A textbook for schools. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION. Care of tools and bench. PART ONE. Tools and Elementary Processes. Chapter I.-Laying-out Tools; Their Uses. Chapter II.-Saws. Chapter III.-Planes. Chapter IV.-Boring Tools; Boring. Chapter V.-Chisels and Chiseling. Chapter VI.-Form Work; Modeling. Chapter VII.-1. Laying Out Duplicate Parts; 2. Scraping and Sandpapering; 3. Fastening Parts. PART TWO. Simple Joinery. Chapter VIII.-Type Forms. Chapter IX.-Elementary Cabinet Work. PART THREE. Wood and Wood Finishing. Chapter X.-Wood. Chapter XI.-Lumbering and Milling. Chapter XII.-Common Woods. Chapter XIII.-Wood Finishing. Appendix I.-Additional Joints. Appendix II.-Wood Finishing Recipes. 1. Wax; 2. Water stains; 3. Oil stains; 4. Spirit stains. Appendix III.-Working Drawings. I. Instruments; 2. Conventions; 3. Projection and relation of views; 4. letters and figure*; 5. Oo-strudxxB; 6. Order of procedure. Index