts are +desired to be detachable, and the second form is one which is used in +many structures. + +SADDLE JOINT.--This is still another manner in which a quickly +detachable joint can be constructed. The saddle may be mounted on the +main base, or cut into the base piece. An infinite variety of forms of +saddles are made, most of them being used in dock work, and for framing +of that character where large timbers are used, as in the building of +coal chutes, and the like. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 295. Joggle Joints._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 296. Framing Joints._] + +JOGGLE JOINT.--This joint is used almost exclusively for brace work +where great weight must be supported. The brace has a tenon, and the +end must also be so arranged that it will have a direct bearing against +the upright, which it braces and supports, or it may have two faces, as +in the second figure, which is an exceedingly strong construction. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 297. Heel Joints._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 298. Stub Tenon._] + +FRAMING JOINTS.--These are the simplest form in which two members are +secured together. They are used almost wholly in rafter work, and have +very few modifications. The depth of the cut, for the toe of the rafter, +depends on the load to be carried, and also on the distance the end of +the rafter is from the end of the horizontal member on which the rafter +rests. + +HEEL JOINTS.--This is by far the most secure of the framing type of +joints. This, if properly made, is much better than the construction +shown in the previous illustration, but the difficulty is to make the +rafter fit into the recesses properly. This is no excuse for failure to +use, but it is on account of inability to make close fits that is +accountable for lack of use. It will be seen that in case one of the +heels rests against the recess, and the others do not, and the pressure +is great, there is a liability to tear out the entire joint. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 299. Tusk Tenon._] + +STUB TENON.--This is another form of tenon which is made and designed to +be used where it is in close proximity to another tenon, or where the +mortises, if made full size, will weaken the member. The long tusk can +be shortened, to suit the place where it projects, and the stub tenon on +each side of the tusk may be made very short, and one side longer than +the other if necessary. + +TUSK TENON.--Two forms of tusk construction are given. Any number of +forms have been devised, all for special purposes, and designed for +different kinds of woods. These shown are particularly adapted for soft +woods, and the principal feature that is valuable lies in the fact that +they have a number of shoulders within the mortise, each of which, +necessarily adds to the strength. It should be observed that in the +construction of the tusk tenon, the greatest care must be taken to have +it fit the mortise tightly, and this has reference to the bottom and +shoulder ends as well. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 300. Double Tusk Tenon._] + +DOUBLE TUSK TENONS.--The distinguishing difference between this and the +preceding is in the tusk, which in this form of construction goes +through the upright member, and is held by a cross key. The double tusk +is intended for hard woods, and it is regarded as the finest, as well +as the strongest, joint known. + +COGGED JOINTS.--This differs from the regular tenoning and mortising +methods, principally because the groove or recess is in the form of an +open gain. It is used where the member is to be inserted after the main +structure is put together. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 301. Cogged Joints._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 302. Anchor Joint._] + +ANCHOR JOINT.--This form of connection is designed for very large +timbers, and where great care must be taken in making the parts fit +together nicely, as everything depends on this. This style is never +used where the angles are less than 45 degrees, and the depth of the +gain in the timber receiving the brace is dependent on the thrust of the +brace. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 303. Deep Anchor Joint._] + +The Deep Anchor Joint is an extension of the tongue of the Anchor tenon, +so that it affords a greater support for the end thrust. To clearly +distinguish between this and the preceding form, it might be said that +the Anchor Joint is one designed to protect the member containing the +gains, while the Deep Anchor Joint favors the brace, by giving it a +greater power. + + + + +CHAPTER XXI + +SOME MISTAKES, AND A LITTLE ADVICE IN CARPENTRY + + +In the mechanical arts, workers are as likely to learn from the mistakes +committed as through correct information imparted. Advice, therefore, +might be considered superfluous. But there are certain things which are +easily remembered and may be borne in mind while engaged in turning out +any work. + +This chapter is not given for the purpose of calling attention to all +the errors which are so common, but merely to point out a few which the +boy will commit as he tries to carry out his work for the first time. + +One of the difficult things for any one to learn, in working with wood, +is to plane the edge of a board straight and square at the same time. +This is made doubly difficult if it is desired to plane it strictly to +dimensions. + +Usually before the edge is straight it is down to the proper width +desired, and it is then too late to correct any error, because further +work will make it too narrow. + +The whole difficulty is in the holding of the plane. It matters not how +rigidly it is held, and how carefully it is guarded to veer it toward +one side or the other, it will be found a most difficult task. + +If the fore, or finishing, plane is used, and which is the proper tool +for the purpose, the impression seems to be, that to square up the edge +and make it cut off a thicker shaving on one side than on the other, +requires that the plane should be pressed down with force, so as to make +it dig in and cut a thicker shaving. + +When this is resorted to the board is liable to get out of true from end +to end. A much better plan is to put the plane on the edge of the board +true and straight. If it is too high on the edge nearest you, bring the +plane over so the inside edge is flush with the inside edge of the +board. + +Then use the fingers of the left hand as a gage to keep the plane from +running over. + +Now, the weight of the plane in such a condition is sufficient to take +off a thicker shaving at the high edge, and this will be done without +any effort, and will enable you to concentrate your thoughts on keeping +the plane straight with the board. + +The weight of the plane will make a thicker shaving on one side than on +the other, and correct inequalities, provided you do not attempt to +force the plane. + +It requires an exceedingly steady hand to hold a plane firmly for +squaring up a half-inch board. Singular as it may seem, it is almost as +difficult a job with a two-inch plank. In the case of the thin board the +plane will move laterally, unless the utmost care is exercised; in the +truing up the thick plank the constant tendency is to move the plane +along the surface at a slight diagonal, and this is sure to cause +trouble. + +It only emphasizes the fact most clearly, that to do a good job the +plane must be firmly held, that it must move along the board with the +utmost precision, and that it should not be forced into the wood. + +In smoothing down a board with the short smoothing plane, preparatory to +sandpapering it, the better plan is to move the plane slightly across +the grain. This will enable the bit to take hold better, and when the +sandpaper is applied the course of the movement should be across the +grain opposite the direction taken by the smoothing plane. + +It is never satisfactory to draw the sandpaper directly along in the +course of the grain. Such a habit will cause the sandpaper to fill up +very rapidly, particularly with certain woods. + +When gluing together joints or tenons, always wipe off the surplus glue +with warm water taken from the glue pot. If you do not follow this +advice the glue will gum up the tools and the sandpaper used to finish +the work. + +Never try to work from opposite sides of a piece of material. Have a +_work side_ and a work _edge_, and make all measurements therefrom. Mark +each piece as you go along. Take a note mentally just how each piece is +to be placed, and what must be done with it. + +The carpenter, above all others, must be able to carry a mental picture +of his product. + +Never saw out the scribing or marking line, either in cutting or in +ripping. The lines should be obliterated by the plane, when it is being +finished, and not before. + +Make it a habit to finish off the surfaces and edges true and smooth +before the ends are cut, or the mortises or tenons are made. This is one +of the most frequent mistakes. No job can be a perfect one unless your +material has been worked down to proper dimensions. + +Learn to saw across a board squarely. This may be a hard thing for the +novice to do. A long, easy stroke of the saw will prevent it from +running, unless too badly set or filed, and will also enable you to hold +it more nearly square with the board. + +If you find that you invariably saw "out of true," then take some sawing +lessons for your own benefit, until you can judge whether the saw is +held true or not. + +It is better to saw up a half dozen boards in making the test than +commit the error while working on a job. + + + + +GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT OF THIS VOLUME + + +$Acute.$ Sharp, to the point. + +$Adjuster.$ A tool which measures distances and relative spaces. + +$Æsthetic.$ The theory of taste; science of the beautiful in nature and +art. + +$Abstract.$ That which exists in the mind only; separate from matter; to +think of separately as a quality. + +$Alligator jaws.$ A term used to designate a pair of serrated bars which +are held together in a headpiece, and capable of clamping bits between +them. + +$Analyzed.$ Separated into its primitive or original parts. + +$Anchor.$ Any device for holding an object in a fixed position. + +$Angle dividers.$ A sort of double bevel tool so arranged that an angle +can be made at the same time on both side of a base line. + +$Angularly disposed.$ Forming an angle with reference to some part or +position. + +$Archivolt.$ The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of +an arch. More commonly the molding or other ornaments with which the +wall face of an arch is changed. + +$Artisan.$ One trained in some mechanic's art or trade. + +$Beaded.$ A piece of wood or iron having rounded creases on its +surface. + +$Beam compass.$ A drawing compass in which the points are arranged to +slide on a rod, instead of being fixed on dividers. + +$Belfry.$ A bell-tower, usually attached to a church. + +$Bevel square.$ A handle to which is pivotally attached a blade, which +may be swung and held at any desired angle. + +$Bisected.$ To divide, mark, or cut into two portions. + +$Bit.$ A small tool, either for drilling, or for cutting, as a plane +iron. + +$Braced collar.$ A form of roofing truss, in which the upper cross +member is supported by a pair of angled braces. + +$Breast drill.$ A tool for holding boring tools, and designed to have +the head held against the breast for forcing in the boring tool. + +$Bridle joint.$ A form for securing elements together which provides a +shallow depression in one member, and a chamfered member at its end to +fit therein. + +$Bungalow.$ A Bengalese term; originally a thatched or tiled house or +cottage, single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. + +$Bushing.$ A substance of any kind interposed, as, for instance, a +wearing surface between a mandrel and its bearing. + +$Butts.$ A term applied to certain hinges, usually of the large type. + +$Callipered.$ A measured portion which has its side or thickness fixed +by a finely graduated instrument. + +$Cambered.$ Slightly rising in the middle portion. An upward bend, or +projection. + +$Capital.$ A small head or top of a column; the head or uppermost member +of a pilaster. + +$Cardinal.$ Pre-eminent, chief, main line; _Cardinal_ line is the +principal line to make calculations or measurements from. + +$Centering point.$ A place for the reception of the point of an +instrument, like a compass or a dividers, or for the dead center of the +tail-stock of a lathe. + +$Cheekpiece.$ A piece or pieces at right angles to another piece, either +fixed or movable, which serves as a rest or a guide. + +$Chiffonier.$ A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with +shelves and drawers. + +$Chute.$ A channel in any material, or made of any substance, for +conveying liquids or solids. + +$Circumference.$ The distance around an object. + +$Circumferentially.$ Surrounding or encircling. + +$Classical.$ Relating to the first class or rank, especially in +literature or art. + +$Cogged.$ Having teeth, either at regular or at irregular intervals. + +$Concrete.$ Expressing the thing itself specifically; also the quality; +a specific example. + +$Configuration.$ Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the +parts of a thing; a shape or a figure. + +$Coincide.$ To occupy the same place in space; to correspond exactly; to +agree; to concur. + +$Correlation.$ A reference, as from one thing to another; the putting +together of various parts. + +$Conventional.$ Something which grows out of or depends upon custom, or +is sanctioned by general usage. + +$Craftsman.$ One skilled in a craft or trade. + +$Curvature.$ The act of curving or being bent. + +$Concentrated.$ To bring to a common center; to bring together in one +mass. + +$Dado.$ A plain flat surface between a base and a surbase molding. +Sometimes a painted or encrusted skirting on interior walls. + +$Depth gage.$ A tool by means of which the depths of grooves and +recesses are measured. + +$Degree.$ Measure of advancement; quality; extent; a division or space. + +$Discarded.$ Cast off; to reject or put away. + +$Deterioration.$ To grow worse; impairing in quality. + +$Depressed.$ A sunken surface or part. + +$Diagrammatical.$ A drawing made to illustrate the working or the +scheme, without showing all the parts or giving their relative positions +or measurements. + +$Diametrically.$ A direction toward the center or across the middle of a +figure or thing. + +$Diagonal.$ A direction which is not parallel with or perpendicular to a +line. + +$Dominate.$ To govern; controlling. + +$Door trim.$ The hardware which is attached to a door. + +$Double-roofed.$ All form of roof structure where there is an inner +frame to support the rafters. + +$Drop forged.$ Metal forms which are struck up by means of heavy +hammers, in which are the molds or patterns of the article to be formed. + +$Elaboration.$ Wrought with labor; finished with great care. + +$Elevation.$ The act of raising from a lower to a higher degree; a +projection of a building or other object on a plane perpendicular to the +horizon. + +$Elliptical.$ Having the form of an ellipse. + +$Embellishment.$ The act of adorning; that which adds beauty or +elegance. + +$Entablature.$ The structure which lies horizontally upon the columns. + +$Equidistant.$ Being at an equal distance from a point. + +$Escutcheon.$ An ornamental plate like that part about a keyhole. + +$Evolve.$ To unfold or unroll; to open and expand. + +$Façade.$ The front of a building; the principal front having some +architectural pretensions. + +$Facing-boards.$ The finishing of the face of a wall of different +material than the main part of the wall; the wide board below the +cornice or beneath the windows. + +$Factor.$ One of the elements, circumstances or influences which +contribute to produce a result. + +$Fence.$ A term used to designate a metal barrier or guard on a part of +a tool. + +$Fish plate.$ A pair of plates, usually placed on opposite sides of the +pieces to be secured together, and held by cross bolts. + +$Flare.$ A pitch; an angle; an inclination. + +$Flush.$ Unbroken, or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent +surface. + +$Frog clamping screw.$ A screw which is designed to hold or adjust two +angled pieces. + +$Fulcrum.$ That by which a lever is sustained, or on which a lever rests +in turning or moving a body. + +$Fluting.$ The channel or channels in a body; as the grooves in a +column. + +$Gain.$ A square or beveled notch or groove cut out of a girder, beam, +post or other material, at a corner. + +$Gambrel.$ A roof having two different pitches, the upper much greater +than the lower. + +$Geometry.$ Pertaining to that branch of mathematics which investigates +the relations, properties and measurements of solids, surfaces, lines +and angles. + +$Girder.$ A main beam; a straight horizontal beam to span an opening or +carry a weight, such as the ends of floor beams. + +$Glossary.$ A collection or explanation of words and passages of the +works of an author; a partial dictionary. + +$Graduated.$ Cut up into steps; divided into equal parts. + +$Guide stock.$ A member which is the main portion of the tool, and from +which all measurements are taken. + +$Hammer beam.$ A member in a truss roof structure, at the base of the +roof proper, which consists of an inwardly projecting part, on which the +roof rests, and from which it is braced. + +$Hammer-pole.$ The peon, or round end of a hammer which is used for +driving nails. + +$Hemispherical.$ Pertaining to a half globe or sphere. + +$Horizontal.$ On the level; at right angles to a line which points to +the center of the earth. + +$Incorporated.$ United in one body. + +$Index pin.$ A small movable member which is designed to limit the +movement of the operative part of a machine. + +$Initial.$ To make a beginning with; the first of a series of acts or +things. + +$Insulate.$ To place in a detached position; to separate from. + +$Interchangeable.$ One for the other. + +$Interval.$ A space between things; a void space; between two objects. + +$Interest.$ To engage the attention of; to awaken or attract attention. + +$Interlocking jaw.$ Two or more parts of a piece of mechanism in which +the said parts pass each other in their motions. + +$Intersection.$ The point or line in which one line or surface cuts +another. + +$Intervening.$ The portion between. + +$Inverted.$ Turned over; to put upside down. + +$Joggle-joint.$ A form of connection which has struts attached to a +pendant post. + +$Joinery.$ The art or trade of joining wood. + +$Kerf.$ A notch, channel or slit made in any material by cutting or +sawing. + +$Kit.$ A working outfit; a collection of tools or implements. + +$Level.$ A tool designed to indicate horizontal or vertical surfaces. + +$Liberal.$ Not narrow or contracted. + +$Lobe.$ Any projection, especially of a rounded form; the projecting +part of a cam-wheel. + +$Longitudinal.$ In the direction of the length; running lengthwise. + +$Lubrication.$ The system of affording oiling means to a machine or to +any article. + +$Mandrel.$ The live spindle of a lathe; the revolving arbor of a +circular saw. + +$Mansard.$ A type of roof structure with two pitches, one, the lower, +being very steep, and the other very flat pitch. + +$Manual.$ Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by hand. + +$Marginal.$ The border or edge of an object. + +$Marking gage.$ A bar on which is placed a series of points, usually +equidistant from each other. + +$Matching.$ Placing tongue in one member and a corresponding groove in +another member, so that they will join each other perfectly. + +$Mediæval.$ Of or relating to the Middle Ages. + +$Miter-box.$ A tool for the purpose of holding a saw true at any desired +adjustable angle. + +$Miter-square.$ A tool which provides adjustment at any desired angle. + +$Mullion.$ A slender bar or pier which forms the vertical division +between the lights of windows, screens, etc.; also, indoors, the main +uprights are _stiles_, and the intermediate uprights are _mullions_. + +$Obliterated.$ Erased or blotted out. + +$Obtuse.$ Not pointed; bent. + +$Orbit.$ The path made by a heavenly body in its travel around another +body. + +$Ordinate.$ The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, +measured on a line called the _axis of ordinates,_ or on a line parallel +to it from another line, at right angles thereto, called the _axis of +abscissas_. + +$Ornamentation.$ To embellish; to improve in appearance. + +$Oscillate.$ To swing like a pendulum. + +$Overhang.$ In a general sense that which projects out. + +$Paneling.$ A sunken compartment or portion with raised margins, molded +or otherwise, as indoors, ceilings wainscoting, etc. + +$Parallelogram.$ A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite +sides are parallel and, consequently, equal. + +$Parallel.$ Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally +distant. + +$Perspective.$ A view; a vista; the effect of distance upon the +appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognizes them as +being at a more or less measurable distance. + +$Pivot.$ A fixed pin, or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or +other body turns. + +$Pitch.$ Slope; descent; declivity, like the slope of a roof. + +$Placement.$ The act of placing; in the state of being placed. + +$Predominate.$ To be superior in number, strength, influence or +authority; controlling. + +$Produced.$ To lengthen out; to extend. + +$Prototype.$ The original; that from which later forms sprang. + +$Purlin.$ A longitudinal piece of timber, under a roof, midway between +the eaves and comb, to hold the rafters. + +$Rabbeting.$ The manner of cutting grooves or recesses. + +$Ratchet.$ A wheel, bar, or other form of member, having teeth or +recesses. + +Rebate. A rectangular, longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner +or edge of a body. + +$Rail.$ A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. + +$Rectangular.$ Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety +degrees; a four-sided figure having only right angles. + +$Rib and collar.$ A form of roof truss in which the collar between +rafters is used as the thrust bearing for the ribs which project up from +the hammer beam. + +$Router.$ A tool for cutting grooves or recesses. + +$Saddle joint.$ A form of connection in which one part has a portion cut +away, resembling a saddle, and in which the part to be attached has its +end cut so as to fit the saddle thus formed. + +$Scarfing.$ The cutting away of the ends of timbers to be joined, so the +two parts on lapping will unite evenly. + +$Scissors beam.$ A form of truss, in which there is a pair of interior +braces formed like shears, and secured to the main rafters themselves. + +$Score, Scored.$ Shear; cut; divide; also notching or marking. + +$Scratch awl.$ A sharp-pointed tool, with a handle. + +$Scribe.$ To cut, indent or mark with a tool, such as a knife, awl or +compass, so as to form a cutting line for the workman. + +$Self-supporting.$ Held by itself; not depending upon outside aid. + +$Shank.$ Usually the handle, or portion to which the handle is attached. + +$Slitting gage.$ A tool which is designed to cut along a certain line +guided by an adjustable fence. + +$Soffit.$ The under side of an arch. + +$Solid.$ Not hollow; full of matter; having a fixed form; hard; opposed +to liquid or fluid. + +$Spindle.$ A small mandrel; an arbor; a turning shaft. + +$Springer.$ The post or point at which an arch rests upon its support, +and from which it seems to spring. + +$Sphere.$ A body or space continued under a single surface which, in +every part, is equally distant from a point within called its center. + +$Spur.$ A small part jutting from another. + +$Strike plate.$ A plate serving as a keeper for a beveled latch bolt and +against which the latter strikes in closing. + +$Steel Tubing.$ Pipes made from steel; tubing is measured across from +outside to outside; piping is measured on the inside. + +$Step-wedge.$ A wedge having one straight edge, and the other edge +provided with a succession of steps, by means of which the piece +gradually grows wider. + +$Strain, Stresses.$ To act upon in any way so as to cause change of form +or volume; as forces on a beam to bend it. + +$Strut.$ Any piece of timber which runs from one timber to another, and +is used to support a part. + +$Stub.$ A projecting part, usually of some defined form, and usually +designed to enter or engage with a corresponding recess in another +member. + +$Submerged.$ To be buried or covered, as with a fluid; to put under. + +$Swivel.$ A pivoted member, used in many forms of tools, in which one +part turns on the other. + +$Tail-stock.$ The sliding support or block in a lathe, which carries the +dead spindle, or adjustable center. + +$Technical.$ Of or pertaining to the useful in mechanical arts, or to +any science, business, or the like. + +$Texture.$ The disposition of the several parts of any body in +connection with each other; or the manner in which the parts are united. + +$Tool rest.$ That part of a lathe, or other mechanism, which supports a +tool, or holds the tool support. + +$Torso.$ The human body as distinguished from the head and limbs. + +$Transverse.$ In a crosswise direction; lying across; at right angles to +the longitudinal. + +$Trimmer.$ A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor +framing, as when a hole is left for stairs, chimneys, and the like. + +$Truss.$ An assemblage of members of wood or iron, supported at two +points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points +with the least possible strain, across the length of any member. + +$Tusk.$ In mechanism, a long projecting part, longer than a tenon, and +usually applied to the long or projecting part of a tenon. + +$Universal joint.$ A joint wherein one member is made to turn with +another, although the two turning members are not in a line with each +other. + +$Vocation.$ Employment; trade; profession; business. + +$Voissoir.$ One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. + + + + +THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS + + +CARPENTRY FOR BOYS + +A book which treats, in a most practical and fascinating manner, all +subjects pertaining to the "King of Trades"; showing the care and use of +tools; drawing; designing, and the laying out of work; the principles +involved in the building of various kinds of structures, and the +rudiments of architecture. 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S. Zerbe + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Carpentry for Boys + In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying + Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original + Illustrations + +Author: J. S. Zerbe + +Release Date: March 7, 2007 [EBook #20763] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CARPENTRY FOR BOYS *** + + + + +Produced by Ross Wilburn, Curtis Weyant and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + +<h3><span class="smcap">The "How-to-do-it" Books</span></h3> + +<h2>CARPENTRY FOR BOYS</h2> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig1" id="fig1"></a> +<img src="images/fig1.jpg" width="400" height="323" alt="Fig. 1. A Typical Work Bench." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 1. A Typical Work Bench.</span> +</div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h4>THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS</h4> + +<h2>CARPENTRY FOR BOYS</h2> + +<h4>in simple language, including<br /> +chapters on drawing, laying out<br /> +work, designing and architecture</h4> + +<h4>WITH 250 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS</h4> + +<h4><span class="smcap">By</span> J. S. ZERBE, M.E.</h4> + +<h5>AUTHOR OF</h5> + +<h5> +ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS<br /> +PRACTICAL MECHANICS FOR BOYS +</h5> + + +<h5>THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY</h5> + +<h5><span class="smcap">New York</span></h5> + +<h5><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1914, by</span></h5> + +<h4>THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY</h4> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg i]</span></p> +<h3><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></a>CONTENTS</h3> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Contents"> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#LIST_OF_ILLUSTRATIONS">LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</a> +</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#INTRODUCTORY">INTRODUCTORY</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_I">I. <span class="smcap">Tools and Their Uses</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 5</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Knowledge of Tools. A Full Kit of Tools. The Hatchet. +The Claw Hammer. About Saws—Cross-cut, Rip Saw, +Back Saw. Planes—Jack Plane, Smoothing Plane, Pore +Plane. Gages. Chisels—Firmer Chisel. Trusses. Saw +Clamps. The Grindstone. Oilstone. Miter Box. The +Work Bench.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_II">II. <span class="smcap">How to Grind and Sharpen Tools</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 16</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Care of Tools—-First Requisites. Saws—How to Set. +Saw-set Errors. Saw Setting Block. Filing. The Angle +of Filing. Filing Pitch. Saw Clamps. Filing Suggestions. +The File. Using the File. The Grindstone. +In the Use of Grindstones. Correct Way of Holding +Tool in Grinding. Care of Stone. Incorrect Way to +Hold Tool. Way to Revolve or Turn Grindstone. The +Plane. The Gage. Chisels. General Observations.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_III">III. <span class="smcap">How to Hold and Handle Tools</span></a></td><td align='right'><b>Page 29</b></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>On the Holding of Tools. The Saw. How to Start a +Saw. Sawing on a Line. The First Stroke. The Starting +Cut for Cross-cutting. Forcing a Saw. The Stroke. +The Chinese Saw. Things to Avoid. The Plane. Angle +for Holding Planes. Errors to be Avoided. The Gage. +Holding the Gage. The Draw-knife.</p></blockquote></td></tr> +<tr> +<td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">IV. <span class="smcap">How to +Design Articles</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 39</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Fundamentals of Designing. The Commercial Instinct. +First Requirements of Designing. Conventional Styles. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg ii]</span> +The Mission Style. Cabinets. Harmony of Parts. Harmony +of Wood.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_V">V. <span class="smcap">How work is Laid Out</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 43</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Concrete Examples of Work. Dimensions. Laying Out +a Table. The Top. The Mortises. The Facing Boards. +The Tenons. Tools Used. Chamfered Tenons. The +Frame. The Drawer Support. The Table Frame. The +Top. The Drawer. How Any Structure is Built Up. +Observations About Making a Box. Points. Beveling +and Mitering. Proper Terms. Picture Frames. Dovetail +Points. Box Points. First Steps in Dovetailing. Cutting +Out the Spaces. Tools Used in Laying Out Mortises +and Tenons.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_VI">VI. <span class="smcap">The Uses of the Compass and the Square</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 59</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>The Compass. Determining Angles. Definition of Degrees. +Degrees Without a Compass. How Degrees are +Calculated by the Dividers.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_VII">VII. <span class="smcap">How the Different Structural Parts are Designated</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 65</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Importance of Proper Designation. How to Explain +Mechanical Forms. Defining Segment and Sector. Arcade, +Arch, Buttress, Flying Buttress, Chamfer, Cotter, +Crenelated, Crosses, Curb Roof, Cupola, Crown Post, +Corbels, Dormer, Dowel, Drip, Detent, Extrados, Engrailed, +Facet, Fret, Fretwork, Frontal, Frustrums, Fylfot, +Gambrel Roof, Gargoyle, Gudgeon, Guilloche. Half +Timbered, Hammer Beam, Header, Hip Roof, Hood +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg iii]</span> +Molding, Inclave, Interlacing Arch, Inverted, Inverted +Arch, Key Stone, King Post, Label, Louver, Lintel, Lug, +M-Roof, Mansard Roof, Newel, Parquetry, Peen, Pendant, +Pendastyle, Pedestal, Plinth, Portico, Plate, Queen +Post, Quirk Molding, Re-entering Angle, Rafter, Scarfing, +Scotia Molding, Sill, Skewback, Spandrel, Strut, +Stud, Stile, Tie Beam, Timber, Trammel, Turret, Transom, +Valley Roof.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII">VIII. <span class="smcap">Drawing and Its Utility</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 73</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Fundamentals in Drawing. Representing Objects. +Forming Lines and Shadows. Analysis of Lines and +Shadings. How to Show Plain Surfaces. Concave Surfaces. +Convex Surfaces. Shadows from a Beam. Flat +Effects. The Direction of Light. Raised Surfaces. Depressed +Surfaces. Full Shading. Illustrating Cube +Shading. Shading Effect. Heavy Lines. Perspectives. +True Perspective of a Cube. Isometric Cube. Flattened +Perspective. Technical Designations. Sector and +Segment. Terms of Angles. Circles and Curves. Irregular +Curves. Ellipses and Ovals. Focal Points. Produced +Line. Spirals, Perpendicular and Vertical. Signs +to Indicate Measurement. Definitions. Abscissa. Angle. +Apothegm. Apsides or Apsis. Chord. Cycloid. Conoid. +Conic Section. Ellipsoid. Epicycloid. Evolute. Flying +Buttress. Focus. Gnomes. Hexagon. Hyperbola. Hypothenuse. +Incidental. Isosceles. Triangle. Parabola. +Parallelogram. Pelecoid. Polygons. Pyramid. Rhomb. +Sector. Segment. Sinusoid. Tangent. Tetrahedron. +Vertex.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_IX">IX. +<span class="smcap">Moldings, with Practical Illustrations in +Embellishing Work</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 93</b></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Moldings. The Basis of Moldings. +The Simplest Moldings.<span class='pagenum'>[Pg iv]</span> +The Astragal. The Cavetto. The Ovolo. The +Torus. The Apothegm. The Cymatium. The Ogee. +Ogee Recta. Ogee Reversa. The Reedy. The Casement. +The Roman-Doric Column. Lesson from the Doric +Column. Applying Molding. Base. Embellishments. Straight-faced +Molding. Plain Molding. Base. Diversified +Uses. Shadows Cast by Moldings.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_X">X. <span class="smcap">An Analysis of Tenoning, Mortising, Rabbeting and Beading</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 104</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Where Mortises Should be Used. Depth of Mortises. +Rule for Mortises. True Mortise Work. Steps in Cutting +Mortises. Things to Avoid in Mortising. Lap-and-Butt +Joints. Scarfing. The Tongue and Groove. Beading. +Ornamental Bead Finish. The Bead and Rabbet. +Shading with Beads and Rabbets.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XI">XI. <span class="smcap">House Building</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 113</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>House Building. The Home and Embellishments. Beauty +Not Ornamentation. Plain Structures. Colonial +Type. The Roof the Keynote. Bungalow Types. General +House Building. Building Plans. The Plain +Square-Floor Plan. The Rectangular Plan. Room Measurements. +Front and Side Lines. The Roof. Roof Pitch. +The Foundation. The Sills. The Flooring Joist. The +Studding. Setting Up. The Plate. Intermediate Studding. +Wall Headers. Ceiling Joist. Braces. The Rafters. +The Gutter. Setting Door and Window Frames. +Plastering and Finish Work.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XII">XII. <span class="smcap">Bridges, Trussed Work and Like Structures</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 130</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Bridges. Self-supporting Roofs. Common Trusses. The +Vertical Upright Truss. The Warren Girder. The Bowstring +Girder. Fundamental Truss Forms.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">XIII. <span class="smcap">The Best Woods for the Beginner</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 134</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>The Best Woods. +Soft Woods. Hard Woods. The Most<span class='pagenum'>[Pg v]</span> +Difficult Woods. The Hard-ribbed Grain in Wood. The +Easiest Working Woods. Differences in the Working of +Woods. Forcing Saws in Wood.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">XIV. <span class="smcap">Wood Turning</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 138</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Advantages of Wood Turning. Simple Turning Lathe. +The Rails. The Legs. Centering Blocks. The Tail-stock. +The Tool Rest. Materials. The Mandrel. Fly-wheel. +The Tools Required.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XV">XV. <span class="smcap">On the Use of Stains</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 147</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Soft Wood. Use of Stains. Stains as Imitations. +Good Taste in Staining. Great Contrasts Bad. Staining +Contrasting Woods. Hard Wood Imitations. Natural +Effects. Natural Wood Stains. Polishing Stained Surfaces.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XVI">XVI. <span class="smcap">The Carpenter and the Architect</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 152</b></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XVII">XVII. <span class="smcap">Useful Articles to Make</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 155</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Common Bench. Its Proportions. Square Top Stool. +Folding Blacking Box. Convenient Easel. Hanging +Book-rack. Sad Iron Holder. Bookcase. Wood-box. +Parallel Bars for Boys' Use. Mission Writing Desk. +Screen Frame. Mission Chair. Grandfather's Clock. +Knockdown and Adjustable Bookcase. Coal Scuttle +Frame or Case. Mission Arm Chair. Dog-house. +Settle, With Convenient Shelves. Towel Rack. Sofa +Framework.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">XVIII. <span class="smcap">Special Tools and Their Uses</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 170</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Bit and Level Adjuster. Miter Boxes. Swivel Arm Uprights. +Movable Stops. Angle Dividers. "Odd Job" +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg vi]</span> +Tool. Bit Braces. Ratchet Mechanism. Interlocking +Jaws. Steel Frame Breast Drills. Horizontal Boring. +3-Jaw Chuck. Planes. Rabbeting, Beading and Matching. +Cutter Adjustment. Depth Gage. Slitting Gage. +Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane. Router Planes. +Bottom Surfacing. Door Trim Plane.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">XIX. <span class="smcap">Roofing Trusses</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 185</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Characteristics of Trusses. Tie Beams. Ornamentation. +Objects of Beams, Struts and Braces. Utilizing +Space. Types of Structures. Gambrel Roof. Purlin +Roof. The Princess Truss. Arched, or Cambered, Tie +Beam Truss. The Mansard. Scissors Beam. Braced +Collar Beam. Rib and Collar Truss. Hammer-beam +Truss. Flying Buttress.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XX">XX. <span class="smcap">On the Construction of Joints</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 197</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Definition and Uses. Different Types. Bridle Joint. +Spur Tenon. Saddle Joints. Joggle Joint. Heel +Joints. Stub Tenon. Tusk Tenon. Double Tusk Tenon. +Cogged Joints. Anchor Joints. Deep Anchor Joints.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#CHAPTER_XXI">XXI. <span class="smcap">Some Mistakes and a Little Advice in Carpentry</span></a></td> +<td align='right'><b>Page 205</b></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><blockquote><p>Lessons From Mistakes. Planing the Edge of a Board +Straight. Planing it Square. Planing to Dimensions. +Holding the Plane. How it Should be Run on the Edge +of the Board. Truing With the Weight of the Plane. +A Steady Grasp. In Smoothing Boards. Correct Sand-papering. +Gluing. Removing Surplus Glue. Work +Edge and Work Side. The Scribing and Marking Line. +Finishing Surfaces. Sawing a Board Square. The +Stroke of the Saw. Sawing Out of True.</p></blockquote></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#GLOSSARY_OF_WORDS">GLOSSARY OF WORDS</a> +</td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'><a href="#THE_HOW-TO-DO-IT_BOOKS">THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS</a> +</td></tr> + +</table></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<h3><a name="LIST_OF_ILLUSTRATIONS" +id="LIST_OF_ILLUSTRATIONS"></a>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h3> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="LOI"> + +<tr><td align='left'>FIG.</td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>1. A typical work bench<span class='pagenum'>[Pg vii]</span></td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig1">Frontispiece</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'> </td><td align='right'>PAGE</td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>2. Hatchet</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig2">6</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>3. Hammer</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig3">7</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>4. Common saw </td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig4">7</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>5. Plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig5">8</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>6. Jack plane bit</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig6">9</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>6a. Fore plane bit</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig6a">10</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>7a. Firmer chisel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig7">11</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>Mortising chisel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig7a">12</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>8. Trestle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig7a">12</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>9. Miter box </td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig9">13</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>10. Incorrect saw setting</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig10">17</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>10a. Correct saw setting</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig10a">17</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>11. Saw setting device</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig11">17</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>12. Filing angle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig12">18</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>13. Rip saw</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig13">19</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>14. Cross cut</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig14">20</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>15. Filing clamp</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig15">21</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>16. Grindstone</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig16">23</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>17. Correct manner of holding tool</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig17">24</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>18. Incorrect way of holding tool</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig17">24</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>19. Gage</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig19">26</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>20. Starting a saw</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig20">31</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>21. Wrong sawing angle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig21">32</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>22. Correct sawing angle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig22">33</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>23. Thrust cut</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig23">34</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>24. Chinese saw</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig24">34</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>25. Moving angle for plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig25">35</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>26. Holding gage</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig26">36</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>27. Laying out table leg</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig27">43</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>28. The first marking line</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig28">44</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>29. Scribing mortise line</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig29">44</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>30. The corner<span class='pagenum'>[Pg viii]</span> mortises</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig30">44</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>31. The side rail</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig31">46</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>32. Scribing the tenons</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig32">46</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>33. Cross scoring</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig33">47</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>34. The tenon</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig34">47</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>35. Finishing the tenon</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig35">47</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>36. The tenon and mortise</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig36">48</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>37. The drawer support</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig37">48</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>38. Drawer cleats</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig38">49</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>39. Assembled table frame</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig39">50</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>40. The top</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig40">51</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>41. The drawer</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig41">52</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>42. Bevel joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig42">53</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>43. Miter joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig43">53</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>44. Picture frame joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig44">54</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>45. Initial marks for dovetails</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig45">55</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>46. End marks for dovetails</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig46">55</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>47. Angles for dovetails</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig47">55</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>48. Cutting out recesses for dovetails</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig48">56</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>49. Tongues for dovetails</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig49">56</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>50. Recess for dovetails</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig50">56</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>51. Determining angles</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig51">61</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>52. Marking degrees</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig52">63</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>53. Angles from base lines</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig53">63</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>54. Stepping off spaces</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig54">63</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>55. Arcade</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>56. Arch</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>57. Buttress</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>58. Chamfer</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>59. Cooter</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>60. Crenelated</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>61. Crosses</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>62. Curb roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>63. Cupola</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>64. Console</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>65. Corbels</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig55">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>66. Dormer</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>67. Dowel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>68. Drips</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">67</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>69. Detail<span class='pagenum'>[Pg ix]</span></td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>70. Extrados</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>71. Engrailed</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>72. Facet</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>73. Fret</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>74. Frontal</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>75. Frustrums</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>76. Fylfat</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>77. Gambrel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>78. Gargoyle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>79. Gudgeon</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig66">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>80. Guilloche</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>81. Half timbered</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>82. Hammer beam</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">68</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>83. Haunches</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>84. Header</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>85. Hip roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>86. Hood molding</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>87. Inclave</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>88. Interlacing arch</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>89. Invected</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>90. Inverted arch</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>91. Keystone</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>92. King post</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>93. Label</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig80">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>94. Louver</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">69</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>95. Lintel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>96. Lug</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>97. M-roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>98. Mansard roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>99. Newel post</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>100. Parquetry</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>101. Peen, or pein</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>102. Pendant</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>103. Pentastyle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>104. Pedestal</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig94">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>105. Pintle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>106. Portico</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">70</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>107. Plate</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">70</a> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg x]</span></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>108. Queen post</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>109. Quirk molding</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>110. Re-entering</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>111. Rafter</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>112. Scarfing</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>113. Scotia molding</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>114. Sill</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>115. Skew back</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>116. Spandrel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>117. Strut</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig105">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>118. Stud, studding</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig118">71</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>119. Stile</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig118">72</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>120. Trammel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig118">72</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>121. Turret</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig118">72</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>122. Transom</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig118">72</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>123. Valley roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig118">72</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>125. Plain line</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig125">74</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>126. Concave shading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig126">74</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>127. Convex shading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig127">74</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>128. Wave shading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig128">75</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>129. Light past concave surface</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig129">75</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>130. Light past convex surface</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig130">75</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>131. Plain surface</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig131">75</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>132. Outlines</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig132">76</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>133. Raised surface</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig133">77</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>134. Depressed surface</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig134">77</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>135. Shading raised surfaces</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig135">78</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>136. Shading depressed surfaces</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig136">78</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>137. Plain cubical outline</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig137">79</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>138. Indicating cube</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig138">79</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>139. Confused lines</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig139">79</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>140. Heavy horizontal lines</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig140">80</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>141. Heavy vertical lines</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig141">80</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>142. Isometric cube</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig142">81</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>143. Cube and circle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig143">81</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>144. Flattened perspective</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig144">82</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>145. Angles in isometric cube</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig145">83</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>146. Plain circle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig146">84</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>147. Sphere shading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig147">84</a> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg xi]</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>148. Drawing regular ellipse</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig148">86</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>149. Drawing irregular ellipse</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig149">88</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>150. Drawing spiral</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig150">89</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>151. Abscissa</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">90</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>152. Angle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>153. Apothegm</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>154. Apsides, or apsis</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>155. Chord</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>156. Convolute</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>157. Conic sections</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>158. Conoid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>159. Cycloid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>160. Ellipsoid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>161. Epicycloid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>162. Evolute</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>163. Focus</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>164. Gnome</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>165. Hyperbola</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig151">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>167. Hypothenuse</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">91</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>168. Incidence</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>169. Isosceles triangle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>170. Parabola</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>171. Parallelogram</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>172. Pelecoid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>173. Polygons</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>174. Pyramid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>175. Quadrant</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>176. Quadrilaterale</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>177. Rhomb</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>178. Sector</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>179. Segment</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>180. Sinusoid</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>181. Tangent</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>182. Tetrahedron</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>183. Vertex</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>184. Volute</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig167">92</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>185. Band (molding)e</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig185">94</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>186. Astragal (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig186">94</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>187. Cavetto (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig187">94</a> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg xii]</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>188. Ovolo (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig188">94</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>189. Torus (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig189">95</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>190. Apophyges (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig190">95</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>191. Cymatium (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig191">95</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>192. Ogee-recta (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig192">95</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>193. Ogee-reversa (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig193">96</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>194. Bead (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig194">96</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>195. Casement (molding)</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig195">97</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>196. The Doric column</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig196">98</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>197. Front of cabinet</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig197">100</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>198. Facia board</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig198">100</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>199. Molding on facia board</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig199">100</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>200. Ogee-recta on facia</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig200">101</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>201. Trim below facia</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig200">101</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>202. Trim below ogee</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig200">101</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>203. Trim above base</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig203">102</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>204. Trim above base molding</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig204">102</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>205. Shadows cast by plain moldings</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig205">103</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>206. Mortise and tenon joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig206">105</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>207. Incorrect mortising</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig207">105</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>208. Steps in mortising</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig208">106</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>209. The shoulders of tenons</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig209">108</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>210. Lap-and-butt joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig210">108</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>211. Panel joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig211">109</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>212. Scarfing</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig212">109</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>213. Tongue and groove</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig213">110</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>214. Beading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig214">110</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>215. Outside beading finish</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig215">110</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>216. Edge beading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig216">111</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>217. Corner beading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig217">111</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>218. Point beading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig218">111</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>219. Round edge beading</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig219">111</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>220. Beading and molding</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig220">111</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>221. First square house plan</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig221">117</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>222. First rectangular house plan</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig222">118</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>223. Square house to scale</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig223">119</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>224. Rectangular house to scale</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig224">120</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>225. Front elevation of square house</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig225">121</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>226. Elevation of rectangular house</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig226">121</a> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg xiii]</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>227. Illustrating one-third pitch</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig227">122</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>228. Illustrating half pitch</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig227">122</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>229. The sills at the corner</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig229">123</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>230. The joist and sills</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig230">123</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>231. The plate splice</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig231">124</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>232. The rafters</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig232">124</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>233. The gutter</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig233">126</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>234. The cornice</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig234">127</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>234a. The finish without gutter</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig234a">128</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>235. Common truss</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig235">130</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>236. Upright truss</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig236">131</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>237. Vertical upright truss</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig236">131</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>238. Warren girder</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig238">132</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>239. Extended Warren girder</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig238">132</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>240. Bowstring girder</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig238">132</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>241. Frame details of wood turning lathe</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig241">139</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>242. Tail stock details</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig242">133</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>243. Tool rest details</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig243">142</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>244. Section of mandrel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig244">143</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>245. View of turning lathe</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig245">145</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>246. Turning tools</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig246">146</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>247. Bench</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig247">155</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>248. Stool</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig248">156</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>249. Blacking box</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig248">156</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>250. Easel</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig250">157</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>251. Hanging book rack</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig251">158</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>252. Book shelf</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig252">159</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>253. Wood box</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig253">160</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>254. Horizontal bars</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig254">161</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>255. Mission desk</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig255">161</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>256. Screen frame</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig256">162</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>257. Mission chair</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig257">162</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>258. Grandfather's clock</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig258">163</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>259. Frame for bookcase</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig259">164</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>260. Coal scuttle case</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig260">165</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>261. Mission arm chair</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig261">165</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>262. Dog house</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig262">166</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>263. Settle</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig263">167</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>264. Towel rack</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig264">168</a> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg xiv]</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>265. Mission sofa frame</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig265">168</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>266. Bit and square level</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig266">170</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>267. Metal miter box</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig267">171</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>268. Parts of metal miter box</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig268">172</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>269. Angle dividers</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig269">173</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>270. An "odd job" tool</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig270">174</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>271. Universal-jaw brace</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig271">176</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>272. Taper-shank bit brace</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig271">176</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>273. Alligator-jaw brace</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig271">176</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>274. Steel frame breast drill</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig274">177</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>275. Steel frame breast drill</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig274">177</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>276. Steel frame breast drill</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig274">177</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>277. Details of metal plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig277">179</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>278. Rabbet, matching and dado plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig278">180</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>279. Molding and beading plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig279">181</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>280. Dovetail tongue and groove plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig280">182</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>281. Router planes</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig281">183</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>282. Router planes</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig282">183</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>283. Door trim plane</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig283">184</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>284. Gambrel roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig284">187</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>285. Purlin roof</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig285">188</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>286. Princess truss</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig286">189</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>287. Arched, or cambered, tie beam</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig287">190</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>288. The mansard</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig288">191</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>289. Scissors beam</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig289">192</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>290. Braced collar beam</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig290">193</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>291. Rib and collar truss</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig291">194</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>291½. Hammer-beam truss</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig291a">195</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>292. Bridle joints</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig292">197</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>293. Spur tenons</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig293">198</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>294. Saddle joints</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig293">198</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>295. Joggle joints</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig295">199</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>296. Framing joints</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig295">199</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>297. Heel joints</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig297">200</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>298. Stub tenon</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig297">200</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>299. Tusk tenon</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig299">201</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>300. Double tusk tenon</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig300">202</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>301. Cogged joints</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig301">203</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>302. Anchor joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig302">203</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>303. Deep anchor joint</td> +<td align='right'><a href="#fig303">204</a></td></tr> + +</table></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 1]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CARPENTRY" id="CARPENTRY"></a>CARPENTRY</h2> + +<h3>A PRACTICAL COURSE, WHICH TELLS IN CONCISE AND +SIMPLE FORM "HOW TO DO IT"</h3> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="INTRODUCTORY" id="INTRODUCTORY"></a>INTRODUCTORY</h2> + + +<p>Carpentry is the oldest of the arts, and it has +been said that the knowledge necessary to make a +good carpenter fits one for almost any trade or +occupation requiring the use of tools. The +hatchet, the saw, and the plane are the three +primal implements of the carpenter. The value +is in knowing how to use them.