Handwork in Wood (Illustrated)
Author: William Noyes
Copyright Status: Public Domain
Category:Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts, Woodwork Carving Crafts
Table of Contents
HANDWORK IN WOOD
Teachers College, Columbia University
WILLIAM NOYES 1910
FOREWORD
CONTENTS.
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter I.
LOGGING.
MECHANICAL METHODS IN LUMBERING.
LOGGING.
Chapter II.
SAWMILLING.
SAWMILLING.
Chapter III.
SEASONING.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR STORING LUMBER.
WOOD MEASUREMENTS.
THE SEASONING AND MEASURING OF WOOD.
Chapter IV.
WOOD HAND TOOLS.
CUTTING TOOLS.
SAWS.
PLANES.
BORING TOOLS.
CHOPPING TOOLS.
WOOD HAND TOOLS.
Chapter IV, Continued.
WOOD HAND TOOLS.
SCRAPING TOOLS.
POUNDING TOOLS.
HOLDING TOOLS. A. Tools for Holding Work.
B. Tools for holding other tools.
MEASURING AND MARKING TOOLS.
SHARPENING TOOLS.
CLEANING TOOLS.
WOOD HAND TOOLS.Continued.
Chapter V.
WOOD FASTENINGS.
NAILS
SCREWS
BOLTS
GLUE
HINGES
HINGING
LOCKS
INSERTING LOCKS
WOOD FASTENINGS
Chapter VI.
EQUIPMENT AND CARE OF THE SHOP.
$400 TOOL EQUIPMENT. INDIVIDUAL TOOLS.
GENERAL TOOLS
$750 TOOL EQUIPMENT
GENERAL TOOLS
METALWORKING TOOLS
THE CARE OF THE WOODWORKING SHOP
EQUIPMENT AND CARE OF THE SHOP
CHAPTER VII.
THE COMMON JOINTS.
HEADING JOINTS
BUTT JOINTS
HALVING-JOINTS
MODIFIED HALVING JOINTS
MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINTS
DOVETAIL JOINTS
BEVELED JOINTS
THE COMMON JOINTS
Chapter VIII.
TYPES OF WOODEN STRUCTURES.
(1) SIMPLE OR UNJOINED PIECES
(2) BOARD STRUCTURES.
(3) PANEL STRUCTURES
(4) FRAMED STRUCTURES
TYPES OF WOODEN STRUCTURES
Chapter IX.
PRINCIPLES OF JOINERY.11
THE PRINCIPLES OF JOINERY
Chapter X.
WOOD FINISHING.
STAINS.
FILLING
POLISHES
PAINTING
TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR WOOD FINISHING
WOOD FINISHING
INDEX.
Transcriber's Note:
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This book is intended primarily for teachers of woodwork, but the author hopes that there will also be other workers in wood, professional and amateur, who will find in it a matter of interest and profit.
The successful completion of the book is due chiefly to the untiring assistance of my wife, Anna Gausmann Noyes, who has made almost all of the drawings, corrected the text, read the proof, and atten