Carpentry for Boys - In Simple Language Including Chapters on Drawing Laying out Work Designing and Architecture - The 'How-To-Do-It' by J S Zerbe

Carpentry for Boys' is a wonderful guide to woodworking for young boys, including detailed chapters on drawing, laying out work, designing, and architecture. Written in simple language and complete with over 250 original illustrations, this text was designed with the beginner in mind and constitutes a great starting-point for those with little or no previous experience in carpentry. The chapters of this book include: 'Tools and Their Uses', 'How to Grind and Sharpen Tools', 'How to Hold and Handle Tools', 'How to Design Articles', 'How Work is Laid Out', 'The Uses of the Compass and the Square', 'How the Different Structural Parts are Designed', 'Drawing and its Utility', et cetera. We are proud to republish this antique text now complete with a new introduction on woodworking. | Carpentry for Boys - In Simple Language Including Chapters on Drawing Laying out Work Designing and Architecture - The 'How-To-Do-It' by J S Zerbe