INDEX
Adze, Indian, 11
-- Japanese, 15
Air-chambers, 318, 319 (footnote)
-- dried stock, 164. See _Seasoning_.
-- drying, 36-40, 522-524
-- pure, 277-279
-- tanks, 318, 319 (footnote)
Alkanet root, 498
Ammonia (for staining), 495, 497
Angle-blocks. See _Corner-blocks_, 365
Angles, determining, with bevel, 350
Angular bit-brace, 352
Animals, houses for, 126-140
Annual rings, 29
Anvil, 77, 344
Apparatus, athletic and gymnastic.
See _Gymnastic Apparatus_ and _Implements for Outdoor Sports_.
Apple (wood), 512
Apron, 56
Arbours, 291-293
Arcs, describing circular, 364, 365
Arkansas stone, 434
Ash, 512
-- sapwood, 42, 510
Auger-bit, 352
Awl, Japanese, 15
Awls, 344, 345
Axe, 345
Backbone, ice-boat, 334
Back-saw, 469
Backs for case work, 194
Balcony, 295, 297
Ball and block, 219
Balloon frame, 280
Bar, horizontal, 166-168, 173
Bars, parallel, 164-166
Bassoolah, 11, 12
Basswood, 512
Bath-house, 293, 294
Batteau, 299-314
Battening, 282
Bayberry tallow, 378
Baywood. See _Mahogany_.
Beading, 198, 345, 346
-- -planes, 451
Bead-scraper, 345, 346
Beams. See _Collar-beams_, _beams_, etc.
Beech, 512
Bench, filing-, 75-77
-- finishing-, 77
-- hook, 86-88
-- stop, 71-75
-- top, 62, 63, 74, 536
-- vise, 65-71, 74, 101, 536
-- work-, 57-65, 101, 536, 537
Bending wood, 40, 346-349
Bevel, 349, 350
Bevelling, 350, 351, 357
-- edges of sides of boat, 305
Big trees, 520
Birch, 512, 513
-- model (canoe), 325, 326
Bird-houses. See _Houses for animals_.
Bird's-eye maple, 517
Bit-brace, 351, 352
-- angular, 352
-- maker, 22
-- use of, 353-356 (_Boring_)
-- where to keep, 83
Bits, 352, 353
-- arrangement, 83
-- maker, 22
Bit-stock. See _Bit-brace_.
Black birch, 512, 513
-- bone-, 498
-- cherry, 514
-- ivory-, 498
Black, lamp-, 498
-- walnut, 513
Blind dovetailing, 373
-- nailing, 432
Block-form, 176, 240
-- -plane, 449
Board, sprung, for pressure, 362
-- -measure, 47, 48
Boarding, outside, 269
Boards, definition of, 46
-- matched-, 46, 47
-- or planks, laying exposed, 353
-- splitting, 527-529
Boat-building, 298-343
-- house-, 339-343
-- -houses, 294-297
-- ice-, 332-339
Boats, toy, hulls of, 227-237
-- (windmill), 114, 115
Bob-sled, 156-163
Body plan, 229, 230 (footnote)
Boiled oil, 437 (_Painting_)
Bone-black, 498
Bookcase and lounge, 211
-- dwarf, 196
-- low, 196
-- pinned ("knock-down"), 195
-- wall, or hanging, 186, 187
-- with cupboard, 197
-- with desk, 198-200
Bookcases, 193-200
Book-rack, 183, 184
-- -shelf, hanging, 185
Booths, play, 241-249
Boring, 353-356
-- Japanese, 15
Bow-gun, 154
-- -saw, 469, 470
Boxes, 219, 227
Box-making, 219-227
Boxwood, 513
Brace for bits. See _Bit-brace_.
-- -joint, 411
Braced frame, 280
Braces, corner, for house frames, 266
Brad-awl, 344, 345
-- holes made by, 430
Brake for sleds, 160-163
British oak, 518
Broad-leaved trees, 511
Bruises and cuts, 86
Bruises in wood, to take out, 356
Brushes, 356
-- care of, 440
Buck. See _Vaulting-horse_.
"Built-up" stock, 409, 410, 530, 531
Bull-nosed-plane, 450
Burnisher for scraper, 487
Butternut, 513
Butt-joint, 408
Buttonwood. See _Sycamore_.
Buying lumber, suggestions about, 36-45. See also _Seasoning_.
-- tools, suggestions about, 15-22
Cabinet-clamps. See _Clamps_.
-- corner-, 190, 191
-- for guns, fishing-rods, etc., 215, 216
-- for tools and supplies, 96-101
-- medicine, 191, 193
-- music, 200, 201
-- wall, or hanging, 186, 189, 190
-- -work. See _Furniture_.
Cabins, 241-259
Cages for animals, 126-140
Calcined plaster, 403
Calipers, 356
Camping-houses. See _House-building for Beginners_.
