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Handwork in Wood

CHAPTER VI
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As to others, the demand must determine the supply.

One other consideration may be expressed by the principle that those tools, the use of which is to be encouraged, should be kept as accessible as possible, and those whose use is to be discouraged, should be kept remote.

Some tools, like files, it may be well to keep in a separate locker to be had only when asked for.
[Illustration: Fig.242.A More Expensive Locker for Unfinished Work.] A cabinet of drawers, such as that shown in Fig.

240, for holding nails, screws, and other fastenings, is both a convenience and a material aid in preserving the order of the shop.
As for the care of tools during vacation, they should be smeared with vaseline, which is cheap, and put away out of the dampness.

The planes should be taken apart and each part smeared.


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