INTRODUCTION 7 

TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES FOR FRET-SAWING .... 10 

TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES FOR CARVING I4 

SAW-FRAMES AND SAWS 21 . 

MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS ,28 

SHARPENING TOOLS 33 

WOODS ,g 

GLUE, VARNISH, OILING, AND POLISHING . 43 

COPYING AND TRANSFERRING PATTERNS 48 

How TO USE THE SAW 5! 

How TO USE THE CARVING-TOOLS 55 

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES 58

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CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER I. 
Tools for a Beginner — Bench, Turkey-Stone, and Slip — List of Tools 
for more advanced Carver — To level the Stone — To sharpen Tools 
—To sharpen Gouges — Leather for sharpening Tools — Glue, to 
prepare — Diaper Carving — Hint regarding V-tools . . i 

CHAPTER II. 
Fret-cutting and Perforated Carving — Tools required — Bow-saw and 
Horse — Saw-Gate — Saws — Wooden Saw-frame and Spring Vice — 
Fret-cutting Table, how to make — Pattern— How to cut it — Pre- 
cautions to be observed— Saw Workjuroping — Cutting across Grain 1 3 

CHAPTER III 
Fret Cutting— Difficult Places — Sawing Tables— Fine Saws— Wander 
off Work — Saw to be turned to Front for large Work— Sand-paper 
— Stick for Brown Stain — Varnishes — French Polishing — Glue pot 24 

CHAPTER IV. 
Sundry Maxims— Red Ink best for Copying Patterns- Some Patterns 
recommended . . . . . . '35 

CHAPTER V. 
To Copy Patterns (Designs) on Tracing-paper— To Enlarge or Reduce 
Designs, Method — Carver's Screw and Bridge— To Carve a Fret- 
Cut Bracket — ^Tools for rounding Ivy Branches . . .44 

CHAPTER VI. 
Maccaroni Tool— Its Use— To Cut against the Grain— To Carve with 
the Left Hand— How— Carving the Bracket (continued)— Zig-zag 
Ornamental Pattem^and-paper for smoothing Leaves not to be 
used — Swiss Carvers use it — Carving on both sides— Support to 
Shelf— How to avoid Fracture— Back Carving— Finishing the 
Bracket— Beading round the T part— Putting on Hinges— Finishing 
the Shelf— Mould Ivy round Shelf— Tool for making it . .53 

CHAPTER VII. 
Amateur should prepare his own Wood— Saws required — How to use 
them — ^Aid to the Saw— tBench Saddle — How to make it — Mitre 
Box — To sharpen Saws — Saw Clip — ^The Plane— Jack Plane — To 
sharpen Plane Iron— To hold the Plane — To Plane True — 
Smoothing Plane — To Grind Plane Iron— Planing across Grain 
sometimes advisable . . . . . , • 7^ 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Natives of India rarely at a loss for expedients — Anecdote — Gouges, 
and what can be done with them — ^An ornamental Leaf to Carve in 
the solid — Instructions in Grounding — Precautions to be observed 
— ^To Bost — Precautions when Bosting— Finishing the Leaf — The 
Parts to ! be sketched on bosted Mass — Various Instructions — 
Rounding off bottom of Leaf — Tools to be used in rounding off 
Leaf, etc. — Gouges to be levelled from the inside— Rule for Bevel — 
An Ornament for Carving — Masses of Carving are built up, not 
hewn out of Solid Block — Black Stain— Brown Stain . . 86 

CHAPTER IX. 
Two Maxims repeated — Cut clean, use Tools with left hand — Method 
of using Tools with left Hand— Grounding — Bent Chisels — Boster 
for smoothing Ground — Notch in a Leaf, to cut — To raise Beads 
or Pearls — Punches — Their Use in finishing Pearls — Other Uses — 
The Ribbon round the Stick— Leg of Square Music Stool — Method 
of transferring Design to Carved Surface — Precautions on Carving 
the Stool— Illustration of Cross Pieces— Acanthus I-«af Illustration 
— How to Carve it ..... . . 106 

CHAPTER X. 
The Turkey Slip — How to manage Heads — Proportions — How to 
Carve — Scale of Parts — Instruction for Carving Heads— Bosting — 
Finishing Sunk Carving — Detailed Method of Carving — Wax 
Varnish — Designs for Lid, Front, and Sides of Box — How to Carve 
it — Dimensions of Box — Carver's Chaps for holding small articles 
to be Carved • . . . . . . •131 

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