Popular Science Motithli/ 



Filing and setting a saw correctly 

 requires considerable practise; it is thcre- 

 forea good idea to obtain an old or cheap 

 saw on which to practise before attempt- 

 ing to sharpen the good one. A saw for 

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Fig. 6. A well arranged cabinet to hold all 

 the necessary tools for hand wood-working 



or fifteen cents in any store that handles 

 cheap tools. The saw to lie filed and 

 set is first placed in the saw-vise, which 

 may be two pieces of hardwood held in 

 the vise, or a vise made especially for 

 the purpose. The teeth should project 

 about ^4 in. abo\'e the top of the vise. 

 "Joint" the saw f)y running a flat file 

 o\er the points of the teeth from end to 

 end, bringing all the teeth to the same 

 level. Then "set" or bend every alter- 

 nate tooth to one side, turn the saw antl 

 repeat this operation, following the 

 original set of the saw. When this is 

 done the saw is ready to be filed. Use 

 a triangular file for both the cross-cut 

 and the rip-saw. In filing fhe cross-cut 

 saw, the file should be held at an angle 

 toward the point of ihe saw sufficient 

 to give the tooth a knife-like cutting 

 edge. First file the alternate t(>eth, set 

 away from the worker, filing with the set. 

 When each tooth has been brought to 

 a point, reverse the saw and file the 

 remainder in the same manner. 



The rip-saw is jointi'd in the same wa\' 

 as the cross-cut, but all thi' filing is done 

 on the back of the teeth, and the file 

 held al right angles lo (he line of ihc 

 teeth and the blade, l-'ile wilh ihe sci. 

 When this operation is finislud, iiib iln' 

 sides of the teeth lightly wiili liu- oil- 

 stone to remove wire edges. 



Auger-bits may be sharpened by filing 

 the nibs and cutting lips with a bit-file. 

 This must be done carefully in order 

 that the bit may cut evenly. 



Rul) all tools with a piece of oily waste 

 occasionalK', to pre\-ent them from 

 rusting. 



.A cabinet in which to keep the tools 

 can be easily made. A \'ery well ar- 

 ranged one is shown in Fig. 6. The 

 joints can be fastened with screws to 

 simplify construction. 



To Make a Combined Drawing Table 

 and Stand 



A DRAWING board which when not 

 in use may be set to a lower |)osition 

 and used as a stand will be found useful 

 in ]:)laces where the need for such a 

 board is too infrequent to warrant the 

 expense of a drawing table. The size of 

 the board will depend on the drawings 

 to be made. For ordinary use, 24 in. 

 by 36 in. will be sufficient. Cleats of 

 wood are screwed to the lower surface 

 of the board about t, in. in from its ends. 

 The screws should pass upward through 



The drawing board, which is easily ad- 

 justable, forms a top for the table 



ilu I leats and enter tlu' boanl. Holes 

 1 in. deep are bored into the cleats to 

 countersink the screw-heads. The cleats 

 are made of stock 2 in. square. 



The legs of the stand are about jH in. 



