Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the cage complete (Fig. 14). You can do without making holes in the sides, if you put two wires longer than the Fig 14. rest, and bend them, as you see at B in Fig. 13, before putting them in place. Chapter III. HE previous chapters were devoted to such exceedingly simple and easy specimens of carpentry as can be made by any boy of eleven or twelve years of age, or even younger, who has the necessary perseverance, and will take sufficient care in measuring and fitting. In both and all similar cases, it is better for such to buy pieces of board already planed, and of nearly the desired size; but I shall no longer presuppose such necessity, but advance the young mechanic to the dignity of a plane, and a few more of the more necessary and useful tools. The list may therefore now comprise? 1 Hand Saw, 16 inches or so in length, a full-sized one being almost beyond the powers of a boy. 3 Firmer Chisels, quarter, half, and one inch wide. 1 Mallet.?Chisel handles should never be struck with a hammer, which splits the handles. 1 Hammer.?This should be light. The best way is to buy a hammer-head, and make the handle. A heavy one can be added, but will hardly be required at first, and is useless for light work. 1 Jack Plane, 1 Smoothing Do.?The jack plane is not usually added to a boy's tool-chest, but it is impossible to plane up a long straight " edge without it; and as these planes can be had from 12 inches in length, I should certainly recommend one, say 12 to 15 inches. 3 Gimlets, 3 Bradawls.?One of each of these should be as small as can be obtained. Add a medium and a larger one. 1 Screwdriver, 1 Pincers, 1 Cutting Pliers.?Screwdriver should be of a medium size; the pliers such as are used by bellhangers. 1 Compasses.?These should be li...