</p> + +<p>The institution of Manual Training Schools +everywhere is but a tardy recognition of the value +of systematic training in the use of tools. There +is no branch of industry which needs such diversification, +in order to become efficient.</p> + +<p>The skill of the blacksmith is centered in his +ability to forge, to weld, and to temper; that of the +machinist depends upon the callipered dimensions +of his product; the painter in his taste for harmony; +the mason on his ability to cut the stone +accurately; and the plasterer to produce a uniform +surface. But the carpenter must, in order +to be an expert, combine all these qualifications, +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 2]</span> +in a greater or less degree, and his vocation may +justly be called the King of Trades. Rightly, +therefore, it should be cultivated in order to learn +the essentials of manual training work.</p> + +<p>But there is another feature of the utmost importance +and value, which is generally overlooked, +and on which there is placed too little stress, even +in many of the manual training schools. The +training of the mind has been systematized so as +to bring into operation the energies of all the +brain cells. Manual training to be efficient should, +at the same time, be directed into such channels +as will most widely stimulate the muscular development +of the child, while at the same time cultivating +his mind.</p> + +<p>There is no trade which offers such a useful +field as carpentry. It may be said that the various +manual operations bring into play every +muscle of the body.</p> + +<p>The saw, the plane, the hammer, the chisel, each +requires its special muscular energy. The carpenter, +unlike the blacksmith, does not put all +his brawn into his shoulders, nor develop his +torso at the expense of his other muscles, like +the mason. It may also be said that, unlike most +other occupations, the carpenter has both out-of-door +and indoor exercise, so that he is at all +times able to follow his occupation, summer or +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 3]</span> +winter, rain or shine; and this also further illustrates +the value of this branch of endeavor as a +healthful recreation.</p> + +<p>It is the aim of this book to teach boys the +primary requirements—not to generalize—but to +show how to prepare and how to do the work; +what tools and materials to use; and in what manner +the tools used may be made most serviceable, +and used most advantageously.</p> + +<p>It would be of no value to describe and illustrate +how a bracket is made; or how the framework +of a structure is provided with mortises and tenons +in order to hold it together. The boy must have +something as a base which will enable him to +design his own creations, and not be an imitator; +his mind must develop with his body. It is the +principal aim of this book to give the boy something +to think about while he is learning how to +bring each individual part to perfection.</p> + +<p>If the boy understands that there is a principle +underlying each structural device; that there is a +reason for making certain things a definite way, +he is imbued with an incentive which will sooner +or later develop into an initiative of his own.</p> + +<p>It is this phase in the artisan's life which determines +whether he will be merely a machine or an +intelligent organism.</p> + +<p>This work puts together in a simple, concise +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 4]</span> +form, not only the fundamentals which every +mechanic should learn to know, but it defines every +structural form used in this art, and illustrates all +terms it is necessary to use in the employment of +carpentry. A full chapter is devoted to drawings +practically applied. All terms are diagrammed +and defined, so that the mind may readily grasp +the ideas involved.</p> + +<p>Finally, it will be observed that every illustration +has been specially drawn for this book. We +have not adopted the plan usually followed in +books of this class, of taking stock illustrations +of manufacturers' tools and devices, nor have we +thought it advisable to take a picture of a tool +or a machine and then write a description around +it. We have illustrated the book to explain "<i>how +to do the work</i>"; also, to teach the boy what the +trade requires, and to give him the means whereby +he may readily find the form of every device, tool, +and structure used in the art.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 5]</span></p> + +<h3>CARPENTRY FOR BOYS</h3> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_I" id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I</h2> + +<h4>TOOLS AND THEIR USES</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Knowledge of Tools.</span>—A knowledge of tools and +their uses is the first and most important requirement. +The saw, the plane, the hatchet and the +hammer are well known to all boys; but how to +use them, and where to use the different varieties +of each kind of tool, must be learned, because +each tool grew out of some particular requirement +in the art. These uses will now be explained.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A Full Kit of Tools.</span>—A kit of tools necessary +for doing any plain work should embrace the following:</p> + + +<blockquote><p>1. A Hatchet.<br /> +2. A Claw Hammer—two sizes preferred.<br /> +3. Cross-cut Saw, 20 inches long.<br /> +4. Rip Saw, 24 inches long.<br /> +5. Wooden Mallet.<br /> +6. Jack Plane.<br /> +7. Smoothing Plane.<br /> +8. Compass Saw.<br /> +9. Brace.<br /> +10. Bits for Brace, ranging from ¼ inch to 1 inch diameter.<br /> +11. Several small Gimlets.<br /> +12. Square.<br /> +13. Compass.<br /> +14. Draw-knife.<br /> +15. Rule.<br /> +16. Two Gages.<br /> +17. Set of Firmer Chisels.<br /> +18. Two Mortising Chisels.<br /> +19. Small Back Saw.<br /> +20. Saw Clamps.<br /> +21. Miter Box.<br /> +22. Bevel Square.<br /> +23. Small Hand Square.<br /> +24. Pliers.<br /> +25. Pair of Awls.<br /> +26. Hand Clamps.<br /> +27. Set Files.<br /> +28. Glue Pot.<br /> +29. Oil Stone.<br /> +30. Grindstone.<br /> +31. Trusses.<br /> +32. Work Bench.<br /> +33. Plumb Bob.<br /> +34. Spirit Level.</p></blockquote> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 6]</span></p> +<p><span class="smcap">The Hatchet.</span>—The hatchet should be ground +with a bevel on each side, and not on one side +only, as is customary with a plasterer's lathing +hatchet, because the blade of the hatchet is used +for trimming off the edges of boards. Unless +ground off with a bevel on both sides it cannot be +controlled to cut accurately. A light hatchet is +preferable to a heavy one. It should never be +used for nailing purposes, except in emergencies. +The pole of the hammer—that part which is generally +used to strike the nail with—is required in +order to properly balance the hatchet when used +for trimming material.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig2" id="fig2"></a> +<img src="images/fig2.jpg" width="400" height="204" alt="Fig. 2." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 2.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Claw Hammer.</span>—This is the proper tool +for driving nails and for drawing them out. +Habits should be formed with the beginner, which +will be of great service as the education proceeds. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 7]</span> +One of these habits is to persist in using the +tool for the purpose for which it was made. The +expert workman (and he becomes expert because +of it) makes the hammer do its proper work; and +so with every other tool.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig3" id="fig3"></a> +<img src="images/fig3.jpg" width="400" height="188" alt="Fig. 3." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 3.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig4" id="fig4"></a> +<img src="images/fig4.jpg" width="400" height="91" alt="Fig. 4." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 4.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">About Saws.</span>—There are four well-defined +kinds. First, a long, flat saw, for cross-cutting. +Second, a slightly larger saw for ripping purposes. +Third, a back saw, with a rib on the rear +edge to hold the blade rigid, used for making +tenons; and, fourth, a compass or keyhole saw.</p> +<p><span class='pagenum'>>[Pg 8]</span></p> +<p><span class="smcap">Cross-cuts.</span>—The difference between a cross-cut +and a rip saw is, that in the latter the teeth +have less pitch and are usually larger than in +the cross-cut saw. The illustrations (Figs. 13 +and 14) will distinctly show the difference in the +teeth. When a cross-cut saw is used for ripping +along the grain of the wood, the teeth, if disposed +at an angle, will ride over the grain or fiber of the +wood, and refuse to take hold or bite into the +wood. On the other hand, if the rip saw is used +for cross-cutting purposes, the saw kerf will be +rough and jagged.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig5" id="fig5"></a> +<img src="images/fig5.jpg" width="400" height="125" alt="Fig. 5." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 5.</span> +</div> + +<p>The back saw is used almost exclusively for +making tenons, and has uniformly fine teeth so +as to give a smooth finish to the wood.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Planes.</span>—The plane may be called the æsthetic +tool in the carpenter's kit. It is the most difficult +tool to handle and the most satisfactory when +thoroughly mastered. How to care for and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 9]</span> +handle it will be referred to in a subsequent chapter. +We are now concerned with its uses only. +Each complete kit must have three distinct planes, +namely, the jack plane, which is for taking off the +rough saw print surface of the board. The short +smoothing plane, which is designed to even up the +inequalities made by the jack plane; and the +long finishing plane, or fore plane, which is intended +to straighten the edges of boards or of +finished surfaces.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig6" id="fig6"></a> +<img src="images/fig6.jpg" width="400" height="122" alt="Fig. 6. Jack plane bit" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 6. Jack plane bit</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Jack Plane</span>.—This plane has the cutting +edge of its blade ground so it is slightly curved +(Fig. 6), because, as the bit must be driven out +so it will take a deep bite into the rough surface +of the wood, the curved cutting edge prevents the +corner edges of the bit from digging into the +planed surface.</p> + +<p>On the other hand, the bits of the smoothing +and finishing planes are ground straight across +their cutting edges. In the foregoing we have not +enumerated the different special planes, designed +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 10]</span> +to make beads, rabbets, tongues and grooves, but +each type is fully illustrated, so that an idea may +be obtained of their characteristics. (Fig. 6<i>a</i>).</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Gages.</span>—One of the most valuable tools in the +whole set is the gage, but it is, in fact, the least +known. This is simply a straight bar, with a +sharpened point projecting out on one side near +its end, and having an adjustable sliding head or +cheekpiece. This tool is indispensable in making +mortises or tenons, because the sharpened steel +point which projects from the side of the bar, +serves to outline and define the edges of the mortises +or tenons, so that the cutting line may readily +be followed.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig6a" id="fig6a"></a> +<img src="images/fig6a.jpg" width="400" height="123" alt="Fig. 6a. Fore-plane bit" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 6a. Fore-plane bit</span> +</div> + +<p>This is the most difficult tool to hold when in +use, but that will be fully explained under its +proper head. Each kit should have two, as in +making mortises and tenons one gage is required +for each side of the mortise or tenon.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Chisels.</span>—Two kinds are found in every kit—one +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 11]</span> +called the firmer (Fig. 7) and the mortising +chisel. The firmer has a flat body or blade, and +a full set ranges in width from three-eighths of +an inch to two inches. The sizes most desirable +and useful are the one-half inch, the inch and the +inch-and-a-half widths. These are used for trimming +out cross grains or rebates for setting door +locks and hinges and for numerous other uses +where sharp-end tools are required.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig7" id="fig7"></a> +<img src="images/fig7.jpg" width="400" height="90" alt="Fig. 7." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 7.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Mortising Chisel.</span>—The mortising chisel +(Fig. 7<i>a</i>), on the other hand, is very narrow and +thick, with a long taper down to the cutting edge. +They are usually in such widths as to make them +stock sizes for mortises. Never, under any circumstances, +use a hammer or hatchet for driving +chisels. The mallet should be used invariably.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig7a" id="fig7a"></a> +<img src="images/fig7a.jpg" width="400" height="59" alt="Fig. 7a." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 7a. </span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig8" id="fig8"></a> +<img src="images/fig8.jpg" width="400" height="213" alt="Fig. 8." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 8.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Trusses.</span>—There should be at least two, each +three feet in length and twenty inches in height.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Saw Clamps.</span>—These are necessary adjuncts, +and should be made of hard wood, perfectly +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 12]</span> +straight and just wide enough to take in the narrow +back saw. The illustration shows their shape +and form.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Grindstones.</span>—It is better to get a first-class +stone, which may be small and rigged up +with a foot treadle. A soft, fine-grained stone is +most serviceable, and it should have a water tray, +and never be used excepting with plenty of water.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">An Oil Stone</span> is as essential as a grindstone. +For giving a good edge to tools it is superior to +a water stone. It should be provided with a top, +and covered when not in use, to keep out dust +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 13]</span> +and grit. These are the little things that contribute +to success and should be carefully observed.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Miter Box.</span>—This should be 14 inches long +and 3" by 3" inside, made of hard wood ¾" thick. +The sides should be nailed to the bottom, as shown.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig9" id="fig9"></a> +<img src="images/fig9.jpg" width="400" height="141" alt="Fig. 9." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 9.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Work Bench.</span>—In its proper place we show +in detail the most approved form of work bench, +fitted with a tool rack to hold all the tools, conveniently +arranged. In this chapter we are more +particularly concerned with the uses of tools than +their construction; and we impress on boys the +necessity of having a place for everything, and +that every tool should be kept in its proper place. +A carpenter's shop filled with chips, shavings and +other refuse is not a desirable place for the indiscriminate +placing of tools. If correct habits +are formed at the outset, by carefully putting each +tool in its place after using, it will save many +an hour of useless hunting and annoyance.</p> + +<p>One of the most important things in laying off +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 14]</span> +work, for instance, on trusses, is the disposition of +the saw and square. Our illustration shows each +truss with side cleats, which will permit the user +temporarily to deposit the saw or the square so +that it will be handy, and at the same time be +out of the way of the work and prevent either of +the tools from being thrown to the floor.</p> + +<p>In the same way, and for the same purpose, the +work bench has temporary holding cleats at the +end and a shelf in front, which are particularly +desirable, because either a saw or a square is +an encumbrance on a work bench while the work +is being assembled, and tools of this kind should +not be laid flat on a working surface, nor should +they be stood in a leaning position against a truss +or work bench.</p> + +<p><i>Strictly observe these fundamentals</i>—Never +place a tool with the cutting edge toward you. +Always have the racks or receptacles so made +that the handle may be seized. Don't put a tool +with an exposed cutting edge above or below another +tool in such a manner that the hand or the +tool you are handling can come into contact with +the edge. Never keep the nail or screw boxes +above the work bench. They should always be +kept to one side, to prevent, as much as possible, +the bench from becoming a depository for nails. +Keep the top of the bench free from tools. Always +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 15]</span> +keep the planes on a narrow sub-shelf at the +rear of the bench.</p> + +<p>If order was Heaven's first law, it is a good +principle to apply it in a workman's shop, and +its observance will form a habit that will soon become +a pleasure to follow.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 16]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II</h2> + +<h4>HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Care of Tools.</span>—Dull tools indicate the character +of the workman. In an experience of over +forty years, I have never known a good workman +to keep poorly sharpened tools. While it is +true that the capacity to sharpen tools can be +acquired only by practice, correct habits at the +start will materially assist. In doing this part of +the artisan's work, it should be understood that +there is a right as well as a wrong way.</p> + +<p>There is a principle involved in the sharpening +of every tool, which should be observed. A skilled +artisan knows that there is a particular way to +grind the bits of each plane; that the manner of +setting a saw not only contributes to its usefulness, +but will materially add to the life of the saw; +that a chisel cannot be made to do good work unless +its cutting edge is square and at the right +working angle.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">First Requisite.</span>—A beginner should never attempt +a piece of work until he learns how the different +tools should be sharpened, or at least learn +the principle involved. Practice will make perfect.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 17]</span> +<span class="smcap">Saws.</span>—As the saw is such an important part +of the kit, I shall devote some space to the subject. +<i>First</i>, as to setting the saw. The object of +this is to make the teeth cut a wider kerf than the +thickness of the blade, and thereby cause the saw +to travel freely. A great many so-called "saw +sets" are found in the market, many of them built +on wrong principles, as will be shown, and these +are incapable of setting accurately.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 129px;"><a name="fig10" id="fig10"></a><a name="fig10a" id="fig10a"></a> +<img src="images/fig10.jpg" width="129" height="200" alt="Fig. 10. Fig. 10a" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 10. Fig.10a.</span> +</div> + + +<p><span class="smcap">How to Set.</span>—To set a saw accurately, that is, +to drive out each tooth the same distance, is the +first requirement, and the second is to bend out +the whole tooth, and not the point only.</p> + +<p>In the illustration (Fig. 10), the point is merely +bent out. This is wrong. The right way is shown +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 18]</span> +in Fig. 10<i>a</i>. The whole tooth is bent, showing +the correct way of setting. The reasons for +avoiding one way and following the other are: +First, that if the point projects to one side, each +point or tooth will dig into the wood, and produce +tooth prints in the wood, which make a roughened +surface. Second, that if there are inequalities in +setting the teeth (as is sure to be the case when +only the points are bent out), the most exposed +points will first wear out, and thereby cause +saw deterioration. Third, a saw with the points +sticking out causes a heavy, dragging cut, and +means additional labor. Where the whole body +of the tooth is bent, the saw will run smoothly and +easily through the kerf and produce a smooth-cut +surface.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 214px;"><a name="fig11" id="fig11"></a> +<img src="images/fig11.jpg" width="214" height="236" alt="Fig. 11." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 11.</span> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig12" id="fig12"></a> +<img src="images/fig12.jpg" width="400" height="134" alt="Fig. 12." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 12.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our illustration (Fig. 11) shows a very simple +setting block, the principal merit of which is that +any boy can make it, and in the use of which he +cannot go wrong in setting a tooth.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Simple Saw Setter.</span>—Take a block of wood, a +4 by 4 inch studding, four inches long. Get a +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 19]</span> +piece of metal one-half inch thick and two inches +square. Have a blacksmith or machinist bore a +quarter-inch hole through it in the center and +countersink the upper side so it may be securely +fastened in a mortise in the block, with its upper +side flush with the upper surface of the block. +Now, with a file, finish off one edge, going back +for a quarter of an inch, the angle at A to be about +12 degrees.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig13" id="fig13"></a> +<img src="images/fig13.jpg" width="400" height="251" alt="Fig. 13. Rip-Saw" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 13. Rip-Saw</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Filing Angles.</span>—In its proper place will be +shown how you may easily calculate and measure +degrees in work of this kind. Fig. 12 shows an +approximation to the right angle. B, B (Fig. 11) +should be a pair of wooden pegs, driven into the +wooden block on each side of the metal piece. +The teeth of the saw rest against the pegs +so that they serve as a guide or a gage, and the +teeth of the saw, therefore, project over the inclined +part (B) of the metal block. Now, with +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 20]</span> +an ordinary punch and a hammer, each alternate +tooth may be driven down until it rests +flat on the inclined face (A), so that it is impossible +to set the teeth wrongly. When you glance +down the end of a properly set saw, you will see +a V-shaped channel, and if you will place a needle +in the groove and hold the saw at an angle, the +needle will travel down without falling out.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig14" id="fig14"></a> +<img src="images/fig14.jpg" width="400" height="241" alt="Fig. 14. cross-cut" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 14. cross-cut</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Filing.</span>—The next step is the filing. Two +things must be observed: the pitch and the angle. +By pitch is meant the inclination of the teeth. +Note the illustration (Fig. 13), which shows the +teeth of a rip saw. You will see at A that the +pitch of the tooth is at right angles to the edge +of the saw. In Fig. 14, which shows the teeth of a +cross-cut saw, the pitch (B) is about 10 degrees +off. The teeth of the rip saw are also larger +than those of the cross-cut.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Angle of Filing.</span>—By angle is meant the +cutting position of the file. In Fig. 12, the lines +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 21]</span> +B represent the file disposed at an angle of 12 +degrees, not more, for a rip saw. For a cross-cut +the angle of the file may be less.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Saw Clamps.</span>—You may easily make a pair of +saw clamps as follows:</p> + +<p>Take two pieces of hard wood, each three inches +wide, seven-eighths of an inch thick, and equal +in length to the longest saw. Bevel one edge of +each as shown in A (Fig. 15), so as to leave an +edge (B) about one-eighth of an inch thick. At +one end cut away the corner on the side opposite +the bevel, as shown at C, so the clamps will fit +on the saw around the saw handle.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig15" id="fig15"></a> +<img src="images/fig15.jpg" width="400" height="86" alt="Fig. 15." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 15.</span> +</div> + +<p>When the saw is placed between these clamps +and held together by the jaws of the vise, you +are ready for the filing operation. Observe the +following <i>filing suggestions</i>: Always hold the file +horizontal or level. In filing, use the whole length +of the file. Do the work by a slow, firm sweep.</p> + +<p>Do not file all of the teeth along the saw at one +operation, but only the alternate teeth, so as to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 22]</span> +keep the file at the same angle, and thus insure +accuracy; then turn the saw and keep the file constantly +at one angle for the alternate set of teeth.</p> + +<p>Give the same number of strokes, and exert the +same pressure on the file for each tooth, to insure +uniformity. Learn also to make a free, easy and +straight movement back and forth with the file.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The File.</span>—In order to experiment with the filing +motion, take two blocks of wood, and try surfacing +them off with a file. When you place the +two filed surfaces together after the first trial +both will be convex, because the hands, in filing, +unless you exert the utmost vigilance, will assume +a crank-like movement. The filing test is so to file +the two blocks that they will fit tightly together +without rolling on each other. Before shaping +and planing machines were invented, machinists +were compelled to plane down and accurately finish +off surfaces with a file.</p> + +<p>In using the files on saws, however small the +file may be, one hand should hold the handle and +the other hand the tip of the file.</p> + +<p>A file brush should always be kept on hand, as +it pays to preserve files by cleaning them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig16" id="fig16"></a> +<img src="images/fig16.jpg" width="400" height="337" alt="Fig. 16." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 16.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Grindstone.</span>—As most of the tools require +a grindstone for sharpening purposes, an illustration +is given as a guide, with a diagram to show +the proper grinding angle. In Fig. 16 the upright +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 23]</span> +(A) of the frame serves as a line for the +eye, so that if the point of the tool is brought +to the sight line, and the tool (C) held level, +you will always be able to maintain the correct +angle. There is no objection to providing a rest, +for instance, like the cross bars (D, D), but the +artisan disdains such contrivances, and he usually +avoids them for two reasons: First, because +habit enables him to hold the tool horizontally; +and, second, by holding the tool firmly in the hand +he has better control of it. There is only one +thing which can be said in favor of a rest, and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 24]</span> +that is, the stone may be kept truer circumferentially, +as all stones have soft spots or sides.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">In the Use of Grindstones.</span>—There are certain +things to avoid and to observe in the use of stones. +Never use one spot on the stone, however narrow +the tool may be. Always move the tool from side +to side. Never grind a set of narrow tools successively. +If you have chisels to grind intersperse +their grinding with plane bits, hatchet or other +broad cutting tools, so as to prevent the stone +from having grooves therein. Never use a tool +on a stone unless you have water in the tray.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 17/18"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig17" id="fig17"></a> +<img src="images/fig17.jpg" width="191" height="234" + alt="Fig. 17." /></td> +<td><a name="fig18" id="fig18"></a> +<img src="images/fig18.jpg" width="207" height="231" + alt="Fig. 18." /></td></tr> + +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 17. Correct.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 18. Incorrect.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Correct Way to Hold Tool for Grinding.</span>—There +is a correct way to hold each tool; see illustration +(Fig. 17). The left hand should grasp +the tool firmly, near the sharp edge, as shown, and +the right hand should loosely hold the tool behind +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 25]</span> +the left hand. There is a reason for this which +will be apparent after you grind a few tools. The +firm grasp of the left hand gives you absolute +control of the blade, so it cannot turn, and when +inequalities appear in the grindstone, the rigid +hold will prevent the blade from turning, and +thus enable you to correct the inequalities of the +stone. Bear in mind, the stone should be taken +care of just as much as the tools. An experienced +workman is known by the condition of his tools, +and the grindstone is the best friend he has among +his tools.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Incorrect Way to Hold Tool for Grinding.</span>—The +incorrect way of holding a tool is shown in +Fig. 18. This, I presume, is the universal way +in which the novice takes the tool. It is wrong for +the reason that the thumbs of both hands are on +top of the blade, and they serve as pivots on which +the tool may turn. The result is that the corners +of the tool will dig into the stone to a greater or +less degree, particularly if it has a narrow blade, +like a chisel.</p> + +<p>Try the experiment of grinding a quarter-inch +chisel by holding it the incorrect way; and then +grasp it firmly with the left hand, and you will at +once see the difference.</p> + +<p>The left hand serves both as a vise and as a +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 26]</span> +fulcrum, whereas the right hand controls the angle +of the tool.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 159px;"><a name="fig19" id="fig19"></a> +<img src="images/fig19.jpg" width="159" height="320" alt="Fig. 19." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 19.</span> +</div> + +<p>These remarks apply to all chisels, plane bits +and tools of that character, but it is obvious that +a drawknife, which is always held by the handles +in grinding, and hatchets, axes and the like, cannot +be held in the same manner.</p> + +<p>A too common error is to press the tool too hard +on the stone. This is wrong. Do not try to force +the grinding.</p> + +<p>Then, again, it is the practice of some to turn +the stone away from the tool. The stone should +always move toward the tool, so as to prevent +forming a feather edge.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 27]</span> +<span class="smcap">The Plane.</span>—Indiscriminate use of planes +should be avoided. Never use the fore or smoothing +planes on rough surfaces. The jack plane is +the proper tool for this work. On the other hand, +the fore plane should invariably be used for +straightening the edges of boards, or for fine +surfacing purposes. As the jack plane has its +bit ground with a curved edge, it is admirably +adapted for taking off the rough saw print surface.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Gage.</span>—The illustration (Fig. 19) shows +one of the most useful tools in the kit. It is used +to scribe the thickness of the material which is +to be dressed down, or for imprinting the edges +of tenons and mortises. Two should be provided +in every kit, for convenience.</p> + +<p>The scribing point should be sharpened with a +file, the point being filed to form a blade, which +is at right angles to the bar, or parallel with the +movable cheekpiece.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Chisels.</span>—I have already pointed out, in general, +how to hold tools for grinding purposes, this +description applying particularly to chisels, but +several additional things may be added.</p> + +<p>Always be careful to grind the chisel so its cutting +edge is square with the side edge. This will +be difficult at first, but you will see the value of +this as you use the tool. For instance, in making +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 28]</span> +rebates for hinges, or recesses and mortises +for locks, the tool will invariably run crooked, +unless it is ground square.</p> + +<p>The chisel should never be struck with a hammer +or metal instrument, as the metal pole or +peon of the hammer will sliver the handle. The +wooden mallet should invariably be used.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">General Observations.</span>—If the workman will +carefully observe the foregoing requirements he +will have taken the most important steps in the +knowledge of the art. If he permits himself to +commence work without having his tools in first-class +condition, he is trying to do work under circumstances +where even a skilled workman is liable +to fail.</p> + +<p>Avoid making for yourself a lot of unnecessary +work. The best artisans are those who try to +find out and know which is the best tool, or how +to make a tool for each requirement, but that tool, +to be serviceable, must be properly made, and that +means it must be rightly sharpened.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 29]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_III" id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III</h2> + +<h4>HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS</h4> + +<p>Observation may form part of each boy's lesson, +but when it comes to the handling of tools, practice +becomes the only available means of making +a workman. Fifty years of observation would +never make an observer an archer or a marksman, +nor would it enable him to shoe a horse or to +build a table.</p> + +<p>It sometimes happens that an apprentice will, +with little observation, seize a saw in the proper +way, or hold a plane in the correct manner, and, +in time, the watchful boy will acquire fairly correct +habits. But why put in useless time and +labor in order to gain that which a few well-directed +hints and examples will convey?</p> + +<p>Tools are made and are used as short cuts toward +a desired end. Before the saw was invented +the knife was used laboriously to sever +and shape the materials. Before planes were invented +a broad, flat sharpened blade was used to +smooth off surfaces. Holes were dug out by +means of small chisels requiring infinite patience +and time. Each succeeding tool proclaimed a +shorter and an easier way to do a certain thing. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 30]</span> +The man or boy who can make a new labor-saving +tool is worthy of as much praise as the man who +makes two blades of grass grow where one grew +before.</p> + +<p>Let us now thoroughly understand how to hold +and use each tool. That is half the value of the +tool itself.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Saw.</span>—With such a commonplace article +as the saw, it might be assumed that the ordinary +apprentice would look upon instruction with a +smile of derision.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">How to Start a Saw.</span>—If the untried apprentice +has such an opinion set him to work at the task +of cutting off a board accurately on a line. He +will generally make a failure of the attempt to +start the saw true to the line, to say nothing of +following the line so the kerf is true and square +with the board.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">How to Start on a Line.</span>—The first mistake he +makes is to saw <i>on the line</i>. This should never be +done. The work should be so laid out that the +saw kerf is on the discarded side of the material. +The saw should cut alongside the line, and <i>the line +should not</i> be obliterated in the cutting. Material +must be left for trimming and finishing.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The First Stroke.</span>—Now, to hold the saw in +starting is the difficult task to the beginner. Once +mastered it is simple and easy. The only time in +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 31]</span> +which the saw should be firmly held by the hand +is during the initial cut or two; afterwards always +hold the handle loosely. There is nothing so tiring +as a tightly grasped saw. The saw has but +one handle, hence it is designed to be used with +one hand. Sometimes, with long and tiresome +jobs, in ripping, two hands may be used, but one +hand can always control a saw better than two +hands.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig20" id="fig20"></a> +<img src="images/fig20.jpg" width="400" height="273" alt="Fig. 20." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 20.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Starting Cut.</span>—In order to make our understanding +of the starting cut more explicit, we +refer to Fig. 20, in which the thumb of the left +hand is shown in the position of a guide—the end +of the thumb being held up a sufficient distance to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 32]</span> +clear the teeth. In this position you need not +fear that the teeth of the saw (A) will ride up +over the thumb if you have a firm grasp of the +saw handle.</p> + +<p>The first stroke should be upwardly, not downwardly. +While in the act of drawing up the saw +you can judge whether the saw blade is held by the +thumb gage in the proper position to cut along the +mark, and when the saw moves downwardly for +the first cut, you may be assured that the cut is +accurate, or at the right place, and the thumb +should be kept in its position until two or three +cuts are made, and the work is then fairly started.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 383px;"><a name="fig21" id="fig21"></a> +<img src="images/fig21.jpg" width="383" height="200" alt="Fig. 21. Wrong sawing angle." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 21. Wrong sawing angle.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">For Cross-cutting.</span>—For ordinary cross-cutting +the angle of the saw should be at 45 degrees. For +ripping, the best results are found at less than +45 degrees, but you should avoid flattening down +the angle. An incorrect as well as a correct angle +are shown in Figs. 21 and 22.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Forcing a Saw.</span>—Forcing a saw through the +wood means a crooked kerf. The more nearly the +saw is held at right angles to a board, the greater +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 33]</span> +is the force which must be applied to it by the +hand to cause it to bite into the wood; and, on the +other hand, if the saw is laid down too far, as +shown in the incorrect way, it is a very difficult +matter to follow the working line. Furthermore, it +is a hard matter to control the saw so that it will +cut squarely along the board, particularly when +ripping. The eye must be the only guide in the +disposition of the saw. Some boys make the saw +run in one direction, and others cause it to lean +the opposite way. After you have had some experience +and know which way you lean, correct +your habits by disposing the saw in the opposite +direction.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig22" id="fig22"></a> +<img src="images/fig22.jpg" width="400" height="213" alt="Fig. 22. Right sawing angle." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 22. Right sawing angle.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Stroke.</span>—Make a long stroke, using the +full blade of the saw. Don't acquire the "jerky" +style of sawing. If the handle is held loosely, +and the saw is at the proper angle, the weight of +the saw, together with the placement of the handle +on the saw blade, will be found sufficient to make +the requisite cut at each stroke.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 34]</span> +You will notice that the handle of every saw is +mounted nearest the back edge. (See Fig. 23.) +The reason for so mounting it is, that as the cutting +stroke is downward, the line of thrust is +above the tooth line, and as this line is at an +angle to the line of thrust, the tendency is to cause +the saw teeth to dig into the wood.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 387px;"><a name="fig23" id="fig23"></a> +<img src="images/fig23.jpg" width="387" height="78" alt="Fig. 23." title="" /> +<span class="caption"><i>Fig. 23.</i></span></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 361px;"><a name="fig24" id="fig24"></a> +<img src="images/fig24.jpg" width="361" height="106" alt="Fig. 24." title="" /> +<span class="caption">CHINESE SAW. <i>Fig. 24.</i></span></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Chinese Saw.</span>—This saw is designed to +saw with an upward cut, and the illustration (Fig. +24) shows the handle jutting out below the tooth +line, in order to cause the teeth to dig into the +material as the handle is drawn upwardly. Reference +is made to these features to impress upon +beginners the value of observation, and to demonstrate +the reason for making each tool a particular +way.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 35]</span> +<span class="smcap">Things to Avoid.</span>—Do not oscillate the saw as +you draw it back and forth. This is unnecessary +work, and shows impatience in the use of the tool. +There is such an infinite variety of use for the +different tools that there is no necessity for rendering +the work of any particular tool, or tools, +burdensome. Each in its proper place, handled +intelligently, will become a pleasure, as well as +a source of profit.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig25" id="fig25"></a> +<img src="images/fig25.jpg" width="400" height="166" alt="Fig. 25." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 25.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Plane</span>.—The jack plane and the fore plane +are handled with both hands, and the smoothing +plane with one hand, but only when used for +dressing the ends of boards. For other uses both +hands are required.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Angles for Holding Planes.</span>—Before commencing +to plane a board, always observe the direction +in which the grain of the wood runs. This +precaution will save many a piece of material, because +if the jack plane is set deep it will run into +the wood and cause a rough surface, which can +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 36]</span> +be cured only by an extra amount of labor in +planing down.</p> + +<p>Never move the jack plane or the smoothing +plane over the work so that the body of the tool +is in a direct line with the movement of the plane. +It should be held at an angle of about 12 +or 15 degrees (see Fig. 25). The fore plane +should always be held straight with the movement +of the plane, because the length of the fore +plane body is used as a straightener for the surface +to be finished.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 320px;"><a name="fig26" id="fig26"></a> +<img src="images/fig26.jpg" width="320" height="254" alt="Fig. 26." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 26.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Errors to Be Avoided.</span>—Never draw back the +plane with the bit resting on the board. This +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 37]</span> +simply wears out the tool, and if there should be +any grit on the board it will be sure to ruin the +bit. This applies particularly to the jack plane, +but is bad practice with the others as well.</p> + +<p>A work bench is a receptacle for all kinds of +dirt. Provide a special ledge or shelf for the +planes, and be sure to put each plane there immediately +after using.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Gage.</span>—A man, who professed to be a carpenter, +once told me that he never used a gage +because he could not make it run straight. A +few moments' practice convinced him that he never +knew how to hold it. The illustration shows how +properly to hold it, and the reason why it should +so be held follows.</p> + +<p>You will observe (Fig. 26) that the hand grasps +the stem of the gage behind the cheekpiece, so +that the thumb is free to press against the side +of the stem to the front of the cheekpiece.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Holding the Gage.</span>—The hand serves to keep the +cheekpiece against the board, while the thumb +pushes the gage forward. The hand must not, under +any circumstances, be used to move the gage +along. In fact, it is not necessary for the fingers +to be clasped around the gage stem, if the forefinger +presses tightly against the cheekpiece, since +the thumb performs all the operation of moving +it along. Naturally, the hand grasps the tool in +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 38]</span> +order to hold it down against the material, and to +bring it back for a new cut.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Draw-knife.</span>—It is difficult for the apprentice +to become accustomed to handle this useful +tool. It is much more serviceable than a hatchet +for trimming and paring work. In applying it +to the wood always have the tool at an angle with +the board, so as to make a slicing cut. This is +specially desirable in working close to a line, otherwise +there is a liability of cutting over it.</p> + +<p>This knife requires a firm grasp—firmness of +hold is more important than strength in using. +The flat side is used wholly for straight edges, and +the beveled side for concave surfaces. It is the +intermediate tool between the hatchet and the +plane, as it has the characteristics of both those +tools. It is an ugly, dangerous tool, more to be +feared when lying around than when in use. Put +it religiously on a rack which protects the entire +cutting edge. <i>Keep it off the bench.</i></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 39]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV</h2> + +<h4>HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Fundamentals of Designing.</span>—A great deal +of the pleasure in making articles consists in +creative work. This means, not that you shall +design some entirely new article, but that its general +form, or arrangement of parts, shall have +some new or striking feature.</p> + +<p>A new design in any art does not require a +change in all its parts. It is sufficient that there +shall be an improvement, either in some particular +point, as a matter of utility, or some change +in an artistic direction. A manufacturer in putting +out a new chair, or a plow, or an automobile, +adds some striking characteristic. This becomes +his talking point in selling the article.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Commercial Instinct.</span>—It is not enough +that the boy should learn to make things correctly, +and as a matter of pastime and pleasure. The +commercial instinct is, after all, the great incentive, +and should be given due consideration.</p> + +<p>It would be impossible, in a book of this kind, +to do more than to give the fundamental principles +necessary in designing, and to direct the mind +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 40]</span> +solely to essentials, leaving the individual to build +tip for himself.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">First Requirements for Designing.</span>—First, +then, let us see what is necessary to do when you +intend to set about making an article. Suppose we +fix our minds upon a table as the article selected. +Three things are necessary to know: First, the +use to which it is to be put; second, the dimensions; +and, third, the material required.</p> + +<p>Assuming it to be the ordinary table, and the +dimensions fixed, we may conclude to use soft +pine, birch or poplar, because of ease in working. +There are no regulation dimensions for tables, except +as to height, which is generally uniform, and +usually 30 inches. As to the length and width, +you will be governed by the place where it is to be +used.</p> + +<p>If the table top is to have dimensions, say, of +36" × 48", you may lay out the framework six +inches less each way, thus giving you a top overhang +of three inches, which is the usual practice.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Conventional Styles.</span>—Now, if you wish to depart +from the conventional style of making a table +you may make variations in the design. For instance, +the Chippendale style means slender legs +and thin top. It involves some fanciful designs +in the curved outlines of the top, and in the crook +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 41]</span> +of the legs. Or if, on the other hand, the Mission +type is preferred, the overhang of the top is very +narrow; the legs are straight and heavy, and of +even size from top to bottom; and the table top +is thick and nearly as broad as it is long. Such +furniture has the appearance of massiveness; it is +easily made and most serviceable.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Mission Style.</span>—The Mission style of architecture +also lends itself to the making of chairs and +other articles of furniture. A chair is, probably, +the most difficult piece of household furniture to +make, because strength is required. In this type +soft wood may be used, as the large legs and back +pieces are easily provided with mortises and +tenons, affording great rigidity when completed. +In designing, therefore, you may see how the +material itself becomes an important factor.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Cabinets.</span>—In the making of cabinets, sideboards, +dressers and like articles, the ingenious +boy will find a wonderful field for designing ability, +because in these articles fancy alone dictates +the sizes and the dimensions of the parts. Not +so with chairs and tables. The imagination plays +an important part even in the making of drawers, +to say nothing of placing them with an eye to +convenience and artistic effect.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Harmony of Parts.</span>—But one thing should be +observed in the making of furniture, namely, harmony +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 42]</span> +between the parts. For instance, a table +with thin legs and a thick top gives the appearance +of a top-heavy structure; or the wrong use +of two different styles is bad from an artistic +standpoint; moreover, it is the height of refined +education if, in the use of contrasting woods, they +are properly blended to form a harmonious whole.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Harmonizing Wood</span>.—Imagine a chiffonier with +the base of dark wood, like walnut, and the top of +pine or maple, or a like light-colored wood. On +the other hand, both walnut and maple, for instance, +may be used in the same article, if they are +interspersed throughout the entire article. The +body may be made of dark wood and trimmed +throughout with a light wood to produce a fine +effect.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 43]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_V" id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V</h2> + +<h4>HOW WORK IS LAID OUT</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Concrete Examples of Work.</span>—A concrete example +of doing any work is more valuable than an +abstract statement. For this purpose I shall direct +the building of a common table with a drawer +in it and show how the work is done in detail.</p> + +<p>For convenience let us adopt the Mission style, +with a top 36" × 42" and the height 30". The legs +should be 2" × 2" and the top 1", dressed. The +material should be of hard wood with natural +finish, or, what is better still, a soft wood, like +birch, which may be stained a dark brown, as the +Mission style is more effective in dark than in +light woods.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig27" id="fig27"></a> +<img src="images/fig27.jpg" width="400" height="84" alt="Fig. 27." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 27.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Framework.</span>—As we now know the sizes, the +first thing is to build the framework. The legs +should be dressed square and smoothed down with +the fore plane to make them perfectly straight. +Now, lay out two mortises at the upper end of each +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 44]</span> +leg. Follow the illustrations to see how this is +done.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Laying Out the Legs.</span>—Fig. 27 shows a leg with +square cross marks (A) at each end. These marks +indicate the finished length of the leg. You will +also see crosses on two sides. These indicate what +is called the "work sides." The work sides are +selected because they are the finest surfaces on +the leg.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 28/29"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig28" id="fig28"></a> +<img src="images/fig28.jpg" width="299" height="60" + alt="Fig. 28." /></td> +<td><a name="fig29" id="fig29"></a> +<img src="images/fig29.jpg" width="299" height="61" + alt="Fig. 29." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 28.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 29.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Length of the Mortises.</span>—Then take a +small try square (Fig. 28) and add two cross lines +(B, C) on each of the inner surfaces, the second +line (B) one-half inch from the finish line (A), +and the other line (C) seven inches down from +the line (A). The side facing boards, hereafter +described, are seven inches wide.</p> + +<p>When this has been done for all the legs, prepare +your gage (Fig. 29) to make the mortise +scribe, and, for convenience in illustrating, the leg +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 45]</span> +is reversed. If the facing boards are 1" thick, and +the tenons are intended to be ½" thick, the first +scribe line (E) should be ½" from the work side, +because the shoulder on the facing board projects +out ¼", and the outer surface of the facing +board should not be flush with the outer surface +of the leg. The second gage line (F) should be 1" +from the work side.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 325px;"><a name="fig30" id="fig30"></a> +<img src="images/fig30.jpg" width="325" height="324" alt="Fig. 30." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 30.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Mortises.</span>—When the mortises have been +made they will appear as shown in the enlarged +cross section of the leg (Fig. 30), the total depth +of each mortise being 1½". The depth of this mortise +determines for us the length of the tenons on +the facing boards.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Facing Boards.</span>—These boards are each 1 +inch thick and 7 inches wide. As the top of the +table is 42 inches long, and we must provide an +overhang, say of 2 inches, we will first take off +4 inches for the overhang and 4 inches for the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 46]</span> +legs, so that the length of two of the facing boards, +from shoulder to shoulder, must be 34 inches; and +the other two facing boards 28 inches. Then, as +we must add 1½ inches for each tenon, two of the +boards will be 37 inches long and two of them 31 +inches long.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;"><a name="fig31" id="fig31"></a> +<img src="images/fig31.jpg" width="335" height="109" alt="Fig. 31." title="" /> +<span class="caption"><i>Fig. 31.</i></span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"><a name="fig32" id="fig32"></a> +<img src="images/fig32.jpg" width="397" height="99" alt="Fig. 32." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 32.</span> +</div> + + +<p>The illustration (Fig. 31) shows a board marked +with the cross lines (B) at each end for the end +of the tenons, or the extreme ends of the boards.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Tenons.</span>—Do not neglect first to select the +work side and the working edge of the board. +The outer surface and the upper edges are the +sides to work from. The cheekpiece (A) of the +gage must always rest against the working side.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 47]</span> +The cross marks (B, C) should be made with the +point of a sharp knife, and before the small back +saw is used on the cross-cuts the lines (B), which +indicate the shoulders, should be scored with a +sharp knife, as shown in Fig. 33. This furnishes +a guide for the saw, and makes a neat finish for +the shoulder.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 156px;"><a name="fig33" id="fig33"></a> +<img src="images/fig33.jpg" width="156" height="137" alt="Fig. 33." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 33.</span> +</div> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 28/29"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig34" id="fig34"></a> +<img src="images/fig34.jpg" width="189" height="166" + alt="Fig. 34." /></td> +<td><a name="fig35" id="fig35"></a> +<img src="images/fig35.jpg" width="190" height="176" + alt="Fig. 35." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 34.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 35.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Tools Used.</span>—The back saw is used for cutting +the tenon, and the end of the board appears as +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 48]</span> +shown in the enlarged Fig. 34. Two things are +now necessary to complete the tenons. On the upper +or work edge of each board use the gage to +mark off a half-inch slice, and then cut away the +flat side of the tenon at the end, on its inner surface, +so it will appear as shown in Fig. 35.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 180px;"><a name="fig36" id="fig36"></a> +<img src="images/fig36.jpg" width="180" height="154" alt="Fig. 36." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 36.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 395px;"><a name="fig37" id="fig37"></a> +<img src="images/fig37.jpg" width="395" height="92" alt="Fig. 37." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 37.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Chamfered Tenons.</span>—The object of these chamfered +or beveled tenons is to permit the ends to +approach each other closely within the mortise, +as shown in the assembled parts (Fig. 36).</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Frame Assembled.</span>—The frame is now +ready to assemble, but before doing so a drawer +opening and supports should be made. The ends +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 49]</span> +of the supports may be mortised into the side +pieces or secured by means of gains.</p> + +<p>Mortises and tenons are better.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Drawer Supports.</span>—Take one of the side-facing +boards (Fig. 37) and cut a rectangular +opening in it. This opening should be 4 inches +wide and 18 inches long, so placed that there is 1 +inch of stock at the upper margin and 2 inches of +stock at the lower margin of the board. At each +lower corner make a mortise (A), so that one side +of the mortise is on a line with the margin of the +opening, and so that it extends a half inch past the +vertical margin of the opening.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig38" id="fig38"></a> +<img src="images/fig38.jpg" width="400" height="126" alt="Fig. 38." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 38.</span> +</div> + +<p>You can easily cut a gain (B) in a strip, or, as +in Fig. 38, you may use two strips, one (C) an +inch wide and a half inch thick, and on this nail +a strip (D) along one margin. This forms the +guide and rest for the drawer.</p> + +<p>At the upper margin of the opening is a rebate +or gain (E) at each corner, extending down to +the top line of the drawer opening, into which are +fitted the ends of the upper cross guides.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 50]</span> +<span class="smcap">The Table Frame.</span>—When the entire table +frame is assembled it will have the appearance +shown in Fig. 39, and it is now ready for the top.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Top.</span>—The top should be made of three +boards, either tongued and grooved, or doweled +and glued together. In order to give a massive +appearance, and also to prevent the end grain of +the boards from being exposed, beveled strips +may be used to encase the edges. These marginal +cleats are ¾ inch thick and 2 inches wide, and +joined by beveled ends at the corners, as shown in +Fig. 40.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig39" id="fig39"></a> +<img src="images/fig39.jpg" width="400" height="273" alt="Fig. 39." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 39.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Drawer.</span>—The drawer (Fig. 41) shown in +cross section, has its front (A) provided with an +overlapping flange (B).</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 51]</span> +It is not our object in this chapter to show +how each particular article is made, but simply +to point out the underlying principles, and to illustrate +how the fastening elements, the tenons +and mortises, are formed, so that the boy will +know the proper steps in their natural order.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig40" id="fig40"></a> +<img src="images/fig40.jpg" width="400" height="146" alt="Fig. 40." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 40.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">How Any Structure Is Built Up.</span>—It should +be observed that each structure, however small, is +usually built from the base up. Just the same +as the more pretentious buildings are erected: +First, the sill, then the floor supports, then the +posts and top plates, with their connecting girders, +and, finally, the roof.</p> + +<p>The chapter on House Building will give more +detailed illustrations of large structures, and how +they are framed and braced. At this point we are +more concerned in knowing how to proceed in order +to lay out the simple structural details, and if +one subject of this kind is fully mastered the complicated +character of the article will not be difficult +to master. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 52]</span></p> +<p><span class="smcap">Observations About a Box.</span>—As simple a little +article as a box frequently becomes a burden to a +beginner. Try it. Simply keep in mind one thing; +each box has six sides. Now, suppose you want a +box with six equal sides—that is, a cubical form—it +is necessary to make only three pairs of sides; +two for the ends, two for the sides and two for +the top and bottom. Each set has dimensions different +from the other sets. Both pieces of the +set, representing the ends, are square; the side +pieces are of the same width as the end pieces, +and slightly longer; and the top and bottom are +longer and wider than the end pieces.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig41" id="fig41"></a> +<img src="images/fig41.jpg" width="400" height="117" alt="Fig. 41." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 41.</span> +</div> + +<p>A box equal in all its dimensions may be made +out of six boards, properly cut. Make an attempt +in order to see if you can get the right dimensions.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Joints.</span>—For joining together boards at right +angles to each other, such as box corners, drawers +and like articles, tenons and mortises should never +be resorted to. In order to make fine work the +joints should be made by means of dovetails, rabbets +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 53]</span> +or rebates, or by beveling or mitering the ends.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Beveling and Mitering.</span>—There is a difference +in the terms "beveling" and "mitering," as used +in the art. In Fig. 42 the joint A is <i>beveled</i>, +and in Fig. 43 the joint B is <i>mitered</i>, the difference +being that a bevel is applied to an angle +joint like a box corner, while a miter has reference +to a joint such as is illustrated in Fig. 43, +such as the corner of a picture frame.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 42/43"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig42" id="fig42"></a> +<img src="images/fig42.jpg" width="167" height="150" + alt="Fig. 42." /></td> +<td><a name="fig43" id="fig43"></a> +<img src="images/fig43.jpg" width="164" height="151" + alt="Fig. 43." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 42.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 43.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Proper Terms.</span>—It is the application of the correct +terms to things that lays the foundation for +accurate thinking and proper expressions in describing +work. A wise man once said that the +basis of true science consists in correct definitions.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Picture Frames.</span>—In picture frames the mitered +corners may have a saw kerf (C) cut across +the corners, as shown in Fig. 44, and a thin blade +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 54]</span> +of hard wood driven in, the whole being glued together.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Dovetail Joints.</span>—It is in the laying out of the +more complicated dovetail joints that the highest +skill is required, because exactness is of more +importance in this work than in any other article +in joinery. In order to do this work accurately +follow out the examples given, and you will soon +be able to make a beautiful dovetail corner, and do +it quickly.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"><a name="fig44" id="fig44"></a> +<img src="images/fig44.jpg" width="397" height="438" alt="Fig. 44." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 44.