Canoe, "birch" model, 325, 326
-- canvas-covered, 317-328
-- flat-bottomed, 311-317
-- " " (canvas-covered), 313, 314
Canvas-covered canoe (flat-bottomed), 313, 314
-- canoes, 317-328
Canvas, covering canoe with, 322, 323
-- deck, 317
-- painting, 323
Cap (plane-iron), 451, 452
Care of stock, 44
-- of tools, 22, 23
Carlins, 325, 329
Carpentry, Japanese, 12-15
Carving-tools, 20, 357
-- makers of, 22
Case, centre-board, 330, 331
-- music, 200, 201
Casing for doors, 269
-- for doors and windows, 272
Catalpa, 522
Caulking, 302, 303, 330
Cedar, 513, 514
Centre-bit, 352
-- -board, 330, 331
-- -board trunk, 330, 331
-- -table, 206, 207
Chain, wooden, 218, 219
Chair, outdoor, 210
-- -table, 212-214
Chalk, 416
-- -line, 416
Chamfering, 350, 351, 357
Charring wood, 263, 264, 525
Checking of lumber, 31, 42, 526
Cherry, 514
Chestnut, 514
Chests, 219-227
Chimney. See _Smoke-pipe_.
Chip (of plane), 453
Chisels, 357-359
-- arrangement of, 83
-- makers of, 22
-- sharpening. See _Sharpening_.
-- use of, 358, 359, 421-423, 442-444
Chopping-block, 86
-- wood. See _Splitting Wood_.
Circles and arcs, describing, 364, 365
Circular-plane, 450
Clamping, 71, 359-363 (_Clamps_), 395, 461
Clamps, 71, 359-363, 395, 461. See also _Hand-screws_.
Clapboarding, 273, 274
Clapboards, 48, 274
Cleaner for furniture, etc., 386
Cleating, 53, 363, 364
Cleats. See _Cleating_.
-- for rowlocks, 301, 302, 306
Clinching nails, 431
Club-house, 296, 297
Coal-tar, 525
Coaming, 316, 320, 325, 331
Collar-beams, 287
Collection of specimens of wood, 44, 507, 508
Colour of lumber, 40
"Combination" articles (furniture), 198-200, 211-214
"Combination" planes, 451
Compartments (pigeon-holes), 200
-- water-tight, 318, 319 (footnote)
Compasses, 364, 365. See also _Scribing_.
Compass-plane. See _Circular-plane_.
-- -saw, 469, 470
Concealed nailing. See _Blind-_ and _Sliver-nailing_, 432
Conifers, 511
Coop, 129
Cord, twisted, for pressure, 362
Corner-blocks, 365
-- book-shelves and seat, 212
-- -braces for house frame, 266
-- -chisel, 358
-- -posts, 265, 266
-- -seat and shelves, 212
-- -shelves or cabinets, 190, 191
"Cottage Row," 271-276
Cottages, simple summer, 271-290
Cottonwood, 514
Couch with bookcase, etc., 211
Countersink, 365, 478
Cracking of lumber, 31, 42, 526
Cracks and holes, to fill, 384, 403, 404
-- flashing, 273
Creosote, 525
-- -stains, 270, 525
Cricket, or footstool, 210
Crooked grain, 529, 530
Crossbow, 154
Cross-cutting-saw, 466, 467
-- -grained stock, 40, 41, 529, 530
Cupboard. See _Cabinet_.
Cup-shakes, 531
Curling of lumber, 32-34, 409, 410, 502, 526-531
Curves, sawing, 180
-- trimming or paring, 443
Cut-nails, 433
-- best for shingling, 270
Cuts and bruises, 86
Cutting the log, 31-35
-- the tree. See _Felling_.
Cutting-edges, 25-28. See also _Sharpening_.
-- -pliers, 366
Cutwater, 309-311
Cypress, 514, 515
Daggers, wooden, 106, 107
Deal, 519, 521
Decay and preservation, 41, 524-526
Deck, 329
-- canvas, 317
-- for toy boats, 236
-- timbers, 325, 329
Deliquescent stem, 508
Designing, 175-177, 239-241, 276, 534, 535
Desk and bookcase, 198-200
-- -rack, 184, 185
Dimension stock, 45
Dividers. See _Compasses_.
Dog-fish skin, 381
Dog-houses, 133-136
Dogwood, 522
Dolls' house, 121-125
Door, 247
-- and window frames, space for, 266
-- -casings, 269, 272
Doors and panels, 366-372
-- and windows, sizes of, 276
-- sliding, 132, 133
Double-bladed paddle, 328
-- -ironed planes, 451
-- -runner, 156-163
Dovetailing, 372, 373
Dowelling, 374-376
Dowel-plate, 376
Dowels, 374
Dragon's blood, 498
Drainage, 278, 279
Drawboring, 426
Drawer, or lap, dovetailing, 373
Drawers, 101, 376-378
Drawing nails, 504, 505
Drawings, working, 49, 50, 532-536
Draw-knife or draw-shave, 378, 379
-- use of, 442-444
Draw-stroke, 26-28, 351, 378, 379, 443, 444, 456
Drill, primitive, 10
-- -stock, 379
Drills, 379
Driving nails. See _Nailing_.
