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will be very liable to be split and shivered to splinters, when it 

 happens to be driven on to, or among slivers. It may seem, too, 

 unnecessary to finish the face sides of a glut with a plane ; but 

 let two wedge's be finished, one with a plane, as directed, and the 

 other with an axe only, and a laborer of keen perception will 

 quickly tell which will drive the easier. If a glut is not smooth 

 and true on the face sides, it will be far more liable to recoil, or 

 "bound out," when opening a log. Wedges of every descrip 

 tion should be smooth and true. 



BORING MACHINE. 



352. At paragraph 89 allusion has been made to a boring 

 machine, for boring fence caps. But as there is so much boring 

 to be performed in making the different styles of fence, I have 

 thought best to give a cut of a very cheap and efficient boring 

 machine which I have had in successful operation for several 

 years. 



FIG. 122. 



FERGUSON ALBANY 



BORING MACHINE. 



353. Fig. 122 represents a perspective view of the machine, 

 the frame of which is made of square scantling, 3 by 3, of 



