This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...and place the support on the T in the position it is to retain, and with the tracing point mark very exactly the position of the hinges. Now take the hinges off the support, and with chisels suitable to the size, let them in neatly. The holes in the hinges ought to be properly rymed out, so as to be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...and place the support on the T in the position it is to retain, and with the tracing point mark very exactly the position of the hinges. Now take the hinges off the support, and with chisels suitable to the size, let them in neatly. The holes in the hinges ought to be properly rymed out, so as to be quite large enough to admit the screws, and counter-sunk so that the screw-head may come level with the metal. If they are not, the rymer A rymer is a long piece of steel, quadrangular, and tapering off to a point. This is put into the screw-hole, and on being turned round the sharp angles of the steel enlarge the holes. A rose-bit is a conical piece of and rose-bit must be purchased, for you will have constant use for them whenever you have to put on hinges, or to let in screws. The shelf must be put on in the same manner as the support, the hinges being let in neatly and carefully, each part of the hinge level with the wood. The only thing now remaining to be done is to drive a retaining-pin into the upper edge of the support, on which the shelf rests. Three-quarters of an inch of stout hairpin is as good as anything. Bore a little hole for the pin about one inch from the end of the support, where the branch is joined to it, and drive in the pin lightly. Now press the shelf down on it, and where the pin makes a mark bore a hole for it. This pin keeps the support in its proper place, and prevents it from shifting. "Now rub over the whole bracket with your hard bristle brush, and beeswax and turpentine, and it will be finished. But if you wish to polish the bracket nicely, rub it well before putting it together. It can be laid on the bench and well rubbed with more convenience, and a really good polish produced. steel, cut into a coarse...
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