Dry rot, 526
-- situation, 277
Dryer, 438 (_Painting_)
Drying lumber, methods of, 36-40, 523, 524
Duck's-bill-bit, 353
Dwarf bookcase, 196
Ebony, 48, 515
Edges, cutting, 25-28. See also _Sharpening_.
Elasticity, 40, 511
-- loss of, 37, 524
Elder, 522
Elevations, 532-534
Elm, 515
-- sapwood, 42, 510
End-grain, 529
-- planing, 457
Essentials to successful work, 102
Estimating, 54, 55
Excurrent trunk, 508
Expansion and contraction, 30-33, 50-53, 225, 526-531
-- bit, 352
Face (of plane), 445
-- (of stock), 54
Facing edges of case work, 198
Farm school, 271
Felling and seasoning, 522-524. See also _Seasoning_.
Figured stock. See _Grain of Wood_.
File-card, 381
Files, 379-381
-- maker of, 22
Filing, 379-381
-- -bench, 75-77
-- saw-, 485-487 (_Sharpening_)
Filler, wood, 385 (_Finishing_)
Finishing, 182, 183, 381-386
-- -bench, 77
Fin-keel type, 229-236
Fir. See _Pine_ and _Spruce_.
Firmer-chisel, 357, 359
Fishing-lodges. See _House-building for Beginners_.
Fish-plates, 411
Flashing, 257, 258, 272, 273
Flatboat, 299-308
Flat-bottomed boats, 299-317
Floor-beams, 254, 255, 266, 267, 287, 288, 296
Flooring for canoe, 323
-- rift-, 36
Floors, 254, 255, 266-268, 287, 288, 296
Flower-pot stands, 201, 202, 207
Footstool or cricket, 210
Fore-plane, 447, 448
Forests, preservation of, 509
Forms for bending. See _Moulds_.
Foundation, 259, 260, 262-264, 279
Frame for buildings, 249, 250, 254, 265-269, 272, 279, 280, 286,
287, 296. See also _Houses for Animals_.
-- balloon, 280
-- braced and mortised, 280
-- for boat. See _Moulds_ and _Boat-building for Beginners_.
Frames, door and window, sizes of, 276;
spaces for, 266
-- picture-, 216, 217
Framing-chisels, 358
Framing (doors and panels). See _Doors and Panels_.
-- (house). See _Frame for Buildings_.
-- -square, 495
French polishing, 385, 386
Frogs, turtles, lizards, etc., tank for, 139, 140
Front elevation, 532
Fungi, 41, 43, and _Decay and Preservation_, 524-526
Furniture, 175-217
-- repairing, 460-462
Gain, 288 (Fig. 399)
Gauge, 386-390
-- for bevels and chamfers, 351
-- makers, 22
Gauging. See _Gauge_.
Georgia pine, 520
Giant swing, 172, 173
Gimlet, 390
-- -bit, 353
Glass for scraper, 473, 474
-- setting, 391
Glazing, 391
Glue. See _Gluing_.
Glued-joints, 360 (footnote), 392, 393 (footnote).
See also _Gluing_, _Clamps_, _Hand-screws_, and
_Repairing Furniture_.
-- clamping, 359-363
-- rubbing, 365 (_Corner-blocks_)
Glue-pot, 396
Gluing, 391-396.
See also _Clamps_, _Hand-screws_, and _Repairing Furniture_.
-- old work. See _Repairing Furniture_.
Glycerine, 434
Gouge, 396-398
-- -bit, 353
Gouges, arrangement of, 83
-- makers of, 22
Grain of wood, 30, 33-36, 40
-- crooked or cross-grained, 35, 36, 40, 529, 530
Grinding. See _Sharpening_.
Grindstone, 398
-- use of, 480-482
Grooving, 185, 187, 398
Gum (wood), 522
Gun-cabinet, etc., 215, 216
Guns and pistols (wooden), 152-154
Gunwale strip, 306, 317, 320
Gymnastic apparatus, 163-174
Half-breadth plan, 229, 230
Half-round file, 380
Halving (halved-joints), 399, 400
Hammer, 400
-- use of. See _Nailing_, 428-430, and also 504, 505
Handles, etc., oiling, 23
Hand-screws, 400-402
-- use of, 71, 400-402, 461
Hanging bookcase, 186, 187
-- book-shelf, 185
"Happy Jack," 112-114
Hard pine, 519, 520
-- wood, 45
Hatchet, 402
-- use of, 441, 442
Headledges, 330, 331
Heart, crooked, 529, 530
-- shakes, 531
-- wood, 29, 42, 43, 510
Hemlock, 515
Hen-houses.
See _Houses for Animals_ and _House-building for Beginners_.