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Preparing a Box Joint.</span>—In order to match a +box joint for the inner end of a table drawer, the +first step is to select two work sides. One work +side will be the edge of the board, and the other +the side surface of the board, and on those surfaces +we will put crosses, as heretofore suggested.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 371px;"><a name="fig45" id="fig45"></a> +<img src="images/fig45.jpg" width="371" height="107" alt="Fig. 45." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 45.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 349px;"><a name="fig46" id="fig46"></a> +<img src="images/fig46.jpg" width="349" height="120" alt="Fig. 46." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 46.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 366px;"><a name="fig47" id="fig47"></a> +<img src="images/fig47.jpg" width="366" height="112" alt="Fig. 47." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 47.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">First Steps.</span>—Now lap together the inner surfaces +of these boards (Y, Z), so the ends are toward +you, as shown in Fig. 45. Then, after measuring +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 55]</span> +the thickness of the boards to be joined +(the thinnest, if they are of different thicknesses), +set your compasses, or dividers, for ¼ inch, providing +the boards are ½ inch thick, and, commencing +at the work edge of the board, step off and point, +as at A, the whole width of the board, and with +a square make the two cross marks (B), using +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 56]</span> +the two first compass points (A), then skipping +one, using the next two, and so on.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 371px;"><a name="fig48" id="fig48"></a> +<img src="images/fig48.jpg" width="371" height="97" alt="Fig. 48." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 48.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 374px;"><a name="fig49" id="fig49"></a> +<img src="images/fig49.jpg" width="374" height="94" alt="Fig. 49." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 49.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 366px;"><a name="fig50" id="fig50"></a> +<img src="images/fig50.jpg" width="366" height="90" alt="Fig. 50." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 50.</span> +</div> + +<p>When this is done, turn up the board Z (Fig. 46), +so that it is at right angles to the board Y, and +so the outer surface of the board Z is flush with +the end of the board X, and with a sharp knife +point extend the lines B along with the grain +of the wood on board Z,up to the cross mark C. +This cross mark should have been previously made +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 57]</span> +and is located as far from the end of the board Z +as the thickness of the board Y.</p> + +<p>We now have the marks for the outer surface +of the board Z, and the end marks of board Y. +For the purpose of getting the angles of the end +of the board Z and the outer side of board Y, a +cross line (D, Fig. 47) is drawn across the board +X near the end, this line being as far from the +end as the thickness of the board Z, and a vertical +line (E) is drawn midway between the two first +cross marks (A).</p> + +<p>Now, with your compass, which, in the meantime, +has not been changed, make a mark (F), and draw +down the line (G), which will give you the working +angle at which you may set the bevel gage. Then +draw down an angle from each alternate cross line +(A), and turn the bevel and draw down the lines +(H). These lines should all be produced on the +opposite side of the board, so as to assure accuracy, +and to this end the edges of the board also +should be scribed.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Cutting Out the Spaces.</span>—In cutting out the +intervening spaces, which should be done with a +sharp chisel, care should be observed not to cut +over the shoulder lines. To prevent mistakes you +should put some distinctive mark on each part to +be cut away. In this instance E, H show the parts +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 58]</span> +to be removed, and in Fig. 48 two of the cutaway +portions are indicated.</p> + +<p>When the end of the board Z is turned up (Fig. +49), it has merely the longitudinal parallel lines +B. The bevel square may now be used in the +same manner as on the side of the board Y, and +the fitting angles will then be accurately true.</p> + +<p>This is shown in Fig. 50, in which, also, two of +the cutaway parts are removed.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Tools Used in Laying Out Tenons and Mortises.</span>—A +sharp-pointed knife must always be used +for making all marks. Never employ an awl for +this work, as the fiber of the wood will be torn up +by it. A small try square should always be used +(not the large iron square), and this with a sharp-pointed +compass and bevel square will enable you +to turn out a satisfactory piece of work.</p> + +<p>The foregoing examples, carefully studied, will +enable you to gather the principles involved in laying +off any work. If you can once make a presentable +box joint, so that all the dovetails will +accurately fit together, you will have accomplished +one of the most difficult phases of the work, and it +is an exercise which will amply repay you, because +you will learn to appreciate what accuracy +means.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 59]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VI" id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI</h2> + +<h4>THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Square.</span>—The square is, probably, the oldest +of all tools, and that, together with the compass, +or dividers, with which the square is always +associated, has constituted the craftsman's emblem +from the earliest historical times. So far as +we now know, the plain flat form, which has at +least one right angle and two or more straight +edges, was the only form of square used by the +workman. But modern uses, and the development +of joinery and cabinet making, as well as the more +advanced forms of machinery practice, necessitated +new structural forms in the square, so that +the bevel square, in which there is an adjustable +blade set in a handle, was found necessary.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Try Square.</span>—In the use of the ordinary +large metal square it is necessary to lay the short +limb of the square on the face of the work, and +the long limb must, therefore, rest against the +work side or edge of the timber, so that the scribing +edge of the short limb does not rest flat +against the work. As such a tool is defective in +work requiring accuracy, it brought into existence +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 60]</span> +what is called the try square, which has a rectangular +handle, usually of wood, into which is fitted +at one end a metal blade, which is at right angles +to the edge of the handle. The handle, therefore, +always serves as a guide for the blade in scribing +work, because it lies flat down on the work.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The T-Square</span> is another modification of the +try square, its principal use being for draughting +purposes.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Compass.</span>—The compass is one of the original +carpenter's tools. The difference between +<i>compass</i> and <i>dividers</i> is that compasses have adjustable +pen or pencil points, whereas dividers are +without adjustable points. Modern work has +brought refinements in the character of the compass +and dividers, so that we now have the bow-compass, +which is, usually, a small tool, one leg +of which carries a pen or pencil point, the two +legs being secured together, usually, by a spring +bow, or by a hinged joint with a spring attachment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Proportional Dividers.</span>—A useful tool is called +the proportional dividers, the legs of which are +hinged together intermediate the ends, so that the +pivotal joint is adjustable. By means of this tool +the scale of work may be changed, although its +widest field of usefulness is work laid off on a +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 61]</span> +scale which you intend to reduce or enlarge proportionally.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Determining Angles.</span>—Now, in order to lay +out work the boy should know quickly and accurately +how to determine various angles used or +required in his work. The quickest way in which +to learn this is to become familiar with the degree +in its various relations.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig51" id="fig51"></a> +<img src="images/fig51.jpg" width="400" height="337" alt="Fig. 51." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 51.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Definition of Degree.</span>—A degree is not a measure, +as we would designate a foot or a pound to +determine distance or quantity. It is used to +denote a division, space, interval or position. To +illustrate, look at the circle, Fig. 51. The four cardinal +points are formed by the cross lines (A, B), +and in each one of the quadrants thus formed the +circle is divided into 90 degrees. Look at the +radial lines (C, D), and you will find that the distance +between these lines is different along the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 62]</span> +curved line (E) than along the curved line (F). +The degree is, therefore, to indicate only the space, +division or interval in the circle.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Most Important Angle.</span>—Most important +for one to know at a glance is that of 45 degrees, +because the one can the more readily calculate the +other degrees, approximately, by having 45 degrees +once fixed in the mind, and impressed on the +visual image. With a square and a compass it +is a comparatively easy matter accurately to step +off 45 degrees, as it is the line C, midway between +A and B, and the other degrees may be calculated +from the line C and the cardinal lines A or B.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Degrees Without a Compass.</span>—But in the absence +of a compass and when you do not wish to +step off a circle, you will in such case lay down +the square, and mark off at the outer margin of +the limbs two equal dimensions. Suppose we +take 2 inches on each limb of the square. The +angle thus formed by the angle square blade is 45 +degrees. To find 30 degrees allow the blade of the +angle square to run from 2 inches on one limb to +3½ inches on the other limb, and it will be found +that for 15 degrees the blade runs from 2 inches on +one limb to 7½ inches on the other limb. It would +be well to fix firmly these three points, at least, in +your mind, as they will be of the utmost value to +you. It is a comparatively easy matter now to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 63]</span> +find 10 degrees or 25 degrees, or any intermediate +line.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">What Degrees Are Calculated From.</span>—The +question that now arises is what line one may use +from which to calculate degrees, or at what point +in the circle zero is placed. Degrees may be calculated +either from the horizontal or from the +vertical line. Examine Fig. 53. The working +margin indicated by the cross mark is your base +line, and in specifying an angle you calculate +it from the work edge. Thus, the line A indicates +an angle of 30 degrees. The dotted line is 45 +degrees.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;"><a name="fig52" id="fig52"></a> +<img src="images/fig52.jpg" width="335" height="194" alt="Fig. 52." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 52.</span> +</div> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 53/54"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig53" id="fig53"></a> +<img src="images/fig53.jpg" width="144" height="83" + alt="Fig. 53." /></td> +<td><a name="fig54" id="fig54"></a> +<img src="images/fig54.jpg" width="232" height="74" + alt="Fig. 54." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 53.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 54.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 64]</span> +<span class="smcap">The Dividers.</span>—The dividers are used not only +for scribing circles, but also for stepping and dividing +spaces equally. There is a knack in the +use of the dividers, where accuracy is wanted, and +where the surface is of wood. Unless the utmost +care is observed, the spaces will be unequal, for +the reason that the point of the dividers will sink +more deeply into the wood at some places than +at others, due to the uneven texture of the wood +grain. It will be better to make a line lengthwise, +and a cross line (A) for starting (see Fig. 54). +You may then insert one point of the dividers at +the initial mark (B), and describe a small arc (C). +Then move the dividers over to the intersection of +the arc (C) on the line, and make the next mark, +and so on.</p> + +<p>Some useful hints along this same line will be +found under the chapter on Drawing, which should +be carefully studied.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 65]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VII" id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII</h2> + +<h4>HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Right Name for Everything.</span>—Always +make it a point to apply the right term to each +article or portion of a structure. Your explanation, +to those who do know the proper technical +terms, will render much easier a thorough understanding; +and to those who do not know, your language +will be in the nature of an education.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Proper Designations.</span>—Every part in mechanism, +every point, curve and angle has its peculiar +designation. A knowledge of terms is an indication +of thoroughness in education, and, as heretofore +stated, becomes really the basis of art, as well +as of the sciences. When you wish to impart information +to another you must do it in terms understood +by both.</p> + +<p>Furthermore, and for this very reason, you +should study to find out how to explain or to define +the terms. You may have a mental picture +of the structure in your mind, but when asked to +explain it you are lost.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Learning Mechanical Forms.</span>—Suppose, for +example, we take the words <i>segment</i> and <i>sector</i>. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 66]</span> +Without a thorough understanding in your own +mind you are likely to confuse these terms by +taking one for the other. But let us assume you +are to be called upon to explain a sector to some +one who has no idea of terms and their definitions. +How would you describe it? While it is true it is +wedge-shaped, you will see by examining the drawing +that it is not like a wedge. The sector has two +sides running from a point like a wedge, but the +large end of the sector is curved.</p> + +<p>If you were called upon to define a segment you +might say it had one straight line and one curve, +but this would not define it very lucidly. Therefore, +in going over the designations given, not +only fix in your mind the particular form, but try +to remember some particular manner in which +you can clearly express the form, the shape or the +relation of the parts.</p> + +<p>For your guidance, therefore, I have given, as +far as possible, simple figures to aid you in becoming +acquainted with structures and their designations, +without repeating the more simple forms +which I have used in the preceding chapters.</p> + +<div class="floatl" style="width: 112px;"><a name="fig55" id="fig55"></a> +<img src="images/fig55_65.jpg" width="112" height="640" alt="Fig. 55.-Fig. 65." title="" /> +</div> + +<p>55. <i>Arcade.</i>—A series of arches with the columns +or piers which support them, the spandrels +above, and other parts.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 67]</span> +56. <i>Arch.</i>—A curved member made up, usually, +of separate wedge-shaped solids, A. K, Keystone; +S, Springers; C, Chord, or span.</p> + +<p>57. <i>Buttress.</i>—A projecting mass of masonry. +A, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or +for ornamentation; B, a flying buttress.</p> + +<p>58. <i>Chamfer.</i>—The surface A formed by cutting +away the arris or angle formed by two faces, B, +C, of material.</p> + +<p>59. <i>Cotter or Cotter Pin.</i>—A pin, A, either flat, +square or round, driven through a projecting +tongue to hold it in position.</p> + +<p>60. <i>Crenelated.</i>—A form of molding indented +or notched, either regularly or irregularly.</p> + +<p>61. <i>Crosses.</i>—1. Latin cross, in the Church of +Rome carried before Bishops. 2. Double cross, +carried before Cardinals and Bishops. 3. Triple +or Papal cross. 4. St. Andrew's and St. Peter's +cross. 5. Maltese cross. 6. St. Anthony or +Egyptian cross. 7. Cross of Jerusalem. 8. A +cross patté or fermé (head or first). 9. A cross +patonce (that is, growing larger at the ends). +10. Greek cross.</p> + +<p>62. <i>Curb Roof.</i>—A roof having a double slope, +or composed on each side of two parts which +have unequal inclinations; a gambrel roof.</p> + +<p>63. <i>Cupola.</i>—So called on account of its resemblance +to a cup. A roof having a rounded +form. When on a large scale it is called a dome.</p> + +<p><i>Crown Post.</i>—See <i>King Post.</i></p> + +<p>64. <i>Console.</i>—A bracket with a projection not +more than half its height.</p> + +<p>65. <i>Corbels.</i>—A mass of brackets to support a +shelf or structure. Largely employed in Gothic +architecture.</p> + +<div class="floatl" style="width: 117px;"><a name="fig66" id="fig66"></a> +<img src="images/fig66_79.jpg" width="117" height="640" alt="Fig. 66.-Fig. 79." title=""/> +</div> + +<p>66. Dormer.—A window pierced in a roof and +so set as to be vertical, while the roof slopes +away from it. Also called a Gablet.</p> + +<p>67. Dowel.—A pin or stud in one block, or +body, designed to engage with holes in another +body to hold them together in alignment.</p> + +<p>68. Drip.—That part of a cornice or sill course +A, or other horizontal member which projects +beyond the rest, so as to divert water.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 68]</span> +69. Detents.—Recesses to lock or to serve as +a stop or holding place.</p> + +<p>70. Extrados.—The exterior curve of an arch, +especially the upper curved face A. B is the +Intrados or Soffit.</p> + +<p>71. Engrailed.—Indented with small concave +curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.</p> + +<p>72. Facet.—The narrow plain surface, as A, +between the fluting of a column.</p> + +<p>73. Fret, Fretwork.—Ornamental work consisting +of small fillets, or slats, intersecting each +other or bent at right angles. Openwork in relief, +when elaborated and minute in all its parts. +Hence any minute play of light and shade. A, +Japanese fretwork. B, Green fret.</p> + +<p>74. Frontal, also called Pediment.—The triangular +space, A, above a door or window.</p> + +<p>75. Frustums.—That part of a solid next the +base, formed by cutting off the top; or the part +of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between +two planes, which may either be parallel or inclined +to each other.</p> + +<p>76. Fylfat.—A rebated cross used as a secret +emblem and worn as an ornament. It is also +called Gammadium, and more commonly known +as Swastika.</p> + +<p>77. Gambrel Roof.—A curb roof having the +same section in all its parts, with a lower, steeper +and longer part. See Curb Roof and distinguish +difference.</p> + +<p>78. Gargoyle.—A spout projecting from the +roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.</p> + +<p>79. Gudgeon.—A wooden shaft, A, with a +socket, B, into which is fitted a casting, C. The +casting has a gudgeon, D.</p> + +<div class="floatr" style="width: 112px;"><a name="fig80" id="fig80"></a> +<img src="images/fig80_93.jpg" width="112" height="640" alt="Fig. 80.-Fig. 93."/> +</div> + +<p>80. Guilloche.—An ornament in the form of +two or more bands or strings twisted together or +over or through each other.</p> + +<p>81. Half Timbered.—Constructed of a timber +frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry.</p> + +<p>82. Hammer Beam.—A member of one description +of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, +which is so framed as not to have a tie beam +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 69]</span> +at the top of the wall. A is the hammer beam, +and C the pendant post.</p> + +<p>83. Haunches.—The parts A, A, on each side +of the crown of an arch. Each haunch is from +one-half to two-thirds of the half arch.</p> + +<p>84. Header.—A piece of timber, A, fitted between +two trimmers, B, B, to hold the ends of +the tail beams, C, C.</p> + +<p>85. Hip Roof.—The external angle formed by +the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of +a roof which have their wall plates running in +different directions.</p> + +<p>86. Hood Molding.—A projecting molding over +the head of an arch, as at A, forming the outer-most +member of the archivolt.</p> + +<p>87. Inclave.—The border, or borders, having a +series of dovetails. One variation of molding or +ornamentation.</p> + +<p>88. Interlacing Arch.—Arches, usually circular, +so constructed that their archivolts, A, intersect +and seem to be interlaced.</p> + +<p>89. Invected.—Having a border or outline composed +of semicircles or arches, with the convexity +outward. The opposite of engrailed.</p> + +<p>90. Inverted Arch.—An arch placed with the +crown downward; used in foundation work.</p> + +<p>91. Keystone.—The central or topmost stone, +A, of an arch, sometimes decorated with a carving.</p> + +<p>92. King Post.—A member, A, of a common +form of truss for roofs. It is strictly a tie intended +to prevent the sagging of the tie beam, B, +in the middle. If there are struts, C, supporting +the rafters, D, they extend down to the foot of +the King Post.</p> + +<p>93. Label.—The name given to the projecting +molding, A, around the top of the door opening. +A form of mediæval architecture.</p> + +<div class="floatl" style="width: 109px;"><a name="fig94" id="fig94"></a> +<img src="images/fig94_104.jpg" width="109" height="640" alt="Fig. 94.-Fig. 104." title="" /> +</div> + +<p>94. Louver.—The sloping boards, A, set to shed +rain water outward in an opening of a frame, as +in belfry windows.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 70]</span> +95. Lintel.—A horizontal member. A spanning +or opening of a frame, and designed to carry the +wall above it.</p> + +<p>96. Lug.—A. projecting piece, as A, to which +anything is attached, or against which another +part, like B, is held.</p> + +<p>97. M-Roof.—A kind of roof formed by the +junction of two common roofs with a valley between +them, so the section resembles the letter +M.</p> + +<p>98. Mansard Roof.—A hipped curb roof, that +is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the +lower one, A, being steeper than the upper +portion or deck.</p> + +<p>99. Newel Post.—The upright post at the foot +of a stairway, to which the railing is attached.</p> + +<p>100. Parquetry.—A species of joinery or cabinet +work, consisting of an inlay of geometric or +other patterns, generally of different colored +woods, used particularly for floors.</p> + +<p>101. Peen. also Pein.—The round, round-edged +or hemispherical end, as at A, of a hammer.</p> + +<p>102. Pendant.—A hanging ornament on roofs, +ceilings, etc., and much used in the later styles +of Gothic architecture where it is of stone. Imitated +largely in wood and plaster work.</p> + +<p>103. Pentastyle.—A pillar. A portico having +five pillars, A, is called the Pentastyle in temples +of classical construction.</p> + +<p>104. Pedestal.—An upright architectural member, +A, right-angled in plan, constructionally a +pier, but resembling a column, having a capital, +shaft and base to agree with the columns in the +structure.</p> + +<div class="floatr" style="width: 109px;"><a name="fig105" id="fig105"></a> +<img src="images/fig105_117.jpg" width="109" height="640" alt="Fig. 105.-Fig. 117." title="" /> +</div> + +<p>105. Pintle.—An upright pivot pin, or the pin +of a hinge; A represents the pintle of a rudder.</p> + +<p>106. Portico.—A colonnade or covered structure, +especially in classical style, of architecture, +and usually at the entrance of a building.</p> + +<p>107. Plate.—A horizontal timber, A, used as +a top or header for supporting timbers, roofs and +the like.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 71]</span> +108. Queen Post.—One of two suspending posts +in a roof truss, or other framed truss of simple +form. Compare with King Post. A, B, tie beam; +C, C, queen posts; D, straining piece; E, principal +rafter; F, rafter.</p> + +<p>109. Quirk Molding.—A small channel, deeply +recessed, in proportion to its width, used to insulate +and give relief to a convex rounded molding. +An excellent corner post for furniture.</p> + +<p>110. Re-entering.—The figure shows an irregular +polygon (that is, many-sided figure) and is +a re-entering polygon. The recess A is a re-entering +angle.</p> + +<p>111. Rafter.—Originally any rough and heavy +piece of timber, but in modern carpentry used +to designate the main roof support, as at A. +See Queen Post.</p> + +<p>112. Scarfing.—Cutting timber at an angle +along its length, as the line A. Scarfing joints +are variously made. The overlapping joints may +be straight or recessed and provided with a key +block B. When fitted together they are securely +held by plates and bolts.</p> + +<p>113. Scotia Molding.—A sunken molding in +the base of a pillar, so called from the dark +shadow which it casts.</p> + +<p>114. Sill.—In carpentry the base piece, or +pieces, A, on which the posts of a structure are +set.</p> + +<p>115. Skew-Back.—The course of masonry, such +as a stone, A, with an inclined face, which forms +the abutment for the voussoirs, B, or wedge-shaped +stones comprising the arch.</p> + +<p>116. Spandrel.—The irregular, triangular +space, A, between the curve of an arch and the +enclosing right angle.</p> + +<p>117. Strut.—In general, any piece of a frame, +such as a timber A, or a brace B, which resists +pressure or thrust in the direction of its length.</p> + +<div class="floatl" style="width:108px;"><a name="fig118" id="fig118"></a> +<img src="images/fig118_123.jpg" width="108" height="319" alt="Fig. 118.-Fig. 123." title="" /> +</div> + +<p>118. Stud, Studding.—The vertical timber or +scantling, A, which is one of the small uprights +of a building to which the boarding or plastering +lath are nailed.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 72]</span> +119. Stile.—The main uprights of a door, as +A, A; B, B, B, rails; C, C, mullions; D, D, panels.</p> + +<p>Tie Beam.—See Queen Post.</p> + +<p>120. Trammel.—A very useful tool for drawing +ellipses. It comprises a cross, A, with grooves +and a bar, B, with pins, C, attached to sliding +blocks in the grooves, and a pen or stylus, D, +at the projecting end of the bar to scribe the +ellipse.</p> + +<p>121. Turret.—A little tower, frequently only +an ornamental structure at one of the angles of +a larger structure.</p> + +<p>122. Transom.—A horizontal cross-bar, A, +above a door or window or between a door and +a window above it. Transom is the horizontal +member, and if there is a vertical, like the dotted +line B, it is called a Mullion. See Stile.</p> + +<p>123. Valley Roof.—A place of meeting of two +slopes of a roof which have their sides running +in different directions and formed on the plan +of a re-entrant angle.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 73]</span></p> + +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_VIII" id="CHAPTER_VIII"></a>CHAPTER VIII</h2> +<h4>DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY</h4> + +<p>A knowledge of drawing, at least so far as the +fundamentals are concerned, is of great service +to the beginner. All work, after being conceived +in the brain, should be transferred to paper. A +habit of this kind becomes a pleasure, and, if carried +out persistently, will prove a source of profit. +The boy with a bow pen can easily draw circles, +and with a drawing or ruling pen he can make +straight lines.</p> + +<p>Representing Objects.—But let him try to represent +some object, and the pens become useless. +There is a vast difference in the use of drawing +tools and free-hand drawing. While the boy who +is able to execute free-hand sketches may become +the better artist, still that art would not be of much +service to him as a carpenter. First, because the +use of tools gives precision, and this is necessary +to the builder; and, second, because the artist +deals wholly with perspectives, whereas the builder +must execute from plane surfaces or elevations.</p> + +<p>Forming Lines and Shadows.—It is not my intention +to furnish a complete treatise on this subject, +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 74]</span> +but to do two things, one of which will be to +show, among other features, how simple lines form +objects; how shading becomes an effective aid; +how proportions are formed; and, second, how to +make irregular forms, and how they may readily +be executed so that the boy may be able to grasp +the ideas for all shapes and structural devices.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 146px;"><a name="fig125" id="fig125"></a> +<img src="images/fig125.jpg" width="146" height="71" alt="Fig. 125." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 125.</span> +</div> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 126/127"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig126" id="fig126"></a> +<img src="images/fig126.jpg" width="161" height="79" + alt="Fig. 126." /></td> +<td><a name="fig127" id="fig127"></a> +<img src="images/fig127.jpg" width="153" height="82" + alt="Fig. 127." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 126.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 127.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Analysis of Line Shading.—In the demonstration +of this work I shall give an analysis of the +simple lines formed, showing the terms used to +designate the lines, curves, and formations, so that +when any work is laid out the beginner will be +able, with this glossary before him, to describe +architecturally, as well as mathematically, the angles +and curves with which he is working.</p> + +<p>How to Characterize Surface.—Suppose we +commence simply with straight lines. How shall +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 75]</span> +we determine the character of the surface of the +material between the two straight lines shown in +Fig. 125? Is it flat, rounded, or concaved? Let us +see how we may treat the surface by simple lines +so as to indicate the configuration.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 128/134"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig128" id="fig128"></a> +<img src="images/fig128.jpg" width="158" height="79" + alt="Fig. 128." /></td> +<td><a name="fig129" id="fig129"></a> +<img src="images/fig129.jpg" width="140" height="129" + alt="Fig. 129." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 128.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 129.</b></p></td></tr> + +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig130" id="fig130"></a> +<img src="images/fig130.jpg" width="129" height="135" + alt="Fig. 130." /></td> +<td><a name="fig131" id="fig131"></a> +<img src="images/fig131.jpg" width="164" height="83" + alt="Fig. 131." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 130.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 131.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Concave Surfaces.—In Fig. 126 the shading +lines commence at the upper margin, and are +heaviest there, the lines gradually growing thinner +and farther apart.</p> + +<p>Convex Surfaces.—In Fig. 127 the shading is +very light along the upper margin, and heavy at +the lower margin. The first shaded figure, therefore, +represents a concaved surface, and the second +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 76]</span> +figure a convex surface. But why? Simply +for the reason that in drawings, as well as in nature, +light is projected downwardly, hence when a +beam of light moves past the margin of an object, +the contrast at the upper part, where the light is +most intense, is strongest.</p> + +<p>The shading of the S-shaped surface (Fig. 128) +is a compound of Figs. 126 and 127.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 343px;"><a name="fig132" id="fig132"></a> +<img src="images/fig132.jpg" width="343" height="293" alt="Fig. 132." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 132.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Shadows From a Solid Body.</span>—We can understand +this better by examining Fig. 129, which +shows a vertical board, and a beam of light (A) +passing downwardly beyond the upper margin of +the board. Under these conditions the upper margin +of the board appears darker to the vision, by +contrast, than the lower part. It should also be +understood that, in general, the nearer the object +the lighter it is, so that as the upper edge of the +board is farthest from the eye the heavy shading +there will at least give the appearance of distance +to that edge.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 77]</span> +But suppose that instead of having the surface +of the board flat, it should be concaved, as in Fig. +130, it is obvious that the hollow, or the concaved, +portion of the board must intensify the shadows +or the darkness at the upper edge. This explains +why the heavy shading in Fig. 126 is at that upper +margin.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Flat Effects.</span>—If the board is flat it may be +shaded, as shown in Fig. 131, in which the lines +are all of the same thickness, and are spaced farther +and farther apart at regularly increasing intervals.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 133/134"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig133" id="fig133"></a> +<img src="images/fig133.jpg" width="142" height="135" + alt="Fig. 133." /></td> +<td><a name="fig134" id="fig134"></a> +<img src="images/fig134.jpg" width="140" height="134" + alt="Fig. 134." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 133.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 134.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Direction of Light.</span>—Now, in drawing, we +must observe another thing. Not only does the +light always come from above, but it comes also +from the left side. I show in Fig. 132 two squares, +one within the other. All the lines are of the same +thickness. Can you determine by means of such a +drawing what the inner square represents? Is it +a block, or raised surface, or is it a depression?</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 78]</span> +<span class="smcap">Raised Surfaces.</span>—Fig. 133 shows it in the form +of a block, simply by thickening the lower and the +right-hand lines.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Depressed Surfaces.</span>—If, by chance, you should +make the upper and the left-hand lines heavy, as +in Fig. 134, it would, undoubtedly, appear depressed, +and would need no further explanation.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Full Shading,</span>—But, in order to furnish an additional +example of the effect of shading, suppose +we shade the surface of the large square, as shown +in Fig. 135, and you will at once see that not only +is the effect emphasized, but it all the more clearly +expresses what you want to show. In like manner, +in Fig. 136, we shade only the space within the +inner square, and it is only too obvious how shadows +give us surface conformation.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 135/136"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig135" id="fig135"></a> +<img src="images/fig135.jpg" width="140" height="142" + alt="Fig. 135." /></td> +<td><a name="fig136" id="fig136"></a> +<img src="images/fig136.jpg" width="147" height="148" + alt="Fig. 136." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 135.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 136.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Illustrating Cube Shading.</span>—In Fig. 137 I show +merely nine lines joined together, all lines being +of equal thickness.</p> + +<p>As thus drawn it may represent, for instance, +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 79]</span> +a cube, or it may show simply a square base (A) +with two sides (B, B) of equal dimensions.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Shading Effects.</span>—Now, to examine it properly +so as to observe what the draughtsman wishes to +express, look at Fig. 138, in which the three diverging +lines (A, B, C) are increased in thickness, +and the cube appears plainly. On the other hand, +in Fig. 139, the thickening of the lines (D, E, F) +shows an entirely different structure.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 144px;"><a name="fig137" id="fig137"></a> +<img src="images/fig137.jpg" width="144" height="123" alt="Fig. 137." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 137.</span> +</div> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 138/139"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig138" id="fig138"></a> +<img src="images/fig138.jpg" width="140" height="133" + alt="Fig. 138." /></td> +<td><a name="fig139" id="fig139"></a> +<img src="images/fig139.jpg" width="141" height="124" + alt="Fig. 139." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 138.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 139.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>It must be remembered, therefore, that to show +raised surfaces the general direction is to shade +heavily the lower horizontal and the right vertical +lines. (See Fig. 133.)</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Heavy Lines.</span>—But there is an exception to this +rule. See two examples (Fig. 140). Here two parallel +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 80]</span> +lines appear close together to form the edge +nearest the eye. In such cases the second, or upper, +line is heaviest. On vertical lines, as in Fig. 141, +the second line from the right is heaviest. These +examples show plain geometrical lines, and those +from Figs. 138 to 141, inclusive, are in perspective.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 140/141"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig140" id="fig140"></a> +<img src="images/fig140.jpg" width="162" height="141" + alt="Fig. 140." /></td> +<td><a name="fig141" id="fig141"></a> +<img src="images/fig141.jpg" width="182" height="127" + alt="Fig. 141." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 140.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 141.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Perspective.</span>—A perspective is a most deceptive +figure, and a cube, for instance, may be drawn so +that the various lines will differ in length, and +also be equidistant from each other. Or all the +lines may be of the same length and have the distances +between them vary. Supposing we have +two cubes, one located above the other, separated, +say, two feet or more from each other. It is obvious +that the lines of the two cubes will not be the +same to a camera, because, if they were photographed, +they would appear exactly as they are, +so far as their positions are concerned, and not as +they appear. But the cubes do appear to the eye +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 81]</span> +as having six equal sides. The camera shows +that they do not have six equal sides so far as +measurement is concerned. You will see, therefore, +that the position of the eye, relative to the +cube, is what determines the angle, or <b>the relative</b> +angles of all the lines.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 305px;"><a name="fig142" id="fig142"></a> +<img src="images/fig142.jpg" width="305" height="259" alt="Fig. 142." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 142.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 338px;"><a name="fig143" id="fig143"></a> +<img src="images/fig143.jpg" width="338" height="331" alt="Fig. 143." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 143.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">A True Perspective of a Cube.</span>—Fig. 142 shows +a true perspective—that is, it is true from the measurement +standpoint. It is what is called an <i>isometrical</i> +view, or a figure in which all the lines not +only are of equal length, but the parallel lines are +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 82]</span> +all spaced apart the same distances from each +other.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Isometric Cube.</span>—I enclose this cube within a +circle, as in Fig. 143. To form this cube the circle +(A) is drawn and bisected with a vertical line (B). +This forms the starting point for stepping off the +six points (C) in the circle, using the dividers without +resetting, after you have made the circle. +Then connect each of the points (C) by straight +lines (D). These lines are called chords. From +the center draw two lines (E) at an angle and one +line (F) vertically. These are the radial lines. +You will see from the foregoing that the chords +(D) form the outline of the cube—or the lines farthest +from the eye, and the radial lines (E, F) +are the nearest to the eye. In this position we are +looking at the block at a true diagonal—that is, +from a corner at one side to the extreme corner +on the opposite side.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 240px;"><a name="fig144" id="fig144"></a> +<img src="images/fig144.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="Fig. 144." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 144.</span> +</div> + +<p>Let us contrast this, and particularly Fig. 142, +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 83]</span> +with the cube which is placed higher up, viewed +from the same standpoint.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Flattened Perspective.</span>—Fig. 144 shows the +new perspective, in which the three vertical lines +(A, A, A) are of equal length, and the six angularly +disposed lines (B, C) are of equal length, but +shorter than the lines A. The only change which +has been made is to shorten the distance across +the corner from D to D, but the vertical lines (A) +are the same in length as the corresponding lines +in Fig. 143. Notwithstanding this change the +cubes in both figures appear to be of the same size, +as, in fact, they really are.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 240px;"><a name="fig145" id="fig145"></a> +<img src="images/fig145.jpg" width="240" height="265" alt="Fig. 145." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 145.</span> +</div> + +<p>In forming a perspective, therefore, it would +be a good idea for the boy to have a cube of wood +always at hand, which, if laid down on a horizontal +support, alongside, or within range of the object to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 84]</span> +be drawn, will serve as a guide to the perspective.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Technical Designations.</span>—As all geometrical +lines have designations, I have incorporated such +figures as will be most serviceable to the boy, each +figure being accompanied by its proper definition.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 146/147"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig146" id="fig146"></a> +<img src="images/fig146.jpg" width="156" height="149" + alt="Fig. 146." /></td> +<td><a name="fig147" id="fig147"></a> +<img src="images/fig147.jpg" width="155" height="141" + alt="Fig. 147." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 146.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 147.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Before passing to that subject I can better show +some of the simple forms by means of suitable diagrams.</p> + +<p>Referring to Fig. 145, let us direct our attention +to the body (G), formed by the line (D) across +the circle. This body is called a segment. A chord +(D) and a curve comprise a segment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Sector and Segment.</span>—Now examine the shape +of the body formed by two of the radial lines (E, +E) and that part of the circle which extends from +one radial line to the other. The body thus formed +is a sector, and it is made by two radiating lines +and a curved line. Learn to distinguish readily, in +your mind, the difference between the two figures.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 85]</span> +<span class="smcap">Terms of Angles.</span>—The relation of the lines to +each other, the manner in which they are joined +together, and their comparative angles, all have +special terms and meanings. Thus, referring to +the isometric cube, in Fig. 145, the angle formed +at the center by the lines (B, E) is different from +the angle formed at the margin by the lines (E, F). +The angle formed by B, E is called an exterior +angle; and that formed by E, F is an interior angle. +If you will draw a line (G) from the center to the +circle line, so it intersects it at C, the lines B, D, G +form an equilateral or isosceles triangle; if you +draw a chord (A) from C to C, the lines H, E, F +will form an obtuse triangle, and B, F, H a right-angled +triangle.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Circles and Curves.</span>—Circles, and, in fact, all +forms of curved work, are the most difficult for +beginners. The simplest figure is the circle, which, +if it represents a raised surface, is provided with +a heavy line on the lower right-hand side, as in +Fig. 146; but the proper artistic expression is +shown in Fig. 147, in which the lower right-hand +side is shaded in rings running only a part of the +way around, gradually diminishing in length, and +spaced farther and farther apart as you approach +the center, thus giving the appearance of a sphere.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig148" id="fig148"></a> +<img src="images/fig148.jpg" width="400" height="309" alt="Fig. 148." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 148.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Irregular Curves.</span>—But the irregular curves require +the most care to form properly. Let us try +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 86]</span> +first the elliptical curve (Fig. 148). The proper +thing is, first, to draw a line (A), which is called +the "major axis." On this axis we mark for our +guidance two points (B, B). With the dividers +find a point (C) exactly midway, and draw a cross +line (D). This is called the "minor axis." If we +choose to do so we may indicate two points (E, E) +on the minor axis, which, in this case, for convenience, +are so spaced that the distance along +the major axis, between B, B, is twice the length +across the minor axis (D), along E, E. Now find +one-quarter of the distance from B to C, as at F, +and with a compass pencil make a half circle (G). +If, now, you will set the compass point on the center +mark (C), and the pencil point of the compass on +B, and measure along the minor axis (D) on both +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 87]</span> +sides of the major axis, you will make two points, +as at H. These points are your centers for scribing +the long sides of the ellipse. Before proceeding +to strike the curved lines (J), draw a diagonal +line (K) from H to each marking point (F). +Do this on both sides of the major axis, and produce +these lines so they cross the curved lines (G). +When you ink in your ellipse do not allow the circle +pen to cross the lines (K), and you will have a +mechanical ellipse.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Ellipses and Ovals.</span>—It is not necessary to +measure the centering points (F) at certain specified +distances from the intersection of the horizontal +and vertical lines. We may take any point +along the major axis, as shown, for instance, in +Fig. 149. Let B be this point, taken at random. +Then describe the half circle (C). We may, also, +arbitrarily, take any point, as, for instance, D on +the minor axis E, and by drawing the diagonal +lines (F) we find marks on the circle (C), which +are the meeting lines for the large curve (H), with +the small curve (C). In this case we have formed +an ovate or an oval form. Experience will soon +make perfect in following out these directions.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Focal Points.</span>—The focal point of a circle is its +center, and is called the <i>focus</i>. But an ellipse has +two focal points, called <i>foci</i>, represented by F, F in +Fig. 148, and by B, B in Fig. 149.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 88]</span> +A <i>produced line</i> is one which extends out beyond +the marking point. Thus in Fig. 148 that +part of the line K between F and G represents +the produced portion of line K.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig149" id="fig149"></a> +<img src="images/fig149.jpg" width="400" height="297" alt="Fig. 149." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 149.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Spirals.</span>—There is no more difficult figure to +make with a bow or a circle pen than a spiral. In +Fig. 150 a horizontal and a vertical line (A, B), +respectively, are drawn, and at their intersection +a small circle (C) is formed. This now provides +for four centering points for the circle pen, on +the two lines (A, B). Intermediate these points +indicate a second set of marks halfway between +the marks on the lines. If you will now set the +point of the compass at, say, the mark 3, and the +pencil point of the compass at D, and make a +curved mark one-eighth of the way around, say, +to the radial line (E), then put the point of the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 89]</span> +compass to 4, and extend the pencil point of the +compass so it coincides with the curved line just +drawn, and then again make another curve, one-eighth +of a complete circle, and so on around the +entire circle of marking points, successively, you +will produce a spiral, which, although not absolutely +accurate, is the nearest approach with a circle +pen. To make this neatly requires care and +patience.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig150" id="fig150"></a> +<img src="images/fig150.jpg" width="400" height="343" alt="Fig. 150." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 150.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Perpendicular and Vertical.</span>—A few words +now as to terms. The boy is often confused in determining +the difference between <i>perpendicular</i> +and <i>vertical</i>. There is a pronounced difference. +Vertical means up and down. It is on a line in +the direction a ball takes when it falls straight +toward the center of the earth. The word <i>perpendicular</i>, +as usually employed in astronomy, means +the same thing, but in geometry, or in drafting, or +in its use in the arts it means that a perpendicular +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 90]</span> +line is at right angles to some other line. Suppose +you put a square upon a roof so that one leg of the +square extends up and down on the roof, and the +other leg projects outwardly from the roof. In +this case the projecting leg is <i>perpendicular</i> to the +roof. Never use the word <i>vertical</i> in this connection.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Signs to Indicate Measurements.</span>—The small +circle (°) is always used to designate <i>degree</i>. +Thus 10° means ten degrees.</p> + +<p>Feet are indicated by the single mark '; and two +closely allied marks " are for inches. Thus five +feet ten inches should be written 5' 10". A large +cross (×) indicates the word "by," and in expressing +the term six feet by three feet two inches, it +should be written 6' × 3'2".</p> + +<p>The foregoing figures give some of the fundamentals +necessary to be acquired, and it may be +said that if the boy will learn the principles involved +in the drawings he will have no difficulty +in producing intelligible work; but as this is not +a treatise on drawing we cannot go into the more +refined phases of the subject.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Definitions.</span>—The following figures show the +various geometrical forms and their definitions:</p> + +<div class="floatr" style="width: 104px;"><a name="fig151" id="fig151"></a> +<img src="images/fig151_165.jpg" width="104" height="640" alt="Fig. 151.-Fig. 165." title="" /> +</div> + +<p>151. <i>Abscissa.</i>—The point in a curve, A, which +is referred to by certain lines, such as B, which +extend out from an axis, X, or the ordinate line Z.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 91]</span> +152. <i>Angle.</i>—The inclosed space near the point +where two lines meet.</p> + +<p>153. <i>Apothegm.</i>—The perpendicular line A from +the center to one side of a regular polygon. It +represents the radial line of a polygon the same +as the radius represents half the diameter of a +circle.</p> + +<p>154. <i>Apsides</i> or <i>Apsis</i>.—One of two points, A, +A, of an orbit, oval or ellipse farthest from the +axis, or the two small dots.</p> + +<p>155. <i>Chord.</i>—A right line, as A, uniting the +extremities of the arc of a circle or a curve.</p> + +<p>156. <i>Convolute</i> (see also <i>Involute</i>).—Usually +employed to designate a wave or folds in opposite +directions. A double involute.</p> + +<p>157. <i>Conic Section.</i>—Having the form of or resembling +a cone. Formed by cutting off a cone +at any angle. See line A.</p> + +<p>158. <i>Conoid.</i>—Anything that has a form resembling +that of a cone.</p> + +<p>159. <i>Cycloid.</i>—A curve, A, generated by a point, +B, in the plane of a circle or wheel, C, when +the wheel is rolled along a straight line.</p> + +<p>160. <i>Ellipsoid.</i>—A solid, all plane sections of +which are ellipses or circles.</p> + +<p>161. <i>Epicycloid.</i>—A curve, A, traced by a point, +B, in the circumference of a wheel, C, which rolls +on the convex side of a fixed circle, D.</p> + +<p>162. <i>Evolute.</i>—A curve, A, from which another +curve, like B, on each of the inner ends of the +lines C is made. D is a spool, and the lines C +represent a thread at different positions. The +thread has a marker, E, so that when the thread +is wound on the spool the marker E makes the +evolute line A.</p> + +<p>163. <i>Focus.</i>—The center, A, of a circle; also +one of the two centering points, B, of an ellipse +or an oval.</p> + +<p>164. <i>Gnome.</i>—The space included between the +boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the +one within the other, with an angle in common.</p> + +<p>165. <i>Hyperbola.</i>—A curve, A, formed by the section +of a cone. If the cone is cut off vertically +on the dotted line, A, the curve is a hyperbola. +See <i>Parabola</i>.</p> + +<div class="floatl" style="width: 99px;"><a name="fig167" id="fig167"></a> +<img src="images/fig167_184.jpg" width="99" height="640" alt="Fig. 167.-Fig. 184." title="" /> +</div> + +<p>167. <i>Hypothenuse.</i>—The side, A, of a right-angled +triangle which is opposite to the right +angle B, C. A, regular triangle; C, irregular triangle.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 92]</span> +168. <i>Incidence.</i>—The angle, A, which is the +same angle as, for instance, a ray of light, B, +which falls on a mirror, C. The line D is the +perpendicular.</p> + +<p>169. <i>Isosceles Triangle.</i>—Having two sides or +legs, A, A, that are equal.</p> + +<p>170. <i>Parabola.</i>—One of the conic sections formed +by cutting of a cone so that the cut line, A, is +not vertical. See <i>Hyperbola</i> where the cut line +is vertical.</p> + +<p>171. <i>Parallelogram.</i>—A right-lined quadrilateral +figure, whose opposite sides, A, A, or B, B, are +parallel and consequently equal.</p> + +<p>172. <i>Pelecoid.</i>—A figure, somewhat hatchet-shaped, +bounded by a semicircle, A, and two inverted +quadrants, and equal to a square, C.</p> + +<p>173. <i>Polygons.</i>—Many-sided and many with +angles.</p> + +<p>174. <i>Pyramid.</i>—A solid structure generally with +a square base and having its sides meeting in an +apex or peak. The peak is the vertex.</p> + +<p>175. <i>Quadrant.</i>—The quarter of a circle or of +the circumference of a circle. A horizontal line, +A, and a vertical line, B, make the four quadrants, +like C.</p> + +<p>176. <i>Quadrilateral.</i>—A plane figure having four +sides, and consequently four angles. Any figure +formed by four lines.</p> + +<p>177. <i>Rhomb.</i>—An equilateral parallelogram or a +quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the +opposite sides, B, B, parallel.</p> + +<p>178. <i>Sector.</i>—A part, A, of a circle formed by +two radial lines, B, B, and bounded at the end +by a curve.</p> + +<p>179. <i>Segment.</i>—A part, A, cut from a circle by +a straight line, B. The straight line, B, is the +chord or the <i>segmental line</i>.</p> + +<p>180. <i>Sinusoid.</i>—A wave-like form. It may be +regular or irregular.</p> + +<p>181. <i>Tangent.</i>—A line, A, running out from the +curve at right angles from a radial line.</p> + +<p>182. <i>Tetrahedron.</i>—A solid figure enclosed or +bounded by four triangles, like A or B. A plain +pyramid is bounded by five triangles.</p> + +<p>183. <i>Vertex.</i>—The meeting point, A, of two or +more lines.</p> + +<p>184. <i>Volute.</i>—A spiral scroll, used largely in +architecture, which forms one of the chief features +of the Ionic capital.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 93]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_IX" id="CHAPTER_IX"></a>CHAPTER IX</h2> + +<h4>MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING +WORK</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Moldings.</span>—The use of moldings was early resorted +to by the nations of antiquity, and we marvel +to-day at many of the beautiful designs which +the Phœnecians, the Greeks and the Romans produced. +If you analyze the lines used you will be +surprised to learn how few are the designs which +go to make up the wonderful columns, spires, minarets +and domes which are represented in the various +types of architecture.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Basis of Moldings.</span>—Suppose we take the +base type of moldings, and see how simple they +are and then, by using these forms, try to build +up or ornament some article of furniture, as an +example of their utility.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Simplest Molding.</span>—In Fig. 185 we show +a molding of the most elementary character +known, being simply in the form of a band (A) +placed below the cap. Such a molding gives to +the article on which it is placed three distinct +lines, C, D and E, If you stop to consider you +will note that the molding, while it may add to +the strength of the article, is primarily of service +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 94]</span> +because the lines and surfaces produce shadows, +and therefore become valuable in an artistic sense.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Astragal.</span>—Fig. 186 shows the ankle-bone +molding, technically called the <i>Astragal</i>. This +form is round, and properly placed produces a +good effect, as it throws the darkest shadow of +any form of molding.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 187/188"> +<tr valign="top"> +<td ><a name="fig185" id="fig185"></a> +<img src="images/fig185.jpg" width="145" height="126" + alt="Fig. 185." /></td> +<td><a name="fig186" id="fig186"></a> +<img src="images/fig186.jpg" width="127" height="80" + alt="Fig. 188." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 185.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 186.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 187/188"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig187" id="fig187"></a> +<img src="images/fig187.jpg" width="127" height="80" + alt="Fig. 187." /></td> +<td><a name="fig188" id="fig188"></a> +<img src="images/fig188.jpg" width="127" height="80" + alt="Fig. 188." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 187.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 188.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Cavetto.</span>—Fig. 187 is the cavetto, or round +type. Its proper use gives a delicate outline, but +it is principally applied with some other form +of molding.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Ovolo.</span>—Fig. 188, called the ovolo, is a +quarter round molding with the lobe (A) projecting +downwardly. It is distinguished from +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 95]</span> +the astragal because it casts less of a shadow +above and below.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Torus.</span>—Fig. 189, known as the torus, is +a modified form of the ovolo, but the lobe (A) projects +out horizontally instead of downwardly.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Apophyges</span> (Pronounced apof-i-ges).—Fig. +190 is also called the <i>scape</i>, and is a concaved type +of molding, being a hollowed curvature used on +columns where its form causes a merging of the +shaft with the fillet.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 189/192"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig189" id="fig189"></a> +<img src="images/fig189.jpg" width="116" height="62" + alt="Fig. 189." /></td> +<td><a name="fig190" id="fig190"></a> +<img src="images/fig190.jpg" width="117" height="73" + alt="Fig. 190." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 189. Torus.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 190. Apophyge.</b></p></td></tr> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig191" id="fig191"></a> +<img src="images/fig191.jpg" width="102" height="76" + alt="Fig. 28." /></td> +<td><a name="fig192" id="fig192"></a> +<img src="images/fig192.jpg" width="169" height="99" + alt="Fig. 192." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 191. Cymatium.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 192. Ogee-Recta.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Cymatium.</span>—Fig. 191 is the cymatium (derived +from the word cyme), meaning wave-like. +This form must be in two curves, one inwardly +and one outwardly.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Ogee.</span>—Fig. 192, called the ogee, is the most +useful of all moldings, for two reasons: First, +it may have the concaved surface uppermost, in +which form it is called ogee recta—that is, right +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 96]</span> +side up; or it may be inverted, as in Fig. 193, with +the concaved surface below, and is then called +ogee reversa. Contrast these two views and you +will note what a difference the mere inversion of +the strip makes in the appearance. Second, because +the ogee has in it, in a combined form, the +outlines of nearly all the other types. The only +advantage there is in using the other types is +because you may thereby build up and space your +work better than by using only one simple form.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 238px;"><a name="fig193" id="fig193"></a> +<img src="images/fig193.jpg" width="238" height="223" alt="Fig. 193. Ogee-Reversa." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 193. Ogee-Reversa.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 183px;"><a name="fig194" id="fig194"></a> +<img src="images/fig194.jpg" width="183" height="166" alt="Fig. 194. Bead +or Reedy." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 194. Bead or Reedy.</span> +</div> + +<p>You will notice that the ogee is somewhat like +the cymatium, the difference being that the concaved +part is not so pronounced as in the ogee, +and the convexed portion bulges much further than +in the ogee. It is capable of use with other moldings, +and may be reversed with just as good effect +as the ogee.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 97]</span> +<span class="smcap">The Reedy.</span>—Fig. 194 represents the reedy, or +the bead—that is, it is made up of reeds. It is a +type of molding which should not be used with any +other pronounced type of molding.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Casement</span> (Fig. 195).—In this we have a +form of molding used almost exclusively at the +base of structures, such as columns, porticoes and +like work.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 187px;"><a name="fig195" id="fig195"></a> +<img src="images/fig195.jpg" width="187" height="170" alt="Fig. 195. Casement." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 195. Casement.</span> +</div> + +<p>Now, before proceeding to use these moldings, +let us examine a Roman-Doric column, one of the +most famous types of architecture produced. We +shall see how the ancients combined moldings to +produce grace, lights and shadows and artistic +effects.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Roman-Doric Column.</span>—In Fig. 196 is +shown a Roman-Doric column, in which the cymatium, +the ovolo, cavetto, astragal and the ogee are +used, together with the fillets, bases and caps, +and it is interesting to study this because of its +beautiful proportions.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 98]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 394px;"><a name="fig196" id="fig196"></a> +<img src="images/fig196.jpg" width="394" height="538" alt="Fig. 196." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 196.</span> +</div> + +<p>The pedestal and base are equal in vertical +dimensions to the entablature and capital. The entablature +is but slightly narrower than the pedestal; +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 99]</span> +and the length of the column is, approximately, +four times the height of the pedestal. +The base of the shaft, while larger diametrically +than the capital, is really shorter measured vertically. +There is a reason for this. The eye must +travel a greater distance to reach the upper end +of the shaft, and is also at a greater angle to that +part of the shaft, hence it appears shorter, while +it is in reality longer. For this reason a capital +must be longer or taller than the base of a shaft, +and it is also smaller in diameter.</p> + +<p>It will be well to study the column not only on +account of the wonderful blending of the various +forms of moldings, but because it will impress you +with a sense of proportions, and give you an idea +of how simple lines may be employed to great advantage +in all your work.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Lessons from the Doric Column.</span>—As an example, +suppose we take a plain cabinet, and endeavor +to embellish it with the types of molding +described, and you will see to what elaboration +the operation may be carried.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Applying Molding.</span>—Let Fig. 197 represent the +front, top and bottom of our cabinet; and the first +thing we shall do is to add a base (A) and a cap +(B). Now, commencing at the top, suppose we +utilize the simplest form of molding, the band.</p> + +<p>This we may make of any desired width, as +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 100]</span> +shown in Fig. 198. On this band we can apply the +ogee type (Fig. 199) right side up.</p> + +<p>But for variation we may decide to use the +ogee reversed, as in Fig. 200. This will afford +us something else to think about and will call upon +our powers of initiative in order to finish off the +lower margin or edge of the ogee reversa.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 160px;"><a name="fig197" id="fig197"></a> +<img src="images/fig197.jpg" width="160" height="439" alt="Fig. 197." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 197.</span> +</div> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 198/199"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig198" id="fig198"></a> +<img src="images/fig198.jpg" width="111" height="104" + alt="Fig. 198." /></td> +<td><a name="fig199" id="fig199"></a> +<img src="images/fig199.jpg" width="117" height="109" + alt="Fig. 199." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 198.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 199.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>If we take the ogee recta, as shown in Fig. 201, +we may use the cavetto, or the ovolo (Fig. 202); +but if we use the ogee reversa we must use a convex +molding like the cavetto at one base, and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 101]</span> +a convex molding, like the torus or the ovolo, +at the other base.</p> + +<p>In the latter (Fig. 202) four different moldings +are used with the ogee as the principal +structure.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Base Embellishments.</span>—In like manner (Fig. +204) the base may have the casement type first attached +in the corner, and then the ovolo, or the +astragal added, as in Fig. 203.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 200/202"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig200" id="fig200"></a> +<img src="images/fig200.jpg" width="86" height="77" + alt="Fig. 200." /></td> +<td><a name="fig201" id="fig201"></a> +<img src="images/fig201.jpg" width="89" height="77" + alt="Fig. 201." /></td> +<td><a name="fig202" id="fig202"></a> +<img src="images/fig202.jpg" width="73" height="77" + alt="Fig. 202." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 200.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 201.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 202.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Straight-faced Moldings.</span>—Now let us carry +the principle still further, and, instead of using +various type of moldings, we will employ nothing +but straight strips of wood. This treatment will +soon indicate to you that the true mechanic or +artisan is he who can take advantage of whatever +he finds at hand.</p> + +<p>Let us take the same cabinet front (Fig. 205), +and below the cap (A) place a narrow strip (B), +the lower corner of which has been chamfered off, +as at C. Below the strip B is a thinner strip (D), +vertically disposed, and about two-thirds its width. +The lower corner of this is also chamfered, as at +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 102]</span> +F. To finish, apply a small strip (G) in the corner, +and you have an embellished top that has +the appearance, from a short distance, of being +made up of molding.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Plain Molded Base.</span>—The base may be treated +in the same manner. The main strip (4) has its +upper corner chamfered off, as at I, and on this +is nailed a thin, narrow finishing strip (J). The +upper part or molded top, in this case, has eleven +distinct lines, and the base has six lines. By experimenting +you may soon put together the most +available kinds of molding strips.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 203/204"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig203" id="fig203"></a> +<img src="images/fig203.jpg" width="93" height="131" + alt="Fig. 203." /></td> +<td><a name="fig204" id="fig204"></a> +<img src="images/fig204.jpg" width="99" height="126" + alt="Fig. 204." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 203.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 204.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Diversified Uses.</span>—For a great overhang you +may use the cavetto, or the apophyges, and below +that the astragal or the torus; and for the base +the casement is the most serviceable molding, and +it may be finished off with the ovolo or the cymatium.</p> + +<p>Pages of examples might be cited to show the +variety and the diversification available with different +types.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 103]</span> +<span class="smcap">Shadows Cast by Moldings.</span>—Always bear in +mind that a curved surface makes a blended +shadow. A straight, flat or plain surface does +not, and it is for that reason the concaved and +the convexed surfaces, brought out by moldings, +become so important.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 211px;"><a name="fig205" id="fig205"></a> +<img src="images/fig205.jpg" width="211" height="630" alt="Fig. 205." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 205.</span> +</div> + +<p>A little study and experimenting will soon +teach you how a convex, a concave or a flat surface, +and a corner or corners should be arranged relatively +to each other; how much one should project +beyond the other; and what the proportional +widths of the different molding bands should be. +An entire volume would scarcely exhaust this subject.