Metal Working Tools 



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inasmuch as it requires greater labour to produce, but it is 

 easier than woodwork in that the desired effect is produced 

 more slowly, consequently an error is likely to be seen before it 

 grows to incurable proportions. A plane, for instance, may 

 remove at one stroke more than the excess of wood, but a file 

 at one stroke would not be liable to remove too much metal. 

 There is more tendency to commit one mistake while avoiding 

 another in woodwork than in metalwork, hence the extra satis- 

 faction to be gained by the more difficult work. There is, too, 

 a permanence about metallic productions absent from those of 

 wood. 



The tools needed are mainly 



One hammer (heavy). 

 One riveting hammer. 

 One hack saw. 

 One soldering iron (i lb.). 

 One pair cutting pliers. 

 One pair round-nosed pliers. 

 One small hand drill. 

 One jeweller's turn screw. 

 One steel straight-edge or try- 

 square. 



One tinman's snips. 

 One bench anvil. 

 One parallel jaw vice. 



One cold steel chisel, f " face. 



One pair outside, one pair in- 

 side callipers. 



One large flat file, 10". 



One half round bastard file, 

 10". 



One second cut safe-edge file, 

 8". 



One card small files (assorted). 



Handles for above. 



Set of stocks and dies and taps, 

 " to ". 



Additional apparatus, if much work in tin-plate is contem- 

 plated, would be a special " bick iron " or bending plate. 



Hammer. This should be an engineer's " ball pane " of 

 the kind illustrated on Plate II. The head should weigh about 

 ij Ibs., and the shaft should be 12" long. 



Riveting Hammer. This should be a light-headed tool 

 with a handle about 12" long, the head not exceeding 8 ozs. in 

 weight. It is not necessary to procure this hammer if a straight 

 pane tool has been obtained for woodwork. 



Hack Saw. An 8" or 10" bladed saw will be ample, but 

 a stock of at least a dozen blades should be obtained. The 

 coarse quality cuts more quickly than the fine, and is, on the 

 whole, to be preferred for our work. 