Hickory, 515
-- sapwood, 510
Hinges, 247, 402, 403
Hip-rafters, 284
Hip-roof, 284-286
Holes and cracks, to fill, 384, 403, 404
Hollow and round planes, 451
Holly, 516
Horizontal bar, 166-168, 173
Hornbeam, 522
Horse, vaulting-, 170-172
Horses, or trestles, 88-90
House, bath-, 293, 294
-- -boats, 339-343
-- -building for beginners, 238-297
-- designing, 239-241
-- situation, 239. See also _Houses_.
Housed joint, 424 and Fig. 557
Houses, boat-, 294-297
-- club-, 296, 297
-- dolls', 121-125
-- for animals, 126-140
-- play-, 241-259
-- portable, 247, 248
-- summer-, 291-293. See also _House_.
Housing (housed joint). 424 and Fig. 557
Hunting-lodges. See _House-building for Beginners_.
Hutch, rabbit, 132, 133
Ice-boat, small, 332-339
Indian turning, 10, 11
Inside calipers, 356
Iron (of plane), 445
-- painting, 438
Ironwood, 522
Isometric projection or perspective, 535
Ivory black, 498
Jack-knife. See _Knife_, 411, 412
-- -plane, 446, 447
-- -rafter, 284
Japan, 438 (_Painting_)
-- varnish, 438
Japanese carpenter's vise, 13
-- carpentry, 12-15
-- lacquer, 383 (footnote)
-- tools, 14, 15
Jointer, 448
Jointing, 360 (footnote), 404-408, 491 (_Shooting-board_)
Joints, 221, 222
Joints and splices, 408-411
-- for gluing, 360, 392, 393 (footnote). See _Glued-joints_.
-- housed, 424 and Fig. 557
-- in exposed work, painting, 439, 440
-- mitred. See _Mitring_.
-- relished, 425
Joists, definition, 47
Keel, 316, 323, 324, 327
-- built up, 237
-- (skag), 307
Keelson, 320
Kennel, 133-136
Kerfing. See _Bending Wood_, 346
Keyhole-saw, 470
Kiln-drying, 37-40. See _Seasoning_.
King-bolt, 158
Knees, 314
Knife, 411, 412
-- makers, 22
-- putty, 459
-- sharpening, 480, 484
-- use of, 442-444
Knives, wooden, 106, 107
"Knock-down" construction, 195
Lacquer, Japanese, 383 (footnote)
Ladders (gymnastic), 173
Lampblack, 498
Lancewood, 516
Lap or drawer dovetailing, 373
Lard oil, 434
Lathe, primitive Indian, 10, 11
Laths, 48
Lattice-work, 282, 291, 292
Laying out the work, 50-54
Lead (of plane-iron), 452
-- over door- and window-casings, 272, 273
-- red, 438 (_Painting_)
-- white. See _Painting_.
Lean-to, 241-250
-- addition, 281, 282
-- roof, frame for, 250
Ledger-board, 296
Leg-of-mutton sail, 332
Leopard wood, 48
Level, 96, 412
-- makers, 22
Levelling tables, horses, chairs, etc., 479, 480, 504
Lighthouse, 120
Lignum-vitæ, 516
Lime-water, 497, 498
Linden. See _Basswood_.
Linseed oil. See _Finishing_, _Painting_ (437), and _Staining_.
Lizards, frogs, turtles, etc., tank for, 139, 140
Live oak, 518
Load water-line, 230 (footnote)
Location of house, 277-279
Locks, 412, 413
Locust, 516
Log, cutting the, 31-35
Long jointer, 448
Lounge with bookcase, etc., 211
Lumber, characteristics. See Chapter III. (_Wood_), and 510-522
-- charring, 263, 264, 525
-- checking and cracking, 31, 42, 526
-- colour of, 40
-- cross-grained, 40, 41, 529, 530
-- curling and warping, 32-34, 41, 409, 502, 526-531
-- definition, 45
-- dressed, 45, 46
-- rift, 35, 36
-- sawing, 31-35. See also _Expansion and Contraction_.
-- seasoning, 36-40, 42, 164, 177, 178, 522-524
-- selection of, 33-45
-- stacking, 39
-- swelling and shrinking, 30-35, 50-53, 225, 526-531
-- undressed, 45
-- wany, 40
-- warped, 41. See _Warping_.
-- winding, 41. See _Winding_.
M, 47
Mahogany, 516
-- cracks in, 42
Mallet, 414
Maple, 517
Marking, 414-416
-- -awl. See _Awl_ and _Marking_.
-- distances. See _Rule_, 465
-- -gauge. See _Gauge_.
Mason's square, 261
Masts, 331
Matched-boards, 46, 47
-- striking, 245
Matching-planes, 21, 47, 451
Maxims, 102
Measurements. See _Rule_, and also
47, 48, 50, 59, 167(footnote), 244, 261
Measuring. See _Measurements_.