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 104]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_X" id="CHAPTER_X"></a>CHAPTER X</h2> + +<h4>AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING +AND BEADING</h4> + + +<p>In the chapter on How Work is Laid Out, an +example was given of the particular manner pursued +in laying out mortises and tenons, and also +dovetailed work. I deem it advisable to add some +details to the subject, as well as to direct attention +to some features which do not properly belong +to the laying out of work.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Where Mortises Should Be Used.</span>—Most important +of all is a general idea of places and conditions +under which mortises should be resorted +to. There are four ways in which different members +may be secured to each other. First, by +mortises and tenons; second, by a lap-and-butt; +third, by scarfing; and, fourth, by tonguing and +grooving.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Depth of Mortises.</span>—When a certain article is +to be made, the first consideration is, how the +joint or joints shall be made. The general rule +for using the tenon and mortise is where two +parts are joined wherein the grains of the two +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 105]</span> +members run at right angles to each other, as in +the following figure.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Rule for Mortises.</span>—Fig. 206 shows such an +example. You will notice this in doors particularly, +as an example of work.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 156px;"><a name="fig206" id="fig206"></a> +<img src="images/fig206.jpg" width="156" height="89" alt="Fig. 206." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 206.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"><a name="fig207" id="fig207"></a> +<img src="images/fig207.jpg" width="397" height="84" alt="Fig. 207." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 207.</span> +</div> + +<p>The next consideration is, shall the mortises be +cut entirely through the piece? This is answered +by the query as to whether or not the end of the +tenon will be exposed; and usually, if a smooth +finish is required, the mortise should not go +through the member. In a door, however, the +tenons are exposed at the edges of the door, and +are, therefore, seen, so that we must apply some +other rule. The one universally adopted is, that +where, as in a door stile, it is broad and comparatively +thin, or where the member having the mortise +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 106]</span> +in its edge is much thinner than its width, the +mortise should go through from edge to edge.</p> + +<p>The reason for this lies in the inability to sink +the mortises through the stile (A, Fig. 207) perfectly +true, and usually the job is turned out +something like the illustration shows. The side +of the rail (B) must be straight with the side of +the stile. If the work is done by machinery it +results in accuracy unattainable in hand work.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig208" id="fig208"></a> +<img src="images/fig208.jpg" width="400" height="326" alt="Fig. 208." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 208.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">True Mortise Work.</span>—The essense of good joining +work is the ability to sink the chisel true with +the side of the member. More uneven work is +produced by haste than by inability. The tendency +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 107]</span> +of all beginners is to strike the chisel too +hard, in order the more quickly to get down to +the bottom of the mortise. Hence, bad work +follows.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Steps in Cutting Mortises.</span>—Examine Fig. 208, +which, for convenience, gives six successive steps +in making the mortise. The marks <i>a</i>, <i>b</i> designate +the limits, or the length, of the mortise. The +chisel (C) is not started at the marking line (A), +but at least an eighth of an inch from it. The +first cut, as at B, gives a starting point for the +next cut or placement of the chisel. When the second +cut (B) has thus been made, the chisel should +be turned around, as in dotted line <i>d</i>, position +C, thereby making a finish cut down to the bottom +of the mortise, line <i>e</i>, so that when the fourth cut +has been made along line <i>f</i>, we are ready for the +fifth cut, position C; then the sixth cut, position +D, which leaves the mortise as shown at E. Then +turn the chisel to the position shown at F, and +cut down the last end of the mortise square, as +shown in G, and clean out the mortise well before +making the finishing cuts on the marking lines +(<i>a</i>, <i>b</i>). The particular reason for cleaning out +the mortise before making the finish cuts is, that +the corners of the mortise are used as fulcrums +for the chisels, and the eighth of an inch stock +still remaining protects the corners.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 108]</span> +<span class="smcap">Things to Avoid in Mortising.</span>—You must be +careful to refrain from undercutting as your chisel +goes down at the lines <i>a</i>, <i>b</i>, because if you commit +this error you will make a bad joint.</p> + +<p>As much care should be exercised in producing +the tenon, although the most common error is apt +to occur in making the shoulder. This should be +a trifle undercut.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 321px;"><a name="fig209" id="fig209"></a> +<img src="images/fig209.jpg" width="321" height="138" alt="Fig. 209." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 209.</span> +</div> + +<p>See the lines (A, Fig. 209), which illustrate this.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Lap-and-Butt Joint.</span>—The lap-and-butt is the +form of uniting members which is most generally +used to splice together timbers, where they join +each other end to end.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig210" id="fig210"></a> +<img src="images/fig210.jpg" width="400" height="140" alt="Fig. 210." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 210.</span> +</div> + +<p>Bolts are used to secure the laps.</p> + +<p>But the lap-and-butt form is also used in doors +and in other cabinet work. It is of great service +in paneling.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 109]</span> +A rabbet is formed to receive the edge of the +panel, and a molding is then secured to the other +side on the panel, to hold the latter in place.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Scarfing.</span>—This method of securing members +together is the most rigid, and when properly performed +makes the joint the strongest part of the +timber. Each member (A, Fig. 212) has a step +diagonally cut (B), the two steps being on different +planes, so they form a hook joint, as at C, +and as each point or terminal has a blunt end, +the members are so constructed as to withstand +a longitudinal strain in either direction. The +overlapping plates (D) and the bolts (E) hold +the joint rigidly.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 393px;"><a name="fig211" id="fig211"></a> +<img src="images/fig211.jpg" width="393" height="51" alt="Fig. 211." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 211.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;"><a name="fig212" id="fig212"></a> +<img src="images/fig212.jpg" width="335" height="109" alt="Fig. 212." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 212.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Tongue and Groove.</span>—This form of uniting +members has only a limited application. It is +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 110]</span> +serviceable for floors, table tops, paneling, etc. In +Fig. 213, a door panel is shown, and the door +mullions (B) are also so secured to the rail (C). +The tongue-and-groove method is never used by +itself. It must always have some support or reinforcing +means.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig213" id="fig213"></a> +<img src="images/fig213.jpg" width="400" height="81" alt="Fig. 213." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 213.</span> +</div> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 28/29"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig214" id="fig214"></a> +<img src="images/fig214.jpg" width="105" height="51" + alt="Fig. 214." /></td> +<td><a name="fig215" id="fig215"></a> +<img src="images/fig215.jpg" width="278" height="54" + alt="Fig. 215." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 214.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 215.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Beading.</span>—This part of the work pertains to +surface finishings, and may or may not be used in +connection with rabbeting.</p> + +<p>Figs. 214 and 215 show the simplest and most +generally adopted forms in which it is made and +used in connection with rabbeting, or with the +tongue and groove. The bead is placed on one +or both sides of that margin of the board (Fig. +214) which has the tongue, and the adjoining +board has the usual flooring groove to butt against +and receive the tongue. It is frequently the case +that a blind bead, as in Fig. 215, runs through +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 111]</span> +the middle of the board, so as to give the appearance +of narrow strips when used for wainscoting, +or for ceilings. The beads also serve to hide the +joints of the boards.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 216/218"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig216" id="fig216"></a> +<img src="images/fig216.jpg" width="125" height="71" + alt="Fig. 216." /></td> +<td><a name="fig217" id="fig217"></a> +<img src="images/fig217.jpg" width="105" height="54" + alt="Fig. 217." /></td> +<td><a name="fig218" id="fig218"></a> +<img src="images/fig218.jpg" width="125" height="71" + alt="Fig. 218." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 216.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 217.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 218.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Ornamental Bead Finish.</span>—These figures show +how the bead may be used for finishing corners, +edges and projections. Fig. 216 has a bead at +each corner of a stile (A), and a finishing strip +of half-round material (B) is nailed to the flat +edge. Fig. 217 has simply the corners themselves +beaded, and it makes a most serviceable finish for +the edges of projecting members.</p> + +<p>Fig. 218, used for wider members, has the corners +beaded and a fancy molding (C); or the reduced +edge of the stile itself is rounded off.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 219/220"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig219" id="fig219"></a> +<img src="images/fig219.jpg" width="200" height="139" + alt="Fig. 219." /></td> +<td><a name="fig220" id="fig220"></a> +<img src="images/fig220.jpg" width="212" height="139" + alt="Fig. 220." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 219.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 220.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Bead and Rabbet.</span>—A more amplified form +of work is available where the rabbet plane is +used with the beader. These two planes together +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 112]</span> +will, if properly used, offer a strong substitute for +molding and molding effects.</p> + +<p>Fig. 219 has both sides first rabbeted, as at A, +and the corners then beaded, as at B, with the +reduced part of the member rounded off, as at C. +Or, as in Fig. 220, the reduced edge of the member +may have the corners beaded, as at D, and the +rabbeted corners filled in with a round or concaved +moulding (E).</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Shading with Beads and Rabbets.</span>—You will +see from the foregoing, that these embellishments +are serviceable because they provide the article +with a large number of angles and surfaces to +cast lights and shadows; and for this reason the +boy should strive to produce the effects which this +class of work requires.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 113]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XI" id="CHAPTER_XI"></a>CHAPTER XI</h2> + +<h4>HOUSE BUILDING</h4> + +<p>House building is the carpenter's craft; cabinet-making +the joiner's trade, yet both are so intimately +associated, that it is difficult to draw a +line. The same tools, the same methods and the +same materials are employed.</p> + +<p>There is no trade more ennobling than home +building. It is a vocation which touches every +man and woman, and to make it really an art is, +or should be, the true aspiration of every craftsman.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The House and Embellishments.</span>—The refined +arts, such as sculpture and painting, merely embellish +the home or the castle, so that when we +build the structure it should be made with an eye +not only to comfort and convenience, but fitting in +an artistic and æsthetic sense. It is just as easy +to build a beautiful home as an ugly, ungainly, illy +proportioned structure.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Beauty Not Ornamentation.</span>—The boy, in his +early training, should learn this fundamental +truth, that beauty, architecturally, does not depend +upon ornamentation. Some of the most +beautiful structures in the world are very plain. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 114]</span> +Beauty consists in proportions, in proper correlation +of parts, and in adaptation for the uses to +which the structure is to be put.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Plain Structures.</span>—A house with a plain +façade, having a roof properly pitched and with +a simple cornice, if joined to a wing which is not +ungainly or out of proper proportions, is infinitely +more beautiful than a rambling structure, in which +one part suggests one order of architecture and +the other part some other type or no type at all, +and in which the embellishments are out of keeping +with the size or pretensions of the house.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Colonial Type.</span>—For real beauty, on a larger +scale, there is nothing to-day which equals the +old Colonial type with the Corinthian columns and +entablature. The Lee mansion, now the National +Cemetery, at Washington, is a fine example. +Such houses are usually square or rectangular in +plan, severely plain, with the whole ornamentation +consisting of the columns and the portico. This +type presents an appearance of massiveness and +grandeur and is an excellent illustration of a +form wherein the main characteristic of the structure +is concentrated or massed at one point.</p> + +<p>The Church of the Madelaine, Paris, is another +striking example of this period of architecture.</p> + +<p>Of course, it would be out of place with cottages +and small houses, but it is well to study and to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 115]</span> +know what forms are most available and desirable +to adopt, and particularly to know something of +the art in which you are interested.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Roof the Keynote.</span>—Now, there is one +thing which should, and does, distinguish the residence +from other types of buildings, excepting +churches. It is the roof. A house is dominated +by its covering. I refer to the modern home. It +is not true with the Colonial or the Grecian types. +In those the façade or the columns and cornices +predominate over everything else.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Bungalow Types.</span>—If you will take up any book +on bungalow work and note the outlines of the +views you will see that the roof forms the main +element or theme. In fact, in most buildings of +this kind everything is submerged but the roof +and roof details. They are made exceedingly flat, +with different pitches with dormers and gables intermingled +and indiscriminately placed, with cornices +illy assorted and of different kinds, so that +the multiplicity of diversified details gives an appearance +of great elaboration. Many of those +designs are monstrosities and should, if possible, +be legally prohibited.</p> + +<p>I cannot attempt to give even so much as an +outline of what constitutes art in its relation to +building, but my object is to call attention to +this phase of the question, and as you proceed in +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 116]</span> +your studies and your work you will realize the +value and truthfulness of the foregoing observations.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">General House Building.</span>—We are to treat, +generally, on the subject of house building, how +the work is laid out, and how built, and in doing +so I shall take a concrete example of the work. +This can be made more effectual for the purpose +if it is on simple lines.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Building Plans.</span>—We must first have a plan; +and the real carpenter must have the ability to +plan as well as to do the work. We want a five-room +house, comprising a parlor, dining room, two +bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. Just a modest +little home, to which we can devote our spare +hours, and which will be neat and comfortable +when finished. It must be a one-story house, and +that fact at once settles the roof question. We +can make the house perfectly square in plan, or +rectangular, and divide up the space into the +proper divisions.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Plain Square Floor Plan</span> will first be +taken up, as it is such an easy roof to build. Of +course, it is severely plain.</p> + +<p>Fig. 221 shows our proposed plan, drawn in the +rough, without any attempts to measure the different +apartments, and with the floor plan exactly +square. Supposing we run a hall (A) through +the middle. On one side of this let us plan for +a dining room and a kitchen, a portion of the +kitchen space to be given over to a closet and a +bathroom.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 117]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig221" id="fig221"></a> +<img src="images/fig221.jpg" width="400" height="442" alt="Fig. 221." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 221.</span> +</div> + +<p>The chimney (B) must be made accessible from +both rooms. On the other side of the hallway the +space is divided into a parlor and two bedrooms.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 118]</span> +<span class="smcap">The Rectangular Plan.</span>—In the rectangular +floor plan (Fig. 222) a portion of the floor space is +cut out for a porch (A), so that we may use the +end or the side for the entrance. Supposing we +use the end of the house for this purpose. The +entrance room (B) may be a bedroom, or a reception +and living room, and to the rear of this +room is the dining room, connected with the reception +room by a hall (C). This hall also leads to +the kitchen and to the bathroom, as well as to the +other bedroom. The parlor is connected with the +entrance room (B), and also with the bedroom. +All of this is optional, of course.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig222" id="fig222"></a> +<img src="images/fig222.jpg" width="400" height="282" alt="Fig. 222." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 222.</span> +</div> + +<p>There are also two chimneys, one chimney (D) +having two flues and the other chimney (E) having +three flues, so that every room is accommodated.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 119]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig223" id="fig223"></a> +<img src="images/fig223.jpg" width="400" height="448" alt="Fig. 223." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 223.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Room Measurements.</span>—We must now determine +the dimensions of each room, and then how we +shall build the roof.</p> + +<p>In Figs. 223 and 224, we have now drawn out +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 120]</span> +in detail the sizes, the locations of the door and +windows, the chimneys and the closets, as well +as the bathroom. All this work may be changed +or modified to suit conditions and the taste of the +designer.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig224" id="fig224"></a> +<img src="images/fig224.jpg" width="400" height="281" alt="Fig. 224." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 224.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Front and Side Lines.</span>—From the floor diagram, +and the door and window spaces, as marked out, +we may now proceed to lay out rough front and +side outlines of the building. The ceilings are to +be 9 feet, and if we put a rather low-pitched +roof on the square structure (Fig. 223) the front +may look something like Fig. 225, and a greater +pitch given to the rectangular plan (Fig. 224) will +present a view as shown in Fig. 226.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 121]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig225" id="fig225"></a> +<img src="images/fig225.jpg" width="400" height="239" alt="Fig. 225." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 225.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig226" id="fig226"></a> +<img src="images/fig226.jpg" width="400" height="212" alt="Fig. 226." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 226.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Roof.</span>—The pitch of the roof (Fig. 225) is +what is called "third pitch," and the roof (Fig. +226) has a half pitch. A "third" pitch is determined +as follows:</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 122]</span> +<span class="smcap">Roof Pitch.</span>—In Fig. 227 draw a vertical line +(A) and join it by a horizontal line (B). Then +strike a circle (C) and step it off into three parts. +The line (D), which intersects the first mark (E) +and the angle of the lines (A, B), is the pitch.</p> + +<p>In Fig. 228 the line A is struck at 15 degrees, +which is halfway between lines B and C, and it is, +therefore, termed "half-pitch."</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 227/228"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig227" id="fig227"></a> +<img src="images/fig227.jpg" width="153" height="140" + alt="Fig. 227." /></td> +<td><a name="fig228" id="fig228"></a> +<img src="images/fig228.jpg" width="143" height="142" + alt="Fig. 228." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 227.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 228.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Thus, we have made the ground plans, the elevations +and the roofs as simple as possible. Let +us proceed next with the details of the building.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Foundation.</span>—This may be of brick, stone +or concrete, and its dimensions should be at least +1½ inches further out than the sill.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Sills.</span>—We are going to build what is called +a "balloon frame"; and, first, we put down the +sills, which will be a course of 2" × 6", or 2" × 8" +joists, as in Fig. 229.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Flooring Joist.</span>—The flooring joists (A) +are then put down (Fig. 230). These should extend +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 123]</span> +clear across the house from side to side, if +possible, or, if the plan is too wide, they should +be lapped at the middle wall and spiked together. +The ends should extend out flush with the outer +margins of the sills, as shown, but in putting down +the first and last sill, space must be left along +the sides of the joist of sufficient width to place +the studding.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 380px;"><a name="fig229" id="fig229"></a> +<img src="images/fig229.jpg" width="380" height="178" alt="Fig. 229." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 229.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 378px;"><a name="fig230" id="fig230"></a> +<img src="images/fig230.jpg" width="378" height="216" alt="Fig. 230." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 230.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Studding.</span>—The next step is to put the +studding into position. 4" × 4" must be used for +corners and at the sides of door and window openings. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 124]</span> +4" × 6" may be used at corners, if preferred. +Consult your plan and see where the +openings are for doors and windows. Measure +the widths of the door and window frames, and +make a measuring stick for this purpose. You +must leave at least one-half inch clearance for +the window or door frame, so as to give sufficient +room to plumb and set the frame.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Setting Up.</span>—First set up the corner posts, +plumbing and bracing them. Cut a top plate for +each side you are working on.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig231" id="fig231"></a> +<img src="images/fig231.jpg" width="400" height="64" alt="Fig. 231." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 231.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Plate.</span>—As it will be necessary in our job +to use two or more lengths of 2" × 4" scantling for +the plate, it will be necessary to join them together. +Do this with a lap-and-butt joint (Fig. +231).</p> + +<p>Then set up the 4" × 4" posts for the sides of the +doors and windows, and for the partition walls.</p> + +<p>The plate should be laid down on the sill, and +marked with a pencil for every scantling to correspond +with the sill markings. The plate is then +put on and spiked to the 4" × 4" posts.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Intermediate Studding.</span>—It will then be an +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 125]</span> +easy matter to put in the intermediate 2" × 4" +studding, placing them as nearly as possible 16 +inches apart to accommodate the 48-inch plastering +lath.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig232" id="fig232"></a> +<img src="images/fig232.jpg" width="400" height="332" alt="Fig. 232." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 232.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Wall Headers.</span>—When all the studding are in +you will need headers above and rails below the +windows and headers above all the doors, so that +you will have timbers to nail the siding to, as +well as for the lathing.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Ceiling Joists.</span>—We are now ready for the ceiling +joists, which are, usually, 2" × 6", unless there +is an upper floor. These are laid 16 inches apart +from center to center, preferably parallel with +the floor joist.</p> + +<p>It should be borne in mind that the ceiling +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 126]</span> +joist must always be put on with reference +to the roof.</p> + +<p>Thus, in Fig. 232, the ceiling joists (A) have +their ends resting on the plate (B), so that the +rafters are in line with the joists.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Braces.</span>—It would also be well, in putting up the +studding, to use plenty of braces, although for a +one-story building this is not so essential as in +two-story structures, because the weather boarding +serves as a system of bracing.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig233" id="fig233"></a> +<img src="images/fig233.jpg" width="400" height="407" alt="Fig. 233." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 233.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Rafters.</span>—These may be made to provide +for the gutter or not, as may be desired. They +should be of 2" × 4" scantling.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Gutter.</span>—In Fig. 233 I show a most serviceable +way to provide for the gutter. A V-shaped +notch is cut out of the upper side of the rafter, +in which is placed the floor and a side. This +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 127]</span> +floor piece is raised at one end to provide an incline +for the water.</p> + +<p>A face-board is then applied and nailed to +the ends of the rafters. This face-board is surmounted +by a cap, which has an overhang, beneath +which is a molding of any convenient pattern. +The face-board projects down at least two +inches below the angled cut of the rafter, so that +when the base-board is applied, the lower margin +of the face-board will project one inch below the +base.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig234" id="fig234"></a> +<img src="images/fig234.jpg" width="400" height="326" alt="Fig. 234." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 234.</span> +</div> + +<p>This base-board is horizontal, as you will see. +The facia-board may be of any desired width, +and a corner molding should be added. It is +optional to use the brackets, but if added they +should be spaced apart a distance not greater +than twice the height of the bracket.</p> + +<p>A much simpler form of gutter is shown in Fig. +234, in which a V-shaped notch is also cut in the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 128]</span> +rafter, and the channel is made by the pieces. +The end of the rafter is cut at right angles, +so the face-board is at an angle. This is also surmounted +by an overhanging cap and a molding. +The base is nailed to the lower edges of the rafters, +and the facia is then applied.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 389px;"><a name="fig234a" id="fig234a"></a> +<img src="images/fig234a.jpg" width="389" height="399" alt="Fig. 234a." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 234a.</span> +</div> + +<p>In Fig. 234<i>a</i> the roof has no gutter, so that the +end of the rafter is cut off at an angle and a molding +applied on the face-board. The base is nailed +to the rafters. This is the cheapest and simplest +form of structure for the roof.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Setting Door and Window Frames.</span>—The next +step in order is to set the door and window frames +preparatory to applying the weather boarding. +It is then ready for the roof, which should be put +on before the floor is laid.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Plastering and Inside Finish.</span>—Next in order +is the plastering, then the base-boards and the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 129]</span> +casing; and, finally, the door and windows should +be fitted into position.</p> + +<p>Enough has been said here merely to give a +general outline, with some details, how to proceed +with the work.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 130]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XII" id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII</h2> + +<h4>BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Bridges.</span>—Bridge building is not, strictly, a part +of the carpenter's education at the present day, +because most structures of this kind are now built +of steel; but there are certain principles involved +in bridge construction which the carpenter should +master.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Self-supporting Roofs.</span>—In putting up, for instance, +self-supporting roofs, or ceilings with wide +spans, and steeples or towers, the bridge principle +of trussed members should be understood.</p> + +<p>The most simple bridge or trussed form is the +well-known A-shaped arch.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig235" id="fig235"></a> +<img src="images/fig235.jpg" width="400" height="125" alt="Fig. 235." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 235.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Common Trusses.</span>—One form is shown in Fig. +235, with a vertical king post. In Fig. 236 there +are two vertical supporting members, called queen +posts, used in longer structures. Both of these +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 131]</span> +forms are equally well adapted for small bridges +or for roof supports.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Vertical Upright Truss.</span>—This form of +truss naturally develops into a type of wooden +bridge known all over the country, as its framing +is simple, and calculations as to its capacity to +sustain loads may readily be made. Figs. 237, +238 and 239 illustrate these forms.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 312px;"><a name="fig236" id="fig236"></a> +<img src="images/fig236.jpg" width="312" height="69" alt="Fig. 236." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 236.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 393px;"><a name="fig237" id="fig237"></a> +<img src="images/fig237.jpg" width="397" height="78" alt="Fig. 237." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 237.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Warren Girder.</span>—Out of this simple truss +grew the Warren girder, a type of bridge particularly +adapted for iron and steel construction.</p> + +<p>This is the simplest form for metal bridge +truss, or girder. It is now also largely used in +steel buildings and for other work requiring +strength with small weight.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 132]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 384px;"><a name="fig238" id="fig238"></a> +<img src="images/fig238.jpg" width="384" height="55" alt="Fig. 238." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 238.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 393px;"><a name="fig239" id="fig239"></a> +<img src="images/fig239.jpg" width="393" height="52" alt="Fig. 239." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 239.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 343px;"><a name="fig240" id="fig240"></a> +<img src="images/fig240.jpg" width="343" height="71" alt="Fig. 240." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 240.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Bowstring Girder.</span>—Only one other form of +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 133]</span> +bridge truss need be mentioned here, and that is +the <i>bowstring</i> shown in Fig. 240.</p> + +<p>In this type the bow receives the entire compression +thrust, and the chords act merely as suspending +members.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Fundamental Truss Form.</span>—In every form of +truss, whether for building or for bridge work, the +principles of the famous A-truss must be employed +in some form or other; and the boy who is +experimentally inclined will readily evolve means +to determine what degree of strength the upper +and the lower members must have for a given +length of truss to sustain a specified weight.</p> + +<p>There are rules for all these problems, some of +them very intricate, but all of them intensely interesting. +It will be a valuable addition to your +knowledge to give this subject earnest study.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 134]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIII" id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII</h2> +<h4>THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER</h4> + + +<p>In this place consideration will be given to some +of the features relating to the materials to be employed, +particularly with reference to the manner +in which they can be worked to the best advantage, +rather than to their uses.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Best Woods.</span>—The prime wood, and the +one with which most boys are familiar, is white +pine. It has an even texture throughout, is generally +straight grained, and is soft and easily +worked. White pine is a wood requiring a very +sharp tool. It is, therefore, the best material for +the beginner, as it will at the outset teach him the +important lesson of keeping the tools in a good, +sharp condition.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Soft Woods.</span>—It is also well for the novice to do +his initial work with a soft wood, because in joining +the parts together inaccuracies may be easily +corrected. If, for instance, in mortising and tenoning, +the edge of the mortised member is not true, +or, rather, is not "square," the shoulder of the +tenon on one side will abut before the other side +does, and thus leave a crack, if the wood is hard. +If the wood is soft there is always enough yield to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 135]</span> +enable the workman to spring it together. Therefore, +until you have learned how to make a true +joint, use soft wood.</p> + +<p>Poplar is another good wood for the beginner, as +well as redwood, a western product.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Hard Woods.</span>—Of the hard woods, cherry is the +most desirable for the carpenter's tool. For working +purposes it has all the advantages of a soft +wood, and none of its disadvantages. It is not apt +to warp, like poplar or birch, and its shrinking +unit is less than that of any other wood, excepting +redwood. There is practically no shrinkage in redwood.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Most Difficult Woods.</span>—Ash is by far the +most difficult wood to work. While not as hard as +oak, it has the disadvantage that the entire board +is seamed with growth ribs which are extremely +hard, while the intervening layers between these +ribs are soft, and have open pores, so that, for +instance, in making a mortise, the chisel is liable +to follow the hard ribs, if the grain runs at an +angle to the course of the mortise.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Hard-ribbed Grain in Wood.</span>—This peculiarity +of the grain in ash makes it a beautiful wood +when finished. Of the light-colored woods, oak +only excels it, because in this latter wood each +year's growth shows a wider band, and the interstices +between the ribs have stronger contrasting +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 136]</span> +colors than ash; so that in filling the surface, before +finishing it, the grain of the wood is brought +out with most effective clearness and with a beautifully +blended contrast.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Easiest Working Woods.</span>—The same thing +may be said, relatively, concerning cherry and +walnut. While cherry has a beautiful finishing +surface, the blending contrasts of colors are not so +effective as in walnut.</p> + +<p>Oregon pine is extremely hard to work, owing to +the same difficulties experienced in handling ash; +but the finished Oregon pine surface makes it a +most desirable material for certain articles of furniture.</p> + +<p>Do not attempt to employ this nor ash until you +have mastered the trade. Confine yourself to pine, +poplar, cherry and walnut. These woods are all +easily obtainable everywhere, and from them you +can make a most creditable variety of useful articles.</p> + +<p>Sugar and maple are two hard woods which may +be added to the list. Sugar, particularly, is a +good-working wood, but maple is more difficult. +Spruce, on the other hand, is the strongest and +toughest wood, considering its weight, which is +but a little more than that of pine.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Differences in the Working of Woods.</span>—Different +woods are not worked with equal facility by +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 137]</span> +all the tools. Oak is an easy wood to handle with +a saw, but is, probably, aside from ash, the most +difficult wood known to plane.</p> + +<p>Ash is hard for the saw or the plane. On the +other hand, there is no wood so easy to manipulate +with the saw or plane as cherry. Pine is easily +worked with a plane, but difficult to saw; not on +account of hardness, but because it is so soft that +the saw is liable to tear it.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Forcing Saws in Wood.</span>—One of the reasons +why the forcing of saws is such a bad practice will +be observed in cutting white or yellow pine. For +cross-cutting, the saw should have fine teeth, not +heavily set, and evenly filed. To do a good job +of cross-cutting, the saw must be held at a greater +angle, or should lay down flatter than in ripping, +as by so doing the lower side of the board will not +break away as much as if the saw should be held +more nearly vertical.</p> + +<p>These general observations are made in the hope +that they will serve as a guide to enable you to +select your lumber with some degree of intelligence +before you commence work.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 138]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIV" id="CHAPTER_XIV"></a>CHAPTER XIV</h2> +<h4>WOOD TURNING</h4> + +<p><span class="smcap">Advantages of Wood Turning.</span>—This is not, +strictly, in the carpenter's domain; but a knowledge +of its use will be of great service in the +trade, and particularly in cabinet making. I urge +the ingenious youth to rig up a wood-turning lathe, +for the reason that it is a tool easily made and +one which may be readily turned by foot, if other +power is not available.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Simple Turning Lathe.</span>—A very simple turning +lathe may be made by following these instructions:</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Rails.</span>—Procure two straight 2" × 4" scantling +(A), four feet long, and planed on all sides. +Bore four ⅜-inch holes at each end, as shown, and +10 inches from one end four more holes. A plan +of these holes is shown in B, where the exact spacing +is indicated. Then prepare two pieces 2" × 4" +scantling (C), planed, 42 inches long, one end of +each being chamfered off, as at 2, and provided +with four bolt holes. Ten inches down, and on the +same side, with the chamfer (2) is a cross gain (3), +the same angle as the chamfer. Midway between +the cross gain (3) and the lower end of the leg is +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 139]</span> +a gain (4) in the edge, at right angles to the cross +gain (3).</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Legs.</span>—Now prepare two legs (D) for the +tail end of the frame, each 32 inches long, with a +chamfer (5) at one end, and provided with four +bolt holes. At the lower end bore a bolt hole for +the cross base piece. This piece (E) is 4" × 4", 21 +inches long, and has a bolt hole at each end and +one near the middle. The next piece (F) is 2" × 4", +14½ inches long, provided with a rebate (6) at +each end, to fit the cross gains (4) of the legs (C). +Near the middle is a journal block (7).</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig241" id="fig241"></a> +<img src="images/fig241.jpg" width="400" height="238" alt="Fig. 241. Frame details." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 241. Frame details.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Centering Blocks.</span>—Next provide a 4" × 4" +piece (G), 40 inches long, through which bore a +¾-inch hole (8), 2 inches from the upper end, and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 140]</span> +four bolt holes at right angles to the shaft hole (8). +Then, with a saw split down this bearing, as shown +at 9, to a point 4 inches from the end. Ten inches +below the upper end prepare two cross gains (10), +each an inch deep and four inches wide. In these +gains are placed the top rails (A), so the bolt +holes in the gains (10) will coincide with the bolt +holes (11) in the piece A. Below the gains (10) +this post has a journal block (12), intended to be +in line with the journal block (7) of the piece F.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig242" id="fig242"></a> +<img src="images/fig242.jpg" width="400" height="105" alt="Fig. 242. Tail Stock." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 242. Tail Stock.</span> +</div> + +<p>Then make a block (H) 2" × 4", and 6 inches +long. This also must have a shaft hole (B), and a +saw kerf (14), similar to the arrangement on the +upper end of the post (G); also bore four bolt +holes, as shown. This block rests between the +upper ends of the lugs (C).</p> + +<p>Another block (I), 2" × 4", and 6 feet long, +with four bolt holes, will be required for the tail +end of the frame, to keep the rails (A) two inches +apart at that end.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Tail Stock.</span>—This part of the structure is +made of the following described material:</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 141]</span> +Procure a scantling (J), planed, 4" × 4", 24 +inches long, the upper end of which is to be provided +with four bolt holes, and a centering hole +(15). At the lower end of the piece is a slot (16) +8 inches long and 1½ inches wide, and there are +also two bolt holes bored transversely through the +piece to receive bolts for reinforcing the end.</p> + +<p>A pair of cheekpieces (K), 2" × 4", and each +12 inches long, are mitered at the ends, and each +has four bolt holes by means of which the ends +may be bolted to the upright (J).</p> + +<p>Then a step wedge (L) is made of 1⅜" × 2" material, +10 inches long. This has at least four steps +(17), each step being 2 inches long. A wedge 1⅜ +inches thick, 10 inches long, and tapering from 2 +inches to 1⅜ inches, completes the tail-stock.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Tool Rest.</span>—This is the most difficult part +of the whole lathe, as it must be rigid, and so constructed +that it has a revolvable motion as well as +being capable of a movement to and from the material +in the lathe.</p> + +<p>Select a good 4" × 4" scantling (M), 14 inches +long, as shown in Fig. 243. Two inches from one +end cut a cross gain (I), 1½ inches deep and 1 inch +wide, and round off the upper edge, as at 2.</p> + +<p>Then prepare a piece (N), 1 inch thick, 8 inches +wide, and 10 inches long. Round off the upper +edge to form a nose, and midway between its ends +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 142]</span> +cut a cross gain 4 inches wide and 1½ inches deep. +The lower margin may be cut away, at an angle +on each side of the gain. All that is necessary +now is to make a block (O), 8 inches long, rounded +on one edge, and a wedge (P).</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig243" id="fig243"></a> +<img src="images/fig243.jpg" width="400" height="118" alt="Fig 243. Tool Rest." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig 243. Tool Rest.</span> +</div> + +<p>A leather belt or strap (Q), 1½ inches wide, +formed into a loop, as shown in the perspective +view (R), serves as a means for holding the rest +rigidly when the wedge is driven in.</p> + + +<p><span class="smcap">The Tool Rest.</span>—This is the most difficult part +of the whole lathe, as it must be rigid, and so constructed +that it has a revolvable motion as well as +being capable of a movement to and from the material +in the lathe.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Materials.</span>—Then procure the following +bolts:</p> + + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="40%" cellspacing="0" summary="Materials."> +<tr><td align='left'>4⅜"</td><td align='left'>bolts,</td><td align='left'>10"</td><td align='left'>long.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>8⅜"</td><td align='left'>bolts,</td><td align='left'>6"</td><td align='left'>long.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>20⅜"</td><td align='left'>bolts,</td><td align='left'>5"</td><td align='left'>long.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>5⅜"</td><td align='left'>bolts,</td><td align='left'>9" </td><td align='left'>long.</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><span class="smcap">The Mandrel.</span>—A piece of steel tubing (S), No. +10 gage, ¾ inch in diameter, 11½ inches long, will +be required for the mandrel. Get a blacksmith, if +a machine shop is not convenient, to put a fixed +center (1) in one end, and a removable centering +member (2) in the other end.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 143]</span> +On this mandrel place a collar (3), held by a set +screw, and alongside of it a pair of pulleys, each +1½ inches wide, one of them, being, say, 2 inches in +diameter, and the other 3 inches. This mandrel is +held in position by means of the posts of the frame +which carry the split journal bearings. This form +of bearing will make a durable lathe, free from +chattering, as the bolts can be used for tightening +the mandrel whenever they wear.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig244" id="fig244"></a> +<img src="images/fig244.jpg" width="400" height="136" alt="Fig. 244. Mandrel." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 244. Mandrel.</span> +</div> + +<p>The center point (1) is designed to rest against +a metal plate (4) bolted to the wooden post, as +shown in the large drawing.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Fly-wheel.</span>—It now remains only to provide a +fly-wheel and treadle with the communicating belt. +The fly-wheel may be of any convenient size, or it +may be some discarded pulley or wheel. Suppose +it is two feet in diameter; then, as your small pulley +is 2 inches in diameter, each revolution of the +large wheel makes twelve revolutions in the mandrel, +and you can readily turn the wheel eighty +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 144]</span> +times a minute. In that case your mandrel will +revolve 960 revolutions per minute, which is ample +speed for your purposes.</p> + +<p>The wheel should be mounted on a piece of ¾-inch +steel tubing, one end having a crank 3 inches +long. This crank is connected up by a pitman rod, +with the triangularly shaped treadle frame.</p> + +<p>Such a lathe is easily made, as it requires but +little metal or machine work, and it is here described +because it will be a pleasure for a boy to +make such a useful tool. What he needs is the +proper plan and the right dimensions to carry out +the work, and his own ingenuity will make the +modifications suitable to his purpose.</p> + +<p>The illustration (Fig. 245) shows such a lathe +assembled ready for work.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Tools Required.</span>—A few simple tools will +complete an outfit capable of doing a great variety +of work. The illustration (Fig. 246) shows five +chisels, of which all other chisels are modifications.</p> + +<p>A and B are both oblique firmer chisels, A being +ground with a bevel on one side only, and B +with a bevel on each side.</p> + +<p>C is a broad gage, with a hollow blade, and a +curved cutting edge, ground with a taper on the +rounded side only.</p> + +<p>D is a narrow gage similarly ground, and E is a +V-shaped gage.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 145]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig245" id="fig245"></a> +<img src="images/fig245.jpg" width="400" height="289" alt="Fig. 245." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 245.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 146]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig246" id="fig246"></a> +<img src="images/fig246.jpg" width="400" height="292" alt="Fig. 246." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 246.</span> +</div> + +<p>It may be observed that in wood-turning sharp +tools are absolutely necessary, hence a good oil +stone, or several small, round and V-shaped stones +should be used.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 147]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XV" id="CHAPTER_XV"></a>CHAPTER XV</h2> +<h4>ON THE USE OF STAINS</h4> + +<p>As this subject properly belongs to the painter +and decorator, it is not necessary to go into details +concerning the methods used to finish off your +work. As you may not be able to afford the luxury +of having your productions painted or stained, +enough information will be given to enable you, if +the character of the wood justifies it, to do the +work yourself to a limited extent.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Soft Wood.</span>—As, presumably, most of your first +work will be done with pine, poplar, or other light-colored +material, and, as many people prefer the +furniture to be dark in color, you should be prepared +to accommodate them.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Use of Stains.</span>—Our subject has nothing to do +with the technique of staining, but has reference, +solely, to the use of stains. I recommend, therefore, +that, since all kinds of stains are now kept in stock, +and for sale everywhere, you would better rely +upon the manufactured goods rather than to endeavor +to mix up the paints yourself.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Stains as Imitations.</span>—It will be well to remember +one thing as to stains. Never attempt +to stain anything unless that stain is intended to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 148]</span> +produce an imitation of some real wood. There +are stains made up which, when applied, do not +imitate any known wood. This is bad taste and +should be avoided. Again you should know that +the same stain tint will not produce like effects +on the different light-colored woods. Try the +cherry stain on pieces of pine, poplar, and birch, +and you will readily see that while pine gives a +brilliant red, comparatively speaking, pine or birch +will be much darker, and the effect on poplar will +be that of a muddy color. In fact, poplar does +not stain cherry to good advantage; and for birch +the ordinary stain should have a small addition +of vermilion.</p> + +<p>By making trials of your stains before applying +them to the furniture, you will readily see the +value of this suggestion.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Good Taste in Staining.</span>—Oak, mahogany, +cherry, black walnut, and like imitations are always +good in an artistic sense, but imitations of +unfamiliar woods mean nothing to the average +person. The too common mistake is to try to imitate +oak by staining pine or poplar or birch. It +may, with good effect, be stained to imitate cherry.</p> + +<p>Oregon pine, or some light-colored wood, with +a strong contrasting grain may be used for staining +in imitation of oak.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Great Contrasts Bad.</span>—Violent contrasts in furniture +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 149]</span> +staining have the effect of cheapness, unless +the contrasting outlines are artistically distributed +throughout the article, from base to top finish.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Staining Contrasting Woods.</span>—Then, again, do +not stain a piece of furniture so that one part represents +a cheap, soft wood, and the other part +a dark or costly wood. Imagine, for instance, a +cabinet with the stiles, rails and mullions of mahogany, +and the panels of pine or poplar, or the +reverse, and you can understand how incongruous +would be the result produced.</p> + +<p>On the other hand, it would not be a very artistic +job to make the panels of cherry and the mullions +and stiles of mahogany, because the two +woods do not harmonize, although frequently +wrongly combined.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Hard Wood Imitations.</span>—It would be better to +use, for instance, ash or oak for one portion of the +work, and a dark wood, like cherry or walnut, for +the other part; but usually a cherry cabinet should +be made of cherry throughout; while a curly maple +chiffonier could not be improved by having the legs +of some other material.</p> + +<p>These considerations should determine for you +whether or not you can safely use stains to represent +different woods in the same article.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Natural Effects.</span>—If effects are wanted, the +skilled workman will properly rely upon the natural +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 150]</span> +grain of the wood; hence, in staining, you +should try to imitate nature, because in staining +you will depend for contrast on the natural grain +of the wood to help you out in producing pleasing +effects.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Natural Wood Stains.</span>—It should be said, in +general, however, that a stain is, at best, a poor +makeshift. There is nothing so pleasing as the +natural wood. It always has an appearance of +cleanliness and openness. To stain the wood +shows an attempt to cover up cheapness by a cheap +contrivance. The exception to this rule is mahogany, +which is generally enriched by the application +of a ruby tint which serves principally to +emphasize the beautiful markings of the wood.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Polishing Stained Surfaces.</span>—If, on the other +hand, you wish to go to the labor of polishing the +furniture to a high degree, staining becomes an +art, and will add to the beauty and durability of +any soft or cheap wood, excepting poplar.</p> + +<p>When the article is highly polished, so a good, +smooth surface is provided, staining does not +cheapen, but, on the other hand, serves to embellish +the article.</p> + +<p>As a rule, therefore, it is well to inculcate this +lesson: Do not stain unless you polish; otherwise, +it is far better to preserve the natural color of the +wood. One of the most beautiful sideboards I ever +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 151]</span> +saw was made of Oregon pine, and the natural +wood, well filled and highly polished. That finish +gave it an effect which enhanced its value to a +price which equaled any cherry or mahogany product.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 152]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XVI" id="CHAPTER_XVI"></a>CHAPTER XVI</h2> +<h4>THE CARPENTER AND THE ARCHITECT</h4> + +<p>A carpenter has a trade; the architect a profession. +It is not to be assumed that one vocation is +more honorable than the other. A <i>profession</i> is +defined as a calling, or occupation, "if not mechanical, +agricultural, or the like," to which one devotes +himself and his energies. A <i>trade</i> is defined as +an occupation "which a person has learned and engages +in, especially mechanical employment, as +distinguished from the liberal arts," or the learned +professions.</p> + +<p><i>Opportunity</i> is the great boon in life. To the +ambitious young man the carpenter's trade offers +a field for venturing into the learned professions +by a route which cannot be equaled in any other +pursuit. In his work he daily enters into contact +with problems which require mathematics of the +highest order, geometry, the methods of calculating +strains and stresses, as well as laying out +angles and curves.</p> + +<p>This is a trade wherein he must keep in mind +many calculations as to materials, number, size, +and methods of joining; he must remember all the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 153]</span> +small details which go to make up the entire +structure. This exercise necessitates a mental picture +of the finished product. His imagination is +thus directed to concrete objects. As the mind +develops, it becomes creative in its character, and +the foundation is laid for a higher sphere of usefulness +in what is called the professional field.</p> + +<p>A good carpenter naturally develops into an +architect, and the best architect is he who knows +the trade. It is a profession which requires not +only the artistic taste, but a technical knowledge of +details, of how practically to carry out the work, +how to superintend construction, and what the +different methods are for doing things.</p> + +<p>The architect must have a scientific education, +which gives him a knowledge of the strength of +materials, and of structural forms; of the durability +of materials; of the price, quality, and use of +everything which goes into a structure; of labor +conditions; and of the laws pertaining to buildings.</p> + +<p>Many of these questions will naturally present +themselves to the carpenter. They are in the +sphere of his employment, but it depends upon +himself to make the proper use of the material +thus daily brought to him.</p> + +<p>It is with a view to instil that desire and ambition +in every young man, to make the brain do +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 154]</span> +what the hand has heretofore done, that I suggest +this course. The learned profession is yours if +you deserve it, and you can deserve it only through +study, application, and perseverance.</p> + +<p>Do well that which you attempt to do. <i>Don't</i> do +it in that manner because some one has done it in +that way before you. If, in the trade, the experience +of ages has taught the craftsman that some +particular way of doing things is correct, there +is no law to prevent you from combating that +method. Your way may be better. But you must +remember that in every plan for doing a thing +there is some particular reason, or reasons, why it +is carried out in that way. Study and learn to +apply those reasons.</p> + +<p>So in your leisure or in your active moments, if +you wish to advance, you must be alert. <i>Know for +yourself the reasons for things</i>, and you will thereby +form the stepping stones that will lead you upward +and contribute to your success.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 155]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XVII" id="CHAPTER_XVII"></a>CHAPTER XVII</h2> +<h4>USEFUL ARTICLES TO MAKE</h4> + +<p>As stated in the Introductory, the purpose of +this book is to show <i>how to do the things</i>, and not +to draw a picture in order to write a description +of it. Merely in the line of suggestion, we give +in this chapter views and brief descriptions of +useful household articles, all of which may be +made by the boy who has carefully studied the preceding +pages.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig247" id="fig247"></a> +<img src="images/fig247.jpg" width="400" height="196" alt="Fig. 247." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 247.</span> +</div> + +<p>This figure shows a common bench wholly made +of material 1 inch thick, the top being 12 inches +wide and 4 feet long. The legs are 14 inches high +and 13 inches wide; and the side supporting rails +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 156]</span> +are 3 inches wide. These proportions may, of +course, be varied. You will note that the sides of +the top or seat have an overhang of ½ inch on +each margin.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 204px;"><a name="fig248" id="fig248"></a> +<img src="images/fig248.jpg" width="204" height="191" alt="Fig. 248." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 248.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 391px;"><a name="fig249" id="fig249"></a> +<img src="images/fig249.jpg" width="391" height="243" alt="Fig. 249." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 249.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is a common, square-top stool, the seat being +12" × 12", and the legs 14 inches high. Two of +the pieces forming the legs are 10 inches wide +and the other two 8 inches wide, so that when the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 157]</span> +wide pieces are nailed to the edges of the narrow +pieces the leg body will be 10" × 10" and thus give +the seat an overhang of 1 inch around the margins.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"><a name="fig250" id="fig250"></a> +<img src="images/fig250.jpg" width="272" height="480" alt="Fig. 250." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 250.</span> +</div> + +<p>A most useful article is shown in Fig. 249. It +is a blacking-box with a lid, a folding shoe rest +and three compartments. The detached figure +shows a vertical cross-section of the body of the +box, and illustrates how the shoe rest is hinged +to the sides of the box. The box itself is 14" × 16" +in dimensions; the sides are 6 inches wide and the +legs 5 inches in height. In order to give strength +to the legs, the bottom has its corners cut out, to +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 158]</span> +permit the upper ends of the legs to rest in the +recesses thus formed.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig251" id="fig251"></a> +<img src="images/fig251.jpg" width="400" height="333" alt="Fig. 251." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 251.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is a convenient form of easel, made of +four uprights. The main front uprights are of +strips 5/8" × 1¼", and the rear uprights are of ½" × 1" +material. A thin broomstick will serve as the +pivot bar for the upper end. The rest is made +of two strips, each ½" × 1", nailed together to form +an L, and nails or wooden pins will serve to hold +the rest in any desired position. The front uprights +should be at least 5 feet long.</p> + +<p>A simple hanging book-rack is illustrated in +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 159]</span> +Fig. 251. The two vertical strips are each 4 inches +wide, 1 inch thick and 4 feet long. Four shelves +are provided, each ¾ inch thick, 9 inches wide and +4 feet long. Each shelf is secured to the uprights +by hinges on the upper side, so as to permit it +to be swung upwardly, or folded; and below each +hinge is a triangular block or bracket, fixed to +the shelf, to support it in a horizontal position.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig252" id="fig252"></a> +<img src="images/fig252.jpg" width="400" height="605" alt="Fig. 252." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 252.</span> +</div> + +<p>A sad-iron holder, or bookcase, shown in Fig. +252, is another simple form of structure. It may +be sufficiently large to serve as a standing case +by having the uprights at the ends serve as legs, +or the uprights may have holes at their upper +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 160]</span> +ends, by means of which it can be suspended on a +wall. As shown, it is 30 inches long from bottom +to top, and 20 inches wide. The shelves are 8 +inches wide. All the material is, preferably, ¾-inch +stock.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig253" id="fig253"></a> +<img src="images/fig253.jpg" width="400" height="316" alt="Fig. 253." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 253.</span> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 253 shows a wood-box, or it may readily be +adapted for coal. For wood it should be 2 feet +long, 1 foot 8 inches wide and 1 foot 10 inches high. +It will, of course, be made of such dimensions as to +suit the wood to be stored in it, and both the flat-top +as well as the sloping portion of the top +should be hinged, so that the entire top can be +opened for filling purposes.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 395px;"><a name="fig254" id="fig254"></a> +<img src="images/fig254.jpg" width="395" height="189" alt="Fig. 254." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 254.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 376px;"><a name="fig255" id="fig255"></a> +<img src="images/fig255.jpg" width="376" height="248" alt="Fig. 255." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 255.</span> +</div> + +<p>A pair of parallel bars is shown in Fig. 254. +The dimensions of this will vary, and be dependent +on the size of the boy intending to use it; but a +size best adapted is to make the posts 3 feet high, +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 161]</span> +and the distance between the bars 16 inches. This +gives ample room for the exercises required. The +length between the posts along the bars should be +at least 5 feet. The entire structure can be made +of soft wood, except the bars, which should be +of hard, rigid wood. The posts can be made of +2" × 2" material, and the braces 2" × 1". The base +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 162]</span> +pieces, both longitudinal and transverse, should +also be of 2" × 2" material.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 393px;"><a name="fig256" id="fig256"></a> +<img src="images/fig256.jpg" width="393" height="344" alt="Fig. 256." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 256.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 192px;"><a name="fig257" id="fig257"></a> +<img src="images/fig257.jpg" width="192" height="213" alt="Fig. 257." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 257.</span> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 255 represents a mission type of writing +desk for a boy's use. All the posts, braces and +horizontal bars are of 2" × 2" material, secured +to each other by mortises and tenons. The legs +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 163]</span> +are 27 inches high up to the table top, and the +narrow shelf is 12 inches above the top. The +most convenient size for the top is 26" × 48". The +top boards may be 1 inch thick and the shelf the +same thickness, or even ¾ inch. It is well braced +and light, and its beauty will depend largely on +the material of which it is made.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 242px;"><a name="fig258" id="fig258"></a> +<img src="images/fig258.jpg" width="242" height="640" alt="Fig. 258." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 258.</span> +</div> + +<p>The screen (Fig. 256) represents simply the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 164]</span> +framework, showing how simple the structure is. +The bars are all of 1½" × 1½" material, secured +together by mortises and tenons.</p> + +<p>Fig. 257 represents a mission chair to match +the desk (Fig. 255), and should be made of the +same material. The posts are all of 2" × 2" material. +The seat of the chair should be 16 inches, +and the rear posts should extend up above the +seat at least 18 inches.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig259" id="fig259"></a> +<img src="images/fig259.jpg" width="400" height="481" alt="Fig. 259." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 259.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 165]</span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 387px;"><a name="fig260" id="fig260"></a> +<img src="images/fig260.jpg" width="387" height="330" alt="Fig. 260." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 260.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"><a name="fig261" id="fig261"></a> +<img src="images/fig261.jpg" width="263" height="255" alt="Fig. 261." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 261.</span> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 258 is a good example of a grandfather's +clock in mission style. The framework only is +shown. The frame is 12" × 12", and 5 feet high, +and made up of 2" × 2" material. When neatly +framed together, it is a most attractive article of +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 166]</span> +furniture. The top may be covered in any suitable +way, showing a roof effect. The opening +for the dial face of the clock should be at one of +the gable ends.</p> + +<p>A more pretentious bookcase is shown in Fig. +259, in which the frame is made up wholly of +2" × 2" material. The cross-end bars serve as +ledges to support the shelves. This may be lined +interiorly and backed with suitable casing material, +such as Lincrusta Walton, or fiber-board, and +the front provided with doors. Our only object +is to show the framework for your guidance, and +merely to make suggestions as to structural forms.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig262" id="fig262"></a> +<img src="images/fig262.jpg" width="400" height="289" alt="Fig. 262." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 262.</span> +</div> + +<p>Another most serviceable article is a case for +a coal scuttle (Fig. 260). This should be made of +1-inch boards, and the size of the door, which +carries the scuttle shelf, should be 12" × 16" in +size. From this you can readily measure the dimensions +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 167]</span> +of the case itself, the exterior dimensions +of which are 15" × 20", so that when the 1-inch +top is placed on, it will be 21 inches high. The +case from front to rear is 12 inches, and the +shelf above the top is 11 inches wide, and elevated +10 inches above the top of the case. This is a +most useful box for culinary articles, if not needed +for coal, because the ledge, used for the coal scuttle, +can be used to place utensils on, and when +the door is opened all the utensils are exposed to +view, and are, therefore, much more accessible +than if stored away in the case itself.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig263" id="fig263"></a> +<img src="images/fig263.jpg" width="400" height="349" alt="Fig. 263." