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li these instructions are carefully followed, very 

 little difficulty will be found by the "merest novice in 

 knocking up this useful little article, which can be used 

 tor planing perfectly square edges upon any work that 

 is placed upon it for that purpose.. Thus the' jack-plane 

 is laid side down upon the lower board, with its cuttin- 

 face towards the edge of the upper board; the work to 

 operated upon is held against the cross top, with 

 the part which requires planing opposed to the iron of 

 the plane, and is firmly held, and gradually advanced 

 until the plane, in sliding to and fro, cuts away as much 

 wood as is necessary to render it square and precise. 



THE CUTTIXG-GAUGE AND ITS USES. 



It can also be 

 used in conjunc- 

 tion with the cut- 

 ting-gauge. The 

 wood having been 

 planed perfectly 

 square, the cutting- 

 gauge is passed up 

 the face of the 

 work. This cuts 



the board half through ; the board is then placed face 

 downwards, and the process repeated on the reverse side, 

 which completes the cut. I have mentioned the length 

 of the shooting-board as being 24 inches, as I have 

 found this the most suitable size for ordinary work, but 

 when longer boards are to be planed the shooting-board 

 must naturally be made longer. The cutting-gauge 

 can be obtained at any ordinary tool-shop or ironmon- 

 ger's, and the illustration will show all the necessary 

 details of its construction,' with the exception of the 

 knife. Those furnished with the gauge are of very 

 little use for our purpose, and must be substituted by the 

 blade of an ordinary pocket-knife. Care should be 

 taken not to make the opening too large, and the edge 

 of the blade should be set with a slight outward 

 tendency. It will require a little practice before pro- 

 ficiency is acquired, but when once accomplished it will 

 be found the most useful little appliance amongst the 

 cage-maker's tools. 