Measuring-rod, 53
Medicine-cabinet, 191, 193
Medullary rays, 29, 30
Middle-boards, 34, 35, 523
Mirror-plates, 416
Mirrors, setting, 391
Mitre. See _Mitring_.
-- -board, 92, 93
-- -box, 90-92
-- dovetailing, 373
-- shooting-board, 94
-- -square, 349
Mitring, 221, 417-419
Models, 240
Mortise and tenon. See _Mortising_.
Mortise-chisels, 358
-- -gauge, 387
-- open, 400
Mortised frame, 280
Mortising, 419-428
Mouldings, 48, 197, 198 (footnote)
Moulds (for bending), 348, 349
-- (for boat), 304, 307, 309, 310, 315, 316, 319, 320
Mouth (of plane), 445, 452, 453
Music-case, 200, 201
Nailing, 428-433
Nails, 433
-- copper and galvanised, 300
-- for shingling, 270
-- how to keep, 85
-- use of, 430-433 (_Nailing_)
-- withdrawing, 504, 505
Nail-set, 433, 434
Needle-leaved trees, 511
Nippers, 434, 445
Norway pine, 519
-- spruce, 521
Notch-boards, 289
Oak, 517, 518
Oak, quartered, 34
Oblique projections, 535
Odd-jobs, 434
Oil, 434
-- -finish, 381
-- linseed, See _Finishing_, _Painting_, and _Staining_.
Oiling handles, etc., 23
Oil-stone, 434, 435
-- box for, 85
-- use of, See _Sharpening_.
Open mortise and tenon, 400
Operations, some every-day, 344-505
Outdoor seat, 210
Outside calipers, 356
Overshot water-wheels, 117, 118
Packing-cases, 225
Paddles, 327, 328
Paint, See _Painting_.
Painting, 435-441
-- canvas, 323
-- shingles, 270
Panels, 366-372 (_Doors and Panels_)
Panel-saw, 466
Parallel bars, 164-166
-- projection, 535
Paring, 441-444
-- -chisel, See _Chisel_ 357, 358
Parting tool, See _Carving Tools_.
Patterns for bending, See _Moulds_.
Pear (wood), 518
Pencil, See _Marking_, 414
Perspective, isometric, 535
Piazza, 283, 287-289
Picture-frames, 216, 217
Pigeon-holes, 200
-- -houses. See _Houses for Animals_.
Piers, 259, 260, 279
Piles, 524
Pincers, 445
Pine, 518-520
Pinning mortise and tenon, 425
Pins for mortise and tenon, 426
Pipe-rack, 188, 189
Pistols and guns (wooden), 152-154
Pitch, 525
-- pine, 520
Pith, crooked, 529, 530
Plan, 532-534
-- (boat), 229, 230
Plane, 445-458
-- how to hold, 446, 447
-- -iron, adjusting, 453, 454
-- sharpening, See _Sharpening_.
-- wooden jack- or fore-, holding, 446 See _Planes_.
Planer-marks, 458
Planes, Japanese, 13, 14
-- makers, 22
-- where to keep, 82
-- wooden, oiling, 23. See _Plane_.
Planing down stock, 44
Planks, definition, 47
-- laying, See _Boards, laying_.
-- splitting, See _Boards, splitting_.
Plans, See _Working Drawings_.
Plant-stands, 201, 202, 207
Plaster of Paris, 403
Plates, 266
Play-houses, -booths, or -stores, 241-259
-- "Cottage Row," 271, 276
-- -village, 118-121, 271, 276
Pliers, 445
-- cutting-, 366
Plough, 21, 451. See _Plane_.
Plum (wood), 520
Plumb, 96, 458
Pod-bit, 353
Pole, sprung, for pressure, 362
-- for skis, 148
Poles (for gymnastics), 173
Polishing, 385, 386
Poplar, 522
Posts, corner-, 265, 266
-- foundation, 262-264
-- setting, 262, 263
Potash, bichromate of, 498
Poultry-houses,
See _House-building for Beginners_ and _Houses for Animals_.
Preservation of wood, decay and, 524-526
-- of forests, 509
Pressure, means of applying, See _Clamps_ and _Hand-screws_.
Projections, oblique or parallel, and isometric, 535
Proportions of structures, 176, 240
Punch (for nails), See _Nail-set_, 433, 434
Punts and scows, 299-308
Purlins, 268
Putty, 459
-- -knife, 459
-- use of, 403, 439
Quartered oak, 34, 179
Queen-bolts, 159
Quill-bit, 353
Rabbet, 185, 187, 459
-- -hutch, 132, 133
-- -plane. See _Plane_ 450, 451
Rack, for books, 183, 184
-- for pipes, 188, 189
-- for table or desk, 184, 185
-- for tools, 83, 84
Rafters, 282
-- arrangement of, 287
-- hip-, 284
-- jack-, 284
-- laying out, 268
Rails (of door or panel work), 370
-- (of table), 204
Rasp, 460
Rasping. See _Filing_.