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 263.</span> +</div> + +<p>A mission armchair. Fig. 261 is more elaborate +than the chair shown in Fig. 257, but it is the +same in general character, and is also made of +2" × 2" stock. The seat is elevated 16 inches from +the floor, and the rear posts are 28 inches high. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 168]</span> +The arms are 8 inches above the seat. A chair +of this character should have ample seat space, so +the seat is 18" × 18".</p> + +<p>The dog house (Fig. 262), made in imitation of a +dwelling, is 24 inches square, and 18 inches high +to the eaves of the roof. The opening in front +is 8" × 10", exclusive of the shaped portion of the +opening.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 214px;"><a name="fig264" id="fig264"></a> +<img src="images/fig264.jpg" width="214" height="105" alt="Fig. 264." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 264.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 394px;"><a name="fig265" id="fig265"></a> +<img src="images/fig265.jpg" width="394" height="186" alt="Fig. 265." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 265.</span> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 263 shows a simple and easily constructed +settee with an under shelf. The seat is 16 inches +from the floor and 24 inches wide. The back extends +up 24 inches from the seat. The lower +shelf is midway between the floor and seat, and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 169]</span> +is 19 inches wide. This may or may not be upholstered, +dependent on the character of the material +of which it is made. If upholstered, the +boards may be of second-class material, preferably +of pine or other light, soft wood.</p> + +<p>A towel rack (Fig. 264) is always a needed article +in the kitchen. The roller may be an old curtain +roller cut down to 18 inches in length. The +top piece is 2½ inches wide and 21 inches long. +The vertical bars are each 1½ inches wide and 9 +inches long. The brackets are 1½ inches wide +and made of ¾-inch material.</p> + +<p>Fig. 265 represents the framework of a sofa, +the seat of which is 16 inches high, the front +posts up to the arm-rests 24 inches, and the rear +posts 38 inches. From front to rear the seat is +18 inches. The posts are of 3" × 3" material. This +makes a very rigid article of furniture, if mortised +and tenoned and properly glued. The seat +is 6 feet long, but it may be lengthened or shortened +to suit the position in which it is to be placed. +It is a companion piece to the chair (Fig. 261).</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 170]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XVIII" id="CHAPTER_XVIII"></a>CHAPTER XVIII</h2> +<h4>SPECIAL TOOLS AND THEIR USES</h4> + +<p>In the foregoing chapters we have referred the +reader to the simple tools, but it is thought desirable +to add to the information thus given, an outline +of numerous special tools which have been +devised and are now on the market.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Bit and Level Adjuster.</span>—It is frequently necessary +to bore holes at certain angles. This can +be done by using a bevel square, and holding it +so one limb will show the boring angle. But this +is difficult to do in many cases.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig266" id="fig266"></a> +<img src="images/fig266.jpg" width="400" height="98" alt="Fig. 266. Bit and Square level." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 266. Bit and Square level.</span> +</div> + +<p>This tool has three pairs of V slots on its back +edges. The shank of the bit will lie in these slots, +as shown in Fig. 266, either vertically, or at an +angle of 45 degrees, and boring can be done with +the utmost accuracy. It may be attached to a +Carpenter's square, thus making it an accurate +plumb or level.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 171]</span> +<span class="smcap">Miter Boxes.</span>—The advantages of metal miter +boxes is apparent, when accurate work is required.</p> + +<p>The illustration, Fig. 267, shows a metal tool +of this kind, in which the entire frame is in one +solid casting. The saw guide uprights are +clamped in tapered sockets in the swivel arm and +can be adjusted to hold the saw without play, and +this will also counteract a saw that runs out of +true, due to improper setting or filing.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig267" id="fig267"></a> +<img src="images/fig267.jpg" width="400" height="268" alt="Fig. 267. Metal Miter Box." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 267. Metal Miter Box.</span> +</div> + +<p>A second socket in the swivel arm permits the +use of a short saw or allows a much longer stroke +with a standard or regular saw.</p> + +<p>The swivel arm is provided with a tapering index +pin which engages in holes placed on the under +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 172]</span> +side of the base. The edge of the base is graduated +in degrees, as plainly shown, and the swivel +arm can be set and automatically fastened at any +degree desired.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig268" id="fig268"></a> +<img src="images/fig268.jpg" width="400" height="315" alt="Fig. 268. Parts of Metal Miter Box." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 268. Parts of Metal Miter Box.</span> +</div> + +<p>The uprights, front and back are graduated in +sixteenths of inches, and movable stops can be set, +by means of thumb-screw to the depth of the cut +desired.</p> + +<p>Figure 268 shows the parts of the miter box, +in which the numbers designate the various parts: +101 is the frame; 102 the frame board; 104 frame +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 173]</span> +leg; 106 guide stock; 107 stock guide clamp; 109 +stock guide plate; 110 swivel arm; 111 swivel arm +bushing; 112 swivel bushing screw; 113 index +clamping lever; 115 index clamping lever catch; +116 index clamping lever spring; 122 swivel complete; +123 T-base; 124½ uprights; 126 saw guide +cap; 127 saw guide cap plate; 132 saw guide tie +bar; 133 left saw guide stop and screw; 134 right +side guide stop and screw; 135 saw guide stop +spring; 136 saw guide cylinder; 137 saw guide cylinder +plate; 138 trip lever (back); 139 trip lever +(front); 141 leveling screw; 142 trip clamp and +screw; 146 T-base clamp screw.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig269" id="fig269"></a> +<img src="images/fig269.jpg" width="400" height="374" alt="Fig. 269. Angle Dividers." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 269. Angle Dividers.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Angle Dividers.</span>—This is another tool, which +does not cost much and is of great service to the +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 174]</span> +carpenter in fitting moldings where they are applied +at odd angles.</p> + +<p>To lay out the cut with an ordinary bevel necessitates +the use of dividers and a second handling +of the bevel, making three operations.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">The "Odd Job" Tool</span>.—A most useful special +tool, which combines in its make-up a level, plumb +try-square, miter-square, bevel, scratch awl, depth +gage, marking gage, miter gage, beam compass, +and a one-foot rule. To the boy who wishes to +economize in the purchase of tools this is an article +which should be obtained.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig270" id="fig270"></a> +<img src="images/fig270.jpg" width="400" height="197" alt="Fig. 270. "Odd Job" Tool." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 270. "Odd Job" Tool.</span> +</div> + +<p>Figure 270 shows the simplicity of the tool, and +how it is applied in use.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Bit Braces.</span>—These tools are now made with so +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 175]</span> +many improved features that there is really no +excuse for getting poor tools.</p> + +<p>The illustrations show merely the heads and +the lower operating parts of the tools. Fig. 271 +shows a metal-clad ball-bearing head, so called, +as its under side is completely encased in metal +securely screwed to the wood and revolving +against the ball thrust bearing.</p> + +<p>D represents a concealed ratchet in which the +cam ring governs the ratchet, and, being in line +with the bit, makes it more convenient in handling +than when it is at right angles. The ratchet parts +are entirely enclosed, thus keeping out moisture +and dirt, retaining lubrication and protecting the +users' hands.</p> + +<p>The ratchet mechanism is interchangeable, and +may be taken apart by removing one screw. The +two-piece clutch, which is drop forged, is backed +by a very strong spring, insuring a secure lock. +When locked, ten teeth are in engagement, while +five are employed while working at a ratchet. It +has universal jaws (G) for both wood and metal +workers.</p> + +<p>In Fig. 272, B represents a regular ball bearing +head, with the wood screw on the large spindle and +three small screws to prevent its working loose. +This also has a ball thrust. E is the ratchet box, +and this shows the gear teeth cut on the extra +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 176]</span> +heavy spindle, and encased, so that the user's +hands are protected from the teeth.</p> + +<p>The interlocking jaws (H), which are best for +taper shanks, hold up to No. 2 Clark's expansion, +and are therefore particularly adapted for carpenter's +use.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig271" id="fig271"></a> +<img src="images/fig271_273.jpg" width="400" height="329" alt="Fig. 271. Types of Bit Braces. +Fig. 272. Types of Bit Braces. +Fig. 273. Types of Bit Braces." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 271. Fig. 272. Fig. 273. <br /> +Types of Bit Braces.</span> +</div> + +<p>In Fig. 273 the plain bearing head (C) has no +ball thrust. The head is screwed on the spindle and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 177]</span> +held from turning off by two small screws. The +open ratchet (F) shows the gear pinned to the +spindle and exposed. This has alligator jaws (J), +and will hold all ordinary size taper shank bits, +also small and medium round shank bits or drills.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig274" id="fig274"></a> +<img src="images/fig274_276.jpg" width="400" height="310" alt="Fig. 274. +Fig. 275. Fig. 276." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 274. Fig. 275. Fig. 276. <br /> +Steel Frame Breast Drills.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Steel Frame Breast Drill.</span>—These drills are +made with both single and double speed, each speed +having three varieties of jaws. The single speed +is very high, the ratio being 4½ to 1, which makes +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 178]</span> +it desirable to use for small drills, or for use in +wood.</p> + +<p>A level is firmly set in the frames of these tools +to assist the user to maintain a horizontal position +in boring. Each of the forms shown has a ball +thrust bearing between the pinion and frame. The +breast plate may be adjusted to suit and is locked +by a set screw. The spindle is kept from turning +while changing drills, by means of the latch +mounted on the frame, and readily engaging with +the pinion. The crank is pierced in three places +so that the handle can be set for three different +sweeps, depending on the character of the work.</p> + +<p>Figure 274 has a three jaw chuck, and has only +single speed. Figure 275 has an interlocking jaw, +and is provided with double speed gearing. Figure +276 has a universal jaw, and double speed.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Planes.</span>—The most serviceable planes are made +in iron, and it might be well to show a few of the +most important, to bring out the manner employed +to make the adjustments of the bits.</p> + +<p>In order to familiarize the boy with the different +terms used in a plane, examine Figure 277. +The parts are designated as follows: 1A is the +double plane iron; 1 single plane iron; 2 plane iron +cap; 3 cap screw; 4 lever cap; 5 lever cap screw; +6 frog complete; 7 Y adjusting lever; 8 adjusting +nut; 9 lateral adjusting lever; 11 plane handle; +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 179]</span> +12 plane knob; 13 handle bolt and nut; 14 knob +bolt and nut; 15 plane handle screw; 16 plane bottom; +44 frog pin; 45 frog clamping screw; 46 frog +adjusting screw.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig277" id="fig277"></a> +<img src="images/fig277.jpg" width="400" height="220" alt="Fig. 277. Details of Metal Plane." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 277. Details of Metal Plane.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Rabbeting, Matching and Dado Planes.</span>—Figure +278 shows a useful form of plane for the reason +that it is designed to receive a variety of irons, +adapted to cut rabbets.</p> + +<p>The detached sections of Fig. 278 show the +various parts, as well as the bits which belong to it. +1, 1 represent the single plane irons; 4 the lever +cap; 16 the plane bottom, 50 the fence; 51 the +fence thumb screw; 61 the short arm; 70 the adjustable +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 180]</span> +depth gage; 71 the depth gage which goes +through the screw; and 85 the spurs with screws.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Molding and Beading Plane.</span>—A plane of the +character shown in Fig. 279 will do an immense +variety of work in molding, beading and dado +work, and is equally well adapted for rabbeting, +for filletsters and for match planing. The regular +equipment with this tool comprises fifty-two +cutters.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig278" id="fig278"></a> +<img src="images/fig278.jpg" width="400" height="157" alt="Fig. 278. Rabbet, Matching and Dado Plane." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 278. Rabbet, Matching and Dado Plane.</span> +</div> + +<p>As shown in Fig. 279, the plane has a main stock +(A), which carries the cutter adjustment, a handle, +a depth gage, a slitting gage, and a steel bottom +forming a bearing for the other end of the cutter, +and slides on arms secured to the main stock.</p> + +<p>This bottom can be raised or lowered, so that, +in addition to allowing the use of cutters of different +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 181]</span> +widths, cutters can be used having one edge +higher or lower than the edge supported in the +main stock.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig279" id="fig279"></a> +<img src="images/fig279.jpg" width="400" height="306" alt="Fig. 279. Molding and Beading Plane." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 279. Molding and Beading Plane.</span> +</div> + +<p>The auxiliary center bottom (C), which can be +adjusted for width or depth, fulfils the requirement +of preventing the plane from tilting and +gouging the work. The fence D has a lateral adjustment +by means of a screw, for extra fine work. +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 182]</span> +The four small cuts in the corners show how the +bottoms should be set for different forms of cutters, +and the great importance of having the +fences adjusted so that the cutters will not run.</p> + +<p>The samples of work illustrated show some of +the moldings which can be turned out with the +plane.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig280" id="fig280"></a> +<img src="images/fig280.jpg" width="400" height="216" alt="Fig. 280. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 280. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane.</span>—This is +a very novel tool, and has many features to recommend +it. Figure 280 shows its form, and how it +is used. It is designed to make the dovetailed +tongue as well as the groove.</p> + +<p>It will cut any size groove and tongues to fit +with sides of twenty degrees flare, where the width +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 183]</span> +of the neck is more than one-quarter of an inch +thick, and the depth of the groove not more than +three-quarters of an inch. The tongue and groove +are cut separately, and can be made with parallel +or tapering sides. The operation of the plane is +very simple.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 281/282"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig281" id="fig281"></a> +<img src="images/fig281.jpg" width="158" height="196" + alt="Fig. 281." /></td> +<td><a name="fig282" id="fig282"></a> +<img src="images/fig282.jpg" width="187" height="158" + alt="Fig. 282." /></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 281.</b></p></td> +<td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 282.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> +<p class='center'><b>Router Planes.</b></p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Router Planes.</span>—This is a type of plane used +for surfacing the bottom of grooves or other depressions +parallel with the general surface of the +work.</p> + +<p>The planes are made in two types, one, like Fig. +281, which has a closed throat, and the other, Fig. +282, with an open throat. Both are serviceable, +but the latter is preferable. These planes will +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 184]</span> +level off bottoms of depression, very accurately, +and the tool is not an expensive one.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Door Trim Plane.</span>—This is a tool for making +mortises for butts, face plates, strike plates, +escutcheons, and the like, up to a depth of 5/16, +and a width of 3 inches. The principal feature in +the plane is the method of mounting the cutter, +which can be instantly set to work from either end +of the plane or across it.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig283" id="fig283"></a> +<img src="images/fig283.jpg" width="400" height="169" alt="Fig. 283. Door Trim Plane." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 283. Door Trim Plane.</span> +</div> + +<p>The cutter, as shown in Fig. 283, is cushioned +by a spring which prevents taking a heavier chip +than can be easily carried. A fence regulates the +position of the cut and insures the sides of the cut +being parallel. The depth of the cut is governed +by a positive stop. By removing the fence and +locking the cutter post with the thumb screw, instead +of using the spring, a very superior router +plane is obtained.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 185]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIX" id="CHAPTER_XIX"></a>CHAPTER XIX</h2> +<h4>ROOFING TRUSSES</h4> + +<p>The chapter on Bridge Building gives some +suggestions as to form of trusses, the particular +types there shown being principally for wide +spans. Such trusses were made for one purpose +only, namely, to take great weight, and they were, +as a consequence, so constructed as to provide +strength.</p> + +<p>But a roofing truss, while designed to hold the +accumulated materials, such as snow and ice, likely +to be deposited there, is of such a design, principally, +so as to afford means of ornamentation. +This remark has reference to such types as dispense +with the cross, or tie beam, which is the distinguishing +feature in bridge building.</p> + +<p>The tie beam is also an important element in +many types of trusses, where ornamentation is not +required, or in such structures as have the roofed +portion of the buildings enclosed by ceiling walls, +or where the space between the roofs is used +for storage purposes.</p> + +<p>In England, and on the Continent of Europe, +are thousands of trusses structured to support the +roofs, which are marvels of beauty. Some of them +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 186]</span> +are bewildering in their formation. The moldings, +beaded surfaces, and the carved outlines of the +soffits, of the arches, and of the purlins, are wonderful +in detail.</p> + +<p>The wooden roof of Westminster Hall, while +very simple in structure, as compared with many +others, looks like an intricate maze of beams, +struts and braces, but it is, nevertheless, so harmonized +that the effect is most pleasing to the +eye, and its very appearance gives the impression +of grandeur and strength.</p> + +<p>Nearly all of the forms shown herein have come +down to us from mediæval times, when more +stress was laid on wooden structures than at the +present time, but most of the stone and metal buildings +grew out of the wooden prototypes.</p> + +<p>Now the prime object of nearly all the double-roofed +trusses was to utilize the space between the +rafters so as to give height and majesty to the +interior.</p> + +<p>A large dome is grand, owing to its great simplicity, +but the same plain outlines, or lack of ornamentation, +in the ceiling of a square or rectangular +building would be painful to view, hence, the +braces, beams, plates, and various supports of the +roofed truss served as ornamental parts, and it +is in this particular that the art of the designer +finds his inspiration.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 187]</span> +Before proceeding to apply the matter of ornamentation, +it might be well to develop these roof +forms, starting with the old type Barn Roof, where +the space between the rafters must be utilized for +the storage of hay.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig284" id="fig284"></a> +<img src="images/fig284.jpg" width="400" height="324" alt="Fig. 284. Gambrel Roof." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 284. Gambrel Roof.</span> +</div> + +<p><i>The Gambrel Roof</i>, Fig. 284, requires a tie beam, +(A), as shown, but the space above the beam is +free of all obstructions, and gives a large storage +space. The roof has two sets of rafters (B, C), +and of different pitch, the lower rafters (B) having +a pitch of about 30 degrees, and the upper ones +(C), about 45 degrees.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 188]</span> +A tie bar (D) joins the middle portion of each +of the rafters (B, C) and another tie bar (E) joins +the middle part of the rafter (B), and the supporting +post (F). The cross tie beam (G) completes +the span, and a little study will show the complete +interdependence of one piece upon the other.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig285" id="fig285"></a> +<img src="images/fig285.jpg" width="400" height="195" alt="Fig. 285. Purlin Roof." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 285. Purlin Roof.</span> +</div> + +<p><i>The Purlin Roof</i> is a type of structure used very +largely throughout the United States, for wide +barns. (A) is the cross beam; (B, B) the purlin +posts; (C, C) the purlin plates; (D, D) the rafters; +and (E, E) the supporting braces.</p> + +<p>The rafters (D) are in two sections, the distance +from the eaves to the comb being too great for +single length rafters, and the purlin plates are not +designed to make what is called a "self-supporting" +roof, but merely to serve as supports for the +regular rafters.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 189]</span> +<i>The Princess Truss</i>, on the other hand, is designed +to act as a support for the different lengths +of rafters (A, B, C), and as a means for holding +the roof. It is adapted for low pitch and wide +spans.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig286" id="fig286"></a> +<img src="images/fig286.jpg" width="400" height="220" alt="Fig. 286. Princess Truss." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 286. Princess Truss.</span> +</div> + +<p>The main truss is made up of the cross beam +(D), rafters (E, E) and thrust beam (F). Purlin +posts (G, G) are placed at an angle intermediate +the ends of the rafters, and the purlin plates +(H, H) support the roof rafters (A, B, C); I, I +are the vertical tie rods.</p> + +<p>This type is probably the oldest form of truss +for building purposes, and it has been modified in +many ways, the most usual modification being the +substitution of posts for the tie rods (I, I).</p> + +<p>Following out the foregoing forms, we may +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 190]</span> +call attention to one more type which permitted +ornamentation to a considerable degree, although +it still required the tie beam. In fact the tie beam +itself was the feature on which the architect depended +to make the greatest effect by elaborating +it.</p> + +<p>This is shown in Fig. 287, and is called the +<i>Arched</i>, or <i>Cambered, Tie Beam Truss</i>. It is a +very old type, samples of which have been found +which take it back to a very remote age.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig287" id="fig287"></a> +<img src="images/fig287.jpg" width="400" height="179" alt="Fig. 287. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 287. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam.</span> +</div> + +<p>The tie beam A, in wide spans, was made in +two sections, properly tied together, and sometimes +the outer ends were very wide, and to add to the +effect of the arch, it might also be raised in the +middle, something in the form shown by the dotted +line (B).</p> + +<p><i>The Mansard</i> is what may be called a double-mounted +roof, and it will be seen how it was +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 191]</span> +evolved from the preceding types. It will be +noted that the simple truss formed by the members +(A, B, C) is merely superposed on the leaning +posts, the tie beam also being necessary in this +construction.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig288" id="fig288"></a> +<img src="images/fig288.jpg" width="400" height="296" alt="Fig. 288. The Mansard." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 288. The Mansard.</span> +</div> + +<p>But the most elaborate formations are those +which were intended to provide trusses for buildings +wherein the tie beams were dispensed with.</p> + +<p>The simplest form known is called the <i>Scissors +Beam</i>, illustrated in Fig. 289. This has been utilized +for small spaces, and steep pitches. Each +rafter (A) has an angled beam or brace (B), +springing from its base, to the opposite rafter (A), +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 192]</span> +to which it is joined, midway between its ends, as +at C.</p> + +<p>Where the two braces (B) cross each other they +are secured together, as at D. As a result, +three trusses are formed, namely, 1, 2, 3, and it +possesses remarkable strength.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig289" id="fig289"></a> +<img src="images/fig289.jpg" width="400" height="374" alt="Fig. 289. Scissors Beam." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 289. Scissors Beam.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Braced Collar Beam.</span>—This is a modification +of the last type, but is adapted for thick walls +only. The tie rod braces (A, A) have to be brought +down low to give a good bracing action, and this +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 193]</span> +arrangement is capable of considerable ornamentation.</p> + +<p>The steeper the pitch the higher up would be the +inner and lower brace posts (B, B) which were +supported by the top of the wall. This form is +not available for wide spans, and is shown to illustrate +how the development was made into the +succeeding types.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig290" id="fig290"></a> +<img src="images/fig290.jpg" width="400" height="393" alt="Fig. 290. Braced Collar Beam." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 290. Braced Collar Beam.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">The Rib and Collar Truss</span>, Fig. 291, is the first +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 194]</span> +important structural arrangement which permitted +the architect to give full sway to embellishment. +The inwardly-projecting members (A, A) are +called <i>Hammer Beams</i>. They were devised as a +substitute for the thick walls used in the Braced +Collar Beam Truss, and small brackets (B, B) +were placed beneath as supports.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig291" id="fig291"></a> +<img src="images/fig291.jpg" width="400" height="377" alt="Fig. 291. Rib and Collar Truss." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 291. Rib and Collar Truss.</span> +</div> + +<p>The short tie beam (C), near the apex, serves as +the member to receive the thrust and stress of the +curved ribs (D, D). It forms a most graceful type +of roof, and is capable of the most exquisite ornamentation, +but it is used for the high pitched roofs +only.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 195]</span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig291a" id="fig291a"></a> +<img src="images/fig291a.jpg" width="400" height="369" alt="Fig. 291½. Hammer Beam Truss." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 291½. Hammer Beam Truss.</span> +</div> + +<p>The acme of all constructions, in which strength, +beauty, and capacity for ornamentation are +blended, is the <i>Hammer Beam Truss</i>. Here the +hammer beam projects inwardly farther than in +the preceding figure, and has a deeper bracket (B), +and this also extends down the pendant post (C) a +greater distance.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 196]</span> +The curved supporting arch (D), on each side, +is not ribbed, as in the Rib and Collar Truss, but +instead, is provided with openwork (not shown +herein), together with beadings and moldings, and +other ornamental characteristics, and some of the +most beautiful architectural forms in existence +are in this type of roof.</p> + +<p>What are called Flying Buttresses (E) are sometimes +used in connection with the Hammer Beam +Truss, which, with heavy roofs and wide spans, +is found to be absolutely necessary.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 197]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XX" id="CHAPTER_XX"></a>CHAPTER XX</h2> +<h4>ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTS</h4> + +<p>In uniting two or more elements, some particular +type of joint is necessary. In framing timbers, +in making braces, in roof construction and +supports, in floor beams, and in numerous other +places, where strength is required, the workman +should have at his command a knowledge of the +most serviceable methods.</p> + +<p>Illustrations can most forcibly convey the different +types; but the sizes must be determined by +the character of the material you are working with. +Our aim is to give the idea involved, and the +name by which each is known.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig292" id="fig292"></a> +<img src="images/fig292.jpg" width="400" height="141" alt="Fig. 292. Bridle Joints." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 292. Bridle Joints.</span> +</div> + +<p>Reference has been made in Chapter X, to certain +forms of scarfing and lapping pieces. This +chapter has to do with a variety of other structural +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 198]</span> +forms, but principally with such as are used in +heavy building work, and in cases where neither +fish plates nor scarfing will answer the purpose.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 293/294"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig293" id="fig293"></a> +<img src="images/fig293.jpg" width="395" height="180" + alt="Fig. 293." /></td></tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 293. Spur Tenon.</b></p></td></tr> +<tr><td><a name="fig294" id="fig294"></a> +<img src="images/fig294.jpg" width="387" height="123" + alt="Fig. 294." /></td></tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 294. Saddle Joints.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Bridle Joints.</span>—This is a form of joint where +permanency is not desired, and where it is necessary +to readily seat or unseat the vertical timber. +It is also obvious that the socket for the upright is +of such a character that it will not weaken it to +any great extent.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Spur Tenon.</span>—This tenon can be used in many +places where the regular one is not available. +This, like the preceding, is used where the parts +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 199]</span> +are desired to be detachable, and the second form +is one which is used in many structures.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Saddle Joint</span>.—This is still another manner in +which a quickly detachable joint can be constructed. +The saddle may be mounted on the main +base, or cut into the base piece. An infinite variety +of forms of saddles are made, most of them +being used in dock work, and for framing of that +character where large timbers are used, as in the +building of coal chutes, and the like.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 295/296"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig295" id="fig295"></a> +<img src="images/fig295.jpg" width="388" height="113" + alt="Fig. 295." /></td></tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 295. Joggle Joints.</b></p></td></tr> +<tr><td><a name="fig296" id="fig296"></a> +<img src="images/fig296.jpg" width="396" height="158" + alt="Fig. 296." /></td></tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 296. Framing Joints.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Joggle Joint.</span>—This joint is used almost exclusively +for brace work where great weight must +be supported. The brace has a tenon, and the end +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 200]</span> +must also be so arranged that it will have a direct +bearing against the upright, which it braces and +supports, or it may have two faces, as in the second +figure, which is an exceedingly strong construction.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 384px;"><a name="fig297" id="fig297"></a> +<img src="images/fig297.jpg" width="384" height="125" alt="Fig. 297. Heel Joints." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 297. Heel Joints.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 391px;"><a name="fig298" id="fig298"></a> +<img src="images/fig298.jpg" width="391" height="148" alt="Fig. 298. Stub Tenon." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 298. Stub Tenon.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Framing Joints.</span>—These are the simplest form +in which two members are secured together. They +are used almost wholly in rafter work, and have +very few modifications. The depth of the cut, for +the toe of the rafter, depends on the load to be +carried, and also on the distance the end of the +rafter is from the end of the horizontal member on +which the rafter rests.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 201]</span> +<span class="smcap">Heel Joints.</span>—This is by far the most secure of +the framing type of joints. This, if properly +made, is much better than the construction shown +in the previous illustration, but the difficulty is +to make the rafter fit into the recesses properly. +This is no excuse for failure to use, but it is on +account of inability to make close fits that is +accountable for lack of use. It will be seen that +in case one of the heels rests against the recess, +and the others do not, and the pressure is great, +there is a liability to tear out the entire joint.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig299" id="fig299"></a> +<img src="images/fig299.jpg" width="400" height="176" alt="Fig. 299. Tusk Tenon." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 299. Tusk Tenon.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Stub Tenon.</span>—This is another form of tenon +which is made and designed to be used where it is +in close proximity to another tenon, or where the +mortises, if made full size, will weaken the member. +The long tusk can be shortened, to suit the place +where it projects, and the stub tenon on each side +of the tusk may be made very short, and one side +longer than the other if necessary.</p> + +<p> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 202]</span> +<span class="smcap">Tusk Tenon.</span>—Two forms of tusk construction +are given. Any number of forms have been devised, +all for special purposes, and designed for +different kinds of woods. These shown are particularly +adapted for soft woods, and the principal +feature that is valuable lies in the fact that +they have a number of shoulders within the mortise, +each of which, necessarily adds to the +strength. It should be observed that in the construction +of the tusk tenon, the greatest care must +be taken to have it fit the mortise tightly, and this +has reference to the bottom and shoulder ends as +well.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig300" id="fig300"></a> +<img src="images/fig300.jpg" width="400" height="179" +alt="Fig. 300. Double Tusk Tenon." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 300. Double Tusk Tenon.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Double Tusk Tenons.</span>—The distinguishing difference +between this and the preceding is in the +tusk, which in this form of construction goes +through the upright member, and is held by a cross +key. The double tusk is intended for hard woods, +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 203]</span> +and it is regarded as the finest, as well as the +strongest, joint known.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Cogged Joints.</span>—This differs from the regular +tenoning and mortising methods, principally because +the groove or recess is in the form of an +open gain. It is used where the member is to be +inserted after the main structure is put together.</p> + +<div class='centered'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="Fig 301/302"> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a name="fig301" id="fig301"></a> +<img src="images/fig301.jpg" width="386" height="106" + alt="Fig. 301." /></td></tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 301. Cogged Joints.</b></p></td></tr> +<tr><td><a name="fig302" id="fig302"></a> +<img src="images/fig302.jpg" width="388" height="102" + alt="Fig. 302." /></td></tr> +<tr><td><p class='center'><b>Fig. 302. Anchor Joint.</b></p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Anchor Joint.</span>—This form of connection is designed +for very large timbers, and where great +care must be taken in making the parts fit together +nicely, as everything depends on this. This style +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 204]</span> +is never used where the angles are less than 45 +degrees, and the depth of the gain in the timber +receiving the brace is dependent on the thrust of +the brace.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="fig303" id="fig303"></a> +<img src="images/fig303.jpg" width="400" height="183" alt="Fig. 303. Deep Anchor Joint." title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 303. Deep Anchor Joint.</span> +</div> + +<p>The Deep Anchor Joint is an extension of the +tongue of the Anchor tenon, so that it affords a +greater support for the end thrust. To clearly distinguish +between this and the preceding form, it +might be said that the Anchor Joint is one designed +to protect the member containing the gains, +while the Deep Anchor Joint favors the brace, by +giving it a greater power.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 205]</span></p> +<h2><a name="CHAPTER_XXI" id="CHAPTER_XXI"></a>CHAPTER XXI</h2> +<h4>SOME MISTAKES, AND A LITTLE ADVICE IN CARPENTRY</h4> + +<p>In the mechanical arts, workers are as likely +to learn from the mistakes committed as through +correct information imparted. Advice, therefore, +might be considered superfluous. But there are +certain things which are easily remembered and +may be borne in mind while engaged in turning out +any work.</p> + +<p>This chapter is not given for the purpose of calling +attention to all the errors which are so common, +but merely to point out a few which the boy +will commit as he tries to carry out his work for +the first time.</p> + +<p>One of the difficult things for any one to learn, +in working with wood, is to plane the edge of a +board straight and square at the same time. This +is made doubly difficult if it is desired to plane +it strictly to dimensions.</p> + +<p>Usually before the edge is straight it is down to +the proper width desired, and it is then too late +to correct any error, because further work will +make it too narrow.</p> + +<p>The whole difficulty is in the holding of the +plane. It matters not how rigidly it is held, and +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 206]</span> +how carefully it is guarded to veer it toward one +side or the other, it will be found a most difficult +task.</p> + +<p>If the fore, or finishing, plane is used, and +which is the proper tool for the purpose, the impression +seems to be, that to square up the edge +and make it cut off a thicker shaving on one side +than on the other, requires that the plane should +be pressed down with force, so as to make it dig +in and cut a thicker shaving.</p> + +<p>When this is resorted to the board is liable to +get out of true from end to end. A much better +plan is to put the plane on the edge of the board +true and straight. If it is too high on the edge +nearest you, bring the plane over so the inside +edge is flush with the inside edge of the board.</p> + +<p>Then use the fingers of the left hand as a gage +to keep the plane from running over.</p> + +<p>Now, the weight of the plane in such a condition +is sufficient to take off a thicker shaving at the +high edge, and this will be done without any effort, +and will enable you to concentrate your thoughts +on keeping the plane straight with the board.</p> + +<p>The weight of the plane will make a thicker +shaving on one side than on the other, and correct +inequalities, provided you do not attempt to force +the plane.</p> + +<p>It requires an exceedingly steady hand to hold +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 207]</span> +a plane firmly for squaring up a half-inch board. +Singular as it may seem, it is almost as difficult a +job with a two-inch plank. In the case of the thin +board the plane will move laterally, unless the utmost +care is exercised; in the truing up the thick +plank the constant tendency is to move the plane +along the surface at a slight diagonal, and this is +sure to cause trouble.</p> + +<p>It only emphasizes the fact most clearly, that to +do a good job the plane must be firmly held, that +it must move along the board with the utmost precision, +and that it should not be forced into the +wood.</p> + +<p>In smoothing down a board with the short +smoothing plane, preparatory to sandpapering it, +the better plan is to move the plane slightly across +the grain. This will enable the bit to take hold +better, and when the sandpaper is applied the +course of the movement should be across the grain +opposite the direction taken by the smoothing +plane.</p> + +<p>It is never satisfactory to draw the sandpaper +directly along in the course of the grain. Such a +habit will cause the sandpaper to fill up very +rapidly, particularly with certain woods.</p> + +<p>When gluing together joints or tenons, always +wipe off the surplus glue with warm water taken +from the glue pot. If you do not follow this advice +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 208]</span> +the glue will gum up the tools and the sandpaper +used to finish the work.</p> + +<p>Never try to work from opposite sides of a piece +of material. Have a <i>work side</i> and a work <i>edge</i>, +and make all measurements therefrom. Mark +each piece as you go along. Take a note mentally +just how each piece is to be placed, and what must +be done with it.</p> + +<p>The carpenter, above all others, must be able to +carry a mental picture of his product.</p> + +<p>Never saw out the scribing or marking line, +either in cutting or in ripping. The lines should +be obliterated by the plane, when it is being finished, +and not before.</p> + +<p>Make it a habit to finish off the surfaces and +edges true and smooth before the ends are cut, or +the mortises or tenons are made. This is one of +the most frequent mistakes. No job can be a perfect +one unless your material has been worked +down to proper dimensions.</p> + +<p>Learn to saw across a board squarely. This +may be a hard thing for the novice to do. A long, +easy stroke of the saw will prevent it from running, +unless too badly set or filed, and will also +enable you to hold it more nearly square with the +board.</p> + +<p>If you find that you invariably saw "out of +true," then take some sawing lessons for your own +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 209]</span> +benefit, until you can judge whether the saw is +held true or not.</p> + +<p>It is better to saw up a half dozen boards in +making the test than commit the error while working +on a job.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 211]</span></p> +<h2><a name="GLOSSARY_OF_WORDS" id="GLOSSARY_OF_WORDS"></a>GLOSSARY OF WORDS</h2> +<h3>USED IN TEXT OF THIS VOLUME</h3> + +<p><b>Acute.</b> Sharp, to the point.</p> + +<p><b>Adjuster.</b> A tool which measures distances and relative +spaces.</p> + +<p><b>Æsthetic.</b> The theory of taste; science of the beautiful in +nature and art.</p> + +<p><b>Abstract.</b> That which exists in the mind only; separate from +matter; to think of separately as a quality.</p> + +<p><b>Alligator jaws.</b> A term used to designate a pair of serrated bars +which are held together in a headpiece, and capable +of clamping bits between them.</p> + +<p><b>Analyzed.</b> Separated into its primitive or original parts.</p> + +<p><b>Anchor.</b> Any device for holding an object in a fixed position.</p> + +<p><b>Angle dividers.</b> A sort of double bevel tool so arranged that an +angle can be made at the same time on both side +of a base line.</p> + +<p><b>Angularly disposed.</b> Forming an angle with reference to some part or +position.</p> + +<p><b>Archivolt.</b> The architectural member surrounding the curved +opening of an arch. More commonly the molding +or other ornaments with which the wall face of +an arch is changed.</p> + +<p><b>Artisan.</b> One trained in some mechanic's art or trade.</p> + +<p><b>Beaded.</b> A piece of wood or iron having rounded creases +on its surface.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 212]</span> +<b>Beam compass.</b> A drawing compass in which the points are arranged +to slide on a rod, instead of being fixed on dividers.</p> + +<p><b>Belfry.</b> A bell-tower, usually attached to a church.</p> + +<p><b>Bevel square.</b> A handle to which is pivotally attached a blade, +which may be swung and held at any desired +angle.</p> + +<p><b>Bisected.</b> To divide, mark, or cut into two portions.</p> + +<p><b>Bit.</b> A small tool, either for drilling, or for cutting, as a +plane iron.</p> + +<p><b>Braced collar.</b> A form of roofing truss, in which the upper cross +member is supported by a pair of angled braces.</p> + +<p><b>Breast drill.</b> A tool for holding boring tools, and designed to have +the head held against the breast for forcing in the +boring tool.</p> + +<p><b>Bridle joint.</b> A form for securing elements together which provides +a shallow depression in one member, and a +chamfered member at its end to fit therein.</p> + +<p><b>Bungalow.</b> A Bengalese term; originally a thatched or tiled +house or cottage, single story, usually surrounded +by a veranda.</p> + +<p><b>Bushing.</b> A substance of any kind interposed, as, for instance, +a wearing surface between a mandrel and +its bearing.</p> + +<p><b>Butts.</b> A term applied to certain hinges, usually of the +large type.</p> + +<p><b>Callipered.</b> A measured portion which has its side or thickness +fixed by a finely graduated instrument.</p> + +<p><b>Cambered.</b> Slightly rising in the middle portion. An upward +bend, or projection.</p> + +<p><b>Capital.</b> A small head or top of a column; the head or uppermost +member of a pilaster.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 213]</span> +<b>Cardinal.</b> Pre-eminent, chief, main line; <i>Cardinal</i> line is the +principal line to make calculations or measurements +from.</p> + +<p><b>Centering point.</b> A place for the reception of the point of an instrument, +like a compass or a dividers, or for the dead +center of the tail-stock of a lathe.</p> + +<p><b>Cheekpiece.</b> A piece or pieces at right angles to another piece, +either fixed or movable, which serves as a rest or +a guide.</p> + +<p><b>Chiffonier.</b> A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture +with shelves and drawers.</p> + +<p><b>Chute.</b> A channel in any material, or made of any substance, +for conveying liquids or solids.</p> + +<p><b>Circumference.</b> The distance around an object.</p> + +<p><b>Circumferentially.</b> Surrounding or encircling.</p> + +<p><b>Classical.</b> Relating to the first class or rank, especially in +literature or art.</p> + +<p><b>Cogged.</b> Having teeth, either at regular or at irregular intervals.</p> + +<p><b>Concrete.</b> Expressing the thing itself specifically; also the quality; +a specific example.</p> + +<p><b>Configuration.</b> Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the +parts of a thing; a shape or a figure.</p> + +<p><b>Coincide.</b> To occupy the same place in space; to correspond exactly; +to agree; to concur.</p> + +<p><b>Correlation.</b> A reference, as from one thing to another; the putting +together of various parts.</p> + +<p><b>Conventional.</b> Something which grows out of or depends upon custom, +or is sanctioned by general usage.</p> + +<p><b>Craftsman.</b> One skilled in a craft or trade.</p> + +<p><b>Curvature.</b> The act of curving or being bent.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 214]</span> +<b>Concentrated.</b> To bring to a common center; to bring together in +one mass.</p> + +<p><b>Dado.</b> A plain flat surface between a base and a surbase +molding. Sometimes a painted or encrusted skirting +on interior walls.</p> + +<p><b>Depth gage.</b> A tool by means of which the depths of grooves +and recesses are measured.</p> + +<p><b>Degree.</b> Measure of advancement; quality; extent; a division +or space.</p> + +<p><b>Discarded.</b> Cast off; to reject or put away.</p> + +<p><b>Deterioration.</b> To grow worse; impairing in quality.</p> + +<p><b>Depressed.</b> A sunken surface or part.</p> + +<p><b>Diagrammatical.</b> A drawing made to illustrate the working or the +scheme, without showing all the parts or giving +their relative positions or measurements.</p> + +<p><b>Diametrically.</b> A direction toward the center or across the middle +of a figure or thing.</p> + +<p><b>Diagonal.</b> A direction which is not parallel with or perpendicular +to a line.</p> + +<p><b>Dominate.</b> To govern; controlling.</p> + +<p><b>Door trim.</b> The hardware which is attached to a door.</p> + +<p><b>Double-roofed.</b> All form of roof structure where there is an inner +frame to support the rafters.</p> + +<p><b>Drop forged.</b> Metal forms which are struck up by means of +heavy hammers, in which are the molds or patterns +of the article to be formed.</p> + +<p><b>Elaboration.</b> Wrought with labor; finished with great care.</p> + +<p><b>Elevation.</b> The act of raising from a lower to a higher degree; +a projection of a building or other object on a +plane perpendicular to the horizon.</p> + +<p><b>Elliptical.</b> Having the form of an ellipse.</p> + +<p><b>Embellishment.</b> The act of adorning; that which adds beauty or +elegance.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 215]</span> +<b>Entablature.</b> The structure which lies horizontally upon the columns.</p> + +<p><b>Equidistant.</b> Being at an equal distance from a point.</p> + +<p><b>Escutcheon.</b> An ornamental plate like that part about a keyhole.</p> + +<p><b>Evolve.</b> To unfold or unroll; to open and expand.</p> + +<p><b>Façade.</b> The front of a building; the principal front having +some architectural pretensions.</p> + +<p><b>Facing-boards.</b> The finishing of the face of a wall of different material +than the main part of the wall; the wide +board below the cornice or beneath the windows.</p> + +<p><b>Factor.</b> One of the elements, circumstances or influences +which contribute to produce a result.</p> + +<p><b>Fence.</b> A term used to designate a metal barrier or guard +on a part of a tool.</p> + +<p><b>Fish plate.</b> A pair of plates, usually placed on opposite sides +of the pieces to be secured together, and held by +cross bolts.</p> + +<p><b>Flare.</b> A pitch; an angle; an inclination.</p> + +<p><b>Flush.</b> Unbroken, or even in surface; on a level with the +adjacent surface.</p> + +<p><b>Frog clamping screw.</b> A screw which is designed to hold or adjust two +angled pieces.</p> + +<p><b>Fulcrum.</b> That by which a lever is sustained, or on which a +lever rests in turning or moving a body.</p> + +<p><b>Fluting.</b> The channel or channels in a body; as the grooves +in a column.</p> + +<p><b>Gain.</b> A square or beveled notch or groove cut out of a +girder, beam, post or other material, at a corner.</p> + +<p><b>Gambrel.</b> A roof having two different pitches, the upper much +greater than the lower.</p> + +<p><b>Geometry.</b> Pertaining to that branch of mathematics which investigates +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 216]</span> +the relations, properties and measurements +of solids, surfaces, lines and angles.</p> + +<p><b>Girder.</b> A main beam; a straight horizontal beam to span an +opening or carry a weight, such as the ends of +floor beams.</p> + +<p><b>Glossary.</b> A collection or explanation of words and passages +of the works of an author; a partial dictionary.</p> + +<p><b>Graduated.</b> Cut up into steps; divided into equal parts.</p> + +<p><b>Guide stock.</b> A member which is the main portion of the tool, +and from which all measurements are taken.</p> + +<p><b>Hammer beam.</b> A member in a truss roof structure, at the base +of the roof proper, which consists of an inwardly +projecting part, on which the roof rests, and from +which it is braced.</p> + +<p><b>Hammer-pole.</b> The peon, or round end of a hammer which is used +for driving nails.</p> + +<p><b>Hemispherical.</b> Pertaining to a half globe or sphere.</p> + +<p><b>Horizontal.</b> On the level; at right angles to a line which points +to the center of the earth.</p> + +<p><b>Incorporated.</b> United in one body.</p> + +<p><b>Index pin.</b> A small movable member which is designed to limit +the movement of the operative part of a machine.</p> + +<p><b>Initial.</b> To make a beginning with; the first of a series of +acts or things.</p> + +<p><b>Insulate.</b> To place in a detached position; to separate from.</p> + +<p><b>Interchangeable.</b> One for the other.</p> + +<p><b>Interval.</b> A space between things; a void space; between two +objects.</p> + +<p><b>Interest.</b> To engage the attention of; to awaken or attract attention.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 217]</span> +<b>Interlocking jaw.</b> Two or more parts of a piece of mechanism in +which the said parts pass each other in their +motions.</p> + +<p><b>Intersection.</b> The point or line in which one line or surface cuts +another.</p> + +<p><b>Intervening.</b> The portion between.</p> + +<p><b>Inverted.</b> Turned over; to put upside down.</p> + +<p><b>Joggle-joint.</b> A form of connection which has struts attached to +a pendant post.</p> + +<p><b>Joinery.</b> The art or trade of joining wood.</p> + +<p><b>Kerf.</b> A notch, channel or slit made in any material by +cutting or sawing.</p> + +<p><b>Kit.</b> A working outfit; a collection of tools or implements.</p> + +<p><b>Level.</b> A tool designed to indicate horizontal or vertical +surfaces.</p> + +<p><b>Liberal.</b> Not narrow or contracted.</p> + +<p><b>Lobe.</b> Any projection, especially of a rounded form; the +projecting part of a cam-wheel.</p> + +<p><b>Longitudinal.</b> In the direction of the length; running lengthwise.</p> + +<p><b>Lubrication.</b> The system of affording oiling means to a machine +or to any article.</p> + +<p><b>Mandrel.</b> The live spindle of a lathe; the revolving arbor of +a circular saw.</p> + +<p><b>Mansard.</b> A type of roof structure with two pitches, one, the +lower, being very steep, and the other very flat +pitch.</p> + +<p><b>Manual.</b> Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by +hand.</p> + +<p><b>Marginal.</b> The border or edge of an object.</p> + +<p><b>Marking gage.</b> A bar on which is placed a series of points, usually +equidistant from each other.</p> + +<p> +<span class='pagenum'>[Pg 218]</span><b>Matching.</b> +Placing tongue in one member and a corresponding +groove in another member, so that they will join +each other perfectly.</p> + +<p><b>Mediæval.</b> Of or relating to the Middle Ages.</p> + +<p><b>Miter-box.</b> A tool for the purpose of holding a saw true at any +desired adjustable angle.</p> + +<p><b>Miter-square.</b> A tool which provides adjustment at any desired +angle.</p> + +<p><b>Mullion.</b> A slender bar or pier which forms the vertical division +between the lights of windows, screens, etc.; +also, indoors, the main uprights are <i>stiles</i>, and the +intermediate uprights are <i>mullions</i>.</p> + +<p><b>Obliterated.</b> Erased or blotted out.</p> + +<p><b>Obtuse.</b> Not pointed; bent.</p> + +<p><b>Orbit.</b> The path made by a heavenly body in its travel +around another body.</p> + +<p><b>Ordinate.</b> The distance of any point in a curve or a straight +line, measured on a line called the <i>axis of ordinates,</i> +or on a line parallel to it from another line, +at right angles thereto, called the <i>axis of abscissas</i>.</p> + +<p><b>Ornamentation.</b> To embellish; to improve in appearance.</p> + +<p><b>Oscillate.</b> To swing like a pendulum.</p> + +<p><b>Overhang.</b> In a general sense that which projects out.</p> + +<p><b>Paneling.</b> A sunken compartment or portion with raised margins, +molded or otherwise, as indoors, ceilings +wainscoting, etc.</p> + +<p><b>Parallelogram.</b> A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite +sides are parallel and, consequently, equal.</p> + +<p><b>Parallel.</b> Extended in the same direction, and in all parts +equally distant.</p> + +<p><b>Perspective.</b> A view; a vista; the effect of distance upon the appearance +of objects, by means of which the eye +recognizes them as being at a more or less measurable +distance.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 219]</span> +<b>Pivot.</b> A fixed pin, or short axis, on the end of which a +wheel or other body turns.</p> + +<p><b>Pitch.</b> Slope; descent; declivity, like the slope of a roof.</p> + +<p><b>Placement.</b> The act of placing; in the state of being placed.</p> + +<p><b>Predominate.</b> To be superior in number, strength, influence or authority; +controlling.</p> + +<p><b>Produced.</b> To lengthen out; to extend.</p> + +<p><b>Prototype.</b> The original; that from which later forms sprang.</p> + +<p><b>Purlin.</b> A longitudinal piece of timber, under a roof, mid-*way +between the eaves and comb, to hold the rafters.</p> + +<p><b>Rabbeting.</b> The manner of cutting grooves or recesses.</p> + +<p><b>Ratchet.</b> A wheel, bar, or other form of member, having teeth +or recesses.</p> + +<p>Rebate. A rectangular, longitudinal recess or groove, cut in +the corner or edge of a body.</p> + +<p><b>Rail.</b> A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling.</p> + +<p><b>Rectangular.</b> Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety +degrees; a four-sided figure having only right +angles.</p> + +<p><b>Rib and collar.</b> A form of roof truss in which the collar between +rafters is used as the thrust bearing for the ribs +which project up from the hammer beam.</p> + +<p><b>Router.</b> A tool for cutting grooves or recesses.</p> + +<p><b>Saddle joint.</b> A form of connection in which one part has a portion +cut away, resembling a saddle, and in which +the part to be attached has its end cut so as to +fit the saddle thus formed.</p> + +<p><b>Scarfing.</b> The cutting away of the ends of timbers to be +joined, so the two parts on lapping will unite +evenly.</p> + +<p><b>Scissors beam.</b> A form of truss, in which there is a pair of interior +braces formed like shears, and secured to the +main rafters themselves.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 220]</span> +<b>Score, Scored.</b> Shear; cut; divide; also notching or marking.</p> + +<p><b>Scratch awl.</b> A sharp-pointed tool, with a handle.</p> + +<p><b>Scribe.</b> To cut, indent or mark with a tool, such as a knife, +awl or compass, so as to form a cutting line for +the workman.</p> + +<p><b>Self-supporting.</b> Held by itself; not depending upon outside aid.</p> + +<p><b>Shank.</b> Usually the handle, or portion to which the handle +is attached.</p> + +<p><b>Slitting gage.</b> A tool which is designed to cut along a certain line +guided by an adjustable fence.</p> + +<p><b>Soffit.</b> The under side of an arch.</p> + +<p><b>Solid.</b> Not hollow; full of matter; having a fixed form; +hard; opposed to liquid or fluid.</p> + +<p><b>Spindle.</b> A small mandrel; an arbor; a turning shaft.</p> + +<p><b>Springer.</b> The post or point at which an arch rests upon its +support, and from which it seems to spring.</p> + +<p><b>Sphere.</b> A body or space continued under a single surface +which, in every part, is equally distant from a +point within called its center.</p> + +<p><b>Spur.</b> A small part jutting from another.</p> + +<p><b>Strike plate.</b> A plate serving as a keeper for a beveled latch bolt +and against which the latter strikes in closing.</p> + +<p><b>Steel Tubing.</b> Pipes made from steel; tubing is measured across +from outside to outside; piping is measured on the +inside.</p> + +<p><b>Step-wedge.</b> A wedge having one straight edge, and the other +edge provided with a succession of steps, by means +of which the piece gradually grows wider.</p> + +<p><b>Strain, Stresses.</b> To act upon in any way so as to cause change of +form or volume; as forces on a beam to bend it.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 221]</span> +<b>Strut.</b> Any piece of timber which runs from one timber to +another, and is used to support a part.</p> + +<p><b>Stub.</b> A projecting part, usually of some defined form, and +usually designed to enter or engage with a corresponding +recess in another member.</p> + +<p><b>Submerged.</b> To be buried or covered, as with a fluid; to put +under.</p> + +<p><b>Swivel.</b> A pivoted member, used in many forms of tools, in +which one part turns on the other.</p> + +<p><b>Tail-stock.</b> The sliding support or block in a lathe, which carries +the dead spindle, or adjustable center.</p> + +<p><b>Technical.</b> Of or pertaining to the useful in mechanical arts, +or to any science, business, or the like.</p> + +<p><b>Texture.</b> The disposition of the several parts of any body in +connection with each other; or the manner in which +the parts are united.</p> + +<p><b>Tool rest.</b> That part of a lathe, or other mechanism, which supports +a tool, or holds the tool support.</p> + +<p><b>Torso.</b> The human body as distinguished from the head and +limbs.</p> + +<p><b>Transverse.</b> In a crosswise direction; lying across; at right angles +to the longitudinal.</p> + +<p><b>Trimmer.</b> A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers +in floor framing, as when a hole is left for stairs, +chimneys, and the like.</p> + +<p><b>Truss.</b> An assemblage of members of wood or iron, supported +at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure +vertically to those points with the least possible +strain, across the length of any member.</p> + +<p><b>Tusk.</b> In mechanism, a long projecting part, longer than +a tenon, and usually applied to the long or projecting +part of a tenon.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'>[Pg 222]</span> +<b>Universal joint.</b> A joint wherein one member is made to turn with +another, although the two turning members are +not in a line with each other.</p> + +<p><b>Vocation.</b> Employment; 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S. Zerbe + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Carpentry for Boys + In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying + Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original + Illustrations + +Author: J. S. Zerbe + +Release Date: March 7, 2007 [EBook #20763] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CARPENTRY FOR BOYS *** + + + + +Produced by Ross Wilburn, Curtis Weyant and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS + +CARPENTRY FOR BOYS + +[Illustration: _Fig. 1. A Typical Work Bench._] + + + +THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS + +CARPENTRY FOR BOYS + +in simple language, including +chapters on drawing, laying out +work, designing and architecture + +WITH 250 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS + +BY J. S. ZERBE, M.E. + +AUTHOR OF + + +ELECTRICITY FOR BOYS +PRACTICAL MECHANICS FOR BOYS + + +THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY + +NEW YORK + +COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY + +THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY + + ++----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +|Transcriber's Notes: Italics are marked by underscore(_), Bold text is| +|marked by $, Small caps have been uppercased. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + +CONTENTS + + +INTRODUCTORY + +I. TOOLS AND THEIR USES Page 5 + +Knowledge of Tools. A Full Kit of Tools. The Hatchet. The Claw Hammer. +About Saws--Cross-cut, Rip Saw, Back Saw. Planes--Jack Plane, Smoothing +Plane, Pore Plane. Gages. Chisels--Firmer Chisel. Trusses. Saw Clamps. +The Grindstone. Oilstone. Miter Box. The Work Bench. + +II. HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS Page 16 + +Care of Tools---First Requisites. Saws--How to Set. Saw-set Errors. Saw +Setting Block. Filing. The Angle of Filing. Filing Pitch. Saw Clamps. +Filing Suggestions. The File. Using the File. The Grindstone. In the Use +of Grindstones. Correct Way of Holding Tool in Grinding. Care of Stone. +Incorrect Way to Hold Tool. Way to Revolve or Turn Grindstone. The +Plane. The Gage. Chisels. General Observations. + +III. HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS Page 29 + +On the Holding of Tools. The Saw. How to Start a Saw. Sawing on a Line. +The First Stroke. The Starting Cut for Cross-cutting. Forcing a Saw. The +Stroke. The Chinese Saw. Things to Avoid. The Plane. Angle for Holding +Planes. Errors to be Avoided. The Gage. Holding the Gage. The +Draw-knife. + +IV. HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES Page 39 + +Fundamentals of Designing. The Commercial Instinct. First Requirements +of Designing. Conventional Styles. The Mission Style. Cabinets. Harmony +of Parts. Harmony of Wood. + +V. HOW WORK IS LAID OUT Page 43 + +Concrete Examples of Work. Dimensions. Laying Out a Table. The Top. The +Mortises. The Facing Boards. The Tenons. Tools Used. Chamfered Tenons. +The Frame. The Drawer Support. The Table Frame. The Top. The Drawer. How +Any Structure is Built Up. Observations About Making a Box. Points. +Beveling and Mitering. Proper Terms. Picture Frames. Dovetail Points. +Box Points. First Steps in Dovetailing. Cutting Out the Spaces. Tools +Used in Laying Out Mortises and Tenons. + +VI. THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE Page 59 + +The Compass. Determining Angles. Definition of Degrees. Degrees Without +a Compass. How Degrees are Calculated by the Dividers. + +VII. HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED Page 65 + +Importance of Proper Designation. How to Explain Mechanical Forms. +Defining Segment and Sector. Arcade, Arch, Buttress, Flying Buttress, +Chamfer, Cotter, Crenelated, Crosses, Curb Roof, Cupola, Crown Post, +Corbels, Dormer, Dowel, Drip, Detent, Extrados, Engrailed, Facet, Fret, +Fretwork, Frontal, Frustrums, Fylfot, Gambrel Roof, Gargoyle, Gudgeon, +Guilloche. Half Timbered, Hammer Beam, Header, Hip Roof, Hood Molding, +Inclave, Interlacing Arch, Inverted, Inverted Arch, Key Stone, King +Post, Label, Louver, Lintel, Lug, M-Roof, Mansard Roof, Newel, +Parquetry, Peen, Pendant, Pendastyle, Pedestal, Plinth, Portico, Plate, +Queen Post, Quirk Molding, Re-entering Angle, Rafter, Scarfing, Scotia +Molding, Sill, Skewback, Spandrel, Strut, Stud, Stile, Tie Beam, Timber, +Trammel, Turret, Transom, Valley Roof. + +VIII. DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY Page 73 + +Fundamentals in Drawing. Representing Objects. Forming Lines and +Shadows. Analysis of Lines and Shadings. How to Show Plain Surfaces. +Concave Surfaces. Convex Surfaces. Shadows from a Beam. Flat Effects. +The Direction of Light. Raised Surfaces. Depressed Surfaces. Full +Shading. Illustrating Cube Shading. Shading Effect. Heavy Lines. +Perspectives. True Perspective of a Cube. Isometric Cube. Flattened +Perspective. Technical Designations. Sector and Segment. Terms of +Angles. Circles and Curves. Irregular Curves. Ellipses and Ovals. Focal +Points. Produced Line. Spirals, Perpendicular and Vertical. Signs to +Indicate Measurement. Definitions. Abscissa. Angle. Apothegm. Apsides or +Apsis. Chord. Cycloid. Conoid. Conic Section. Ellipsoid. Epicycloid. +Evolute. Flying Buttress. Focus. Gnomes. Hexagon. Hyperbola. +Hypothenuse. Incidental. Isosceles. Triangle. Parabola. Parallelogram. +Pelecoid. Polygons. Pyramid. Rhomb. Sector. Segment. Sinusoid. Tangent. +Tetrahedron. Vertex. + +IX. MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING WORK Page 93 + +Moldings. The Basis of Moldings. The Simplest Moldings. The Astragal. +The Cavetto. The Ovolo. The Torus. The Apothegm. The Cymatium. The Ogee. +Ogee Recta. Ogee Reversa. The Reedy. The Casement. The Roman-Doric +Column. Lesson from the Doric Column. Applying Molding. Base. +Embellishments. Straight-faced Molding. Plain Molding. Base. Diversified +Uses. Shadows Cast by Moldings. + +X. AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING AND BEADING Page 104 + +Where Mortises Should be Used. Depth of Mortises. Rule for Mortises. +True Mortise Work. Steps in Cutting Mortises. Things to Avoid in +Mortising. Lap-and-Butt Joints. Scarfing. The Tongue and Groove. +Beading. Ornamental Bead Finish. The Bead and Rabbet. Shading with Beads +and Rabbets. + +XI. HOUSE BUILDING Page 113 + +House Building. The Home and Embellishments. Beauty Not Ornamentation. +Plain Structures. Colonial Type. The Roof the Keynote. Bungalow Types. +General House Building. Building Plans. The Plain Square-Floor Plan. The +Rectangular Plan. Room Measurements. Front and Side Lines. The Roof. +Roof Pitch. The Foundation. The Sills. The Flooring Joist. The Studding. +Setting Up. The Plate. Intermediate Studding. Wall Headers. Ceiling +Joist. Braces. The Rafters. The Gutter. Setting Door and Window Frames. +Plastering and Finish Work. + +XII. BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES Page 130 + +Bridges. Self-supporting Roofs. Common Trusses. The Vertical Upright +Truss. The Warren Girder. The Bowstring Girder. Fundamental Truss +Forms. + +XIII. THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER Page 134 + +The Best Woods. Soft Woods. Hard Woods. The Most Difficult Woods. The +Hard-ribbed Grain in Wood. The Easiest Working Woods. Differences in the +Working of Woods. Forcing Saws in Wood. + +XIV. WOOD TURNING Page 138 + +Advantages of Wood Turning. Simple Turning Lathe. The Rails. The Legs. +Centering Blocks. The Tail-stock. The Tool Rest. Materials. The Mandrel. +Fly-wheel. The Tools Required. + +XV. ON THE USE OF STAINS Page 147 + +Soft Wood. Use of Stains. Stains as Imitations. Good Taste in Staining. +Great Contrasts Bad. Staining Contrasting Woods. Hard Wood Imitations. +Natural Effects. Natural Wood Stains. Polishing Stained Surfaces. + +XVI. THE CARPENTER AND THE ARCHITECT Page 152 + +XVII. USEFUL ARTICLES TO MAKE Page 155 + +Common Bench. Its Proportions. Square Top Stool. Folding Blacking Box. +Convenient Easel. Hanging Book-rack. Sad Iron Holder. Bookcase. +Wood-box. Parallel Bars for Boys' Use. Mission Writing Desk. Screen +Frame. Mission Chair. Grandfather's Clock. Knockdown and Adjustable +Bookcase. Coal Scuttle Frame or Case. Mission Arm Chair. Dog-house. +Settle, With Convenient Shelves. Towel Rack. Sofa Framework. + +XVIII. SPECIAL TOOLS AND THEIR USES Page 170 + +Bit and Level Adjuster. Miter Boxes. Swivel Arm Uprights. Movable Stops. +Angle Dividers. "Odd Job" Tool. Bit Braces. Ratchet Mechanism. +Interlocking Jaws. Steel Frame Breast Drills. Horizontal Boring. 3-Jaw +Chuck. Planes. Rabbeting, Beading and Matching. Cutter Adjustment. Depth +Gage. Slitting Gage. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane. Router Planes. +Bottom Surfacing. Door Trim Plane. + +XIX. ROOFING TRUSSES Page 185 + +Characteristics of Trusses. Tie Beams. Ornamentation. Objects of Beams, +Struts and Braces. Utilizing Space. Types of Structures. Gambrel Roof. +Purlin Roof. The Princess Truss. