The Idyl of the Split-bamboo: A Carefully Detailed Description of the Rod's Building, Prefaced by a Dissertation on the Joys of Angling, There Being Appended Some Information on the Home Cultivation of Silkworm-gut and Suggestions on Landing-nets and Other Equipment, and for the Angler's CampStewart & Kidd Company, 1920 - 276 sider |
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... held for the purpose , convex side up , between the jaws of an iron vise . Having filed all the ridges level with the surface of the adjacent wood , you now may place your quarter - section strips concave or pith SPLITTING OUT AND ...
... held for the purpose , convex side up , between the jaws of an iron vise . Having filed all the ridges level with the surface of the adjacent wood , you now may place your quarter - section strips concave or pith SPLITTING OUT AND ...
Side 56
... a stiff piece of iron held in the jaws , by striking it against the side with a heavy hammer . Our quarter - sections of cane are now ready for Tonkin and Calcutta bamboo stalks ( at left ) Splintered 58 THE IDYL OF THE SPLIT - BAMBOO.
... a stiff piece of iron held in the jaws , by striking it against the side with a heavy hammer . Our quarter - sections of cane are now ready for Tonkin and Calcutta bamboo stalks ( at left ) Splintered 58 THE IDYL OF THE SPLIT - BAMBOO.
Side 59
... held with its length length- wise of the strip , the point of the blade being placed against the inner surface at the knots or remains of the nodes , as it receives the blow of the hammer . Thus we now are splitting on the flat , from ...
... held with its length length- wise of the strip , the point of the blade being placed against the inner surface at the knots or remains of the nodes , as it receives the blow of the hammer . Thus we now are splitting on the flat , from ...
Side 77
... held a little obliquely . Also see that the position of the planing- hand is not such as to obstruct the free ejection of shavings from the plane . Early change in the position of the holding - hand , so soon as the stroke is fully ...
... held a little obliquely . Also see that the position of the planing- hand is not such as to obstruct the free ejection of shavings from the plane . Early change in the position of the holding - hand , so soon as the stroke is fully ...
Side 78
... held . As the second or slenderer half of the strip is planed , the holding - hand is shifted to the second position , behind the plane ; and the thumb and forefinger hold- ing the end of the strip , which now is lifted from the groove ...
... held . As the second or slenderer half of the strip is planed , the holding - hand is shifted to the second position , behind the plane ; and the thumb and forefinger hold- ing the end of the strip , which now is lifted from the groove ...
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