Ratchet-brace, 351
Ratchets (for shelves), 489
Rat-tailed file, 380
Raw oil. See _Painting_, 437
Rays, medullary, 29, 30
Reamers, 353
Rear elevation, 532
Red cedar, 514
-- deal, 519
-- fir, 519
-- lead, 438 (_Painting_)
-- oak, 518
-- pine, Canadian, 519
Redwood, 520
Relishing (relished joint), 425
Repairing furniture, 460-462
Ribbands, 320
Ribs, 314, 321, 324, 325
-- bending. See _Bending Wood_.
Ridge-board, 268
Rift-flooring, 36
-- stock, 35, 36
Rings, annual, 29
-- swinging (gymnastic), 173
Ripping-saw, 468, 469 (_Saw_)
Risers, 289
Rivets, 462
Rock elm, 515
-- maple, 517
Rod, measuring, 53
Roof-boards, 268
-- -timbers, 268
-- durability of, 525
Roofing-paper, 246, 258
Roofs, 128, 268-270
-- for house-boat, 341, 342
-- hip-, 284-286
-- lean-to, shed, or single-pitched, 241, 250
-- overhang of, 282
Rope twisted for pressure, 362
Rosewood, 520
Rot, wet and dry, 526
Rounding sticks, 462-465
-- form for, 95, 96
Router, See _Plane_, 451
Rowboat, small, 308-311
Rowboats, 299-317
Rowlocks, 302, 306, 313
Rubbing down, 384
Rule, 465
-- makers, 22
Ruler, marking by, 415
Runner-board, ice-boat, 334
Runners, ice-boat, 335-338
Running foot, 48, 244
Runway for animals, 128, 276
Rust, preventing, 23
Rustic summer houses and arbours, 292, 293
Saddle-boards, 269
Sail-boat, small, 311, 328-332
Sail, leg-of-mutton, 332
-- sprit-, 332
San Domingo mahogany, 517
Sandpaper, 465, 466
-- block, 466
Sandpapering. See _Sandpaper_.
Sanitary precautions, 277-279
Sap, 30
Sapwood, 29, 42, 43, 510
Sassafras, 522
Satinwood, 521
Saw, 466-473
-- -filing, 485-487 (_Sharpening_)
Saw-set, 473
Sawing. See _Saw_.
-- curves, 180
-- joints to fit, 410
-- log, ways of, 30-35
-- lumber, 31-35
Saws, Japanese, 14, 15
-- makers, 22
-- where to keep, 82
Scale (for drawings), 533
Scarfing, bevelled, or splaying, 410, 411
Schedule of materials, 55
Scoring with cuts. See _Paring_.
Scotch fir, 519
-- pine, 519
Scows and punts, 299-308
Scrap-boxes, 85
Scraper, 473, 474
-- for beading, 345, 346
-- Japanese, 13, 14
-- sharpening, 487, 488 (_Sharpening_)
-- where to keep, 85
Scraping. See _Scraper_.
Scratch-awl, 345 (_Awl_)
Screw-drivers, 475, 476
-- for bit-brace, 476
-- long and short, 476
Screws, and their use, 476-479
-- how to keep, 85
Scriber. See _Marking_, 414
Scribing. See _Marking_, 414-416 and 479, 480
Seams of boat. See _Caulking_.
Seasoned stock, 164, 177, 178
-- tests for, 39, 40. See _Seasoning lumber_.
Seasoning lumber, 36-40, 42, 164, 177, 178, 522-524
Seat for corner, with shelves, 212
-- outdoor, 210
Second story, framing at, 296, 297
Secret dovetailing, 373
-- nailing. See _Blind-_ and _Sliver-nailing_, 432
Section, 533, 534
See-saw, tilt or, 142-145
_Sequoia_, 520
Set (for nails), 433, 434
-- (of saw), 467
Setting glass, 391
Setting mirrors, 391
-- nails, 433, 434
-- posts, 262, 263
-- saws. See _Sharpening_.
Settle, corner, with shelves, 212
-- with table, 212-214
Sewerage, 278, 279
Shacks, 241-259
Shagbark (hickory), 515
Shakes, 531
Sharpening tools, 16, 22, 23, 25, 480-488
Sharpie (sail-boat), 328-332
Shave. See _Draw-knife_ and _Spokeshave_.
Sheathing, 46, 47, 245, 269
-- for canvas canoe, 325, 326
-- outside of house with paper, 273
-- -paper, 246
-- striking, 245
Shed-roof. See _Lean-to_.
Sheer plan, 229, 230
Shelf for books, hanging, 185
Shellac. See _Finishing_.
Shell-bit, 353 (_Bits_)
Shelves, corner, 190, 191
-- ends of, 195
-- for pipes, etc., 188, 189
-- for wall, 187-189
-- movable, 489
-- or pigeon-holes, 200
Shingles, 48, 269
Shingling, 269, 270
-- hips, 285, 286
Shooting-board, 93, 94
-- use of, 490, 491
Shrinkage, 30-35
-- effects of swelling and shrinking, 526-531.