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam Truss. +The Mansard. Scissors Beam. Braced Collar Beam. Rib and Collar Truss. +Hammer-beam Truss. Flying Buttress. + +XX. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTS Page 197 + +Definition and Uses. Different Types. Bridle Joint. Spur Tenon. Saddle +Joints. Joggle Joint. Heel Joints. Stub Tenon. Tusk Tenon. Double Tusk +Tenon. Cogged Joints. Anchor Joints. Deep Anchor Joints. + +XXI. SOME MISTAKES AND A LITTLE ADVICE IN CARPENTRY Page 205 + +Lessons From Mistakes. Planing the Edge of a Board Straight. Planing it +Square. Planing to Dimensions. Holding the Plane. How it Should be Run +on the Edge of the Board. Truing With the Weight of the Plane. A Steady +Grasp. In Smoothing Boards. Correct Sand-papering. Gluing. Removing +Surplus Glue. Work Edge and Work Side. The Scribing and Marking Line. +Finishing Surfaces. Sawing a Board Square. The Stroke of the Saw. Sawing +Out of True. + + + + +LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS + + +FIG. + +1. A typical work bench Frontispiece + PAGE +2. Hatchet 6 +3. Hammer 7 +4. Common saw 7 +5. Plane 8 +6. Jack plane bit 9 +6a. Fore plane bit 10 +7. Firmer chisel 11 +7a. Mortising chisel 12 +8. Trestle 12 +9. Miter box 13 +10. Incorrect saw setting 17 +10a. Correct saw setting 17 +11. Saw setting device 17 +12. Filing angle 18 +13. Rip saw 19 +14. Cross cut 20 +15. Filing clamp 21 +16. Grindstone 23 +17. Correct manner of holding tool 24 +18. Incorrect way of holding tool 24 +19. Gage 26 +20. Starting a saw 31 +21. Wrong sawing angle 32 +22. Correct sawing angle 33 +23. Thrust cut 34 +24. Chinese saw 34 +25. Moving angle for plane 35 +26. Holding gage 36 +27. Laying out table leg 43 +28. The first marking line 44 +29. Scribing mortise line 44 +30. The corner mortises 44 +31. The side rail 46 +32. Scribing the tenons 46 +33. Cross scoring 47 +34. The tenon 47 +35. Finishing the tenon 47 +36. The tenon and mortise 48 +37. The drawer support 48 +38. Drawer cleats 49 +39. Assembled table frame 50 +40. The top 51 +41. The drawer 52 +42. Bevel joint 53 +43. Miter joint 53 +44. Picture frame joint 54 +45. Initial marks for dovetails 55 +46. End marks for dovetails 55 +47. Angles for dovetails 55 +48. Cutting out recesses for dovetails 56 +49. Tongues for dovetails 56 +50. Recess for dovetails 56 +51. Determining angles 61 +52. Marking degrees 63 +53. Angles from base lines 63 +54. Stepping off spaces 63 +55. Arcade 67 +56. Arch 67 +57. Buttress 67 +58. Chamfer 67 +59. Cooter 67 +60. Crenelated 67 +61. Crosses 67 +62. Curb roof 67 +63. Cupola 67 +64. Console 67 +65. Corbels 67 +66. Dormer 67 +67. Dowel 67 +68. Drips 67 +69. Detail 68 +70. Extrados 68 +71. Engrailed 68 +72. Facet 68 +73. Fret 68 +74. Frontal 68 +75. Frustrums 68 +76. Fylfat 68 +77. Gambrel 68 +78. Gargoyle 68 +79. Gudgeon 68 +80. Guilloche 68 +81. Half timbered 68 +82. Hammer beam 68 +83. Haunches 69 +84. Header 69 +85. Hip roof 69 +86. Hood molding 69 +87. Inclave 69 +88. Interlacing arch 69 +89. Invected 69 +90. Inverted arch 69 +91. Keystone 69 +92. King post 69 +93. Label 69 +94. Louver 69 +95. Lintel 70 +96. Lug 70 +97. M-roof 70 +98. Mansard roof 70 +99. Newel post 70 +100. Parquetry 70 +101. Peen, or pein 70 +102. Pendant 70 +103. Pentastyle 70 +104. Pedestal 70 +105. Pintle 70 +106. Portico 70 +107. Plate 70 +108. Queen post 71 +109. Quirk molding 71 +110. Re-entering 71 +111. Rafter 71 +112. Scarfing 71 +113. Scotia molding 71 +114. Sill 71 +115. Skew back 71 +116. Spandrel 71 +117. Strut 71 +118. Stud, studding 71 +119. Stile 72 +120. Trammel 72 +121. Turret 72 +122. Transom 72 +123. Valley roof 72 +125. Plain line 74 +126. Concave shading 74 +127. Convex shading 74 +128. Wave shading 75 +129. Light past concave surface 75 +130. Light past convex surface 75 +131. Plain surface 75 +132. Outlines 76 +133. Raised surface 77 +134. Depressed surface 77 +135. Shading raised surfaces 78 +136. Shading depressed surfaces 78 +137. Plain cubical outline 79 +138. Indicating cube 79 +139. Confused lines 79 +140. Heavy horizontal lines 80 +141. Heavy vertical lines 80 +142. Isometric cube 81 +143. Cube and circle 81 +144. Flattened perspective 82 +145. Angles in isometric cube 83 +146. Plain circle 84 +147. Sphere shading 84 +148. Drawing regular ellipse 86 +149. Drawing irregular ellipse 88 +150. Drawing spiral 89 +151. Abscissa 90 +152. Angle 91 +153. Apothegm 91 +154. Apsides, or apsis 91 +155. Chord 91 +156. Convolute 91 +157. Conic sections 91 +158. Conoid 91 +159. Cycloid 91 +160. Ellipsoid 91 +161. Epicycloid 91 +162. Evolute 91 +163. Focus 91 +164. Gnome 91 +165. Hyperbola 91 +167. Hypothenuse 91 +168. Incidence 92 +169. Isosceles triangle 92 +170. Parabola 92 +171. Parallelogram 92 +172. Pelecoid 92 +173. Polygons 92 +174. Pyramid 92 +175. Quadrant 92 +176. Quadrilateral 92 +177. Rhomb 92 +178. Sector 92 +179. Segment 92 +180. Sinusoid 92 +181. Tangent 92 +182. Tetrahedron 92 +183. Vertex 92 +184. Volute 92 +185. Band (molding) 94 +186. Astragal (molding) 94 +187. Cavetto (molding) 94 +188. Ovolo (molding) 94 +189. Torus (molding) 95 +190. Apophyges (molding) 95 +191. Cymatium (molding) 95 +192. Ogee-recta (molding) 95 +193. Ogee-reversa (molding) 96 +194. Bead (molding) 96 +195. Casement (molding) 97 +196. The Doric column 98 +197. Front of cabinet 100 +198. Facia board 100 +199. Molding on facia board 100 +200. Ogee-recta on facia 101 +201. Trim below facia 101 +202. Trim below ogee 101 +203. Trim above base 102 +204. Trim above base molding 102 +205. Shadows cast by plain moldings 103 +206. Mortise and tenon joint 105 +207. Incorrect mortising 105 +208. Steps in mortising 106 +209. The shoulders of tenons 108 +210. Lap-and-butt joint 108 +211. Panel joint 109 +212. Scarfing 109 +213. Tongue and groove 110 +214. Beading 110 +215. Outside beading finish 110 +216. Edge beading 111 +217. Corner beading 111 +218. Point beading 111 +219. Round edge beading 111 +220. Beading and molding 111 +221. First square house plan 117 +222. First rectangular house plan 118 +223. Square house to scale 119 +224. Rectangular house to scale 120 +225. Front elevation of square house 121 +226. Elevation of rectangular house 121 +227. Illustrating one-third pitch 122 +228. Illustrating half pitch 122 +229. The sills at the corner 123 +230. The joist and sills 123 +231. The plate splice 124 +232. The rafters 125 +233. The gutter 126 +234. The cornice 127 +234a. The finish without gutter 128 +235. Common truss 130 +236. Upright truss 131 +237. Vertical upright truss 131 +238. Warren girder 132 +239. Extended Warren girder 132 +240. Bowstring girder 132 +241. Frame details of wood turning lathe 139 +242. Tail stock details 140 +243. Tool rest details 142 +244. Section of mandrel 143 +245. View of turning lathe 145 +246. Turning tools 146 +247. Bench 155 +248. Stool 156 +249. Blacking box 156 +250. Easel 157 +251. Hanging book rack 158 +252. Book shelf 159 +253. Wood box 160 +254. Horizontal bars 161 +255. Mission desk 161 +256. Screen frame 162 +257. Mission chair 162 +258. Grandfather's clock 163 +259. Frame for bookcase 164 +260. Coal scuttle case 165 +261. Mission arm chair 165 +262. Dog house 168 +263. Settle 167 +264. Towel rack 168 +265. Mission sofa frame 168 +266. Bit and square level 170 +267. Metal miter box 171 +268. Parts of metal miter box 172 +269. Angle dividers 173 +270. An "odd job" tool 174 +271. Universal-jaw brace 176 +272. Taper-shank bit brace 176 +273. Alligator-jaw brace 176 +274. Steel frame breast drill 177 +275. Steel frame breast drill 177 +276. Steel frame breast drill 177 +277. Details of metal plane 179 +278. Rabbet, matching and dado plane 180 +279. Molding and beading plane 181 +280. Dovetail tongue and groove plane 182 +281. Router planes 183 +282. Router planes 183 +283. Door trim plane 184 +284. Gambrel roof 187 +285. Purlin roof 188 +286. Princess truss 189 +287. Arched, or cambered, tie beam 190 +288. The mansard 191 +289. Scissors beam 192 +290. Braced collar beam 193 +291. Rib and collar truss 194 +291-1/2. Hammer-beam truss 195 +292. Bridle joints 197 +293. Spur tenons 198 +294. Saddle joints 198 +295. Joggle joints 199 +296. Framing joints 199 +297. Heel joints 200 +298. Stub tenon 200 +299. Tusk tenon 201 +300. Double tusk tenon 202 +301. Cogged joints 203 +302. Anchor joint 203 +303. Deep anchor joint 204 + + + + +CARPENTRY + +A PRACTICAL COURSE, WHICH TELLS IN CONCISE AND SIMPLE FORM "HOW TO DO +IT" + + + + + +INTRODUCTORY + + +Carpentry is the oldest of the arts, and it has been said that the +knowledge necessary to make a good carpenter fits one for almost any +trade or occupation requiring the use of tools. The hatchet, the saw, +and the plane are the three primal implements of the carpenter. The +value is in knowing how to use them. + +The institution of Manual Training Schools everywhere is but a tardy +recognition of the value of systematic training in the use of tools. +There is no branch of industry which needs such diversification, in +order to become efficient. + +The skill of the blacksmith is centered in his ability to forge, to +weld, and to temper; that of the machinist depends upon the callipered +dimensions of his product; the painter in his taste for harmony; the +mason on his ability to cut the stone accurately; and the plasterer to +produce a uniform surface. But the carpenter must, in order to be an +expert, combine all these qualifications, in a greater or less degree, +and his vocation may justly be called the King of Trades. Rightly, +therefore, it should be cultivated in order to learn the essentials of +manual training work. + +But there is another feature of the utmost importance and value, which +is generally overlooked, and on which there is placed too little stress, +even in many of the manual training schools. The training of the mind +has been systematized so as to bring into operation the energies of all +the brain cells. Manual training to be efficient should, at the same +time, be directed into such channels as will most widely stimulate the +muscular development of the child, while at the same time cultivating +his mind. + +There is no trade which offers such a useful field as carpentry. It may +be said that the various manual operations bring into play every muscle +of the body. + +The saw, the plane, the hammer, the chisel, each requires its special +muscular energy. The carpenter, unlike the blacksmith, does not put all +his brawn into his shoulders, nor develop his torso at the expense of +his other muscles, like the mason. It may also be said that, unlike most +other occupations, the carpenter has both out-of-door and indoor +exercise, so that he is at all times able to follow his occupation, +summer or winter, rain or shine; and this also further illustrates the +value of this branch of endeavor as a healthful recreation. + +It is the aim of this book to teach boys the primary requirements--not +to generalize--but to show how to prepare and how to do the work; what +tools and materials to use; and in what manner the tools used may be +made most serviceable, and used most advantageously. + +It would be of no value to describe and illustrate how a bracket is +made; or how the framework of a structure is provided with mortises and +tenons in order to hold it together. The boy must have something as a +base which will enable him to design his own creations, and not be an +imitator; his mind must develop with his body. It is the principal aim +of this book to give the boy something to think about while he is +learning how to bring each individual part to perfection. + +If the boy understands that there is a principle underlying each +structural device; that there is a reason for making certain things a +definite way, he is imbued with an incentive which will sooner or later +develop into an initiative of his own. + +It is this phase in the artisan's life which determines whether he will +be merely a machine or an intelligent organism. + +This work puts together in a simple, concise form, not only the +fundamentals which every mechanic should learn to know, but it defines +every structural form used in this art, and illustrates all terms it is +necessary to use in the employment of carpentry. A full chapter is +devoted to drawings practically applied. All terms are diagrammed and +defined, so that the mind may readily grasp the ideas involved. + +Finally, it will be observed that every illustration has been specially +drawn for this book. We have not adopted the plan usually followed in +books of this class, of taking stock illustrations of manufacturers' +tools and devices, nor have we thought it advisable to take a picture of +a tool or a machine and then write a description around it. We have +illustrated the book to explain "_how to do the work_"; also, to teach +the boy what the trade requires, and to give him the means whereby he +may readily find the form of every device, tool, and structure used in +the art. + + + + +CHAPTER I + +TOOLS AND THEIR USES + + +KNOWLEDGE OF TOOLS.--A knowledge of tools and their uses is the first +and most important requirement. The saw, the plane, the hatchet and the +hammer are well known to all boys; but how to use them, and where to use +the different varieties of each kind of tool, must be learned, because +each tool grew out of some particular requirement in the art. These uses +will now be explained. + +A FULL KIT OF TOOLS.--A kit of tools necessary for doing any plain work +should embrace the following: + + +1. A Hatchet. +2. A Claw Hammer--two sizes preferred. +3. Cross-cut Saw, 20 inches long. +4. Rip Saw, 24 inches long. +5. Wooden Mallet. + 6. Jack Plane. +7. Smoothing Plane. +8. Compass Saw. +9. Brace. +10. Bits for Brace, ranging from 1/4 inch to 1 inch diameter. +11. Several small Gimlets. +12. Square. +13. Compass. +14. Draw-knife. +15. Rule. +16. Two Gages. +17. Set of Firmer Chisels. +18. Two Mortising Chisels. +19. Small Back Saw. +20. Saw Clamps. +21. Miter Box. +22. Bevel Square. +23. Small Hand Square. +24. Pliers. +25. Pair of Awls. +26. Hand Clamps. +27. Set Files. +28. Glue Pot. +29. Oil Stone. +30. Grindstone. +31. Trusses. +32. Work Bench. +33. Plumb Bob. +34. Spirit Level. + + +THE HATCHET.--The hatchet should be ground with a bevel on each side, +and not on one side only, as is customary with a plasterer's lathing +hatchet, because the blade of the hatchet is used for trimming off the +edges of boards. Unless ground off with a bevel on both sides it cannot +be controlled to cut accurately. A light hatchet is preferable to a +heavy one. It should never be used for nailing purposes, except in +emergencies. The pole of the hammer--that part which is generally used +to strike the nail with--is required in order to properly balance the +hatchet when used for trimming material. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 2._] + +THE CLAW HAMMER.--This is the proper tool for driving nails and for +drawing them out. Habits should be formed with the beginner, which will +be of great service as the education proceeds. + +One of these habits is to persist in using the tool for the purpose for +which it was made. The expert workman (and he becomes expert because of +it) makes the hammer do its proper work; and so with every other tool. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 3._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 4._] + +ABOUT SAWS.--There are four well-defined kinds. First, a long, flat saw, +for cross-cutting. Second, a slightly larger saw for ripping purposes. +Third, a back saw, with a rib on the rear edge to hold the blade rigid, +used for making tenons; and, fourth, a compass or keyhole saw. + +CROSS-CUTS.--The difference between a cross-cut and a rip saw is, that +in the latter the teeth have less pitch and are usually larger than in +the cross-cut saw. The illustrations (Figs. 13 and 14) will distinctly +show the difference in the teeth. When a cross-cut saw is used for +ripping along the grain of the wood, the teeth, if disposed at an angle, +will ride over the grain or fiber of the wood, and refuse to take hold +or bite into the wood. On the other hand, if the rip saw is used for +cross-cutting purposes, the saw kerf will be rough and jagged. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 5._] + +The back saw is used almost exclusively for making tenons, and has +uniformly fine teeth so as to give a smooth finish to the wood. + +PLANES.--The plane may be called the aesthetic tool in the carpenter's +kit. It is the most difficult tool to handle and the most satisfactory +when thoroughly mastered. How to care for and handle it will be +referred to in a subsequent chapter. We are now concerned with its uses +only. Each complete kit must have three distinct planes, namely, the +jack plane, which is for taking off the rough saw print surface of the +board. The short smoothing plane, which is designed to even up the +inequalities made by the jack plane; and the long finishing plane, or +fore plane, which is intended to straighten the edges of boards or of +finished surfaces. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 6. Jack plane bit._] + +THE JACK PLANE.--This plane has the cutting edge of its blade ground so +it is slightly curved (Fig. 6), because, as the bit must be driven out +so it will take a deep bite into the rough surface of the wood, the +curved cutting edge prevents the corner edges of the bit from digging +into the planed surface. + +On the other hand, the bits of the smoothing and finishing planes are +ground straight across their cutting edges. In the foregoing we have not +enumerated the different special planes, designed to make beads, +rabbets, tongues and grooves, but each type is fully illustrated, so +that an idea may be obtained of their characteristics. (Fig. 6_a_). + +GAGES.--One of the most valuable tools in the whole set is the gage, but +it is, in fact, the least known. This is simply a straight bar, with a +sharpened point projecting out on one side near its end, and having an +adjustable sliding head or cheekpiece. This tool is indispensable in +making mortises or tenons, because the sharpened steel point which +projects from the side of the bar, serves to outline and define the +edges of the mortises or tenons, so that the cutting line may readily be +followed. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 6a. Fore-plane bit._] + +This is the most difficult tool to hold when in use, but that will be +fully explained under its proper head. Each kit should have two, as in +making mortises and tenons one gage is required for each side of the +mortise or tenon. + +CHISELS.--Two kinds are found in every kit--one called the firmer (Fig. +7) and the mortising chisel. The firmer has a flat body or blade, and a +full set ranges in width from three-eighths of an inch to two inches. +The sizes most desirable and useful are the one-half inch, the inch and +the inch-and-a-half widths. These are used for trimming out cross grains +or rebates for setting door locks and hinges and for numerous other uses +where sharp-end tools are required. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 7._] + +THE MORTISING CHISEL.--The mortising chisel (Fig. 7_a_), on the other +hand, is very narrow and thick, with a long taper down to the cutting +edge. They are usually in such widths as to make them stock sizes for +mortises. Never, under any circumstances, use a hammer or hatchet for +driving chisels. The mallet should be used invariably. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 7a._] + +TRUSSES.--There should be at least two, each three feet in length and +twenty inches in height. + +SAW CLAMPS.--These are necessary adjuncts, and should be made of hard +wood, perfectly straight and just wide enough to take in the narrow +back saw. The illustration shows their shape and form. + +THE GRINDSTONES.--It is better to get a first-class stone, which may be +small and rigged up with a foot treadle. A soft, fine-grained stone is +most serviceable, and it should have a water tray, and never be used +excepting with plenty of water. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 8._] + +AN OIL STONE is as essential as a grindstone. For giving a good edge to +tools it is superior to a water stone. It should be provided with a top, +and covered when not in use, to keep out dust and grit. These are the +little things that contribute to success and should be carefully +observed. + +THE MITER BOX.--This should be 14 inches long and 3" by 3" inside, made +of hard wood 3/4" thick. The sides should be nailed to the bottom, as +shown. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 9._] + +THE WORK BENCH.--In its proper place we show in detail the most approved +form of work bench, fitted with a tool rack to hold all the tools, +conveniently arranged. In this chapter we are more particularly +concerned with the uses of tools than their construction; and we impress +on boys the necessity of having a place for everything, and that every +tool should be kept in its proper place. A carpenter's shop filled with +chips, shavings and other refuse is not a desirable place for the +indiscriminate placing of tools. If correct habits are formed at the +outset, by carefully putting each tool in its place after using, it will +save many an hour of useless hunting and annoyance. + +One of the most important things in laying off work, for instance, on +trusses, is the disposition of the saw and square. Our illustration +shows each truss with side cleats, which will permit the user +temporarily to deposit the saw or the square so that it will be handy, +and at the same time be out of the way of the work and prevent either of +the tools from being thrown to the floor. + +In the same way, and for the same purpose, the work bench has temporary +holding cleats at the end and a shelf in front, which are particularly +desirable, because either a saw or a square is an encumbrance on a work +bench while the work is being assembled, and tools of this kind should +not be laid flat on a working surface, nor should they be stood in a +leaning position against a truss or work bench. + +_Strictly observe these fundamentals_--Never place a tool with the +cutting edge toward you. Always have the racks or receptacles so made +that the handle may be seized. Don't put a tool with an exposed cutting +edge above or below another tool in such a manner that the hand or the +tool you are handling can come into contact with the edge. Never keep +the nail or screw boxes above the work bench. They should always be kept +to one side, to prevent, as much as possible, the bench from becoming a +depository for nails. Keep the top of the bench free from tools. Always +keep the planes on a narrow sub-shelf at the rear of the bench. + +If order was Heaven's first law, it is a good principle to apply it in a +workman's shop, and its observance will form a habit that will soon +become a pleasure to follow. + + + + +CHAPTER II + +HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS + + +CARE OF TOOLS.--Dull tools indicate the character of the workman. In an +experience of over forty years, I have never known a good workman to +keep poorly sharpened tools. While it is true that the capacity to +sharpen tools can be acquired only by practice, correct habits at the +start will materially assist. In doing this part of the artisan's work, +it should be understood that there is a right as well as a wrong way. + +There is a principle involved in the sharpening of every tool, which +should be observed. A skilled artisan knows that there is a particular +way to grind the bits of each plane; that the manner of setting a saw +not only contributes to its usefulness, but will materially add to the +life of the saw; that a chisel cannot be made to do good work unless its +cutting edge is square and at the right working angle. + +FIRST REQUISITE.--A beginner should never attempt a piece of work until +he learns how the different tools should be sharpened, or at least learn +the principle involved. Practice will make perfect. + +SAWS.--As the saw is such an important part of the kit, I shall devote +some space to the subject. _First_, as to setting the saw. The object of +this is to make the teeth cut a wider kerf than the thickness of the +blade, and thereby cause the saw to travel freely. A great many +so-called "saw sets" are found in the market, many of them built on +wrong principles, as will be shown, and these are incapable of setting +accurately. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 10._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 10a._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 11._] + +HOW TO SET.--To set a saw accurately, that is, to drive out each tooth +the same distance, is the first requirement, and the second is to bend +out the whole tooth, and not the point only. + +In the illustration (Fig. 10), the point is merely bent out. This is +wrong. The right way is shown in Fig. 10_a_. The whole tooth is bent, +showing the correct way of setting. The reasons for avoiding one way and +following the other are: First, that if the point projects to one side, +each point or tooth will dig into the wood, and produce tooth prints in +the wood, which make a roughened surface. Second, that if there are +inequalities in setting the teeth (as is sure to be the case when only +the points are bent out), the most exposed points will first wear out, +and thereby cause saw deterioration. Third, a saw with the points +sticking out causes a heavy, dragging cut, and means additional labor. +Where the whole body of the tooth is bent, the saw will run smoothly and +easily through the kerf and produce a smooth-cut surface. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 12._] + +Our illustration (Fig. 11) shows a very simple setting block, the +principal merit of which is that any boy can make it, and in the use of +which he cannot go wrong in setting a tooth. + +SIMPLE SAW SETTER.--Take a block of wood, a 4 by 4 inch studding, four +inches long. Get a piece of metal one-half inch thick and two inches +square. Have a blacksmith or machinist bore a quarter-inch hole through +it in the center and countersink the upper side so it may be securely +fastened in a mortise in the block, with its upper side flush with the +upper surface of the block. Now, with a file, finish off one edge, going +back for a quarter of an inch, the angle at A to be about 12 degrees. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 13. Rip-Saw._] + +FILING ANGLES.--In its proper place will be shown how you may easily +calculate and measure degrees in work of this kind. Fig. 12 shows an +approximation to the right angle. B, B (Fig. 11) should be a pair of +wooden pegs, driven into the wooden block on each side of the metal +piece. The teeth of the saw rest against the pegs so that they serve as +a guide or a gage, and the teeth of the saw, therefore, project over the +inclined part (B) of the metal block. Now, with an ordinary punch and a +hammer, each alternate tooth may be driven down until it rests flat on +the inclined face (A), so that it is impossible to set the teeth +wrongly. When you glance down the end of a properly set saw, you will +see a V-shaped channel, and if you will place a needle in the groove and +hold the saw at an angle, the needle will travel down without falling +out. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 14. cross-cut._] + +FILING.--The next step is the filing. Two things must be observed: the +pitch and the angle. By pitch is meant the inclination of the teeth. +Note the illustration (Fig. 13), which shows the teeth of a rip saw. You +will see at A that the pitch of the tooth is at right angles to the edge +of the saw. In Fig. 14, which shows the teeth of a cross-cut saw, the +pitch (B) is about 10 degrees off. The teeth of the rip saw are also +larger than those of the cross-cut. + +THE ANGLE OF FILING.--By angle is meant the cutting position of the +file. In Fig. 12, the lines B represent the file disposed at an angle +of 12 degrees, not more, for a rip saw. For a cross-cut the angle of the +file may be less. + +SAW CLAMPS.--You may easily make a pair of saw clamps as follows: + +Take two pieces of hard wood, each three inches wide, seven-eighths of +an inch thick, and equal in length to the longest saw. Bevel one edge of +each as shown in A (Fig. 15), so as to leave an edge (B) about +one-eighth of an inch thick. At one end cut away the corner on the side +opposite the bevel, as shown at C, so the clamps will fit on the saw +around the saw handle. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 15._] + +When the saw is placed between these clamps and held together by the +jaws of the vise, you are ready for the filing operation. Observe the +following _filing suggestions_: Always hold the file horizontal or +level. In filing, use the whole length of the file. Do the work by a +slow, firm sweep. + +Do not file all of the teeth along the saw at one operation, but only +the alternate teeth, so as to keep the file at the same angle, and thus +insure accuracy; then turn the saw and keep the file constantly at one +angle for the alternate set of teeth. + +Give the same number of strokes, and exert the same pressure on the file +for each tooth, to insure uniformity. Learn also to make a free, easy +and straight movement back and forth with the file. + +THE FILE.--In order to experiment with the filing motion, take two +blocks of wood, and try surfacing them off with a file. When you place +the two filed surfaces together after the first trial both will be +convex, because the hands, in filing, unless you exert the utmost +vigilance, will assume a crank-like movement. The filing test is so to +file the two blocks that they will fit tightly together without rolling +on each other. Before shaping and planing machines were invented, +machinists were compelled to plane down and accurately finish off +surfaces with a file. + +In using the files on saws, however small the file may be, one hand +should hold the handle and the other hand the tip of the file. + +A file brush should always be kept on hand, as it pays to preserve files +by cleaning them. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 16._] + +THE GRINDSTONE.--As most of the tools require a grindstone for +sharpening purposes, an illustration is given as a guide, with a diagram +to show the proper grinding angle. In Fig. 16 the upright (A) of the +frame serves as a line for the eye, so that if the point of the tool is +brought to the sight line, and the tool (C) held level, you will always +be able to maintain the correct angle. There is no objection to +providing a rest, for instance, like the cross bars (D, D), but the +artisan disdains such contrivances, and he usually avoids them for two +reasons: First, because habit enables him to hold the tool horizontally; +and, second, by holding the tool firmly in the hand he has better +control of it. There is only one thing which can be said in favor of a +rest, and that is, the stone may be kept truer circumferentially, as +all stones have soft spots or sides. + +IN THE USE OF GRINDSTONES.--There are certain things to avoid and to +observe in the use of stones. Never use one spot on the stone, however +narrow the tool may be. Always move the tool from side to side. Never +grind a set of narrow tools successively. If you have chisels to grind +intersperse their grinding with plane bits, hatchet or other broad +cutting tools, so as to prevent the stone from having grooves therein. +Never use a tool on a stone unless you have water in the tray. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 17. Correct manner of holding tool._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 18. Incorrect way of holding tool._] + +CORRECT WAY TO HOLD TOOL FOR GRINDING.--There is a correct way to hold +each tool; see illustration (Fig. 17). The left hand should grasp the +tool firmly, near the sharp edge, as shown, and the right hand should +loosely hold the tool behind the left hand. There is a reason for this +which will be apparent after you grind a few tools. The firm grasp of +the left hand gives you absolute control of the blade, so it cannot +turn, and when inequalities appear in the grindstone, the rigid hold +will prevent the blade from turning, and thus enable you to correct the +inequalities of the stone. Bear in mind, the stone should be taken care +of just as much as the tools. An experienced workman is known by the +condition of his tools, and the grindstone is the best friend he has +among his tools. + +INCORRECT WAY TO HOLD TOOL FOR GRINDING.--The incorrect way of holding a +tool is shown in Fig. 18. This, I presume, is the universal way in which +the novice takes the tool. It is wrong for the reason that the thumbs of +both hands are on top of the blade, and they serve as pivots on which +the tool may turn. The result is that the corners of the tool will dig +into the stone to a greater or less degree, particularly if it has a +narrow blade, like a chisel. + +Try the experiment of grinding a quarter-inch chisel by holding it the +incorrect way; and then grasp it firmly with the left hand, and you will +at once see the difference. + +The left hand serves both as a vise and as a fulcrum, whereas the right +hand controls the angle of the tool. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 19._] + +These remarks apply to all chisels, plane bits and tools of that +character, but it is obvious that a drawknife, which is always held by +the handles in grinding, and hatchets, axes and the like, cannot be held +in the same manner. + +A too common error is to press the tool too hard on the stone. This is +wrong. Do not try to force the grinding. + +Then, again, it is the practice of some to turn the stone away from the +tool. The stone should always move toward the tool, so as to prevent +forming a feather edge. + +THE PLANE.--Indiscriminate use of planes should be avoided. Never use +the fore or smoothing planes on rough surfaces. The jack plane is the +proper tool for this work. On the other hand, the fore plane should +invariably be used for straightening the edges of boards, or for fine +surfacing purposes. As the jack plane has its bit ground with a curved +edge, it is admirably adapted for taking off the rough saw print +surface. + +THE GAGE.--The illustration (Fig. 19) shows one of the most useful tools +in the kit. It is used to scribe the thickness of the material which is +to be dressed down, or for imprinting the edges of tenons and mortises. +Two should be provided in every kit, for convenience. + +The scribing point should be sharpened with a file, the point being +filed to form a blade, which is at right angles to the bar, or parallel +with the movable cheekpiece. + +CHISELS.--I have already pointed out, in general, how to hold tools for +grinding purposes, this description applying particularly to chisels, +but several additional things may be added. + +Always be careful to grind the chisel so its cutting edge is square with +the side edge. This will be difficult at first, but you will see the +value of this as you use the tool. For instance, in making rebates for +hinges, or recesses and mortises for locks, the tool will invariably run +crooked, unless it is ground square. + +The chisel should never be struck with a hammer or metal instrument, as +the metal pole or peon of the hammer will sliver the handle. The wooden +mallet should invariably be used. + +GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.--If the workman will carefully observe the +foregoing requirements he will have taken the most important steps in +the knowledge of the art. If he permits himself to commence work without +having his tools in first-class condition, he is trying to do work under +circumstances where even a skilled workman is liable to fail. + +Avoid making for yourself a lot of unnecessary work. The best artisans +are those who try to find out and know which is the best tool, or how to +make a tool for each requirement, but that tool, to be serviceable, must +be properly made, and that means it must be rightly sharpened. + + + + +CHAPTER III + +HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS + + +Observation may form part of each boy's lesson, but when it comes to the +handling of tools, practice becomes the only available means of making a +workman. Fifty years of observation would never make an observer an +archer or a marksman, nor would it enable him to shoe a horse or to +build a table. + +It sometimes happens that an apprentice will, with little observation, +seize a saw in the proper way, or hold a plane in the correct manner, +and, in time, the watchful boy will acquire fairly correct habits. But +why put in useless time and labor in order to gain that which a few +well-directed hints and examples will convey? + +Tools are made and are used as short cuts toward a desired end. Before +the saw was invented the knife was used laboriously to sever and shape +the materials. Before planes were invented a broad, flat sharpened blade +was used to smooth off surfaces. Holes were dug out by means of small +chisels requiring infinite patience and time. Each succeeding tool +proclaimed a shorter and an easier way to do a certain thing. The man +or boy who can make a new labor-saving tool is worthy of as much praise +as the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before. + +Let us now thoroughly understand how to hold and use each tool. That is +half the value of the tool itself. + +THE SAW.--With such a commonplace article as the saw, it might be +assumed that the ordinary apprentice would look upon instruction with a +smile of derision. + +HOW TO START A SAW.--If the untried apprentice has such an opinion set +him to work at the task of cutting off a board accurately on a line. He +will generally make a failure of the attempt to start the saw true to +the line, to say nothing of following the line so the kerf is true and +square with the board. + +HOW TO START ON A LINE.--The first mistake he makes is to saw _on the +line_. This should never be done. The work should be so laid out that +the saw kerf is on the discarded side of the material. The saw should +cut alongside the line, and _the line should not_ be obliterated in the +cutting. Material must be left for trimming and finishing. + +THE FIRST STROKE.--Now, to hold the saw in starting is the difficult +task to the beginner. Once mastered it is simple and easy. The only time +in which the saw should be firmly held by the hand is during the +initial cut or two; afterwards always hold the handle loosely. There is +nothing so tiring as a tightly grasped saw. The saw has but one handle, +hence it is designed to be used with one hand. Sometimes, with long and +tiresome jobs, in ripping, two hands may be used, but one hand can +always control a saw better than two hands. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 20._] + +THE STARTING CUT.--In order to make our understanding of the starting +cut more explicit, we refer to Fig. 20, in which the thumb of the left +hand is shown in the position of a guide--the end of the thumb being +held up a sufficient distance to clear the teeth. In this position you +need not fear that the teeth of the saw (A) will ride up over the thumb +if you have a firm grasp of the saw handle. + +The first stroke should be upwardly, not downwardly. While in the act of +drawing up the saw you can judge whether the saw blade is held by the +thumb gage in the proper position to cut along the mark, and when the +saw moves downwardly for the first cut, you may be assured that the cut +is accurate, or at the right place, and the thumb should be kept in its +position until two or three cuts are made, and the work is then fairly +started. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 21. Wrong sawing angle._] + +FOR CROSS-CUTTING.--For ordinary cross-cutting the angle of the saw +should be at 45 degrees. For ripping, the best results are found at less +than 45 degrees, but you should avoid flattening down the angle. An +incorrect as well as a correct angle are shown in Figs. 21 and 22. + +FORCING A SAW.--Forcing a saw through the wood means a crooked kerf. The +more nearly the saw is held at right angles to a board, the greater is +the force which must be applied to it by the hand to cause it to bite +into the wood; and, on the other hand, if the saw is laid down too far, +as shown in the incorrect way, it is a very difficult matter to follow +the working line. Furthermore, it is a hard matter to control the saw so +that it will cut squarely along the board, particularly when ripping. +The eye must be the only guide in the disposition of the saw. Some boys +make the saw run in one direction, and others cause it to lean the +opposite way. After you have had some experience and know which way you +lean, correct your habits by disposing the saw in the opposite +direction. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 22. Right sawing angle._] + +THE STROKE.--Make a long stroke, using the full blade of the saw. Don't +acquire the "jerky" style of sawing. If the handle is held loosely, and +the saw is at the proper angle, the weight of the saw, together with the +placement of the handle on the saw blade, will be found sufficient to +make the requisite cut at each stroke. + +You will notice that the handle of every saw is mounted nearest the back +edge. (See Fig. 23.) The reason for so mounting it is, that as the +cutting stroke is downward, the line of thrust is above the tooth line, +and as this line is at an angle to the line of thrust, the tendency is +to cause the saw teeth to dig into the wood. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 23._] + +[Illustration: CHINESE SAW. _Fig. 24._] + +THE CHINESE SAW.--This saw is designed to saw with an upward cut, and +the illustration (Fig. 24) shows the handle jutting out below the tooth +line, in order to cause the teeth to dig into the material as the handle +is drawn upwardly. Reference is made to these features to impress upon +beginners the value of observation, and to demonstrate the reason for +making each tool a particular way. + +THINGS TO AVOID.--Do not oscillate the saw as you draw it back and +forth. This is unnecessary work, and shows impatience in the use of the +tool. There is such an infinite variety of use for the different tools +that there is no necessity for rendering the work of any particular +tool, or tools, burdensome. Each in its proper place, handled +intelligently, will become a pleasure, as well as a source of profit. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 25._] + +THE PLANE.--The jack plane and the fore plane are handled with both +hands, and the smoothing plane with one hand, but only when used for +dressing the ends of boards. For other uses both hands are required. + +ANGLES FOR HOLDING PLANES.--Before commencing to plane a board, always +observe the direction in which the grain of the wood runs. This +precaution will save many a piece of material, because if the jack plane +is set deep it will run into the wood and cause a rough surface, which +can be cured only by an extra amount of labor in planing down. + +Never move the jack plane or the smoothing plane over the work so that +the body of the tool is in a direct line with the movement of the plane. +It should be held at an angle of about 12 or 15 degrees (see Fig. 25). +The fore plane should always be held straight with the movement of the +plane, because the length of the fore plane body is used as a +straightener for the surface to be finished. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 26._] + +ERRORS TO BE AVOIDED.--Never draw back the plane with the bit resting on +the board. This simply wears out the tool, and if there should be any +grit on the board it will be sure to ruin the bit. This applies +particularly to the jack plane, but is bad practice with the others as +well. + +A work bench is a receptacle for all kinds of dirt. Provide a special +ledge or shelf for the planes, and be sure to put each plane there +immediately after using. + +THE GAGE.--A man, who professed to be a carpenter, once told me that he +never used a gage because he could not make it run straight. A few +moments' practice convinced him that he never knew how to hold it. The +illustration shows how properly to hold it, and the reason why it should +so be held follows. + +You will observe (Fig. 26) that the hand grasps the stem of the gage +behind the cheekpiece, so that the thumb is free to press against the +side of the stem to the front of the cheekpiece. + +HOLDING THE GAGE.--The hand serves to keep the cheekpiece against the +board, while the thumb pushes the gage forward. The hand must not, under +any circumstances, be used to move the gage along. In fact, it is not +necessary for the fingers to be clasped around the gage stem, if the +forefinger presses tightly against the cheekpiece, since the thumb +performs all the operation of moving it along. Naturally, the hand +grasps the tool in order to hold it down against the material, and to +bring it back for a new cut. + +THE DRAW-KNIFE.--It is difficult for the apprentice to become accustomed +to handle this useful tool. It is much more serviceable than a hatchet +for trimming and paring work. In applying it to the wood always have the +tool at an angle with the board, so as to make a slicing cut. This is +specially desirable in working close to a line, otherwise there is a +liability of cutting over it. + +This knife requires a firm grasp--firmness of hold is more important +than strength in using. The flat side is used wholly for straight edges, +and the beveled side for concave surfaces. It is the intermediate tool +between the hatchet and the plane, as it has the characteristics of both +those tools. It is an ugly, dangerous tool, more to be feared when lying +around than when in use. Put it religiously on a rack which protects the +entire cutting edge. _Keep it off the bench._ + + + + +CHAPTER IV + +HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES + + +FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGNING.--A great deal of the pleasure in making +articles consists in creative work. This means, not that you shall +design some entirely new article, but that its general form, or +arrangement of parts, shall have some new or striking feature. + +A new design in any art does not require a change in all its parts. It +is sufficient that there shall be an improvement, either in some +particular point, as a matter of utility, or some change in an artistic +direction. A manufacturer in putting out a new chair, or a plow, or an +automobile, adds some striking characteristic. This becomes his talking +point in selling the article. + +THE COMMERCIAL INSTINCT.--It is not enough that the boy should learn to +make things correctly, and as a matter of pastime and pleasure. The +commercial instinct is, after all, the great incentive, and should be +given due consideration. + +It would be impossible, in a book of this kind, to do more than to give +the fundamental principles necessary in designing, and to direct the +mind solely to essentials, leaving the individual to build up for +himself. + +FIRST REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNING.--First, then, let us see what is +necessary to do when you intend to set about making an article. Suppose +we fix our minds upon a table as the article selected. Three things are +necessary to know: First, the use to which it is to be put; second, the +dimensions; and, third, the material required. + +Assuming it to be the ordinary table, and the dimensions fixed, we may +conclude to use soft pine, birch or poplar, because of ease in working. +There are no regulation dimensions for tables, except as to height, +which is generally uniform, and usually 30 inches. As to the length and +width, you will be governed by the place where it is to be used. + +If the table top is to have dimensions, say, of 36" x 48", you may lay +out the framework six inches less each way, thus giving you a top +overhang of three inches, which is the usual practice. + +CONVENTIONAL STYLES.--Now, if you wish to depart from the conventional +style of making a table you may make variations in the design. For +instance, the Chippendale style means slender legs and thin top. It +involves some fanciful designs in the curved outlines of the top, and in +the crook of the legs. Or if, on the other hand, the Mission type is +preferred, the overhang of the top is very narrow; the legs are straight +and heavy, and of even size from top to bottom; and the table top is +thick and nearly as broad as it is long. Such furniture has the +appearance of massiveness; it is easily made and most serviceable. + +MISSION STYLE.--The Mission style of architecture also lends itself to +the making of chairs and other articles of furniture. A chair is, +probably, the most difficult piece of household furniture to make, +because strength is required. In this type soft wood may be used, as the +large legs and back pieces are easily provided with mortises and tenons, +affording great rigidity when completed. In designing, therefore, you +may see how the material itself becomes an important factor. + +CABINETS.--In the making of cabinets, sideboards, dressers and like +articles, the ingenious boy will find a wonderful field for designing +ability, because in these articles fancy alone dictates the sizes and +the dimensions of the parts. Not so with chairs and tables. The +imagination plays an important part even in the making of drawers, to +say nothing of placing them with an eye to convenience and artistic +effect. + +HARMONY OF PARTS.--But one thing should be observed in the making of +furniture, namely, harmony between the parts. For instance, a table +with thin legs and a thick top gives the appearance of a top-heavy +structure; or the wrong use of two different styles is bad from an +artistic standpoint; moreover, it is the height of refined education if, +in the use of contrasting woods, they are properly blended to form a +harmonious whole. + +HARMONIZING WOOD.--Imagine a chiffonier with the base of dark wood, like +walnut, and the top of pine or maple, or a like light-colored wood. On +the other hand, both walnut and maple, for instance, may be used in the +same article, if they are interspersed throughout the entire article. +The body may be made of dark wood and trimmed throughout with a light +wood to produce a fine effect. + + + + +CHAPTER V + +HOW WORK IS LAID OUT + + +CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF WORK.--A concrete example of doing any work is more +valuable than an abstract statement. For this purpose I shall direct the +building of a common table with a drawer in it and show how the work is +done in detail. + +For convenience let us adopt the Mission style, with a top 36" x 42" and +the height 30". The legs should be 2" x 2" and the top 1", dressed. The +material should be of hard wood with natural finish, or, what is better +still, a soft wood, like birch, which may be stained a dark brown, as +the Mission style is more effective in dark than in light woods. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 27._] + +FRAMEWORK.--As we now know the sizes, the first thing is to build the +framework. The legs should be dressed square and smoothed down with the +fore plane to make them perfectly straight. Now, lay out two mortises at +the upper end of each leg. Follow the illustrations to see how this is +done. + +LAYING OUT THE LEGS.--Fig. 27 shows a leg with square cross marks (A) at +each end. These marks indicate the finished length of the leg. You will +also see crosses on two sides. These indicate what is called the "work +sides." The work sides are selected because they are the finest surfaces +on the leg. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 28._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 29._] + +THE LENGTH OF THE MORTISES.--Then take a small try square (Fig. 28) and +add two cross lines (B, C) on each of the inner surfaces, the second +line (B) one-half inch from the finish line (A), and the other line (C) +seven inches down from the line (A). The side facing boards, hereafter +described, are seven inches wide. + +When this has been done for all the legs, prepare your gage (Fig. 29) to +make the mortise scribe, and, for convenience in illustrating, the leg +is reversed. If the facing boards are 1" thick, and the tenons are +intended to be 1/2" thick, the first scribe line (E) should be 1/2" from +the work side, because the shoulder on the facing board projects out +1/4", and the outer surface of the facing board should not be flush with +the outer surface of the leg. The second gage line (F) should be 1" from +the work side. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 30._] + +THE MORTISES.--When the mortises have been made they will appear as +shown in the enlarged cross section of the leg (Fig. 30), the total +depth of each mortise being 1-1/2". The depth of this mortise determines +for us the length of the tenons on the facing boards. + +THE FACING BOARDS.--These boards are each 1 inch thick and 7 inches +wide. As the top of the table is 42 inches long, and we must provide an +overhang, say of 2 inches, we will first take off 4 inches for the +overhang and 4 inches for the legs, so that the length of two of the +facing boards, from shoulder to shoulder, must be 34 inches; and the +other two facing boards 28 inches. Then, as we must add 1-1/2 inches for +each tenon, two of the boards will be 37 inches long and two of them 31 +inches long. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 31._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 32._] + +The illustration (Fig. 31) shows a board marked with the cross lines (B) +at each end for the end of the tenons, or the extreme ends of the +boards. + +THE TENONS.--Do not neglect first to select the work side and the +working edge of the board. The outer surface and the upper edges are the +sides to work from. The cheekpiece (A) of the gage must always rest +against the working side. + +The cross marks (B, C) should be made with the point of a sharp knife, +and before the small back saw is used on the cross-cuts the lines (B), +which indicate the shoulders, should be scored with a sharp knife, as +shown in Fig. 33. This furnishes a guide for the saw, and makes a neat +finish for the shoulder. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 33._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 34._] + +[Illusstration _Fig. 35._] + +TOOLS USED.--The back saw is used for cutting the tenon, and the end of +the board appears as shown in the enlarged Fig. 34. Two things are now +necessary to complete the tenons. On the upper or work edge of each +board use the gage to mark off a half-inch slice, and then cut away the +flat side of the tenon at the end, on its inner surface, so it will +appear as shown in Fig. 35. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 36._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 37._] + +CHAMFERED TENONS.--The object of these chamfered or beveled tenons is to +permit the ends to approach each other closely within the mortise, as +shown in the assembled parts (Fig. 36). + +THE FRAME ASSEMBLED.--The frame is now ready to assemble, but before +doing so a drawer opening and supports should be made. The ends of the +supports may be mortised into the side pieces or secured by means of +gains. + +Mortises and tenons are better. + +THE DRAWER SUPPORTS.--Take one of the side-facing boards (Fig. 37) and +cut a rectangular opening in it. This opening should be 4 inches wide +and 18 inches long, so placed that there is 1 inch of stock at the upper +margin and 2 inches of stock at the lower margin of the board. At each +lower corner make a mortise (A), so that one side of the mortise is on a +line with the margin of the opening, and so that it extends a half inch +past the vertical margin of the opening. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 38._] + +You can easily cut a gain (B) in a strip, or, as in Fig. 38, you may use +two strips, one (C) an inch wide and a half inch thick, and on this nail +a strip (D) along one margin. This forms the guide and rest for the +drawer. + +At the upper margin of the opening is a rebate or gain (E) at each +corner, extending down to the top line of the drawer opening, into which +are fitted the ends of the upper cross guides. + +THE TABLE FRAME.--When the entire table frame is assembled it will have +the appearance shown in Fig. 39, and it is now ready for the top. + +THE TOP.--The top should be made of three boards, either tongued and +grooved, or doweled and glued together. In order to give a massive +appearance, and also to prevent the end grain of the boards from being +exposed, beveled strips may be used to encase the edges. These marginal +cleats are 3/4 inch thick and 2 inches wide, and joined by beveled ends +at the corners, as shown in Fig. 40. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 39._] + +THE DRAWER.--The drawer (Fig. 41) shown in cross section, has its front +(A) provided with an overlapping flange (B). + +It is not our object in this chapter to show how each particular article +is made, but simply to point out the underlying principles, and to +illustrate how the fastening elements, the tenons and mortises, are +formed, so that the boy will know the proper steps in their natural +order. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 40._] + +HOW ANY STRUCTURE IS BUILT UP.--It should be observed that each +structure, however small, is usually built from the base up. Just the +same as the more pretentious buildings are erected: First, the sill, +then the floor supports, then the posts and top plates, with their +connecting girders, and, finally, the roof. + +The chapter on House Building will give more detailed illustrations of +large structures, and how they are framed and braced. At this point we +are more concerned in knowing how to proceed in order to lay out the +simple structural details, and if one subject of this kind is fully +mastered the complicated character of the article will not be difficult +to master. + +OBSERVATIONS ABOUT A BOX.--As simple a little article as a box +frequently becomes a burden to a beginner. Try it. Simply keep in mind +one thing; each box has six sides. Now, suppose you want a box with six +equal sides--that is, a cubical form--it is necessary to make only three +pairs of sides; two for the ends, two for the sides and two for the top +and bottom. Each set has dimensions different from the other sets. Both +pieces of the set, representing the ends, are square; the side pieces +are of the same width as the end pieces, and slightly longer; and the +top and bottom are longer and wider than the end pieces. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 41._] + +A box equal in all its dimensions may be made out of six boards, +properly cut. Make an attempt in order to see if you can get the right +dimensions. + +JOINTS.--For joining together boards at right angles to each other, such +as box corners, drawers and like articles, tenons and mortises should +never be resorted to. In order to make fine work the joints should be +made by means of dovetails, rabbets or rebates, or by beveling or +mitering the ends. + +BEVELING AND MITERING.--There is a difference in the terms "beveling" +and "mitering," as used in the art. In Fig. 42 the joint A is _beveled_, +and in Fig. 43 the joint B is _mitered_, the difference being that a +bevel is applied to an angle joint like a box corner, while a miter has +reference to a joint such as is illustrated in Fig. 43, such as the +corner of a picture frame. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 42._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 43._] + +PROPER TERMS.--It is the application of the correct terms to things that +lays the foundation for accurate thinking and proper expressions in +describing work. A wise man once said that the basis of true science +consists in correct definitions. + +PICTURE FRAMES.--In picture frames the mitered corners may have a saw +kerf (C) cut across the corners, as shown in Fig. 44, and a thin blade +of hard wood driven in, the whole being glued together. + +DOVETAIL JOINTS.--It is in the laying out of the more complicated +dovetail joints that the highest skill is required, because exactness is +of more importance in this work than in any other article in joinery. In +order to do this work accurately follow out the examples given, and you +will soon be able to make a beautiful dovetail corner, and do it +quickly. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 44._] + +PREPARING A BOX JOINT.--In order to match a box joint for the inner end +of a table drawer, the first step is to select two work sides. One work +side will be the edge of the board, and the other the side surface of +the board, and on those surfaces we will put crosses, as heretofore +suggested. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 45._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 46._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 47._] + +FIRST STEPS.--Now lap together the inner surfaces of these boards (Y, +Z), so the ends are toward you, as shown in Fig. 45. Then, after +measuring the thickness of the boards to be joined (the thinnest, if +they are of different thicknesses), set your compasses, or dividers, for +1/4 inch, providing the boards are 1/2 inch thick, and, commencing at +the work edge of the board, step off and point, as at A, the whole width +of the board, and with a square make the two cross marks (B), using the +two first compass points (A), then skipping one, using the next two, and +so on. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 48._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 49._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 50._] + +When this is done, turn up the board Z (Fig. 46), so that it is at right +angles to the board Y, and so the outer surface of the board Z is flush +with the end of the board X, and with a sharp knife point extend the +lines B along with the grain of the wood on board Z, up to the cross mark +C. This cross mark should have been previously made and is located as +far from the end of the board Z as the thickness of the board Y. + +We now have the marks for the outer surface of the board Z, and the end +marks of board Y. For the purpose of getting the angles of the end of +the board Z and the outer side of board Y, a cross line (D, Fig. 47) is +drawn across the board X near the end, this line being as far from the +end as the thickness of the board Z, and a vertical line (E) is drawn +midway between the two first cross marks (A). + +Now, with your compass, which, in the meantime, has not been changed, +make a mark (F), and draw down the line (G), which will give you the +working angle at which you may set the bevel gage. Then draw down an +angle from each alternate cross line (A), and turn the bevel and draw +down the lines (H). These lines should all be produced on the opposite +side of the board, so as to assure accuracy, and to this end the edges +of the board also should be scribed. + +CUTTING OUT THE SPACES.--In cutting out the intervening spaces, which +should be done with a sharp chisel, care should be observed not to cut +over the shoulder lines. To prevent mistakes you should put some +distinctive mark on each part to be cut away. In this instance E, H show +the parts to be removed, and in Fig. 48 two of the cutaway portions are +indicated. + +When the end of the board Z is turned up (Fig. 49), it has merely the +longitudinal parallel lines B. The bevel square may now be used in the +same manner as on the side of the board Y, and the fitting angles will +then be accurately true. + +This is shown in Fig. 50, in which, also, two of the cutaway parts are +removed. + +TOOLS USED IN LAYING OUT TENONS AND MORTISES.--A sharp-pointed knife +must always be used for making all marks. Never employ an awl for this +work, as the fiber of the wood will be torn up by it. A small try square +should always be used (not the large iron square), and this with a +sharp-pointed compass and bevel square will enable you to turn out a +satisfactory piece of work. + +The foregoing examples, carefully studied, will enable you to gather the +principles involved in laying off any work. If you can once make a +presentable box joint, so that all the dovetails will accurately fit +together, you will have accomplished one of the most difficult phases of +the work, and it is an exercise which will amply repay you, because you +will learn to appreciate what accuracy means. + + + + +CHAPTER VI + +THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE + + +THE SQUARE.--The square is, probably, the oldest of all tools, and that, +together with the compass, or dividers, with which the square is always +associated, has constituted the craftsman's emblem from the earliest +historical times. So far as we now know, the plain flat form, which has +at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, was the only +form of square used by the workman. But modern uses, and the development +of joinery and cabinet making, as well as the more advanced forms of +machinery practice, necessitated new structural forms in the square, so +that the bevel square, in which there is an adjustable blade set in a +handle, was found necessary. + +THE TRY SQUARE.--In the use of the ordinary large metal square it is +necessary to lay the short limb of the square on the face of the work, +and the long limb must, therefore, rest against the work side or edge of +the timber, so that the scribing edge of the short limb does not rest +flat against the work. As such a tool is defective in work requiring +accuracy, it brought into existence what is called the try square, +which has a rectangular handle, usually of wood, into which is fitted at +one end a metal blade, which is at right angles to the edge of the +handle. The handle, therefore, always serves as a guide for the blade in +scribing work, because it lies flat down on the work. + +THE T-SQUARE is another modification of the try square, its principal +use being for draughting purposes. + +THE COMPASS.--The compass is one of the original carpenter's tools. The +difference between _compass_ and _dividers_ is that compasses have +adjustable pen or pencil points, whereas dividers are without adjustable +points. Modern work has brought refinements in the character of the +compass and dividers, so that we now have the bow-compass, which is, +usually, a small tool, one leg of which carries a pen or pencil point, +the two legs being secured together, usually, by a spring bow, or by a +hinged joint with a spring attachment. + +PROPORTIONAL DIVIDERS.--A useful tool is called the proportional +dividers, the legs of which are hinged together intermediate the ends, +so that the pivotal joint is adjustable. By means of this tool the scale +of work may be changed, although its widest field of usefulness is work +laid off on a scale which you intend to reduce or enlarge +proportionally. + +DETERMINING ANGLES.--Now, in order to lay out work the boy should know +quickly and accurately how to determine various angles used or required +in his work. The quickest way in which to learn this is to become +familiar with the degree in its various relations. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 51._] + +DEFINITION OF DEGREE.--A degree is not a measure, as we would designate +a foot or a pound to determine distance or quantity. It is used to +denote a division, space, interval or position. To illustrate, look at +the circle, Fig. 51. The four cardinal points are formed by the cross +lines (A, B), and in each one of the quadrants thus formed the circle is +divided into 90 degrees. Look at the radial lines (C, D), and you will +find that the distance between these lines is different along the +curved line (E) than along the curved line (F). The degree is, +therefore, to indicate only the space, division or interval in the +circle. + +THE MOST IMPORTANT ANGLE.--Most important for one to know at a glance is +that of 45 degrees, because the one can the more readily calculate the +other degrees, approximately, by having 45 degrees once fixed in the +mind, and impressed on the visual image. With a square and a compass it +is a comparatively easy matter accurately to step off 45 degrees, as it +is the line C, midway between A and B, and the other degrees may be +calculated from the line C and the cardinal lines A or B. + +DEGREES WITHOUT A COMPASS.--But in the absence of a compass and when you +do not wish to step off a circle, you will in such case lay down the +square, and mark off at the outer margin of the limbs two equal +dimensions. Suppose we take 2 inches on each limb of the square. The +angle thus formed by the angle square blade is 45 degrees. To find 30 +degrees allow the blade of the angle square to run from 2 inches on one +limb to 3-1/2 inches on the other limb, and it will be found that for 15 +degrees the blade runs from 2 inches on one limb to 7-1/2 inches on the +other limb. It would be well to fix firmly these three points, at least, +in your mind, as they will be of the utmost value to you. It is a +comparatively easy matter now to find 10 degrees or 25 degrees, or any +intermediate line. + +WHAT DEGREES ARE CALCULATED FROM.--The question that now arises is what +line one may use from which to calculate degrees, or at what point in +the circle zero is placed. Degrees may be calculated either from the +horizontal or from the vertical line. Examine Fig. 53. The working +margin indicated by the cross mark is your base line, and in specifying +an angle you calculate it from the work edge. Thus, the line A indicates +an angle of 30 degrees. The dotted line is 45 degrees. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 52._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 53._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 54._] + +THE DIVIDERS.--The dividers are used not only for scribing circles, but +also for stepping and dividing spaces equally. There is a knack in the +use of the dividers, where accuracy is wanted, and where the surface is +of wood. Unless the utmost care is observed, the spaces will be unequal, +for the reason that the point of the dividers will sink more deeply into +the wood at some places than at others, due to the uneven texture of the +wood grain. It will be better to make a line lengthwise, and a cross +line (A) for starting (see Fig. 54). You may then insert one point of +the dividers at the initial mark (B), and describe a small arc (C). Then +move the dividers over to the intersection of the arc (C) on the line, +and make the next mark, and so on. + +Some useful hints along this same line will be found under the chapter +on Drawing, which should be carefully studied. + + + + +CHAPTER VII + +HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED + + +THE RIGHT NAME FOR EVERYTHING.--Always make it a point to apply the +right term to each article or portion of a structure. Your explanation, +to those who do know the proper technical terms, will render much easier +a thorough understanding; and to those who do not know, your language +will be in the nature of an education. + +PROPER DESIGNATIONS.--Every part in mechanism, every point, curve and +angle has its peculiar designation. A knowledge of terms is an +indication of thoroughness in education, and, as heretofore stated, +becomes really the basis of art, as well as of the sciences. When you +wish to impart information to another you must do it in terms understood +by both. + +Furthermore, and for this very reason, you should study to find out how +to explain or to define the terms. You may have a mental picture of the +structure in your mind, but when asked to explain it you are lost. + +LEARNING MECHANICAL FORMS.--Suppose, for example, we take the words +_segment_ and _sector_. Without a thorough understanding in your own +mind you are likely to confuse these terms by taking one for the other. +But let us assume you are to be called upon to explain a sector to some +one who has no idea of terms and their definitions. How would you +describe it? While it is true it is wedge-shaped, you will see by +examining the drawing that it is not like a wedge. The sector has two +sides running from a point like a wedge, but the large end of the sector +is curved. + +If you were called upon to define a segment you might say it had one +straight line and one curve, but this would not define it very lucidly. +Therefore, in going over the designations given, not only fix in your +mind the particular form, but try to remember some particular manner in +which you can clearly express the form, the shape or the relation of the +parts. + +For your guidance, therefore, I have given, as far as possible, simple +figures to aid you in becoming acquainted with structures and their +designations, without repeating the more simple forms which I have used +in the preceding chapters. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 55.