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are made by bolting together 2x4 's with the edges up. 

 Hardwood makes the best bench, but good pine will 

 last for years. The top surface should be planed true 

 and smooth after the nuts are drawn tight. 



Figure 41. Horseshoeing Rasp and Wood Rasp. These are neces- 

 sary tools in the farm shop. 



Figure 42. Iron Work Bench. Solid is the first specification for 

 an iron shop bench. It should be three feet wide, not less than 

 eight feet long and about 32 inches high. The top is made of 2x4s 

 placed on edge and bolted together. The supports are 2x6 bolted 

 to the shop studding and braced back to the studding at the sill. 

 The front part of the bench is supported by iron legs made of gas- 

 pipe with threaded flanges at top and bottom. Heavy right angle 

 wrought iron lugs are used to fasten the top of the bench to the 

 studding. The foot of the vise leg is let into the floor of the shop 

 or into a solid wooden block sunk in the ground. 



The bench vise should be heavy. A vise is used for 

 bending iron hot from the forge. Unless the jaws are 

 large, the hot iron is likely to heat the vise sufficiently 

 to draw the temper. Heavy jaws are solid enough to 



