BULLETIN 527, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF -AGRICULTURE. 





States the handicraft club work has received considerable attention. 

 Others of the exercises are from publications of this department; 

 still others are original with the author, being those he has used in 

 giving instruction in agriculture in public schools and in his work on 

 the farm. 



It is hoped that the exercises outlined will suggest many others. 

 A large number of school, farm, and home appliances can be made by 

 schoolboys, and the making of these things trains the hand and the 

 eye and develops habits of accuracy and neatness. The work can be 

 done as a part of the regular school work or during spare time at 

 home. It will be a recreation as well as a benefit. 



TOOLS AND THEIR USES. 



A large investment in tools is not necessary to carry on this work, 

 and many boys on farms will find all the necessary tools at home. 



For most of the woodworking exercises the 

 following are sufficient: Crosscut saw, rip- 

 saw, 2-foot rule, steel square, try square, 

 hammer, jack plane, block plane, marking 

 gauge, ^-inch and ^.-inch chisels, bits and 

 brace, and screw 

 driver. These tools 

 will cost, if pur- 

 chased new, ap- 

 proximately $11. 

 The tools should 

 be of good quality; it seldom pays to pur- 

 chase inferior ones. Carpenters when buy- 

 ing tools find it economy to select those 

 bearing the stamp of a reliable manufacturer. 



All farm boys 

 have had more 

 or less experi- 

 ence with tools 

 and know how 

 to use them 

 fairly well nev- 

 ertheless a brief 



mention of the uses of the tools given in 

 the fist will be of value. 



The crosscut saw, as the name indicates, 



is used to cut across the grain of the wood. 



Its teeth are filed to sharp points, as shown 



The teeth are usually set or bent alternately so as to be 



Fig. 1, 



/P/°5W 



-Teeth of crosscut and rip 

 saws. 



Fig. 2. — Position of hand, elbow, 

 and shoulder, when using a 

 saw. 



Fig. 3.— Starting the saw 



at A, figure 1 



at a slight angle with the body of the saw blade. 



The insides of the 