See _Expansion and Contraction_.
Shutter, 247, 258
Side elevation, 532
-- -plates, 287
Sills, 265
Silver-grain or rays. See _Medullary rays_ and _Quartered oak_.
Single-pitched roof. See _Lean-to_.
Site, selection of, 277-279
Sizing of floor-beams, 267
Skag, 307
Skew-chisel, 357, 358
Skiffs, 308-314
Skis, 145-148
Slab-sided file, 380
Sleds, 155-163
Slips, 435, 484
Sliver nailing, 432
Sloid knife. See _Knife_, 411, 412
-- work-bench, 57
Smoke-pipe, 257-259
Smoking wood, 524
Smoothing, 179, 180, 450, 453, 457, 458.
See _Plane_, _Scraper_, _Sandpaper_.
-- -plane, 448, 449
Snake, wooden, 108, 109
Sofa with bookcase, etc., 211
Soft wood, 45
Sole (of plane), 445
Southern pine, 519, 520
Specimens of wood, 44, 507, 508
Sperm oil, 434
Splaying (splice), 410, 411
Splices. See _Joints and Splices_.
Spline, 491
Split stock. See _Rift_.
Splitting stock, 44, 527-529
-- wood, 28, 491
Spokeshave, 491, 492
-- makers, 22
Spoon-bit, 353
Sporting-cabinet, 215, 216
Spring-board, 170
Spritsail, 332
Spruce, 521
Square, 492-495
-- -foot, 47, 244 (note)
-- makers, 22
-- mitre, 349
-- where to keep, 84, 85, and _Frontispiece_
Squaring work, 181
-- with clamps, 360, 361
Squirrel-house, 136-139
Stacking lumber, 39, 44
-- result of careless, 42
Staining, 495-498
-- shingles, 270
Stains, creosote-, 270, 525
Stairs, 289
-- (for little houses), 123
Staking out, 260-262
Stands, for plants, 201, 202, 207
Stands, small, 202, 207-209
Star-shakes, 531
Steam-chest, 347
Steaming wood, 347 (_Bending_)
Steel square, 495
-- -wool, 498, 499
Steering (sleds), 159, 160, 163
Stem-posts, 309, 310, 320-323
Steps, 289
Stern-post, 327. See _Stem-posts_.
"Sticking" lumber. See _Stacking_.
Stile (of door or panel work), 370
Stilts, 141
Stock (of plane), 445
-- "built up," 409, 410, 530, 531
-- care of, 44
-- cross- or crooked-grained, 40, 41, 529, 530
-- planing down, 44
-- splitting, 527-529
-- rift or split, 35, 36. See _Lumber_.
Stop, bench-, 71-75
-- -chamfer, 357
-- for drawers, 378
Stove-pipe. See _Smoke-pipe_.
Stores or houses, play-, 241-259
Straight-bent chisel, 358
Straight-edge, 86, 499
-- marking by, 415
-- to detect warping or winding. See _Winding-sticks_.
Striking circles and arcs, 364, 365
Stringers or strings (stairs), 289
Strop, 85, 499, 500
Stropping, 485
Studding, 266, 287
-- second-story, 296
Sugar maple, 517
-- pine, 519
Summer cottages, simple, 271-290
-- -houses, 291-293
Sunlight, 277, 278
Swelling and shrinking, 30-35, 50-53, 225, 526-531
Swing, giant, 172, 173
Swords, wooden, 106, 107
Sycamore, 521
Table, and settle, or chair, 212-214
-- -top, putting on, 203, 205, 206, 209
Tables, 203-209
Tacks, 500
-- for canvas canoes, 323
Tallow, bayberry, 378
Tamping, 263
Tank, water-, for frogs, etc., 139, 140
Tannic acid, 526
Tape, 500
Tar, coal- and wood-, 525
Teak, 522
Templates, 231
Tennis rackets, 104
Tenon. See _Mortising_.
-- -saw. See _Saw_ (_Back-saw_).
Tenons (in repairing), 462
Thole-pins, 302
Thompson's Island, 271
Three-cornered file. See _File_.
Throat (of plane), 445
Tilt, or see-saw, 142-145
Timber, definition, 45
-- durability of. See _Lumber_.
Toboggan, 148-152
Toe-nailing, 431, 432
Toggle-joint, application of, 267
Tool-cabinets, 96-101
-- -chest, 96, 97, 223, 224
-- -handles, oiling, 23
-- -rack, 83, 84
Tools, 9-28
-- and supplies, arrangement, 80-86, 96
-- cabinet for, 96-101
-- care of, 22, 23
-- common, and their use, 344-505
-- edge-, 25-28
-- Japanese, 14, 15
-- lists of, 18-20
-- makers, 22
-- primitive, 9-15
-- sharpening, 16, 22, 23, 25, 480-488
-- "universal," 18
-- use of, 23-25
Toothed-plane, 449, 450
Toothing, 449, 450
Totlet Town, 118-121
Toughness, 40, 511
Toy boats, hulls of, 227-237
-- village, 118-121
Toys, 106-125
Trapeze, 173
Travelling-cage, 140
Traverse (sled), 156-163
Traversing, 446
Treads, 289
Trees. See _Felling and Seasoning_ and _Preservation of Forests_.
