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PATTERN MAKIMi 



While not working so rapidly as the continuously cutting blade 

 of the band saw, it is, when kept sharp and in good running 

 condition, a great time- and labor-saving machine. 



PLANING MACHINES. 



Hi -cause; of the fact that pattern lumber can 1x5 bought already 

 dressed to any required thickness, a planing machine is not found 



in every pattern shop. The ordi- 

 nary surface planer, however, 

 will not take the twist, or wind 

 (i as in find}, and the curves 

 out of the surface of the lumber 

 a matter of very great import- 

 ance in pattern work, and one 

 which requires a great deal of 

 time if the planing is done by 

 hand. 



The hand planer and jointer, 

 illustrated in Fig. 101, is almost 

 indispensable, not only for fac- 

 ing the sides of boards perfectly 

 true, straight, and free from 

 wind, but also for jointing the 

 edges, and for making perfectly- 

 fitting glue joints in a manner 

 superior to anj hand work. 

 These machines can be bought 

 in widths of from twelve to thirty 

 inches. A machine; s i x t < e n 

 inches wide is a very desirable 

 si/e for pattern work. 



It will readily be seen that 

 the running of a board over the 



Fig. 100. hand planer, while facing tin- 



surface straight and true, will not reduce the piece to a uniform 

 thickness. To avoid the necessity for much hand work in accom- 

 plishing this result, first face the piece on the hand planer so as 

 to make. OIK; true side, and then run it through a surface planer 