-Fig. 65._] + +55. _Arcade._--A series of arches with the columns or piers which +support them, the spandrels above, and other parts. + +56. _Arch._--A curved member made up, usually, of separate wedge-shaped +solids, A. K, Keystone; S, Springers; C, Chord, or span. + +57. _Buttress._--A projecting mass of masonry. A, used for resisting the +thrust of an arch, or for ornamentation; B, a flying buttress. + +58. _Chamfer._--The surface A formed by cutting away the arris or angle +formed by two faces, B, C, of material. + +59. _Cotter or Cotter Pin._--A pin, A, either flat, square or round, +driven through a projecting tongue to hold it in position. + +60. _Crenelated._--A form of molding indented or notched, either +regularly or irregularly. + +61. _Crosses._--1. Latin cross, in the Church of Rome carried before +Bishops. 2. Double cross, carried before Cardinals and Bishops. 3. +Triple or Papal cross. 4. St. Andrew's and St. Peter's cross. 5. Maltese +cross. 6. St. Anthony or Egyptian cross. 7. Cross of Jerusalem. 8. A +cross patte or ferme (head or first). 9. A cross patonce (that is, +growing larger at the ends). 10. Greek cross. + +62. _Curb Roof._--A roof having a double slope, or composed on each side +of two parts which have unequal inclinations; a gambrel roof. + +63. _Cupola._--So called on account of its resemblance to a cup. A roof +having a rounded form. When on a large scale it is called a dome. + +_Crown Post._--See _King Post_. + +64. _Console._--A bracket with a projection not more than half its +height. + +65. _Corbels._--A mass of brackets to support a shelf or structure. +Largely employed in Gothic architecture. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 66.-Fig. 79._] + +66. _Dormer._--A window pierced in a roof and so set as to be vertical, +while the roof slopes away from it. Also called a _Gablet_. + +67. _Dowel._--A pin or stud in one block, or body, designed to engage +with holes in another body to hold them together in alignment. + +68. _Drip._--That part of a cornice or sill course A, or other +horizontal member which projects beyond the rest, so as to divert water. + +69. _Detents._--Recesses to lock or to serve as a stop or holding place. + +70. _Extrados._--The exterior curve of an arch, especially the upper +curved face A. B is the _Intrados_ or _Soffit_. + +71. _Engrailed._--Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a +bordure, bend, or the like. + +72. _Facet._--The narrow plain surface, as A, between the fluting of a +column. + +73. _Fret, Fretwork._--Ornamental work consisting of small fillets, or +slats, intersecting each other or bent at right angles. Openwork in +relief, when elaborated and minute in all its parts. Hence any minute +play of light and shade. A, Japanese fretwork. B, Green fret. + +74. _Frontal_, also called _Pediment_.--The triangular space, A, above a +door or window. + +75. _Frustums._--That part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting +off the top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., +between two planes, which may either be parallel or inclined to each +other. + +76. _Fylfat._--A rebated cross used as a secret emblem and worn as an +ornament. It is also called _Gammadium_, and more commonly known as +_Swastika_. + +77. _Gambrel Roof._--A curb roof having the same section in all its +parts, with a lower, steeper and longer part. See _Curb Roof_ and +distinguish difference. + +78. _Gargoyle._--A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, +often carved grotesquely. + +79. _Gudgeon._--A wooden shaft, A, with a socket, B, into which is +fitted a casting, C. The casting has a _gudgeon_, D. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 80.-Fig. 93._] + +80. _Guilloche._--An ornament in the form of two or more bands or +strings twisted together or over or through each other. + +81. _Half Timbered._--Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces +filled in with masonry. + +82. _Hammer Beam._--A member of one description of roof truss, called +hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tie beam at the +top of the wall. A is the _hammer beam_, and C the pendant post. + +83. _Haunches._--The parts A, A, on each side of the crown of an arch. +Each haunch is from one-half to two-thirds of the half arch. + +84. _Header._--A piece of timber, A, fitted between two trimmers, B, B, +to hold the ends of the tail beams, C, C. + +85. _Hip Roof._--The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping +sides or skirts of a roof which have their wall plates running in +different directions. + +86. _Hood Molding._--A projecting molding over the head of an arch, as +at A, forming the outer-most member of the archivolt. + +87. _Inclave._--The border, or borders, having a series of dovetails. +One variation of molding or ornamentation. + +88. _Interlacing Arch._--Arches, usually circular, so constructed that +their archivolts, A, intersect and seem to be interlaced. + +89. _Invected._--Having a border or outline composed of semicircles or +arches, with the convexity outward. The opposite of engrailed. + +90. _Inverted Arch._--An arch placed with the crown downward; used in +foundation work. + +91. _Keystone._--The central or topmost stone, A, of an arch, sometimes +decorated with a carving. + +92. _King Post._--A member, A, of a common form of truss for roofs. It +is strictly a tie intended to prevent the sagging of the tie beam, B, in +the middle. If there are struts, C, supporting the rafters, D, they +extend down to the foot of the _King Post_. + +93. _Label._--The name given to the projecting molding, A, around the +top of the door opening. A form of mediaeval architecture. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 94.-Fig. 104._] + +94. _Louver._--The sloping boards, A, set to shed rain water outward in +an opening of a frame, as in belfry windows. + +95. _Lintel._--A horizontal member. A spanning or opening of a frame, +and designed to carry the wall above it. + +96. _Lug._--A. projecting piece, as A, to which anything is attached, or +against which another part, like B, is held. + +97. _M-Roof._--A kind of roof formed by the junction of two common roofs +with a valley between them, so the section resembles the letter M. + +98. _Mansard Roof._--A hipped curb roof, that is, a roof having on all +sides two slopes, the lower one, A, being steeper than the upper portion +or deck. + +99. _Newel Post._--The upright post at the foot of a stairway, to which +the railing is attached. + +100. _Parquetry._--A species of joinery or cabinet work, consisting of +an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colored +woods, used particularly for floors. + +101. _Peen._ also _Pein._--The round, _round_-edged or hemispherical +end, as at A, of a hammer. + +102. _Pendant._--A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., and much +used in the later styles of Gothic architecture where it is of stone. +Imitated largely in wood and plaster work. + +103. _Pentastyle._--A pillar. A portico having five pillars, A, is +called the _Pentastyle_ in temples of classical construction. + +104. _Pedestal._--An upright architectural member, A, right-angled in +plan, constructionally a pier, but resembling a column, having a +capital, shaft and base to agree with the columns in the structure. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 105.-Fig. 117._] + +105. _Pintle._--An upright pivot pin, or the pin of a hinge; A +represents the _pintle_ of a rudder. + +106. _Portico._--A colonnade or covered structure, especially in +classical style, of architecture, and usually at the entrance of a +building. + +107. _Plate._--A horizontal timber, A, used as a top or header for +supporting timbers, roofs and the like. + +108. _Queen Post._--One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or +other framed truss of simple form. Compare with _King Post._ A, B, tie +beam; C, C, queen posts; D, straining piece; E, principal rafter; F, +rafter. + +109. _Quirk Molding._--A small channel, deeply recessed, in proportion +to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded +molding. An excellent corner post for furniture. + +110. _Re-entering._--The figure shows an irregular polygon (that is, +many-sided figure) and is a re-entering polygon. The recess A is a +re-entering angle. + +111. _Rafter._--Originally any rough and heavy piece of timber, but in +modern carpentry used to designate the main roof support, as at A. See +_Queen Post_. + +112. _Scarfing._--Cutting timber at an angle along its length, as the +line A. Scarfing joints are variously made. The overlapping joints may +be straight or recessed and provided with a key block B. When fitted +together they are securely held by plates and bolts. + +113. _Scotia Molding._--A sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so +called from the dark shadow which it casts. + +114. _Sill._--In carpentry the base piece, or pieces, A, on which the +posts of a structure are set. + +115. _Skew-Back._--The course of masonry, such as a stone, A, with an +inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs, B, or +wedge-shaped stones comprising the arch. + +116. _Spandrel._--The irregular, triangular space, A, between the curve +of an arch and the enclosing right angle. + +117. _Strut._--In general, any piece of a frame, such as a timber A, or +a brace B, which resists pressure or thrust in the direction of its +length. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 118.-Fig. 123._] + +118. _Stud, Studding._--The vertical timber or scantling, A, which is +one of the small uprights of a building to which the boarding or +plastering lath are nailed. + +119. _Stile._--The main uprights of a door, as A, A; B, B, B, rails; C, +C, mullions; D, D, panels. + +_Tie Beam._--See _Queen Post_. + +120. _Trammel._--A very useful tool for drawing ellipses. It comprises a +cross, A, with grooves and a bar, B, with pins, C, attached to sliding +blocks in the grooves, and a pen or stylus, D, at the projecting end of +the bar to scribe the ellipse. + +121. _Turret._--A little tower, frequently only an ornamental structure +at one of the angles of a larger structure. + +122. _Transom._--A horizontal cross-bar, A, above a door or window or +between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal member, +and if there is a vertical, like the dotted line B, it is called a +_Mullion_. See _Stile_. + +123. _Valley Roof._--A place of meeting of two slopes of a roof which +have their sides running in different directions and formed on the plan +of a re-entrant angle. + + + + +CHAPTER VIII + +DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY + + +A knowledge of drawing, at least so far as the fundamentals are +concerned, is of great service to the beginner. All work, after being +conceived in the brain, should be transferred to paper. A habit of this +kind becomes a pleasure, and, if carried out persistently, will prove a +source of profit. The boy with a bow pen can easily draw circles, and +with a drawing or ruling pen he can make straight lines. + +REPRESENTING OBJECTS.--But let him try to represent some object, and the +pens become useless. There is a vast difference in the use of drawing +tools and free-hand drawing. While the boy who is able to execute +free-hand sketches may become the better artist, still that art would +not be of much service to him as a carpenter. First, because the use of +tools gives precision, and this is necessary to the builder; and, +second, because the artist deals wholly with perspectives, whereas the +builder must execute from plane surfaces or elevations. + +FORMING LINES AND SHADOWS.--It is not my intention to furnish a complete +treatise on this subject, but to do two things, one of which will be to +show, among other features, how simple lines form objects; how shading +becomes an effective aid; how proportions are formed; and, second, how +to make irregular forms, and how they may readily be executed so that +the boy may be able to grasp the ideas for all shapes and structural +devices. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 125._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 126._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 127._] + +ANALYSIS OF LINE SHADING.--In the demonstration of this work I shall +give an analysis of the simple lines formed, showing the terms used to +designate the lines, curves, and formations, so that when any work is +laid out the beginner will be able, with this glossary before him, to +describe architecturally, as well as mathematically, the angles and +curves with which he is working. + +HOW TO CHARACTERIZE SURFACE.--Suppose we commence simply with straight +lines. How shall we determine the character of the surface of the +material between the two straight lines shown in Fig. 125? Is it flat, +rounded, or concaved? Let us see how we may treat the surface by simple +lines so as to indicate the configuration. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 128._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 129._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 130._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 131._] + +CONCAVE SURFACES.--In Fig. 126 the shading lines commence at the upper +margin, and are heaviest there, the lines gradually growing thinner and +farther apart. + +CONVEX SURFACES.--In Fig. 127 the shading is very light along the upper +margin, and heavy at the lower margin. The first shaded figure, +therefore, represents a concaved surface, and the second figure a +convex surface. But why? Simply for the reason that in drawings, as well +as in nature, light is projected downwardly, hence when a beam of light +moves past the margin of an object, the contrast at the upper part, +where the light is most intense, is strongest. + +The shading of the S-shaped surface (Fig. 128) is a compound of Figs. +126 and 127. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 132._] + +SHADOWS FROM A SOLID BODY.--We can understand this better by examining +Fig. 129, which shows a vertical board, and a beam of light (A) passing +downwardly beyond the upper margin of the board. Under these conditions +the upper margin of the board appears darker to the vision, by contrast, +than the lower part. It should also be understood that, in general, the +nearer the object the lighter it is, so that as the upper edge of the +board is farthest from the eye the heavy shading there will at least +give the appearance of distance to that edge. + +But suppose that instead of having the surface of the board flat, it +should be concaved, as in Fig. 130, it is obvious that the hollow, or +the concaved, portion of the board must intensify the shadows or the +darkness at the upper edge. This explains why the heavy shading in Fig. +126 is at that upper margin. + +FLAT EFFECTS.--If the board is flat it may be shaded, as shown in Fig. +131, in which the lines are all of the same thickness, and are spaced +farther and farther apart at regularly increasing intervals. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 133._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 134._] + +THE DIRECTION OF LIGHT.--Now, in drawing, we must observe another thing. +Not only does the light always come from above, but it comes also from +the left side. I show in Fig. 132 two squares, one within the other. All +the lines are of the same thickness. Can you determine by means of such +a drawing what the inner square represents? Is it a block, or raised +surface, or is it a depression? + +RAISED SURFACES.--Fig. 133 shows it in the form of a block, simply by +thickening the lower and the right-hand lines. + +DEPRESSED SURFACES.--If, by chance, you should make the upper and the +left-hand lines heavy, as in Fig. 134, it would, undoubtedly, appear +depressed, and would need no further explanation. + +FULL SHADING,--But, in order to furnish an additional example of the +effect of shading, suppose we shade the surface of the large square, as +shown in Fig. 135, and you will at once see that not only is the effect +emphasized, but it all the more clearly expresses what you want to show. +In like manner, in Fig. 136, we shade only the space within the inner +square, and it is only too obvious how shadows give us surface +conformation. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 135._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 136._] + +ILLUSTRATING CUBE SHADING.--In Fig. 137 I show merely nine lines joined +together, all lines being of equal thickness. + +As thus drawn it may represent, for instance, a cube, or it may show +simply a square base (A) with two sides (B, B) of equal dimensions. + +SHADING EFFECTS.--Now, to examine it properly so as to observe what the +draughtsman wishes to express, look at Fig. 138, in which the three +diverging lines (A, B, C) are increased in thickness, and the cube +appears plainly. On the other hand, in Fig. 139, the thickening of the +lines (D, E, F) shows an entirely different structure. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 137._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 138._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 139._] + +It must be remembered, therefore, that to show raised surfaces the +general direction is to shade heavily the lower horizontal and the right +vertical lines. (See Fig. 133.) + +HEAVY LINES.--But there is an exception to this rule. See two examples +(Fig. 140). Here two parallel lines appear close together to form the +edge nearest the eye. In such cases the second, or upper, line is +heaviest. On vertical lines, as in Fig. 141, the second line from the +right is heaviest. These examples show plain geometrical lines, and +those from Figs. 138 to 141, inclusive, are in perspective. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 140._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 141._] + +PERSPECTIVE.--A perspective is a most deceptive figure, and a cube, for +instance, may be drawn so that the various lines will differ in length, +and also be equidistant from each other. Or all the lines may be of the +same length and have the distances between them vary. Supposing we have +two cubes, one located above the other, separated, say, two feet or more +from each other. It is obvious that the lines of the two cubes will not +be the same to a camera, because, if they were photographed, they would +appear exactly as they are, so far as their positions are concerned, and +not as they appear. But the cubes do appear to the eye as having six +equal sides. The camera shows that they do not have six equal sides so +far as measurement is concerned. You will see, therefore, that the +position of the eye, relative to the cube, is what determines the angle, +or $the relative$ angles of all the lines. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 142._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 143._] + +A TRUE PERSPECTIVE OF A CUBE.--Fig. 142 shows a true perspective--that +is, it is true from the measurement standpoint. It is what is called an +_isometrical_ view, or a figure in which all the lines not only are of +equal length, but the parallel lines are all spaced apart the same +distances from each other. + +ISOMETRIC CUBE.--I enclose this cube within a circle, as in Fig. 143. To +form this cube the circle (A) is drawn and bisected with a vertical line +(B). This forms the starting point for stepping off the six points (C) +in the circle, using the dividers without resetting, after you have made +the circle. Then connect each of the points (C) by straight lines (D). +These lines are called chords. From the center draw two lines (E) at an +angle and one line (F) vertically. These are the radial lines. You will +see from the foregoing that the chords (D) form the outline of the +cube--or the lines farthest from the eye, and the radial lines (E, F) +are the nearest to the eye. In this position we are looking at the block +at a true diagonal--that is, from a corner at one side to the extreme +corner on the opposite side. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 144._] + +Let us contrast this, and particularly Fig. 142, with the cube which is +placed higher up, viewed from the same standpoint. + +FLATTENED PERSPECTIVE.--Fig. 144 shows the new perspective, in which the +three vertical lines (A, A, A) are of equal length, and the six +angularly disposed lines (B, C) are of equal length, but shorter than +the lines A. The only change which has been made is to shorten the +distance across the corner from D to D, but the vertical lines (A) are +the same in length as the corresponding lines in Fig. 143. +Notwithstanding this change the cubes in both figures appear to be of +the same size, as, in fact, they really are. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 145._] + +In forming a perspective, therefore, it would be a good idea for the boy +to have a cube of wood always at hand, which, if laid down on a +horizontal support, alongside, or within range of the object to be +drawn, will serve as a guide to the perspective. + +TECHNICAL DESIGNATIONS.--As all geometrical lines have designations, I +have incorporated such figures as will be most serviceable to the boy, +each figure being accompanied by its proper definition. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 146._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 147._] + +Before passing to that subject I can better show some of the simple +forms by means of suitable diagrams. + +Referring to Fig. 145, let us direct our attention to the body (G), +formed by the line (D) across the circle. This body is called a segment. +A chord (D) and a curve comprise a segment. + +SECTOR AND SEGMENT.--Now examine the shape of the body formed by two of +the radial lines (E, E) and that part of the circle which extends from +one radial line to the other. The body thus formed is a sector, and it +is made by two radiating lines and a curved line. Learn to distinguish +readily, in your mind, the difference between the two figures. + +TERMS OF ANGLES.--The relation of the lines to each other, the manner in +which they are joined together, and their comparative angles, all have +special terms and meanings. Thus, referring to the isometric cube, in +Fig. 145, the angle formed at the center by the lines (B, E) is +different from the angle formed at the margin by the lines (E, F). The +angle formed by B, E is called an exterior angle; and that formed by E, +F is an interior angle. If you will draw a line (G) from the center to +the circle line, so it intersects it at C, the lines B, D, G form an +equilateral or isosceles triangle; if you draw a chord (A) from C to C, +the lines H, E, F will form an obtuse triangle, and B, F, H a +right-angled triangle. + +CIRCLES AND CURVES.--Circles, and, in fact, all forms of curved work, +are the most difficult for beginners. The simplest figure is the circle, +which, if it represents a raised surface, is provided with a heavy line +on the lower right-hand side, as in Fig. 146; but the proper artistic +expression is shown in Fig. 147, in which the lower right-hand side is +shaded in rings running only a part of the way around, gradually +diminishing in length, and spaced farther and farther apart as you +approach the center, thus giving the appearance of a sphere. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 148._] + +IRREGULAR CURVES.--But the irregular curves require the most care to +form properly. Let us try first the elliptical curve (Fig. 148). The +proper thing is, first, to draw a line (A), which is called the "major +axis." On this axis we mark for our guidance two points (B, B). With the +dividers find a point (C) exactly midway, and draw a cross line (D). +This is called the "minor axis." If we choose to do so we may indicate +two points (E, E) on the minor axis, which, in this case, for +convenience, are so spaced that the distance along the major axis, +between B, B, is twice the length across the minor axis (D), along E, E. +Now find one-quarter of the distance from B to C, as at F, and with a +compass pencil make a half circle (G). If, now, you will set the compass +point on the center mark (C), and the pencil point of the compass on B, +and measure along the minor axis (D) on both sides of the major axis, +you will make two points, as at H. These points are your centers for +scribing the long sides of the ellipse. Before proceeding to strike the +curved lines (J), draw a diagonal line (K) from H to each marking point +(F). Do this on both sides of the major axis, and produce these lines so +they cross the curved lines (G). When you ink in your ellipse do not +allow the circle pen to cross the lines (K), and you will have a +mechanical ellipse. + +ELLIPSES AND OVALS.--It is not necessary to measure the centering points +(F) at certain specified distances from the intersection of the +horizontal and vertical lines. We may take any point along the major +axis, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 149. Let B be this point, taken at +random. Then describe the half circle (C). We may, also, arbitrarily, +take any point, as, for instance, D on the minor axis E, and by drawing +the diagonal lines (F) we find marks on the circle (C), which are the +meeting lines for the large curve (H), with the small curve (C). In this +case we have formed an ovate or an oval form. Experience will soon make +perfect in following out these directions. + +FOCAL POINTS.--The focal point of a circle is its center, and is called +the _focus_. But an ellipse has two focal points, called _foci_, +represented by F, F in Fig. 148, and by B, B in Fig. 149. + +A _produced line_ is one which extends out beyond the marking point. +Thus in Fig. 148 that part of the line K between F and G represents the +produced portion of line K. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 149._] + +SPIRALS.--There is no more difficult figure to make with a bow or a +circle pen than a spiral. In Fig. 150 a horizontal and a vertical line +(A, B), respectively, are drawn, and at their intersection a small +circle (C) is formed. This now provides for four centering points for +the circle pen, on the two lines (A, B). Intermediate these points +indicate a second set of marks halfway between the marks on the lines. +If you will now set the point of the compass at, say, the mark 3, and +the pencil point of the compass at D, and make a curved mark one-eighth +of the way around, say, to the radial line (E), then put the point of +the compass to 4, and extend the pencil point of the compass so it +coincides with the curved line just drawn, and then again make another +curve, one-eighth of a complete circle, and so on around the entire +circle of marking points, successively, you will produce a spiral, +which, although not absolutely accurate, is the nearest approach with a +circle pen. To make this neatly requires care and patience. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 150._] + +PERPENDICULAR AND VERTICAL.--A few words now as to terms. The boy is +often confused in determining the difference between _perpendicular_ and +_vertical_. There is a pronounced difference. Vertical means up and +down. It is on a line in the direction a ball takes when it falls +straight toward the center of the earth. The word _perpendicular_, as +usually employed in astronomy, means the same thing, but in geometry, or +in drafting, or in its use in the arts it means that a perpendicular +line is at right angles to some other line. Suppose you put a square +upon a roof so that one leg of the square extends up and down on the +roof, and the other leg projects outwardly from the roof. In this case +the projecting leg is _perpendicular_ to the roof. Never use the word +_vertical_ in this connection. + +SIGNS TO INDICATE MEASUREMENTS.--The small circle ( deg.) is always used to +designate _degree_. Thus 10 deg. means ten degrees. + +Feet are indicated by the single mark '; and two closely allied marks " +are for inches. Thus five feet ten inches should be written 5' 10". A +large cross (x) indicates the word "by," and in expressing the term six +feet by three feet two inches, it should be written 6' x 3'2". + +The foregoing figures give some of the fundamentals necessary to be +acquired, and it may be said that if the boy will learn the principles +involved in the drawings he will have no difficulty in producing +intelligible work; but as this is not a treatise on drawing we cannot go +into the more refined phases of the subject. + +DEFINITIONS.--The following figures show the various geometrical forms +and their definitions: + +[Illustration: _Fig. 151.-Fig. 165._] + +151. _Abscissa._--The point in a curve, A, which is referred to by +certain lines, such as B, which extend out from an axis, X, or the +ordinate line Z. + +152. _Angle._--The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet. + +153. _Apothegm._--The perpendicular line A from the center to one side +of a regular polygon. It represents the radial line of a polygon the +same as the radius represents half the diameter of a circle. + +154. _Apsides_ or _Apsis_.--One of two points, A, A, of an orbit, oval +or ellipse farthest from the axis, or the two small dots. + +155. _Chord._--A right line, as A, uniting the extremities of the arc of +a circle or a curve. + +156. _Convolute_ (see also _Involute_).--Usually employed to designate a +wave or folds in opposite directions. A double involute. + +157. _Conic Section._--Having the form of or resembling a cone. Formed +by cutting off a cone at any angle. See line A. + +158. _Conoid._--Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. + +159. _Cycloid._--A curve, A, generated by a point, B, in the plane of a +circle or wheel, C, when the wheel is rolled along a straight line. + +160. _Ellipsoid._--A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or +circles. + +161. _Epicycloid._--A curve, A, traced by a point, B, in the +circumference of a wheel, C, which rolls on the convex side of a fixed +circle, D. + +162. _Evolute._--A curve, A, from which another curve, like B, on each +of the inner ends of the lines C is made. D is a spool, and the lines C +represent a thread at different positions. The thread has a marker, E, +so that when the thread is wound on the spool the marker E makes the +evolute line A. + +163. _Focus._--The center, A, of a circle; also one of the two centering +points, B, of an ellipse or an oval. + +164. _Gnome._--The space included between the boundary lines of two +similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in +common. + +165. _Hyperbola._--A curve, A, formed by the section of a cone. If the +cone is cut off vertically on the dotted line, A, the curve is a +hyperbola. See _Parabola_. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 167.-Fig. 184._] + +167. _Hypothenuse._--The side, A, of a right-angled triangle which is +opposite to the right angle B, C. A, regular triangle; C, irregular +triangle. + +168. _Incidence._--The angle, A, which is the same angle as, for +instance, a ray of light, B, which falls on a mirror, C. The line D is +the perpendicular. + +169. _Isosceles Triangle._--Having two sides or legs, A, A, that are +equal. + +170. _Parabola._--One of the conic sections formed by cutting of a cone +so that the cut line, A, is not vertical. See _Hyperbola_ where the cut +line is vertical. + +171. _Parallelogram._--A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose +opposite sides, A, A, or B, B, are parallel and consequently equal. + +172. _Pelecoid._--A figure, somewhat hatchet-shaped, bounded by a +semicircle, A, and two inverted quadrants, and equal to a square, C. + +173. _Polygons._--Many-sided and many with angles. + +174. _Pyramid._--A solid structure generally with a square base and +having its sides meeting in an apex or peak. The peak is the vertex. + +175. _Quadrant._--The quarter of a circle or of the circumference of a +circle. A horizontal line, A, and a vertical line, B, make the four +quadrants, like C. + +176. _Quadrilateral._--A plane figure having four sides, and +consequently four angles. Any figure formed by four lines. + +177. _Rhomb._--An equilateral parallelogram or a quadrilateral figure +whose sides are equal and the opposite sides, B, B, parallel. + +178. _Sector._--A part, A, of a circle formed by two radial lines, B, B, +and bounded at the end by a curve. + +179. _Segment._--A part, A, cut from a circle by a straight line, B. The +straight line, B, is the chord or the _segmental line_. + +180. _Sinusoid._--A wave-like form. It may be regular or irregular. + +181. _Tangent._--A line, A, running out from the curve at right angles +from a radial line. + +182. _Tetrahedron._--A solid figure enclosed or bounded by four +triangles, like A or B. A plain pyramid is bounded by five triangles. + +183. _Vertex._--The meeting point, A, of two or more lines. + +184. _Volute._--A spiral scroll, used largely in architecture, which +forms one of the chief features of the Ionic capital. + + + + +CHAPTER IX + +MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING WORK + + +MOLDINGS.--The use of moldings was early resorted to by the nations of +antiquity, and we marvel to-day at many of the beautiful designs which +the Ph[oe]necians, the Greeks and the Romans produced. If you analyze +the lines used you will be surprised to learn how few are the designs +which go to make up the wonderful columns, spires, minarets and domes +which are represented in the various types of architecture. + +THE BASIS OF MOLDINGS.--Suppose we take the base type of moldings, and +see how simple they are and then, by using these forms, try to build up +or ornament some article of furniture, as an example of their utility. + +THE SIMPLEST MOLDING.--In Fig. 185 we show a molding of the most +elementary character known, being simply in the form of a band (A) +placed below the cap. Such a molding gives to the article on which it is +placed three distinct lines, C, D and E. If you stop to consider you +will note that the molding, while it may add to the strength of the +article, is primarily of service because the lines and surfaces produce +shadows, and therefore become valuable in an artistic sense. + +THE ASTRAGAL.--Fig. 186 shows the ankle-bone molding, technically called +the _Astragal_. This form is round, and properly placed produces a good +effect, as it throws the darkest shadow of any form of molding. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 185. Band._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 186. Astragal or Ankle Bone._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 187. Cavetto. Concave._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 188. Ovolo. Quarter round._] + +THE CAVETTO.--Fig. 187 is the cavetto, or round type. Its proper use +gives a delicate outline, but it is principally applied with some other +form of molding. + +THE OVOLO.--Fig. 188, called the ovolo, is a quarter round molding with +the lobe (A) projecting downwardly. It is distinguished from the +astragal because it casts less of a shadow above and below. + +THE TORUS.--Fig. 189, known as the torus, is a modified form of the +ovolo, but the lobe (A) projects out horizontally instead of downwardly. + +THE APOPHYGES (Pronounced apof-i-ges).--Fig. 190 is also called the +_scape_, and is a concaved type of molding, being a hollowed curvature +used on columns where its form causes a merging of the shaft with the +fillet. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 189. Torus._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 190. Apophyge._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 191. Cymatium._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 192. Ogee-Recta._] + +THE CYMATIUM.--Fig. 191 is the cymatium (derived from the word cyme), +meaning wave-like. This form must be in two curves, one inwardly and one +outwardly. + +THE OGEE.--Fig. 192, called the ogee, is the most useful of all +moldings, for two reasons: First, it may have the concaved surface +uppermost, in which form it is called ogee recta--that is, right side +up; or it may be inverted, as in Fig. 193, with the concaved surface +below, and is then called ogee reversa. Contrast these two views and you +will note what a difference the mere inversion of the strip makes in the +appearance. Second, because the ogee has in it, in a combined form, the +outlines of nearly all the other types. The only advantage there is in +using the other types is because you may thereby build up and space your +work better than by using only one simple form. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 193. Ogee-Reversa._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 194. Bead or Reedy._] + +You will notice that the ogee is somewhat like the cymatium, the +difference being that the concaved part is not so pronounced as in the +ogee, and the convexed portion bulges much further than in the ogee. It +is capable of use with other moldings, and may be reversed with just as +good effect as the ogee. + +THE REEDY.--Fig. 194 represents the reedy, or the bead--that is, it is +made up of reeds. It is a type of molding which should not be used with +any other pronounced type of molding. + +THE CASEMENT (Fig. 195).--In this we have a form of molding used almost +exclusively at the base of structures, such as columns, porticoes and +like work. + +[Illustration:_ Fig. 195. Casement._] + +Now, before proceeding to use these moldings, let us examine a +Roman-Doric column, one of the most famous types of architecture +produced. We shall see how the ancients combined moldings to produce +grace, lights and shadows and artistic effects. + +THE ROMAN-DORIC COLUMN.--In Fig. 196 is shown a Roman-Doric column, in +which the cymatium, the ovolo, cavetto, astragal and the ogee are used, +together with the fillets, bases and caps, and it is interesting to +study this because of its beautiful proportions. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 196._] + +The pedestal and base are equal in vertical dimensions to the +entablature and capital. The entablature is but slightly narrower than +the pedestal; and the length of the column is, approximately, four times +the height of the pedestal. The base of the shaft, while larger +diametrically than the capital, is really shorter measured vertically. +There is a reason for this. The eye must travel a greater distance to +reach the upper end of the shaft, and is also at a greater angle to that +part of the shaft, hence it appears shorter, while it is in reality +longer. For this reason a capital must be longer or taller than the base +of a shaft, and it is also smaller in diameter. + +It will be well to study the column not only on account of the wonderful +blending of the various forms of moldings, but because it will impress +you with a sense of proportions, and give you an idea of how simple +lines may be employed to great advantage in all your work. + +LESSONS FROM THE DORIC COLUMN.--As an example, suppose we take a plain +cabinet, and endeavor to embellish it with the types of molding +described, and you will see to what elaboration the operation may be +carried. + +APPLYING MOLDING.--Let Fig. 197 represent the front, top and bottom of +our cabinet; and the first thing we shall do is to add a base (A) and a +cap (B). Now, commencing at the top, suppose we utilize the simplest +form of molding, the band. + +This we may make of any desired width, as shown in Fig. 198. On this +band we can apply the ogee type (Fig. 199) right side up. + +But for variation we may decide to use the ogee reversed, as in Fig. +200. This will afford us something else to think about and will call +upon our powers of initiative in order to finish off the lower margin or +edge of the ogee reversa. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 197._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 198._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 199._] + +If we take the ogee recta, as shown in Fig. 201, we may use the cavetto, +or the ovolo (Fig. 202); but if we use the ogee reversa we must use a +convex molding like the cavetto at one base, and a convex molding, like +the torus or the ovolo, at the other base. + +In the latter (Fig. 202) four different moldings are used with the ogee +as the principal structure. + +BASE EMBELLISHMENTS.--In like manner (Fig. 204) the base may have the +casement type first attached in the corner, and then the ovolo, or the +astragal added, as in Fig. 203. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 200._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 201._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 202._] + +STRAIGHT-FACED MOLDINGS.--Now let us carry the principle still further, +and, instead of using various type of moldings, we will employ nothing +but straight strips of wood. This treatment will soon indicate to you +that the true mechanic or artisan is he who can take advantage of +whatever he finds at hand. + +Let us take the same cabinet front (Fig. 205), and below the cap (A) +place a narrow strip (B), the lower corner of which has been chamfered +off, as at C. Below the strip B is a thinner strip (D), vertically +disposed, and about two-thirds its width. The lower corner of this is +also chamfered, as at F. To finish, apply a small strip (G) in the +corner, and you have an embellished top that has the appearance, from a +short distance, of being made up of molding. + +PLAIN MOLDED BASE.--The base may be treated in the same manner. The main +strip (4) has its upper corner chamfered off, as at I, and on this is +nailed a thin, narrow finishing strip (J). The upper part or molded top, +in this case, has eleven distinct lines, and the base has six lines. By +experimenting you may soon put together the most available kinds of +molding strips. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 203._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 204._] + +DIVERSIFIED USES.--For a great overhang you may use the cavetto, or the +apophyges, and below that the astragal or the torus; and for the base +the casement is the most serviceable molding, and it may be finished off +with the ovolo or the cymatium. + +Pages of examples might be cited to show the variety and the +diversification available with different types. + +SHADOWS CAST BY MOLDINGS.--Always bear in mind that a curved surface +makes a blended shadow. A straight, flat or plain surface does not, and +it is for that reason the concaved and the convexed surfaces, brought +out by moldings, become so important. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 205._] + +A little study and experimenting will soon teach you how a convex, a +concave or a flat surface, and a corner or corners should be arranged +relatively to each other; how much one should project beyond the other; +and what the proportional widths of the different molding bands should +be. An entire volume would scarcely exhaust this subject. + + + + +CHAPTER X + +AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING AND BEADING + + +In the chapter on How Work is Laid Out, an example was given of the +particular manner pursued in laying out mortises and tenons, and also +dovetailed work. I deem it advisable to add some details to the subject, +as well as to direct attention to some features which do not properly +belong to the laying out of work. + +WHERE MORTISES SHOULD BE USED.--Most important of all is a general idea +of places and conditions under which mortises should be resorted to. +There are four ways in which different members may be secured to each +other. First, by mortises and tenons; second, by a lap-and-butt; third, +by scarfing; and, fourth, by tonguing and grooving. + +DEPTH OF MORTISES.--When a certain article is to be made, the first +consideration is, how the joint or joints shall be made. The general +rule for using the tenon and mortise is where two parts are joined +wherein the grains of the two members run at right angles to each +other, as in the following figure. + +RULE FOR MORTISES.--Fig. 206 shows such an example. You will notice this +in doors particularly, as an example of work. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 206._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 207._] + +The next consideration is, shall the mortises be cut entirely through +the piece? This is answered by the query as to whether or not the end of +the tenon will be exposed; and usually, if a smooth finish is required, +the mortise should not go through the member. In a door, however, the +tenons are exposed at the edges of the door, and are, therefore, seen, +so that we must apply some other rule. The one universally adopted is, +that where, as in a door stile, it is broad and comparatively thin, or +where the member having the mortise in its edge is much thinner than +its width, the mortise should go through from edge to edge. + +The reason for this lies in the inability to sink the mortises through +the stile (A, Fig. 207) perfectly true, and usually the job is turned +out something like the illustration shows. The side of the rail (B) must +be straight with the side of the stile. If the work is done by machinery +it results in accuracy unattainable in hand work. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 208._] + +TRUE MORTISE WORK.--The essense of good joining work is the ability to +sink the chisel true with the side of the member. More uneven work is +produced by haste than by inability. The tendency of all beginners is +to strike the chisel too hard, in order the more quickly to get down to +the bottom of the mortise. Hence, bad work follows. + +STEPS IN CUTTING MORTISES.--Examine Fig. 208, which, for convenience, +gives six successive steps in making the mortise. The marks _a_, _b_ +designate the limits, or the length, of the mortise. The chisel (C) is +not started at the marking line (A), but at least an eighth of an inch +from it. The first cut, as at B, gives a starting point for the next cut +or placement of the chisel. When the second cut (B) has thus been made, +the chisel should be turned around, as in dotted line _d_, position C, +thereby making a finish cut down to the bottom of the mortise, line _e_, +so that when the fourth cut has been made along line _f_, we are ready +for the fifth cut, position C; then the sixth cut, position D, which +leaves the mortise as shown at E. Then turn the chisel to the position +shown at F, and cut down the last end of the mortise square, as shown in +G, and clean out the mortise well before making the finishing cuts on +the marking lines (_a_, _b_). The particular reason for cleaning out the +mortise before making the finish cuts is, that the corners of the +mortise are used as fulcrums for the chisels, and the eighth of an inch +stock still remaining protects the corners. + +THINGS TO AVOID IN MORTISING.--You must be careful to refrain from +undercutting as your chisel goes down at the lines _a_, _b_, because if +you commit this error you will make a bad joint. + +As much care should be exercised in producing the tenon, although the +most common error is apt to occur in making the shoulder. This should be +a trifle undercut. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 209._] + +See the lines (A, Fig. 209), which illustrate this. + +LAP-AND-BUTT JOINT.--The lap-and-butt is the form of uniting members +which is most generally used to splice together timbers, where they join +each other end to end. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 210._] + +Bolts are used to secure the laps. + +But the lap-and-butt form is also used in doors and in other cabinet +work. It is of great service in paneling. + +A rabbet is formed to receive the edge of the panel, and a molding is +then secured to the other side on the panel, to hold the latter in +place. + +SCARFING.--This method of securing members together is the most rigid, +and when properly performed makes the joint the strongest part of the +timber. Each member (A, Fig. 212) has a step diagonally cut (B), the two +steps being on different planes, so they form a hook joint, as at C, and +as each point or terminal has a blunt end, the members are so +constructed as to withstand a longitudinal strain in either direction. +The overlapping plates (D) and the bolts (E) hold the joint rigidly. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 211._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 212._] + +THE TONGUE AND GROOVE.--This form of uniting members has only a limited +application. It is serviceable for floors, table tops, paneling, etc. +In Fig. 213, a door panel is shown, and the door mullions (B) are also +so secured to the rail (C). The tongue-and-groove method is never used +by itself. It must always have some support or reinforcing means. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 213._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 214._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 215._] + +BEADING.--This part of the work pertains to surface finishings, and may +or may not be used in connection with rabbeting. + +Figs. 214 and 215 show the simplest and most generally adopted forms in +which it is made and used in connection with rabbeting, or with the +tongue and groove. The bead is placed on one or both sides of that +margin of the board (Fig. 214) which has the tongue, and the adjoining +board has the usual flooring groove to butt against and receive the +tongue. It is frequently the case that a blind bead, as in Fig. 215, +runs through the middle of the board, so as to give the appearance of +narrow strips when used for wainscoting, or for ceilings. The beads also +serve to hide the joints of the boards. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 216._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 217._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 218._] + +ORNAMENTAL BEAD FINISH.--These figures show how the bead may be used for +finishing corners, edges and projections. Fig. 216 has a bead at each +corner of a stile (A), and a finishing strip of half-round material (B) +is nailed to the flat edge. Fig. 217 has simply the corners themselves +beaded, and it makes a most serviceable finish for the edges of +projecting members. + +Fig. 218, used for wider members, has the corners beaded and a fancy +molding (C); or the reduced edge of the stile itself is rounded off. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 219._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 220._] + +THE BEAD AND RABBET.--A more amplified form of work is available where +the rabbet plane is used with the beader. These two planes together +will, if properly used, offer a strong substitute for molding and +molding effects. + +Fig. 219 has both sides first rabbeted, as at A, and the corners then +beaded, as at B, with the reduced part of the member rounded off, as at +C. Or, as in Fig. 220, the reduced edge of the member may have the +corners beaded, as at D, and the rabbeted corners filled in with a round +or concaved moulding (E). + +SHADING WITH BEADS AND RABBETS.--You will see from the foregoing, that +these embellishments are serviceable because they provide the article +with a large number of angles and surfaces to cast lights and shadows; +and for this reason the boy should strive to produce the effects which +this class of work requires. + + + + +CHAPTER XI + +HOUSE BUILDING + + +House building is the carpenter's craft; cabinet-making the joiner's +trade, yet both are so intimately associated, that it is difficult to +draw a line. The same tools, the same methods and the same materials are +employed. + +There is no trade more ennobling than home building. It is a vocation +which touches every man and woman, and to make it really an art is, or +should be, the true aspiration of every craftsman. + +THE HOUSE AND EMBELLISHMENTS.--The refined arts, such as sculpture and +painting, merely embellish the home or the castle, so that when we build +the structure it should be made with an eye not only to comfort and +convenience, but fitting in an artistic and aesthetic sense. It is just +as easy to build a beautiful home as an ugly, ungainly, illy +proportioned structure. + +BEAUTY NOT ORNAMENTATION.--The boy, in his early training, should learn +this fundamental truth, that beauty, architecturally, does not depend +upon ornamentation. Some of the most beautiful structures in the world +are very plain. Beauty consists in proportions, in proper correlation +of parts, and in adaptation for the uses to which the structure is to be +put. + +PLAIN STRUCTURES.--A house with a plain facade, having a roof properly +pitched and with a simple cornice, if joined to a wing which is not +ungainly or out of proper proportions, is infinitely more beautiful than +a rambling structure, in which one part suggests one order of +architecture and the other part some other type or no type at all, and +in which the embellishments are out of keeping with the size or +pretensions of the house. + +COLONIAL TYPE.--For real beauty, on a larger scale, there is nothing +to-day which equals the old Colonial type with the Corinthian columns +and entablature. The Lee mansion, now the National Cemetery, at +Washington, is a fine example. Such houses are usually square or +rectangular in plan, severely plain, with the whole ornamentation +consisting of the columns and the portico. This type presents an +appearance of massiveness and grandeur and is an excellent illustration +of a form wherein the main characteristic of the structure is +concentrated or massed at one point. + +The Church of the Madelaine, Paris, is another striking example of this +period of architecture. + +Of course, it would be out of place with cottages and small houses, but +it is well to study and to know what forms are most available and +desirable to adopt, and particularly to know something of the art in +which you are interested. + +THE ROOF THE KEYNOTE.--Now, there is one thing which should, and does, +distinguish the residence from other types of buildings, excepting +churches. It is the roof. A house is dominated by its covering. I refer +to the modern home. It is not true with the Colonial or the Grecian +types. In those the facade or the columns and cornices predominate over +everything else. + +BUNGALOW TYPES.--If you will take up any book on bungalow work and note +the outlines of the views you will see that the roof forms the main +element or theme. In fact, in most buildings of this kind everything is +submerged but the roof and roof details. They are made exceedingly flat, +with different pitches with dormers and gables intermingled and +indiscriminately placed, with cornices illy assorted and of different +kinds, so that the multiplicity of diversified details gives an +appearance of great elaboration. Many of those designs are monstrosities +and should, if possible, be legally prohibited. + +I cannot attempt to give even so much as an outline of what constitutes +art in its relation to building, but my object is to call attention to +this phase of the question, and as you proceed in your studies and your +work you will realize the value and truthfulness of the foregoing +observations. + +GENERAL HOUSE BUILDING.--We are to treat, generally, on the subject of +house building, how the work is laid out, and how built, and in doing so +I shall take a concrete example of the work. This can be made more +effectual for the purpose if it is on simple lines. + +BUILDING PLANS.--We must first have a plan; and the real carpenter must +have the ability to plan as well as to do the work. We want a five-room +house, comprising a parlor, dining room, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a +bathroom. Just a modest little home, to which we can devote our spare +hours, and which will be neat and comfortable when finished. It must be +a one-story house, and that fact at once settles the roof question. We +can make the house perfectly square in plan, or rectangular, and divide +up the space into the proper divisions. + +THE PLAIN SQUARE FLOOR PLAN will first be taken up, as it is such an +easy roof to build. Of course, it is severely plain. + +Fig. 221 shows our proposed plan, drawn in the rough, without any +attempts to measure the different apartments, and with the floor plan +exactly square. Supposing we run a hall (A) through the middle. On one +side of this let us plan for a dining room and a kitchen, a portion of +the kitchen space to be given over to a closet and a bathroom. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 221._] + +The chimney (B) must be made accessible from both rooms. On the other +side of the hallway the space is divided into a parlor and two +bedrooms. + +THE RECTANGULAR PLAN.--In the rectangular floor plan (Fig. 222) a +portion of the floor space is cut out for a porch (A), so that we may +use the end or the side for the entrance. Supposing we use the end of +the house for this purpose. The entrance room (B) may be a bedroom, or a +reception and living room, and to the rear of this room is the dining +room, connected with the reception room by a hall (C). This hall also +leads to the kitchen and to the bathroom, as well as to the other +bedroom. The parlor is connected with the entrance room (B), and also +with the bedroom. All of this is optional, of course. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 222._] + +There are also two chimneys, one chimney (D) having two flues and the +other chimney (E) having three flues, so that every room is +accommodated. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 223._] + +ROOM MEASUREMENTS.--We must now determine the dimensions of each room, +and then how we shall build the roof. + +In Figs. 223 and 224, we have now drawn out in detail the sizes, the +locations of the door and windows, the chimneys and the closets, as well +as the bathroom. All this work may be changed or modified to suit +conditions and the taste of the designer. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 224._] + +FRONT AND SIDE LINES.--From the floor diagram, and the door and window +spaces, as marked out, we may now proceed to lay out rough front and +side outlines of the building. The ceilings are to be 9 feet, and if we +put a rather low-pitched roof on the square structure (Fig. 223) the +front may look something like Fig. 225, and a greater pitch given to the +rectangular plan (Fig. 224) will present a view as shown in Fig. 226. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 225._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 226._] + +THE ROOF.--The pitch of the roof (Fig. 225) is what is called "third +pitch," and the roof (Fig. 226) has a half pitch. A "third" pitch is +determined as follows: + +ROOF PITCH.--In Fig. 227 draw a vertical line (A) and join it by a +horizontal line (B). Then strike a circle (C) and step it off into three +parts. The line (D), which intersects the first mark (E) and the angle +of the lines (A, B), is the pitch. + +In Fig. 228 the line A is struck at 15 degrees, which is halfway between +lines B and C, and it is, therefore, termed "half-pitch." + +[Illustration: _Fig. 227._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 228._] + +Thus, we have made the ground plans, the elevations and the roofs as +simple as possible. Let us proceed next with the details of the +building. + +THE FOUNDATION.--This may be of brick, stone or concrete, and its +dimensions should be at least 1-1/2 inches further out than the sill. + +THE SILLS.--We are going to build what is called a "balloon frame"; and, +first, we put down the sills, which will be a course of 2" x 6", or 2" x +8" joists, as in Fig. 229. + +THE FLOORING JOIST.--The flooring joists (A) are then put down (Fig. +230). These should extend clear across the house from side to side, if +possible, or, if the plan is too wide, they should be lapped at the +middle wall and spiked together. The ends should extend out flush with +the outer margins of the sills, as shown, but in putting down the first +and last sill, space must be left along the sides of the joist of +sufficient width to place the studding. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 229._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 230._] + +THE STUDDING.--The next step is to put the studding into position. 4" x +4" must be used for corners and at the sides of door and window +openings. 4" x 6" may be used at corners, if preferred. Consult your +plan and see where the openings are for doors and windows. Measure the +widths of the door and window frames, and make a measuring stick for +this purpose. You must leave at least one-half inch clearance for the +window or door frame, so as to give sufficient room to plumb and set the +frame. + +SETTING UP.--First set up the corner posts, plumbing and bracing them. +Cut a top plate for each side you are working on. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 231._] + +THE PLATE.--As it will be necessary in our job to use two or more +lengths of 2" x 4" scantling for the plate, it will be necessary to join +them together. Do this with a lap-and-butt joint (Fig. 231). + +Then set up the 4" x 4" posts for the sides of the doors and windows, +and for the partition walls. + +The plate should be laid down on the sill, and marked with a pencil for +every scantling to correspond with the sill markings. The plate is then +put on and spiked to the 4" x 4" posts. + +INTERMEDIATE STUDDING.--It will then be an easy matter to put in the +intermediate 2" x 4" studding, placing them as nearly as possible 16 +inches apart to accommodate the 48-inch plastering lath. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 232._] + +WALL HEADERS.--When all the studding are in you will need headers above +and rails below the windows and headers above all the doors, so that you +will have timbers to nail the siding to, as well as for the lathing. + +CEILING JOISTS.--We are now ready for the ceiling joists, which are, +usually, 2" x 6", unless there is an upper floor. These are laid 16 +inches apart from center to center, preferably parallel with the floor +joist. + +It should be borne in mind that the ceiling joist must always be put on +with reference to the roof. + +Thus, in Fig. 232, the ceiling joists (A) have their ends resting on the +plate (B), so that the rafters are in line with the joists. + +BRACES.--It would also be well, in putting up the studding, to use +plenty of braces, although for a one-story building this is not so +essential as in two-story structures, because the weather boarding +serves as a system of bracing. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 233._] + +THE RAFTERS.--These may be made to provide for the gutter or not, as may +be desired. They should be of 2" x 4" scantling. + +THE GUTTER.--In Fig. 233 I show a most serviceable way to provide for +the gutter. A V-shaped notch is cut out of the upper side of the rafter, +in which is placed the floor and a side. This floor piece is raised at +one end to provide an incline for the water. + +A face-board is then applied and nailed to the ends of the rafters. This +face-board is surmounted by a cap, which has an overhang, beneath which +is a molding of any convenient pattern. The face-board projects down at +least two inches below the angled cut of the rafter, so that when the +base-board is applied, the lower margin of the face-board will project +one inch below the base. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 234._] + +This base-board is horizontal, as you will see. The facia-board may be +of any desired width, and a corner molding should be added. It is +optional to use the brackets, but if added they should be spaced apart a +distance not greater than twice the height of the bracket. + +A much simpler form of gutter is shown in Fig. 234, in which a V-shaped +notch is also cut in the rafter, and the channel is made by the pieces. +The end of the rafter is cut at right angles, so the face-board is at an +angle. This is also surmounted by an overhanging cap and a molding. The +base is nailed to the lower edges of the rafters, and the facia is then +applied. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 234a._] + +In Fig. 234_a_ the roof has no gutter, so that the end of the rafter is +cut off at an angle and a molding applied on the face-board. The base is +nailed to the rafters. This is the cheapest and simplest form of +structure for the roof. + +SETTING DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES.--The next step in order is to set the +door and window frames preparatory to applying the weather boarding. It +is then ready for the roof, which should be put on before the floor is +laid. + +PLASTERING AND INSIDE FINISH.--Next in order is the plastering, then the +base-boards and the casing; and, finally, the door and windows should +be fitted into position. + +Enough has been said here merely to give a general outline, with some +details, how to proceed with the work. + + + + +CHAPTER XII + +BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES + + +BRIDGES.--Bridge building is not, strictly, a part of the carpenter's +education at the present day, because most structures of this kind are +now built of steel; but there are certain principles involved in bridge +construction which the carpenter should master. + +SELF-SUPPORTING ROOFS.--In putting up, for instance, self-supporting +roofs, or ceilings with wide spans, and steeples or towers, the bridge +principle of trussed members should be understood. + +The most simple bridge or trussed form is the well-known A-shaped arch. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 235._] + +COMMON TRUSSES.--One form is shown in Fig. 235, with a vertical king +post. In Fig. 236 there are two vertical supporting members, called +queen posts, used in longer structures. Both of these forms are equally +well adapted for small bridges or for roof supports. + +THE VERTICAL UPRIGHT TRUSS.--This form of truss naturally develops into +a type of wooden bridge known all over the country, as its framing is +simple, and calculations as to its capacity to sustain loads may readily +be made. Figs. 237, 238 and 239 illustrate these forms. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 236._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 237._] + +THE WARREN GIRDER.--Out of this simple truss grew the Warren girder, a +type of bridge particularly adapted for iron and steel construction. + +This is the simplest form for metal bridge truss, or girder. It is now +also largely used in steel buildings and for other work requiring +strength with small weight. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 238._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 239._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 240._] + +THE BOWSTRING GIRDER.--Only one other form of bridge truss need be +mentioned here, and that is the _bowstring_ shown in Fig. 240. + +In this type the bow receives the entire compression thrust, and the +chords act merely as suspending members. + +FUNDAMENTAL TRUSS FORM.--In every form of truss, whether for building or +for bridge work, the principles of the famous A-truss must be employed +in some form or other; and the boy who is experimentally inclined will +readily evolve means to determine what degree of strength the upper and +the lower members must have for a given length of truss to sustain a +specified weight. + +There are rules for all these problems, some of them very intricate, but +all of them intensely interesting. It will be a valuable addition to +your knowledge to give this subject earnest study. + + + + +CHAPTER XIII + +THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER + + +In this place consideration will be given to some of the features +relating to the materials to be employed, particularly with reference to +the manner in which they can be worked to the best advantage, rather +than to their uses. + +THE BEST WOODS.--The prime wood, and the one with which most boys are +familiar, is white pine. It has an even texture throughout, is generally +straight grained, and is soft and easily worked. White pine is a wood +requiring a very sharp tool. It is, therefore, the best material for the +beginner, as it will at the outset teach him the important lesson of +keeping the tools in a good, sharp condition. + +SOFT WOODS.--It is also well for the novice to do his initial work with +a soft wood, because in joining the parts together inaccuracies may be +easily corrected. If, for instance, in mortising and tenoning, the edge +of the mortised member is not true, or, rather, is not "square," the +shoulder of the tenon on one side will abut before the other side does, +and thus leave a crack, if the wood is hard. If the wood is soft there +is always enough yield to enable the workman to spring it together. +Therefore, until you have learned how to make a true joint, use soft +wood. + +Poplar is another good wood for the beginner, as well as redwood, a +western product. + +HARD WOODS.--Of the hard woods, cherry is the most desirable for the +carpenter's tool. For working purposes it has all the advantages of a +soft wood, and none of its disadvantages. It is not apt to warp, like +poplar or birch, and its shrinking unit is less than that of any other +wood, excepting redwood. There is practically no shrinkage in redwood. + +THE MOST DIFFICULT WOODS.--Ash is by far the most difficult wood to +work. While not as hard as oak, it has the disadvantage that the entire +board is seamed with growth ribs which are extremely hard, while the +intervening layers between these ribs are soft, and have open pores, so +that, for instance, in making a mortise, the chisel is liable to follow +the hard ribs, if the grain runs at an angle to the course of the +mortise. + +THE HARD-RIBBED GRAIN IN WOOD.--This peculiarity of the grain in ash +makes it a beautiful wood when finished. Of the light-colored woods, oak +only excels it, because in this latter wood each year's growth shows a +wider band, and the interstices between the ribs have stronger +contrasting colors than ash; so that in filling the surface, before +finishing it, the grain of the wood is brought out with most effective +clearness and with a beautifully blended contrast. + +THE EASIEST WORKING WOODS.--The same thing may be said, relatively, +concerning cherry and walnut. While cherry has a beautiful finishing +surface, the blending contrasts of colors are not so effective as in +walnut. + +Oregon pine is extremely hard to work, owing to the same difficulties +experienced in handling ash; but the finished Oregon pine surface makes +it a most desirable material for certain articles of furniture. + +Do not attempt to employ this nor ash until you have mastered the trade. +Confine yourself to pine, poplar, cherry and walnut. These woods are all +easily obtainable everywhere, and from them you can make a most +creditable variety of useful articles. + +Sugar and maple are two hard woods which may be added to the list. +Sugar, particularly, is a good-working wood, but maple is more +difficult. Spruce, on the other hand, is the strongest and toughest +wood, considering its weight, which is but a little more than that of +pine. + +DIFFERENCES IN THE WORKING OF WOODS.--Different woods are not worked +with equal facility by all the tools. Oak is an easy wood to handle +with a saw, but is, probably, aside from ash, the most difficult wood +known to plane. + +Ash is hard for the saw or the plane. On the other hand, there is no +wood so easy to manipulate with the saw or plane as cherry. Pine is +easily worked with a plane, but difficult to saw; not on account of +hardness, but because it is so soft that the saw is liable to tear it. + +FORCING SAWS IN WOOD.--One of the reasons why the forcing of saws is +such a bad practice will be observed in cutting white or yellow pine. +For cross-cutting, the saw should have fine teeth, not heavily set, and +evenly filed. To do a good job of cross-cutting, the saw must be held at +a greater angle, or should lay down flatter than in ripping, as by so +doing the lower side of the board will not break away as much as if the +saw should be held more nearly vertical. + +These general observations are made in the hope that they will serve as +a guide to enable you to select your lumber with some degree of +intelligence before you commence work. + + + + +CHAPTER XIV + +WOOD TURNING + + +ADVANTAGES OF WOOD TURNING.--This is not, strictly, in the carpenter's +domain; but a knowledge of its use will be of great service in the +trade, and particularly in cabinet making. I urge the ingenious youth to +rig up a wood-turning lathe, for the reason that it is a tool easily +made and one which may be readily turned by foot, if other power is not +available. + +SIMPLE TURNING LATHE.--A very simple turning lathe may be made by +following these instructions: + +THE RAILS.--Procure two straight 2" x 4" scantling (A), four feet long, +and planed on all sides. Bore four 3/8-inch holes at each end, as shown, +and 10 inches from one end four more holes. A plan of these holes is +shown in B, where the exact spacing is indicated. Then prepare two +pieces 2" x 4" scantling (C), planed, 42 inches long, one end of each +being chamfered off, as at 2, and provided with four bolt holes. Ten +inches down, and on the same side, with the chamfer (2) is a cross gain +(3), the same angle as the chamfer. Midway between the cross gain (3) +and the lower end of the leg is a gain (4) in the edge, at right angles +to the cross gain (3). + +THE LEGS.