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ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 



handle than at the opposite end. This is to give 

 strength, and to prevent huckUng, or bending, as the 

 tool is pushed forward. 



Fiij. 14. Body of Saw, showing Tapers 



Most delicate measurements must be made, however, 

 to discover that not only the width but the thickness 

 increases from A to B, and decreases from to D. 

 How carefully this tapering must be done can be real- 

 ized when we know that the difference in thickness 

 from ^ to i? is only three one -thousandths of an inch, 

 and from C to Z* twelve one-thousandths at end A 



and five one-thou- 

 sandths at end B. 



The saw should 

 be held in the right 

 hand, with the left 

 grasping the board. 

 The thumb of the 

 left hand acts as 

 guide, the saw is tilted, as shown in Fig. 15, and drawn 

 toward the worker at the first stroke. This tool should 



Fig. 1.5. Method of holding the Saw 



