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sixth 14-inch section, and the tip or top joint at 

 its largest part fits this sixth 1 4-inch section, and 

 the tip fits the end, or is one-sixteenth of an inch 

 in diameter. 



Having got it to fit in the square, you must now 

 take two pieces of square-edged hard wood of four- 

 foot length each, and take a strip off one square 

 edge of each, and then nail them together, as 

 shown in the diagram (Fig. 35). Now lay your 



Fig. 35- Section of Wood Strips to aid in Planing. 



strip in this groove, and plane the four edges 

 down so that each joint forms an octagon, or 

 eight-sided stick of wood, and be particular that it 

 is according to the gauge. Next comes the file. 

 Now, the file must be what is known as a mill-file, 

 and you must always use it at right angles to your 

 work ; that is, crosswise. With this rub off the 

 eight corners of the octagon, and you will see you 



