THE HANDY MAN ON THE FARM. 



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Many beginners have .1 bad habil of continually planing away where the 

 plane will bite, but it has to be lear 1 that the plane may be biting when- 

 further planing is only spoiling the job. It is an illusion to imagine thai 

 because shavings are coming off that that is the spot for further planing. 

 Sometimes a hollow exists where the plane is not biting, and it is necessary to 

 work the hollow out. To do this the high portions of the timber must be 

 planed off until the plane takes an even shaving off the full length. Some- 

 times the failure of the plane to bite is due to the condition of the tool. 



The face side of the timber, which is the most important, must he made 

 quite true. From it the "face-edge" is next worked straight and square. 

 This is done with the same set of planes and also with the square. The brass 

 plate of the square must be kept up against the face side, bringing the steel 

 plate down on the edge, and drawing it from end to end to ensure that no 



Fig. 19. -The Winding Sticks. 



daylight can be seen under the steel edge. The face-edge must be tested 

 with the square until it is right, and at the same time watch must be kept 

 along the edge to see that it is true. Having two sides thus trued and 

 planed up, take the single-tooth marking gauge, set it to the finished thickness, 

 and run the gauge round on the untouched sides, one at a time, gauging off 

 the face side. The thickness of the timber has to be reduced to the -auge- 

 line with the same set of planes. Both winding sticks and square are done 

 with now, and there is only the gauge-line to watch. 



The width of the final side of the timber is gauged in the same way and 

 planed dovn. If any smoothing has to be done it should he done now with 

 the smoother, but only very lightly, or the timber will be put out of shape 

 again. 



