Identifier: moderncabinetwor00well (find matches)
Title: Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wells, Percy A Hooper, John, b. 1882
Subjects: Cabinetwork Furniture making
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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2. A Tee Gauge. ,4 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS
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Brack and Bits. TOOLS—APPLIANCES—MATERIALS 15 meter, see f. 12 opposite. A patent cylindrical centre bit with four cutters isshown in f. 13; it bores clean, and can be obtained from § up to if in. inwidth. Rimers are bits for enlarging holes, and are square or half round insection, and tapering to a point. The Shell Rimer is half round but hollow,whilst the others are solid, and are used chiefly for metal. Drills, with anArchimedean stock, are often used for small holes in very fine work. StockDrills are usually preferred for boring in hard woods, as they do not drift inboring. They are fixed in an ordinary brace, and can be obtained in the usualsizes. A Brace Bit Holder is a handy substitute for the brace when it cannotbe used. It is a box or hardwood handle similar to that on a gimlet, with asquare tapering hole to take the shank of the bit, and is very useful for riming.Bradawls and Gimlets are hand-boring tools which need no illustration. Theyare really bits fixed in a handle

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