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9 No. 1 straight-edge stabbing a straight linę.

Special Uses for Particular Tools

-    :ooIs can be uscd for a variety of jobs but are ramcularly cfFicient in a few concexts. By sa ■ • uously adding to your collection as needs

:: are foreseen or as opportuniry offers, you - .ir:t morę fluently and crisply.

No. 1 straight-edge is not much used in —r ng. as it is unsuitcd to making a fiat surface

-    ;> wider than the chisel. It is generally used

-    cirbing a straight linę (Fig 1.9). If the linę is

than the blade is wide, be careful to ~    * i:n the straightness by keeping a good length

mi : : rdge in the original cut before pressing down ii _;jessive cuts. This tcchnique can be used in -.g ietters, parcicularly for stabbing the cencre

-    - :;r.cised Ietters {seeChapter 15). Another use far i -r ad straight-edge is in finishing a large = - . surface (such as the ouiside of a large

ince the corncrs are not as likely to dig in •    . of a ncarly fiat gouge. One wider than

- - i in i is useful in thcse cases.

Tir No. 2 (Sheffield) skew chisel is useful for wood out of corncrs (Fig 1.10), even for

-    £ :he inverted pyramidal pockets berween

Fic; 1.10 No. 2 (Swiss No. IS) skew chisel being used to clean out a corner into which a No. I could not reach.

grapcs or berrics in a bunch. Howcver, it is also very useful for chasing a linę or an edge, as it naturally slices through the wood with a knife action (Fig 1.11). A 12mm (‘/ain) skew with a tip angle of about 70* is excellent for chasing Ietters once the centre lines have been stabbed in.

The No. 3 (Sheffield) (Swiss No. 2) extra-flat gouge is most useful in creating a fiat surface; it works rather as a smoothing piane, which has its corners ground away so that they do not catch in the fibres. It is also used flute-down to create a gcntly convex surface.

Fic; 1.11 Skew chisel chasing the side of a groooe, as in letter cutting.