--Now prepare two legs (D) for the tail end of the frame, each +32 inches long, with a chamfer (5) at one end, and provided with four +bolt holes. At the lower end bore a bolt hole for the cross base piece. +This piece (E) is 4" x 4", 21 inches long, and has a bolt hole at each +end and one near the middle. The next piece (F) is 2" x 4", 14-1/2 +inches long, provided with a rebate (6) at each end, to fit the cross +gains (4) of the legs (C). Near the middle is a journal block (7). + +[Illustration: _Fig. 241. Frame details._] + +CENTERING BLOCKS.--Next provide a 4" x 4" piece (G), 40 inches long, +through which bore a 3/4-inch hole (8), 2 inches from the upper end, +and four bolt holes at right angles to the shaft hole (8). Then, with a +saw split down this bearing, as shown at 9, to a point 4 inches from the +end. Ten inches below the upper end prepare two cross gains (10), each +an inch deep and four inches wide. In these gains are placed the top +rails (A), so the bolt holes in the gains (10) will coincide with the +bolt holes (11) in the piece A. Below the gains (10) this post has a +journal block (12), intended to be in line with the journal block (7) of +the piece F. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 242. Tail Stock._] + +Then make a block (H) 2" x 4", and 6 inches long. This also must have a +shaft hole (B), and a saw kerf (14), similar to the arrangement on the +upper end of the post (G); also bore four bolt holes, as shown. This +block rests between the upper ends of the lugs (C). + +Another block (I), 2" x 4", and 6 feet long, with four bolt holes, will +be required for the tail end of the frame, to keep the rails (A) two +inches apart at that end. + +THE TAIL STOCK.--This part of the structure is made of the following +described material: + +Procure a scantling (J), planed, 4" x 4", 24 inches long, the upper end +of which is to be provided with four bolt holes, and a centering hole +(15). At the lower end of the piece is a slot (16) 8 inches long and +1-1/2 inches wide, and there are also two bolt holes bored transversely +through the piece to receive bolts for reinforcing the end. + +A pair of cheekpieces (K), 2" x 4", and each 12 inches long, are mitered +at the ends, and each has four bolt holes by means of which the ends may +be bolted to the upright (J). + +Then a step wedge (L) is made of 1-3/8" x 2" material, 10 inches long. +This has at least four steps (17), each step being 2 inches long. A +wedge 1-3/8 inches thick, 10 inches long, and tapering from 2 inches to +1-3/8 inches, completes the tail-stock. + +THE TOOL REST.--This is the most difficult part of the whole lathe, as +it must be rigid, and so constructed that it has a revolvable motion as +well as being capable of a movement to and from the material in the +lathe. + +Select a good 4" x 4" scantling (M), 14 inches long, as shown in Fig. +243. Two inches from one end cut a cross gain (I), 1-1/2 inches deep and +1 inch wide, and round off the upper edge, as at 2. + +Then prepare a piece (N), 1 inch thick, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches +long. Round off the upper edge to form a nose, and midway between its +ends cut a cross gain 4 inches wide and 1-1/2 inches deep. The lower +margin may be cut away, at an angle on each side of the gain. All that +is necessary now is to make a block (O), 8 inches long, rounded on one +edge, and a wedge (P). + +[Illustration: _Fig 243. Tool Rest._] + +A leather belt or strap (Q), 1-1/2 inches wide, formed into a loop, as +shown in the perspective view (R), serves as a means for holding the +rest rigidly when the wedge is driven in. + +MATERIALS.--Then procure the following bolts: + + 4-3/8" bolts, 10" long. + 8-3/8" '' 6" '' + 20-3/8" '' 5" '' + 5-3/8" '' 9" '' + +THE MANDREL.--A piece of steel tubing (S), No. 10 gage, 3/4 inch in +diameter, 11-1/2 inches long, will be required for the mandrel. Get a +blacksmith, if a machine shop is not convenient, to put a fixed center +(1) in one end, and a removable centering member (2) in the other end. + +On this mandrel place a collar (3), held by a set screw, and alongside +of it a pair of pulleys, each 1-1/2 inches wide, one of them, being, +say, 2 inches in diameter, and the other 3 inches. This mandrel is held +in position by means of the posts of the frame which carry the split +journal bearings. This form of bearing will make a durable lathe, free +from chattering, as the bolts can be used for tightening the mandrel +whenever they wear. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 244. Mandrel._] + +The center point (1) is designed to rest against a metal plate (4) +bolted to the wooden post, as shown in the large drawing. + +FLY-WHEEL.--It now remains only to provide a fly-wheel and treadle with +the communicating belt. The fly-wheel may be of any convenient size, or +it may be some discarded pulley or wheel. Suppose it is two feet in +diameter; then, as your small pulley is 2 inches in diameter, each +revolution of the large wheel makes twelve revolutions in the mandrel, +and you can readily turn the wheel eighty times a minute. In that case +your mandrel will revolve 960 revolutions per minute, which is ample +speed for your purposes. + +The wheel should be mounted on a piece of 3/4-inch steel tubing, one end +having a crank 3 inches long. This crank is connected up by a pitman +rod, with the triangularly shaped treadle frame. + +Such a lathe is easily made, as it requires but little metal or machine +work, and it is here described because it will be a pleasure for a boy +to make such a useful tool. What he needs is the proper plan and the +right dimensions to carry out the work, and his own ingenuity will make +the modifications suitable to his purpose. + +The illustration (Fig. 245) shows such a lathe assembled ready for work. + +THE TOOLS REQUIRED.--A few simple tools will complete an outfit capable +of doing a great variety of work. The illustration (Fig. 246) shows five +chisels, of which all other chisels are modifications. + +A and B are both oblique firmer chisels, A being ground with a bevel on +one side only, and B with a bevel on each side. + +C is a broad gage, with a hollow blade, and a curved cutting edge, +ground with a taper on the rounded side only. + +D is a narrow gage similarly ground, and E is a V-shaped gage. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 245._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 246._] + +It may be observed that in wood-turning sharp tools are absolutely +necessary, hence a good oil stone, or several small, round and V-shaped +stones should be used. + + + + +CHAPTER XV + +ON THE USE OF STAINS + + +As this subject properly belongs to the painter and decorator, it is not +necessary to go into details concerning the methods used to finish off +your work. As you may not be able to afford the luxury of having your +productions painted or stained, enough information will be given to +enable you, if the character of the wood justifies it, to do the work +yourself to a limited extent. + +SOFT WOOD.--As, presumably, most of your first work will be done with +pine, poplar, or other light-colored material, and, as many people +prefer the furniture to be dark in color, you should be prepared to +accommodate them. + +USE OF STAINS.--Our subject has nothing to do with the technique of +staining, but has reference, solely, to the use of stains. I recommend, +therefore, that, since all kinds of stains are now kept in stock, and +for sale everywhere, you would better rely upon the manufactured goods +rather than to endeavor to mix up the paints yourself. + +STAINS AS IMITATIONS.--It will be well to remember one thing as to +stains. Never attempt to stain anything unless that stain is intended +to produce an imitation of some real wood. There are stains made up +which, when applied, do not imitate any known wood. This is bad taste +and should be avoided. Again you should know that the same stain tint +will not produce like effects on the different light-colored woods. Try +the cherry stain on pieces of pine, poplar, and birch, and you will +readily see that while pine gives a brilliant red, comparatively +speaking, pine or birch will be much darker, and the effect on poplar +will be that of a muddy color. In fact, poplar does not stain cherry to +good advantage; and for birch the ordinary stain should have a small +addition of vermilion. + +By making trials of your stains before applying them to the furniture, +you will readily see the value of this suggestion. + +GOOD TASTE IN STAINING.--Oak, mahogany, cherry, black walnut, and like +imitations are always good in an artistic sense, but imitations of +unfamiliar woods mean nothing to the average person. The too common +mistake is to try to imitate oak by staining pine or poplar or birch. It +may, with good effect, be stained to imitate cherry. + +Oregon pine, or some light-colored wood, with a strong contrasting grain +may be used for staining in imitation of oak. + +GREAT CONTRASTS BAD.--Violent contrasts in furniture staining have the +effect of cheapness, unless the contrasting outlines are artistically +distributed throughout the article, from base to top finish. + +STAINING CONTRASTING WOODS.--Then, again, do not stain a piece of +furniture so that one part represents a cheap, soft wood, and the other +part a dark or costly wood. Imagine, for instance, a cabinet with the +stiles, rails and mullions of mahogany, and the panels of pine or +poplar, or the reverse, and you can understand how incongruous would be +the result produced. + +On the other hand, it would not be a very artistic job to make the +panels of cherry and the mullions and stiles of mahogany, because the +two woods do not harmonize, although frequently wrongly combined. + +HARD WOOD IMITATIONS.--It would be better to use, for instance, ash or +oak for one portion of the work, and a dark wood, like cherry or walnut, +for the other part; but usually a cherry cabinet should be made of +cherry throughout; while a curly maple chiffonier could not be improved +by having the legs of some other material. + +These considerations should determine for you whether or not you can +safely use stains to represent different woods in the same article. + +NATURAL EFFECTS.--If effects are wanted, the skilled workman will +properly rely upon the natural grain of the wood; hence, in staining, +you should try to imitate nature, because in staining you will depend +for contrast on the natural grain of the wood to help you out in +producing pleasing effects. + +NATURAL WOOD STAINS.--It should be said, in general, however, that a +stain is, at best, a poor makeshift. There is nothing so pleasing as the +natural wood. It always has an appearance of cleanliness and openness. +To stain the wood shows an attempt to cover up cheapness by a cheap +contrivance. The exception to this rule is mahogany, which is generally +enriched by the application of a ruby tint which serves principally to +emphasize the beautiful markings of the wood. + +POLISHING STAINED SURFACES.--If, on the other hand, you wish to go to +the labor of polishing the furniture to a high degree, staining becomes +an art, and will add to the beauty and durability of any soft or cheap +wood, excepting poplar. + +When the article is highly polished, so a good, smooth surface is +provided, staining does not cheapen, but, on the other hand, serves to +embellish the article. + +As a rule, therefore, it is well to inculcate this lesson: Do not stain +unless you polish; otherwise, it is far better to preserve the natural +color of the wood. One of the most beautiful sideboards I ever saw was +made of Oregon pine, and the natural wood, well filled and highly +polished. That finish gave it an effect which enhanced its value to a +price which equaled any cherry or mahogany product. + + + + +CHAPTER XVI + +THE CARPENTER AND THE ARCHITECT + + +A carpenter has a trade; the architect a profession. It is not to be +assumed that one vocation is more honorable than the other. A +_profession_ is defined as a calling, or occupation, "if not mechanical, +agricultural, or the like," to which one devotes himself and his +energies. A _trade_ is defined as an occupation "which a person has +learned and engages in, especially mechanical employment, as +distinguished from the liberal arts," or the learned professions. + +_Opportunity_ is the great boon in life. To the ambitious young man the +carpenter's trade offers a field for venturing into the learned +professions by a route which cannot be equaled in any other pursuit. In +his work he daily enters into contact with problems which require +mathematics of the highest order, geometry, the methods of calculating +strains and stresses, as well as laying out angles and curves. + +This is a trade wherein he must keep in mind many calculations as to +materials, number, size, and methods of joining; he must remember all +the small details which go to make up the entire structure. This +exercise necessitates a mental picture of the finished product. His +imagination is thus directed to concrete objects. As the mind develops, +it becomes creative in its character, and the foundation is laid for a +higher sphere of usefulness in what is called the professional field. + +A good carpenter naturally develops into an architect, and the best +architect is he who knows the trade. It is a profession which requires +not only the artistic taste, but a technical knowledge of details, of +how practically to carry out the work, how to superintend construction, +and what the different methods are for doing things. + +The architect must have a scientific education, which gives him a +knowledge of the strength of materials, and of structural forms; of the +durability of materials; of the price, quality, and use of everything +which goes into a structure; of labor conditions; and of the laws +pertaining to buildings. + +Many of these questions will naturally present themselves to the +carpenter. They are in the sphere of his employment, but it depends upon +himself to make the proper use of the material thus daily brought to +him. + +It is with a view to instil that desire and ambition in every young man, +to make the brain do what the hand has heretofore done, that I suggest +this course. The learned profession is yours if you deserve it, and you +can deserve it only through study, application, and perseverance. + +Do well that which you attempt to do. _Don't_ do it in that manner +because some one has done it in that way before you. If, in the trade, +the experience of ages has taught the craftsman that some particular way +of doing things is correct, there is no law to prevent you from +combating that method. Your way may be better. But you must remember +that in every plan for doing a thing there is some particular reason, or +reasons, why it is carried out in that way. Study and learn to apply +those reasons. + +So in your leisure or in your active moments, if you wish to advance, +you must be alert. _Know for yourself the reasons for things_, and you +will thereby form the stepping stones that will lead you upward and +contribute to your success. + + + + +CHAPTER XVII + +USEFUL ARTICLES TO MAKE + + +As stated in the Introductory, the purpose of this book is to show _how +to do the things_, and not to draw a picture in order to write a +description of it. Merely in the line of suggestion, we give in this +chapter views and brief descriptions of useful household articles, all +of which may be made by the boy who has carefully studied the preceding +pages. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 247._] + +This figure shows a common bench wholly made of material 1 inch thick, +the top being 12 inches wide and 4 feet long. The legs are 14 inches +high and 13 inches wide; and the side supporting rails are 3 inches +wide. These proportions may, of course, be varied. You will note that +the sides of the top or seat have an overhang of 1/2 inch on each +margin. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 248._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 249._] + +This is a common, square-top stool, the seat being 12" x 12", and the +legs 14 inches high. Two of the pieces forming the legs are 10 inches +wide and the other two 8 inches wide, so that when the wide pieces are +nailed to the edges of the narrow pieces the leg body will be 10" x 10" +and thus give the seat an overhang of 1 inch around the margins. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 250._] + +A most useful article is shown in Fig. 249. It is a blacking-box with a +lid, a folding shoe rest and three compartments. The detached figure +shows a vertical cross-section of the body of the box, and illustrates +how the shoe rest is hinged to the sides of the box. The box itself is +14" x 16" in dimensions; the sides are 6 inches wide and the legs 5 +inches in height. In order to give strength to the legs, the bottom has +its corners cut out, to permit the upper ends of the legs to rest in +the recesses thus formed. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 251._] + +This is a convenient form of easel, made of four uprights. The main +front uprights are of strips 5/8" x 1-1/4", and the rear uprights are of +1/2" x 1" material. A thin broomstick will serve as the pivot bar for +the upper end. The rest is made of two strips, each 1/2" x 1", nailed +together to form an L, and nails or wooden pins will serve to hold the +rest in any desired position. The front uprights should be at least 5 +feet long. + +A simple hanging book-rack is illustrated in Fig. 251. The two vertical +strips are each 4 inches wide, 1 inch thick and 4 feet long. Four +shelves are provided, each 3/4 inch thick, 9 inches wide and 4 feet +long. Each shelf is secured to the uprights by hinges on the upper side, +so as to permit it to be swung upwardly, or folded; and below each hinge +is a triangular block or bracket, fixed to the shelf, to support it in a +horizontal position. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 252._] + +A sad-iron holder, or bookcase, shown in Fig. 252, is another simple +form of structure. It may be sufficiently large to serve as a standing +case by having the uprights at the ends serve as legs, or the uprights +may have holes at their upper ends, by means of which it can be +suspended on a wall. As shown, it is 30 inches long from bottom to top, +and 20 inches wide. The shelves are 8 inches wide. All the material is, +preferably, 3/4-inch stock. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 253._] + +Fig. 253 shows a wood-box, or it may readily be adapted for coal. For +wood it should be 2 feet long, 1 foot 8 inches wide and 1 foot 10 inches +high. It will, of course, be made of such dimensions as to suit the wood +to be stored in it, and both the flat-top as well as the sloping portion +of the top should be hinged, so that the entire top can be opened for +filling purposes. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 254._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 255._] + +A pair of parallel bars is shown in Fig. 254. The dimensions of this +will vary, and be dependent on the size of the boy intending to use it; +but a size best adapted is to make the posts 3 feet high, and the +distance between the bars 16 inches. This gives ample room for the +exercises required. The length between the posts along the bars should +be at least 5 feet. The entire structure can be made of soft wood, +except the bars, which should be of hard, rigid wood. The posts can be +made of 2" x 2" material, and the braces 2" x 1". The base pieces, both +longitudinal and transverse, should also be of 2" x 2" material. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 256._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 257._] + +Fig. 255 represents a mission type of writing desk for a boy's use. All +the posts, braces and horizontal bars are of 2" x 2" material, secured +to each other by mortises and tenons. The legs are 27 inches high up to +the table top, and the narrow shelf is 12 inches above the top. The most +convenient size for the top is 26" x 48". The top boards may be 1 inch +thick and the shelf the same thickness, or even 3/4 inch. It is well +braced and light, and its beauty will depend largely on the material of +which it is made. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 258._] + +The screen (Fig. 256) represents simply the framework, showing how +simple the structure is. The bars are all of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" material, +secured together by mortises and tenons. + +Fig. 257 represents a mission chair to match the desk (Fig. 255), and +should be made of the same material. The posts are all of 2" x 2" +material. The seat of the chair should be 16 inches, and the rear posts +should extend up above the seat at least 18 inches. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 259._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 260._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 261._] + +Fig. 258 is a good example of a grandfather's clock in mission style. +The framework only is shown. The frame is 12" x 12", and 5 feet high, +and made up of 2" x 2" material. When neatly framed together, it is a +most attractive article of furniture. The top may be covered in any +suitable way, showing a roof effect. The opening for the dial face of +the clock should be at one of the gable ends. + +A more pretentious bookcase is shown in Fig. 259, in which the frame is +made up wholly of 2" x 2" material. The cross-end bars serve as ledges +to support the shelves. This may be lined interiorly and backed with +suitable casing material, such as Lincrusta Walton, or fiber-board, and +the front provided with doors. Our only object is to show the framework +for your guidance, and merely to make suggestions as to structural +forms. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 262._] + +Another most serviceable article is a case for a coal scuttle (Fig. +260). This should be made of 1-inch boards, and the size of the door, +which carries the scuttle shelf, should be 12" x 16" in size. From this +you can readily measure the dimensions of the case itself, the exterior +dimensions of which are 15" x 20", so that when the 1-inch top is placed +on, it will be 21 inches high. The case from front to rear is 12 inches, +and the shelf above the top is 11 inches wide, and elevated 10 inches +above the top of the case. This is a most useful box for culinary +articles, if not needed for coal, because the ledge, used for the coal +scuttle, can be used to place utensils on, and when the door is opened +all the utensils are exposed to view, and are, therefore, much more +accessible than if stored away in the case itself. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 263._] + +A mission armchair. Fig. 261 is more elaborate than the chair shown in +Fig. 257, but it is the same in general character, and is also made of +2" x 2" stock. The seat is elevated 16 inches from the floor, and the +rear posts are 28 inches high. The arms are 8 inches above the seat. A +chair of this character should have ample seat space, so the seat is 18" +x 18". + +The dog house (Fig. 262), made in imitation of a dwelling, is 24 inches +square, and 18 inches high to the eaves of the roof. The opening in +front is 8" x 10", exclusive of the shaped portion of the opening. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 264._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 265._] + +Fig. 263 shows a simple and easily constructed settee with an under +shelf. The seat is 16 inches from the floor and 24 inches wide. The back +extends up 24 inches from the seat. The lower shelf is midway between +the floor and seat, and is 19 inches wide. This may or may not be +upholstered, dependent on the character of the material of which it is +made. If upholstered, the boards may be of second-class material, +preferably of pine or other light, soft wood. + +A towel rack (Fig. 264) is always a needed article in the kitchen. The +roller may be an old curtain roller cut down to 18 inches in length. The +top piece is 2-1/2 inches wide and 21 inches long. The vertical bars are +each 1-1/2 inches wide and 9 inches long. The brackets are 1-1/2 inches +wide and made of 3/4-inch material. + +Fig. 265 represents the framework of a sofa, the seat of which is 16 +inches high, the front posts up to the arm-rests 24 inches, and the rear +posts 38 inches. From front to rear the seat is 18 inches. The posts are +of 3" x 3" material. This makes a very rigid article of furniture, if +mortised and tenoned and properly glued. The seat is 6 feet long, but it +may be lengthened or shortened to suit the position in which it is to be +placed. It is a companion piece to the chair (Fig. 261). + + + + +CHAPTER XVIII + +SPECIAL TOOLS AND THEIR USES + + +In the foregoing chapters we have referred the reader to the simple +tools, but it is thought desirable to add to the information thus given, +an outline of numerous special tools which have been devised and are now +on the market. + +BIT AND LEVEL ADJUSTER.--It is frequently necessary to bore holes at +certain angles. This can be done by using a bevel square, and holding it +so one limb will show the boring angle. But this is difficult to do in +many cases. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 266. Bit and Square level._] + +This tool has three pairs of V slots on its back edges. The shank of the +bit will lie in these slots, as shown in Fig. 266, either vertically, or +at an angle of 45 degrees, and boring can be done with the utmost +accuracy. It may be attached to a Carpenter's square, thus making it an +accurate plumb or level. + +MITER BOXES.--The advantages of metal miter boxes is apparent, when +accurate work is required. + +The illustration, Fig. 267, shows a metal tool of this kind, in which +the entire frame is in one solid casting. The saw guide uprights are +clamped in tapered sockets in the swivel arm and can be adjusted to hold +the saw without play, and this will also counteract a saw that runs out +of true, due to improper setting or filing. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 267. Metal Miter Box._] + +A second socket in the swivel arm permits the use of a short saw or +allows a much longer stroke with a standard or regular saw. + +The swivel arm is provided with a tapering index pin which engages in +holes placed on the under side of the base. The edge of the base is +graduated in degrees, as plainly shown, and the swivel arm can be set +and automatically fastened at any degree desired. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 268. Parts of Metal Miter Box._] + +The uprights, front and back are graduated in sixteenths of inches, and +movable stops can be set, by means of thumb-screw to the depth of the +cut desired. + +Figure 268 shows the parts of the miter box, in which the numbers +designate the various parts: 101 is the frame; 102 the frame board; 104 +frame leg; 106 guide stock; 107 stock guide clamp; 109 stock guide +plate; 110 swivel arm; 111 swivel arm bushing; 112 swivel bushing screw; +113 index clamping lever; 115 index clamping lever catch; 116 index +clamping lever spring; 122 swivel complete; 123 T-base; 124-1/2 +uprights; 126 saw guide cap; 127 saw guide cap plate; 132 saw guide tie +bar; 133 left saw guide stop and screw; 134 right side guide stop and +screw; 135 saw guide stop spring; 136 saw guide cylinder; 137 saw guide +cylinder plate; 138 trip lever (back); 139 trip lever (front); 141 +leveling screw; 142 trip clamp and screw; 146 T-base clamp screw. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 269. Angle Dividers._] + +ANGLE DIVIDERS.--This is another tool, which does not cost much and is +of great service to the carpenter in fitting moldings where they are +applied at odd angles. + +To lay out the cut with an ordinary bevel necessitates the use of +dividers and a second handling of the bevel, making three operations. + +THE "ODD JOB" TOOL.--A most useful special tool, which combines in its +make-up a level, plumb try-square, miter-square, bevel, scratch awl, +depth gage, marking gage, miter gage, beam compass, and a one-foot rule. +To the boy who wishes to economize in the purchase of tools this is an +article which should be obtained. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 270. "Odd Job" Tool._] + +Figure 270 shows the simplicity of the tool, and how it is applied in +use. + +BIT BRACES.--These tools are now made with so many improved features +that there is really no excuse for getting poor tools. + +The illustrations show merely the heads and the lower operating parts of +the tools. Fig. 271 shows a metal-clad ball-bearing head, so called, as +its under side is completely encased in metal securely screwed to the +wood and revolving against the ball thrust bearing. + +D represents a concealed ratchet in which the cam ring governs the +ratchet, and, being in line with the bit, makes it more convenient in +handling than when it is at right angles. The ratchet parts are entirely +enclosed, thus keeping out moisture and dirt, retaining lubrication and +protecting the users' hands. + +The ratchet mechanism is interchangeable, and may be taken apart by +removing one screw. The two-piece clutch, which is drop forged, is +backed by a very strong spring, insuring a secure lock. When locked, ten +teeth are in engagement, while five are employed while working at a +ratchet. It has universal jaws (G) for both wood and metal workers. + +In Fig. 272, B represents a regular ball bearing head, with the wood +screw on the large spindle and three small screws to prevent its working +loose. This also has a ball thrust. E is the ratchet box, and this shows +the gear teeth cut on the extra heavy spindle, and encased, so that the +user's hands are protected from the teeth. + +The interlocking jaws (H), which are best for taper shanks, hold up to +No. 2 Clark's expansion, and are therefore particularly adapted for +carpenter's use. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 271. Fig. 272. Fig. 273. Types of Bit Braces._] + +In Fig. 273 the plain bearing head (C) has no ball thrust. The head is +screwed on the spindle and held from turning off by two small screws. +The open ratchet (F) shows the gear pinned to the spindle and exposed. +This has alligator jaws (J), and will hold all ordinary size taper shank +bits, also small and medium round shank bits or drills. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 274. Fig. 275. Fig. 276. Steel Frame Breast Drills._] + +STEEL FRAME BREAST DRILL.--These drills are made with both single and +double speed, each speed having three varieties of jaws. The single +speed is very high, the ratio being 4-1/2 to 1, which makes it +desirable to use for small drills, or for use in wood. + +A level is firmly set in the frames of these tools to assist the user to +maintain a horizontal position in boring. Each of the forms shown has a +ball thrust bearing between the pinion and frame. The breast plate may +be adjusted to suit and is locked by a set screw. The spindle is kept +from turning while changing drills, by means of the latch mounted on the +frame, and readily engaging with the pinion. The crank is pierced in +three places so that the handle can be set for three different sweeps, +depending on the character of the work. + +Figure 274 has a three jaw chuck, and has only single speed. Figure 275 +has an interlocking jaw, and is provided with double speed gearing. +Figure 276 has a universal jaw, and double speed. + +PLANES.--The most serviceable planes are made in iron, and it might be +well to show a few of the most important, to bring out the manner +employed to make the adjustments of the bits. + +In order to familiarize the boy with the different terms used in a +plane, examine Figure 277. The parts are designated as follows: 1A is +the double plane iron; 1 single plane iron; 2 plane iron cap; 3 cap +screw; 4 lever cap; 5 lever cap screw; 6 frog complete; 7 Y adjusting +lever; 8 adjusting nut; 9 lateral adjusting lever; 11 plane handle; 12 +plane knob; 13 handle bolt and nut; 14 knob bolt and nut; 15 plane +handle screw; 16 plane bottom; 44 frog pin; 45 frog clamping screw; 46 +frog adjusting screw. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 277. Details of Metal Plane._] + +RABBETING, MATCHING AND DADO PLANES.--Figure 278 shows a useful form of +plane for the reason that it is designed to receive a variety of irons, +adapted to cut rabbets. + +The detached sections of Fig. 278 show the various parts, as well as the +bits which belong to it. 1, 1 represent the single plane irons; 4 the +lever cap; 16 the plane bottom, 50 the fence; 51 the fence thumb screw; +61 the short arm; 70 the adjustable depth gage; 71 the depth gage which +goes through the screw; and 85 the spurs with screws. + +MOLDING AND BEADING PLANE.--A plane of the character shown in Fig. 279 +will do an immense variety of work in molding, beading and dado work, +and is equally well adapted for rabbeting, for filletsters and for match +planing. The regular equipment with this tool comprises fifty-two +cutters. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 278. Rabbet, Matching and Dado Plane._] + +As shown in Fig. 279, the plane has a main stock (A), which carries the +cutter adjustment, a handle, a depth gage, a slitting gage, and a steel +bottom forming a bearing for the other end of the cutter, and slides on +arms secured to the main stock. + +This bottom can be raised or lowered, so that, in addition to allowing +the use of cutters of different widths, cutters can be used having one +edge higher or lower than the edge supported in the main stock. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 279. Molding and Beading Plane._] + +The auxiliary center bottom (C), which can be adjusted for width or +depth, fulfils the requirement of preventing the plane from tilting and +gouging the work. The fence D has a lateral adjustment by means of a +screw, for extra fine work. The four small cuts in the corners show how +the bottoms should be set for different forms of cutters, and the great +importance of having the fences adjusted so that the cutters will not +run. + +The samples of work illustrated show some of the moldings which can be +turned out with the plane. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 280. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane._] + +DOVETAIL TONGUE AND GROOVE PLANE.--This is a very novel tool, and has +many features to recommend it. Figure 280 shows its form, and how it is +used. It is designed to make the dovetailed tongue as well as the +groove. + +It will cut any size groove and tongues to fit with sides of twenty +degrees flare, where the width of the neck is more than one-quarter of +an inch thick, and the depth of the groove not more than three-quarters +of an inch. The tongue and groove are cut separately, and can be made +with parallel or tapering sides. The operation of the plane is very +simple. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 281. Fig. 282. Router Planes._] + +ROUTER PLANES.--This is a type of plane used for surfacing the bottom of +grooves or other depressions parallel with the general surface of the +work. + +The planes are made in two types, one, like Fig. 281, which has a closed +throat, and the other, Fig. 282, with an open throat. Both are +serviceable, but the latter is preferable. These planes will level off +bottoms of depression, very accurately, and the tool is not an expensive +one. + +DOOR TRIM PLANE.--This is a tool for making mortises for butts, face +plates, strike plates, escutcheons, and the like, up to a depth of 5/16, +and a width of 3 inches. The principal feature in the plane is the +method of mounting the cutter, which can be instantly set to work from +either end of the plane or across it. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 283. Door Trim Plane._] + +The cutter, as shown in Fig. 283, is cushioned by a spring which +prevents taking a heavier chip than can be easily carried. A fence +regulates the position of the cut and insures the sides of the cut being +parallel. The depth of the cut is governed by a positive stop. By +removing the fence and locking the cutter post with the thumb screw, +instead of using the spring, a very superior router plane is obtained. + + + + +CHAPTER XIX + +ROOFING TRUSSES + + +The chapter on Bridge Building gives some suggestions as to form of +trusses, the particular types there shown being principally for wide +spans. Such trusses were made for one purpose only, namely, to take +great weight, and they were, as a consequence, so constructed as to +provide strength. + +But a roofing truss, while designed to hold the accumulated materials, +such as snow and ice, likely to be deposited there, is of such a design, +principally, so as to afford means of ornamentation. This remark has +reference to such types as dispense with the cross, or tie beam, which +is the distinguishing feature in bridge building. + +The tie beam is also an important element in many types of trusses, +where ornamentation is not required, or in such structures as have the +roofed portion of the buildings enclosed by ceiling walls, or where the +space between the roofs is used for storage purposes. + +In England, and on the Continent of Europe, are thousands of trusses +structured to support the roofs, which are marvels of beauty. Some of +them are bewildering in their formation. The moldings, beaded surfaces, +and the carved outlines of the soffits, of the arches, and of the +purlins, are wonderful in detail. + +The wooden roof of Westminster Hall, while very simple in structure, as +compared with many others, looks like an intricate maze of beams, struts +and braces, but it is, nevertheless, so harmonized that the effect is +most pleasing to the eye, and its very appearance gives the impression +of grandeur and strength. + +Nearly all of the forms shown herein have come down to us from mediaeval +times, when more stress was laid on wooden structures than at the +present time, but most of the stone and metal buildings grew out of the +wooden prototypes. + +Now the prime object of nearly all the double-roofed trusses was to +utilize the space between the rafters so as to give height and majesty +to the interior. + +A large dome is grand, owing to its great simplicity, but the same plain +outlines, or lack of ornamentation, in the ceiling of a square or +rectangular building would be painful to view, hence, the braces, beams, +plates, and various supports of the roofed truss served as ornamental +parts, and it is in this particular that the art of the designer finds +his inspiration. + +Before proceeding to apply the matter of ornamentation, it might be well +to develop these roof forms, starting with the old type Barn Roof, where +the space between the rafters must be utilized for the storage of hay. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 284. Gambrel Roof._] + +_The Gambrel Roof_, Fig. 284, requires a tie beam, (A), as shown, but +the space above the beam is free of all obstructions, and gives a large +storage space. The roof has two sets of rafters (B, C), and of different +pitch, the lower rafters (B) having a pitch of about 30 degrees, and the +upper ones (C), about 45 degrees. + +A tie bar (D) joins the middle portion of each of the rafters (B, C) and +another tie bar (E) joins the middle part of the rafter (B), and the +supporting post (F). The cross tie beam (G) completes the span, and a +little study will show the complete interdependence of one piece upon +the other. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 285. Purlin Roof._] + +_The Purlin Roof_ is a type of structure used very largely throughout +the United States, for wide barns. (A) is the cross beam; (B, B) the +purlin posts; (C, C) the purlin plates; (D, D) the rafters; and (E, E) +the supporting braces. + +The rafters (D) are in two sections, the distance from the eaves to the +comb being too great for single length rafters, and the purlin plates +are not designed to make what is called a "self-supporting" roof, but +merely to serve as supports for the regular rafters. + +_The Princess Truss_, on the other hand, is designed to act as a support +for the different lengths of rafters (A, B, C), and as a means for +holding the roof. It is adapted for low pitch and wide spans. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 286. Princess Truss._] + +The main truss is made up of the cross beam (D), rafters (E, E) and +thrust beam (F). Purlin posts (G, G) are placed at an angle intermediate +the ends of the rafters, and the purlin plates (H, H) support the roof +rafters (A, B, C); I, I are the vertical tie rods. + +This type is probably the oldest form of truss for building purposes, +and it has been modified in many ways, the most usual modification being +the substitution of posts for the tie rods (I, I). + +Following out the foregoing forms, we may call attention to one more +type which permitted ornamentation to a considerable degree, although it +still required the tie beam. In fact the tie beam itself was the feature +on which the architect depended to make the greatest effect by +elaborating it. + +This is shown in Fig. 287, and is called the _Arched_, or _Cambered, Tie +Beam Truss_. It is a very old type, samples of which have been found +which take it back to a very remote age. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 287. Arched, or Cambered, Tie Beam._] + +The tie beam A, in wide spans, was made in two sections, properly tied +together, and sometimes the outer ends were very wide, and to add to the +effect of the arch, it might also be raised in the middle, something in +the form shown by the dotted line (B). + +_The Mansard_ is what may be called a double-mounted roof, and it will +be seen how it was evolved from the preceding types. It will be noted +that the simple truss formed by the members (A, B, C) is merely +superposed on the leaning posts, the tie beam also being necessary in +this construction. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 288. The Mansard._] + +But the most elaborate formations are those which were intended to +provide trusses for buildings wherein the tie beams were dispensed with. + +The simplest form known is called the _Scissors Beam_, illustrated in +Fig. 289. This has been utilized for small spaces, and steep pitches. +Each rafter (A) has an angled beam or brace (B), springing from its +base, to the opposite rafter (A), to which it is joined, midway between +its ends, as at C. + +Where the two braces (B) cross each other they are secured together, as +at D. As a result, three trusses are formed, namely, 1, 2, 3, and it +possesses remarkable strength. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 289. Scissors Beam._] + +BRACED COLLAR BEAM.--This is a modification of the last type, but is +adapted for thick walls only. The tie rod braces (A, A) have to be +brought down low to give a good bracing action, and this arrangement is +capable of considerable ornamentation. + +The steeper the pitch the higher up would be the inner and lower brace +posts (B, B) which were supported by the top of the wall. This form is +not available for wide spans, and is shown to illustrate how the +development was made into the succeeding types. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 290. Braced Collar Beam._] + +THE RIB AND COLLAR TRUSS, Fig. 291, is the first important structural +arrangement which permitted the architect to give full sway to +embellishment. The inwardly-projecting members (A, A) are called _Hammer +Beams_. They were devised as a substitute for the thick walls used in +the Braced Collar Beam Truss, and small brackets (B, B) were placed +beneath as supports. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 291. Rib and Collar Truss._] + +The short tie beam (C), near the apex, serves as the member to receive +the thrust and stress of the curved ribs (D, D). It forms a most +graceful type of roof, and is capable of the most exquisite +ornamentation, but it is used for the high pitched roofs only. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 290-1/2. Hammer Beam Truss._] + +The acme of all constructions, in which strength, beauty, and capacity +for ornamentation are blended, is the _Hammer Beam Truss_. Here the +hammer beam projects inwardly farther than in the preceding figure, and +has a deeper bracket (B), and this also extends down the pendant post +(C) a greater distance. + +The curved supporting arch (D), on each side, is not ribbed, as in the +Rib and Collar Truss, but instead, is provided with openwork (not shown +herein), together with beadings and moldings, and other ornamental +characteristics, and some of the most beautiful architectural forms in +existence are in this type of roof. + +What are called Flying Buttresses (E) are sometimes used in connection +with the Hammer Beam Truss, which, with heavy roofs and wide spans, is +found to be absolutely necessary. + + + + +CHAPTER XX + +ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTS + + +In uniting two or more elements, some particular type of joint is +necessary. In framing timbers, in making braces, in roof construction +and supports, in floor beams, and in numerous other places, where +strength is required, the workman should have at his command a knowledge +of the most serviceable methods. + +Illustrations can most forcibly convey the different types; but the +sizes must be determined by the character of the material you are +working with. Our aim is to give the idea involved, and the name by +which each is known. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 292. Bridle Joints._] + +Reference has been made in Chapter X, to certain forms of scarfing and +lapping pieces. This chapter has to do with a variety of other +structural forms, but principally with such as are used in heavy +building work, and in cases where neither fish plates nor scarfing will +answer the purpose. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 293. Spur Tenon._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 294. Saddle Joints._] + +BRIDLE JOINTS.--This is a form of joint where permanency is not desired, +and where it is necessary to readily seat or unseat the vertical timber. +It is also obvious that the socket for the upright is of such a +character that it will not weaken it to any great extent. + +SPUR TENON.--This tenon can be used in many places where the regular one +is not available. This, like the preceding, is used where the parts are +desired to be detachable, and the second form is one which is used in +many structures. + +SADDLE JOINT.--This is still another manner in which a quickly +detachable joint can be constructed. The saddle may be mounted on the +main base, or cut into the base piece. An infinite variety of forms of +saddles are made, most of them being used in dock work, and for framing +of that character where large timbers are used, as in the building of +coal chutes, and the like. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 295. Joggle Joints._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 296. Framing Joints._] + +JOGGLE JOINT.--This joint is used almost exclusively for brace work +where great weight must be supported. The brace has a tenon, and the +end must also be so arranged that it will have a direct bearing against +the upright, which it braces and supports, or it may have two faces, as +in the second figure, which is an exceedingly strong construction. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 297. Heel Joints._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 298. Stub Tenon._] + +FRAMING JOINTS.--These are the simplest form in which two members are +secured together. They are used almost wholly in rafter work, and have +very few modifications. The depth of the cut, for the toe of the rafter, +depends on the load to be carried, and also on the distance the end of +the rafter is from the end of the horizontal member on which the rafter +rests. + +HEEL JOINTS.--This is by far the most secure of the framing type of +joints. This, if properly made, is much better than the construction +shown in the previous illustration, but the difficulty is to make the +rafter fit into the recesses properly. This is no excuse for failure to +use, but it is on account of inability to make close fits that is +accountable for lack of use. It will be seen that in case one of the +heels rests against the recess, and the others do not, and the pressure +is great, there is a liability to tear out the entire joint. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 299. Tusk Tenon._] + +STUB TENON.--This is another form of tenon which is made and designed to +be used where it is in close proximity to another tenon, or where the +mortises, if made full size, will weaken the member. The long tusk can +be shortened, to suit the place where it projects, and the stub tenon on +each side of the tusk may be made very short, and one side longer than +the other if necessary. + +TUSK TENON.--Two forms of tusk construction are given. Any number of +forms have been devised, all for special purposes, and designed for +different kinds of woods. These shown are particularly adapted for soft +woods, and the principal feature that is valuable lies in the fact that +they have a number of shoulders within the mortise, each of which, +necessarily adds to the strength. It should be observed that in the +construction of the tusk tenon, the greatest care must be taken to have +it fit the mortise tightly, and this has reference to the bottom and +shoulder ends as well. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 300. Double Tusk Tenon._] + +DOUBLE TUSK TENONS.--The distinguishing difference between this and the +preceding is in the tusk, which in this form of construction goes +through the upright member, and is held by a cross key. The double tusk +is intended for hard woods, and it is regarded as the finest, as well +as the strongest, joint known. + +COGGED JOINTS.--This differs from the regular tenoning and mortising +methods, principally because the groove or recess is in the form of an +open gain. It is used where the member is to be inserted after the main +structure is put together. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 301. Cogged Joints._] + +[Illustration: _Fig. 302. Anchor Joint._] + +ANCHOR JOINT.--This form of connection is designed for very large +timbers, and where great care must be taken in making the parts fit +together nicely, as everything depends on this. This style is never +used where the angles are less than 45 degrees, and the depth of the +gain in the timber receiving the brace is dependent on the thrust of the +brace. + +[Illustration: _Fig. 303. Deep Anchor Joint._] + +The Deep Anchor Joint is an extension of the tongue of the Anchor tenon, +so that it affords a greater support for the end thrust. To clearly +distinguish between this and the preceding form, it might be said that +the Anchor Joint is one designed to protect the member containing the +gains, while the Deep Anchor Joint favors the brace, by giving it a +greater power. + + + + +CHAPTER XXI + +SOME MISTAKES, AND A LITTLE ADVICE IN CARPENTRY + + +In the mechanical arts, workers are as likely to learn from the mistakes +committed as through correct information imparted. Advice, therefore, +might be considered superfluous. But there are certain things which are +easily remembered and may be borne in mind while engaged in turning out +any work. + +This chapter is not given for the purpose of calling attention to all +the errors which are so common, but merely to point out a few which the +boy will commit as he tries to carry out his work for the first time. + +One of the difficult things for any one to learn, in working with wood, +is to plane the edge of a board straight and square at the same time. +This is made doubly difficult if it is desired to plane it strictly to +dimensions. + +Usually before the edge is straight it is down to the proper width +desired, and it is then too late to correct any error, because further +work will make it too narrow. + +The whole difficulty is in the holding of the plane. It matters not how +rigidly it is held, and how carefully it is guarded to veer it toward +one side or the other, it will be found a most difficult task. + +If the fore, or finishing, plane is used, and which is the proper tool +for the purpose, the impression seems to be, that to square up the edge +and make it cut off a thicker shaving on one side than on the other, +requires that the plane should be pressed down with force, so as to make +it dig in and cut a thicker shaving. + +When this is resorted to the board is liable to get out of true from end +to end. A much better plan is to put the plane on the edge of the board +true and straight. If it is too high on the edge nearest you, bring the +plane over so the inside edge is flush with the inside edge of the +board. + +Then use the fingers of the left hand as a gage to keep the plane from +running over. + +Now, the weight of the plane in such a condition is sufficient to take +off a thicker shaving at the high edge, and this will be done without +any effort, and will enable you to concentrate your thoughts on keeping +the plane straight with the board. + +The weight of the plane will make a thicker shaving on one side than on +the other, and correct inequalities, provided you do not attempt to +force the plane. + +It requires an exceedingly steady hand to hold a plane firmly for +squaring up a half-inch board. Singular as it may seem, it is almost as +difficult a job with a two-inch plank. In the case of the thin board the +plane will move laterally, unless the utmost care is exercised; in the +truing up the thick plank the constant tendency is to move the plane +along the surface at a slight diagonal, and this is sure to cause +trouble. + +It only emphasizes the fact most clearly, that to do a good job the +plane must be firmly held, that it must move along the board with the +utmost precision, and that it should not be forced into the wood. + +In smoothing down a board with the short smoothing plane, preparatory to +sandpapering it, the better plan is to move the plane slightly across +the grain. This will enable the bit to take hold better, and when the +sandpaper is applied the course of the movement should be across the +grain opposite the direction taken by the smoothing plane. + +It is never satisfactory to draw the sandpaper directly along in the +course of the grain. Such a habit will cause the sandpaper to fill up +very rapidly, particularly with certain woods. + +When gluing together joints or tenons, always wipe off the surplus glue +with warm water taken from the glue pot. If you do not follow this +advice the glue will gum up the tools and the sandpaper used to finish +the work. + +Never try to work from opposite sides of a piece of material. Have a +_work side_ and a work _edge_, and make all measurements therefrom. Mark +each piece as you go along. Take a note mentally just how each piece is +to be placed, and what must be done with it. + +The carpenter, above all others, must be able to carry a mental picture +of his product. + +Never saw out the scribing or marking line, either in cutting or in +ripping. The lines should be obliterated by the plane, when it is being +finished, and not before. + +Make it a habit to finish off the surfaces and edges true and smooth +before the ends are cut, or the mortises or tenons are made. This is one +of the most frequent mistakes. No job can be a perfect one unless your +material has been worked down to proper dimensions. + +Learn to saw across a board squarely. This may be a hard thing for the +novice to do. A long, easy stroke of the saw will prevent it from +running, unless too badly set or filed, and will also enable you to hold +it more nearly square with the board. + +If you find that you invariably saw "out of true," then take some sawing +lessons for your own benefit, until you can judge whether the saw is +held true or not. + +It is better to saw up a half dozen boards in making the test than +commit the error while working on a job. + + + + +GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT OF THIS VOLUME + + +$Acute.$ Sharp, to the point. + +$Adjuster.$ A tool which measures distances and relative spaces. + +$AEsthetic.$ The theory of taste; science of the beautiful in nature and +art. + +$Abstract.$ That which exists in the mind only; separate from matter; to +think of separately as a quality. + +$Alligator jaws.$ A term used to designate a pair of serrated bars which +are held together in a headpiece, and capable of clamping bits between +them. + +$Analyzed.$ Separated into its primitive or original parts. + +$Anchor.$ Any device for holding an object in a fixed position. + +$Angle dividers.$ A sort of double bevel tool so arranged that an angle +can be made at the same time on both side of a base line. + +$Angularly disposed.$ Forming an angle with reference to some part or +position. + +$Archivolt.$ The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of +an arch. More commonly the molding or other ornaments with which the +wall face of an arch is changed. + +$Artisan.$ One trained in some mechanic's art or trade. + +$Beaded.$ A piece of wood or iron having rounded creases on its +surface. + +$Beam compass.$ A drawing compass in which the points are arranged to +slide on a rod, instead of being fixed on dividers. + +$Belfry.$ A bell-tower, usually attached to a church. + +$Bevel square.$ A handle to which is pivotally attached a blade, which +may be swung and held at any desired angle. + +$Bisected.$ To divide, mark, or cut into two portions. + +$Bit.$ A small tool, either for drilling, or for cutting, as a plane +iron. + +$Braced collar.$ A form of roofing truss, in which the upper cross +member is supported by a pair of angled braces. + +$Breast drill.$ A tool for holding boring tools, and designed to have +the head held against the breast for forcing in the boring tool. + +$Bridle joint.$ A form for securing elements together which provides a +shallow depression in one member, and a chamfered member at its end to +fit therein. + +$Bungalow.$ A Bengalese term; originally a thatched or tiled house or +cottage, single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. + +$Bushing.$ A substance of any kind interposed, as, for instance, a +wearing surface between a mandrel and its bearing. + +$Butts.$ A term applied to certain hinges, usually of the large type. + +$Callipered.$ A measured portion which has its side or thickness fixed +by a finely graduated instrument. + +$Cambered.$ Slightly rising in the middle portion. An upward bend, or +projection. + +$Capital.$ A small head or top of a column; the head or uppermost member +of a pilaster. + +$Cardinal.$ Pre-eminent, chief, main line; _Cardinal_ line is the +principal line to make calculations or measurements from. + +$Centering point.$ A place for the reception of the point of an +instrument, like a compass or a dividers, or for the dead center of the +tail-stock of a lathe. + +$Cheekpiece.$ A piece or pieces at right angles to another piece, either +fixed or movable, which serves as a rest or a guide. + +$Chiffonier.$ A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with +shelves and drawers. + +$Chute.$ A channel in any material, or made of any substance, for +conveying liquids or solids. + +$Circumference.$ The distance around an object. + +$Circumferentially.$ Surrounding or encircling. + +$Classical.$ Relating to the first class or rank, especially in +literature or art. + +$Cogged.$ Having teeth, either at regular or at irregular intervals. + +$Concrete.$ Expressing the thing itself specifically; also the quality; +a specific example. + +$Configuration.$ Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the +parts of a thing; a shape or a figure. + +$Coincide.$ To occupy the same place in space; to correspond exactly; to +agree; to concur. + +$Correlation.$ A reference, as from one thing to another; the putting +together of various parts. + +$Conventional.$ Something which grows out of or depends upon custom, or +is sanctioned by general usage. + +$Craftsman.$ One skilled in a craft or trade. + +$Curvature.$ The act of curving or being bent. + +$Concentrated.$ To bring to a common center; to bring together in one +mass. + +$Dado.$ A plain flat surface between a base and a surbase molding. +Sometimes a painted or encrusted skirting on interior walls. + +$Depth gage.$ A tool by means of which the depths of grooves and +recesses are measured. + +$Degree.$ Measure of advancement; quality; extent; a division or space. + +$Discarded.$ Cast off; to reject or put away. + +$Deterioration.$ To grow worse; impairing in quality. + +$Depressed.$ A sunken surface or part. + +$Diagrammatical.$ A drawing made to illustrate the working or the +scheme, without showing all the parts or giving their relative positions +or measurements. + +$Diametrically.$ A direction toward the center or across the middle of a +figure or thing. + +$Diagonal.$ A direction which is not parallel with or perpendicular to a +line. + +$Dominate.$ To govern; controlling. + +$Door trim.$ The hardware which is attached to a door. + +$Double-roofed.$ All form of roof structure where there is an inner +frame to support the rafters. + +$Drop forged.$ Metal forms which are struck up by means of heavy +hammers, in which are the molds or patterns of the article to be formed. + +$Elaboration.$ Wrought with labor; finished with great care. + +$Elevation.$ The act of raising from a lower to a higher degree; a +projection of a building or other object on a plane perpendicular to the +horizon. + +$Elliptical.$ Having the form of an ellipse. + +$Embellishment.$ The act of adorning; that which adds beauty or +elegance. + +$Entablature.$ The structure which lies horizontally upon the columns. + +$Equidistant.$ Being at an equal distance from a point. + +$Escutcheon.$ An ornamental plate like that part about a keyhole. + +$Evolve.$ To unfold or unroll; to open and expand. + +$Facade.$ The front of a building; the principal front having some +architectural pretensions. + +$Facing-boards.$ The finishing of the face of a wall of different +material than the main part of the wall; the wide board below the +cornice or beneath the windows. + +$Factor.$ One of the elements, circumstances or influences which +contribute to produce a result. + +$Fence.$ A term used to designate a metal barrier or guard on a part of +a tool. + +$Fish plate.$ A pair of plates, usually placed on opposite sides of the +pieces to be secured together, and held by cross bolts. + +$Flare.$ A pitch; an angle; an inclination. + +$Flush.$ Unbroken, or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent +surface. + +$Frog clamping screw.$ A screw which is designed to hold or adjust two +angled pieces. + +$Fulcrum.$ That by which a lever is sustained, or on which a lever rests +in turning or moving a body. + +$Fluting.$ The channel or channels in a body; as the grooves in a +column. + +$Gain.$ A square or beveled notch or groove cut out of a girder, beam, +post or other material, at a corner. + +$Gambrel.$ A roof having two different pitches, the upper much greater +than the lower. + +$Geometry.$ Pertaining to that branch of mathematics which investigates +the relations, properties and measurements of solids, surfaces, lines +and angles. + +$Girder.$ A main beam; a straight horizontal beam to span an opening or +carry a weight, such as the ends of floor beams. + +$Glossary.$ A collection or explanation of words and passages of the +works of an author; a partial dictionary. + +$Graduated.$ Cut up into steps; divided into equal parts. + +$Guide stock.$ A member which is the main portion of the tool, and from +which all measurements are taken. + +$Hammer beam.$ A member in a truss roof structure, at the base of the +roof proper, which consists of an inwardly projecting part, on which the +roof rests, and from which it is braced. + +$Hammer-pole.$ The peon, or round end of a hammer which is used for +driving nails. + +$Hemispherical.$ Pertaining to a half globe or sphere. + +$Horizontal.$ On the level; at right angles to a line which points to +the center of the earth. + +$Incorporated.$ United in one body. + +$Index pin.$ A small movable member which is designed to limit the +movement of the operative part of a machine. + +$Initial.$ To make a beginning with; the first of a series of acts or +things. + +$Insulate.$ To place in a detached position; to separate from. + +$Interchangeable.$ One for the other. + +$Interval.$ A space between things; a void space; between two objects. + +$Interest.$ To engage the attention of; to awaken or attract attention. + +$Interlocking jaw.$ Two or more parts of a piece of mechanism in which +the said parts pass each other in their motions. + +$Intersection.$ The point or line in which one line or surface cuts +another. + +$Intervening.$ The portion between. + +$Inverted.$ Turned over; to put upside down. + +$Joggle-joint.$ A form of connection which has struts attached to a +pendant post. + +$Joinery.$ The art or trade of joining wood. + +$Kerf.$ A notch, channel or slit made in any material by cutting or +sawing. + +$Kit.$ A working outfit; a collection of tools or implements. + +$Level.$ A tool designed to indicate horizontal or vertical surfaces. + +$Liberal.$ Not narrow or contracted. + +$Lobe.$ Any projection, especially of a rounded form; the projecting +part of a cam-wheel. + +$Longitudinal.$ In the direction of the length; running lengthwise. + +$Lubrication.$ The system of affording oiling means to a machine or to +any article. + +$Mandrel.$ The live spindle of a lathe; the revolving arbor of a +circular saw. + +$Mansard.$ A type of roof structure with two pitches, one, the lower, +being very steep, and the other very flat pitch. + +$Manual.$ Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by hand. + +$Marginal.$ The border or edge of an object. + +$Marking gage.$ A bar on which is placed a series of points, usually +equidistant from each other. + +$Matching.$ Placing tongue in one member and a corresponding groove in +another member, so that they will join each other perfectly. + +$Mediaeval.$ Of or relating to the Middle Ages. + +$Miter-box.$ A tool for the purpose of holding a saw true at any desired +adjustable angle. + +$Miter-square.$ A tool which provides adjustment at any desired angle. + +$Mullion.$ A slender bar or pier which forms the vertical division +between the lights of windows, screens, etc.; also, indoors, the main +uprights are _stiles_, and the intermediate uprights are _mullions_. + +$Obliterated.$ Erased or blotted out. + +$Obtuse.$ Not pointed; bent. + +$Orbit.$ The path made by a heavenly body in its travel around another +body. + +$Ordinate.$ The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, +measured on a line called the _axis of ordinates,_ or on a line parallel +to it from another line, at right angles thereto, called the _axis of +abscissas_. + +$Ornamentation.$ To embellish; to improve in appearance. + +$Oscillate.$ To swing like a pendulum. + +$Overhang.$ In a general sense that which projects out. + +$Paneling.$ A sunken compartment or portion with raised margins, molded +or otherwise, as indoors, ceilings wainscoting, etc. + +$Parallelogram.$ A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite +sides are parallel and, consequently, equal. + +$Parallel.$ Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally +distant. + +$Perspective.$ A view; a vista; the effect of distance upon the +appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognizes them as +being at a more or less measurable distance. + +$Pivot.$ A fixed pin, or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or +other body turns. + +$Pitch.$ Slope; descent; declivity, like the slope of a roof. + +$Placement.$ The act of placing; in the state of being placed. + +$Predominate.$ To be superior in number, strength, influence or +authority; controlling. + +$Produced.$ To lengthen out; to extend. + +$Prototype.$ The original; that from which later forms sprang. + +$Purlin.$ A longitudinal piece of timber, under a roof, midway between +the eaves and comb, to hold the rafters. + +$Rabbeting.$ The manner of cutting grooves or recesses. + +$Ratchet.$ A wheel, bar, or other form of member, having teeth or +recesses. + +Rebate. A rectangular, longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner +or edge of a body. + +$Rail.$ A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. + +$Rectangular.$ Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety +degrees; a four-sided figure having only right angles. + +$Rib and collar.$ A form of roof truss in which the collar between +rafters is used as the thrust bearing for the ribs which project up from +the hammer beam. + +$Router.$ A tool for cutting grooves or recesses. + +$Saddle joint.$ A form of connection in which one part has a portion cut +away, resembling a saddle, and in which the part to be attached has its +end cut so as to fit the saddle thus formed. + +$Scarfing.$ The cutting away of the ends of timbers to be joined, so the +two parts on lapping will unite evenly. + +$Scissors beam.$ A form of truss, in which there is a pair of interior +braces formed like shears, and secured to the main rafters themselves. + +$Score, Scored.$ Shear; cut; divide; also notching or marking. + +$Scratch awl.$ A sharp-pointed tool, with a handle. + +$Scribe.$ To cut, indent or mark with a tool, such as a knife, awl or +compass, so as to form a cutting line for the workman. + +$Self-supporting.$ Held by itself; not depending upon outside aid. + +$Shank.$ Usually the handle, or portion to which the handle is attached. + +$Slitting gage.$ A tool which is designed to cut along a certain line +guided by an adjustable fence. + +$Soffit.$ The under side of an arch. + +$Solid.$ Not hollow; full of matter; having a fixed form; hard; opposed +to liquid or fluid. + +$Spindle.$ A small mandrel; an arbor; a turning shaft. + +$Springer.$ The post or point at which an arch rests upon its support, +and from which it seems to spring. + +$Sphere.$ A body or space continued under a single surface which, in +every part, is equally distant from a point within called its center. + +$Spur.$ A small part jutting from another. + +$Strike plate.$ A plate serving as a keeper for a beveled latch bolt and +against which the latter strikes in closing. + +$Steel Tubing.$ Pipes made from steel; tubing is measured across from +outside to outside; piping is measured on the inside. + +$Step-wedge.$ A wedge having one straight edge, and the other edge +provided with a succession of steps, by means of which the piece +gradually grows wider. + +$Strain, Stresses.$ To act upon in any way so as to cause change of form +or volume; as forces on a beam to bend it. + +$Strut.$ Any piece of timber which runs from one timber to another, and +is used to support a part. + +$Stub.$ A projecting part, usually of some defined form, and usually +designed to enter or engage with a corresponding recess in another +member. + +$Submerged.$ To be buried or covered, as with a fluid; to put under. + +$Swivel.$ A pivoted member, used in many forms of tools, in which one +part turns on the other. + +$Tail-stock.$ The sliding support or block in a lathe, which carries the +dead spindle, or adjustable center. + +$Technical.$ Of or pertaining to the useful in mechanical arts, or to +any science, business, or the like. + +$Texture.$ The disposition of the several parts of any body in +connection with each other; or the manner in which the parts are united. + +$Tool rest.$ That part of a lathe, or other mechanism, which supports a +tool, or holds the tool support. + +$Torso.$ The human body as distinguished from the head and limbs. + +$Transverse.$ In a crosswise direction; lying across; at right angles to +the longitudinal. + +$Trimmer.$ A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor +framing, as when a hole is left for stairs, chimneys, and the like. + +$Truss.$ An assemblage of members of wood or iron, supported at two +points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points +with the least possible strain, across the length of any member. + +$Tusk.$ In mechanism, a long projecting part, longer than a tenon, and +usually applied to the long or projecting part of a tenon. + +$Universal joint.$ A joint wherein one member is made to turn with +another, although the two turning members are not in a line with each +other. + +$Vocation.$ Employment; trade; profession; business. + +$Voissoir.$ One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. + + + + +THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS + + +CARPENTRY FOR BOYS + +A book which treats, in a most practical and fascinating manner, all +subjects pertaining to the "King of Trades"; showing the care and use of +tools; drawing; designing, and the laying out of work; the principles +involved in the building of various kinds of structures, and the +rudiments of architecture. 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