-- big, 520
-- broad-leaved, 511
-- conifers or needle-leaved, 511
Trestles, 88-90
Triangular file, 380
Trigger, 153
Trimming. See _Paring_.
Truing, grindstone, 398
-- oil-stone, 435
-- stock (surfaces), 179, 500, 501
Trunk for centre-board, 330, 331
Trying-plane, 447, 448 (_Plane_)
Try-square. See _Square_ (492).
Tulip wood, 48
Tupelo, 522
Turning, Indian, 10, 11
-- -saw, 469, 470
Turpentine. See _Finishing_ and _Painting_, 437, 438, 498, 526
Turtles, frogs, lizards, etc., tank for, 139, 140
Twist-drill, 501
"Twister" (rope), 362
Twisting. See _Winding_.
Two-foot square, 495
Undercutting, 195, 410
Underpinning, 259, 260, 262-264, 279
Undershot water-wheel, 116, 117
"Universal" planes, 451
-- tools, 18
Varnish. See _Finishing_.
-- Japan, 438
-- -stains, 496
Vaulting apparatus, 169
-- board, 170
-- -horse, 170, 172
Veining-tool. See _Carving-tools_.
Village, play, "Cottage Row," 271-276
-- Totlet Town, 118-121
Vise, bench-, 65-71, 536
-- for metal, 75, 76
Vise, Japanese carpenter's, 13
-- parallelism of jaws, 67, 68
V tool, 357
Wale-strips. See _Gunwale strips_.
Wall-cabinet, 186, 189, 190
-- -shelves, 187-189
Walnut. See _Black Walnut_, 513
Warping of lumber, 32-34, 409, 410, 502, 526-531
Washboard. See _Coaming_.
Washita stone, 434
Water-line, 230 (footnote)
-- pure, 277-279
-- -table, 273
-- -tank for frogs, turtles, etc., 139, 140
-- -tight compartments, 318, 319 (footnote)
-- -wheels, 116-118
Wax finish, 381
Weather-drying, 36, 40. See _Seasoning_.
Weather-vane (steamboat), 115. See _Windmills_.
Wedge for splitting, 28
Wedges, 502, 503
Wedging. See _Wedges_.
-- tenons, 427, 428
Wet rot, 526
Weymouth pine. See _Pine_.
Wheel, steering- (for sled), 160
Whetstone. See _Oil-stone_.
Whetting. See _Sharpening_.
White ash, 512
-- cedar, 514
-- deal, 521
-- lead. See _Painting_.
-- mahogany, 517
-- oak, 518
-- pine, 518, 519
Whitewood, 521
Whittling, 4, 218, 219. See _Knife_.
Willow, 522
Winding, 41, 360, 526-531
-- -sticks, 503, 504
Windmills, 109-116
Window-casings, 272
-- -shutter, 258
-- sliding, 248
Windows and doors, sizes of, 276
Wind-shakes, 531
Wing compasses, 364
Wire-edge, 480
Withdrawing nails, 504, 505
Wood, 29-48 (Chapter III.), 510-522. See _lumber_.
-- charring, 263, 264, 525
-- checking and cracking, 31, 42, 526
-- collection of specimens, 44, 507, 508
-- colour of, 40
-- cross-grained, 40, 41, 529, 530
-- curling and warping, 32-34, 409, 410, 502, 526-531
-- durability of. See _Decay and Preservation_.
-- -filler, 385
-- hard, 45
-- methods of drying, 36-40, 522-524
-- quality of, 33-35, 510, 511, 522
-- seasoning of, 36-40, 42, 164, 177, 178, 522-524
-- selection of, 33-45, 510, 511, 522
-- shrinkage and swelling, 30-35, 50-53, 225, 526-531
-- soft, 45
-- -tar, 525
-- warped, 41. See _Warping_.
-- winding, 41. See _Winding_.
Wooden chain, 218, 219
-- guns and pistols, 152-154
Woods and some of their characteristics, 510-522
Work-bench, 57-65
-- first-class, 101, 536, 537
-- makeshifts, 77-80
-- position and care of, 74, 75
-- sloid, 57
-- top, 74, 536
Working drawings, 49, 50, 532-536
-- edge or surface, 54
Workshop, 56-101, 259-270
Wrench, 505
Wrought nails, 433
Yellow deal, 519 (_Pine_)
-- fir, 519
-- pine, 519
Yew, 522
Zinc, 438 (_Painting_)
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