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WOODWORKING 



FIG. 37. Stock put in vise 

 for rip-sawing. 



right hand grasping the handle of the rip-saw (Fig. 18), allow- 

 ing the index finger to rest on the side of the handle. Grasp the 

 upper left-hand corner of the board with the thumb and the 

 first two fingers of the left hand, stand in a bracing position, 

 and place the saw on the upper end of the board in a position 

 to draw it toward you. Pull the 

 saw slightly downward without pres- 

 sure and guide it against the thumb 

 of the left hand. Make the stroke 

 approximately the length of the saw 

 blade. In a similar manner push the 

 saw from you, slightly upward. Con- 

 tinue this backward and forward motion, gradually bringing 

 the saw to a horizontal position, or nearly at right angles 

 with the surface of the board. The saw should always be 

 cutting so that the angle formed between the cutting edge 

 and the board on the operator's side 

 is less than 90 degrees. In this man- 

 ner saw on the outside of the verti- 

 cal gage lines on the left (Fig. 37) in 

 sawing to the 3-1/2" and 4"gage lines. 

 18. Ripping Tapered Edges. 

 Place the board vertically in the vise FIG. 38. Rip-sawing at an 

 with fan end downward and marked 



surface toward the front. One of the lines indicating a ta- 

 pered edge of the trellis must be vertical (Fig. 38). Saw to 

 this line in waste stock, leaving a sufficient amount of 

 stock to plane finished edge on the board. 'Reset the board 

 in the vise so that the second line making a tapered edge is ver- 

 tical. Saw to this line as to the first one. 



Thi6 line vertical 



