Carpentry for Boys / In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations

by James Slough Zerbe

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Contents

1. Introductory
2. Chapter I. Tools and Their Uses
3. Chapter II. How to Grind and Sharpen Tools
4. Chapter III. How to Hold and Handle Tools
5. Chapter IV. How to Design Articles
6. Chapter V. How Work Is Laid Out
7. Chapter VI. The Uses of the Compass and the Square
8. Chapter VII. How the Different Structural Parts Are Designated
9. Chapter VIII. Drawing and Its Utility
10. Chapter IX. Moldings, with Practical Illustrations in Embellishing Work
11. Chapter X. An Analysis of Tenoning, Mortising, Rabbeting and Beading
12. Chapter XI. House Building
13. Chapter XII. Bridges, Trussed Work and Like Structures
14. Chapter XIII. The Best Woods for the Beginner
15. Chapter XIV. Wood Turning
16. Chapter XV. On the Use of Stains
17. Chapter XVI. The Carpenter and the Architect
18. Chapter XVII. Useful Articles to Make
19. Chapter XVIII. Special Tools and Their Uses
20. Chapter XIX. Roofing Trusses
21. Chapter XX. On the Construction of Joints
22. Chapter XXI. Some Mistakes, and a Little Advice in Carpentry
23. Glossary of Words
24. Campfire and Trail Series

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