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Handwork in Wood

CHAPTER IV
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Allowance should be made for this and the surplus removed with a spokeshave.

The turning-saw may be used to cut on either the pulling or the pushing stroke, with the teeth pointed either toward or away from the worker.
The pulling cut is generally better, as it puts less strain on the frame than the pushing cut.

Both hands should grasp the frame as near the end of the blade as possible, Fig.95.Turns are made by revolving the frame on the blade as an axis, which should always be kept at right angles to the surface of the board.

Care should be taken not to twist the blade.
[Illustration: Fig.95.Using a Turning Saw.] [Illustration: Fig.96.

Saw-Vise.] _To file and set a saw_, the saw is first fastened in the saw-vise, Fig.


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