Review Questions And Problems

1. Why is it necessary to square the stock before attempting to lay out work which is made up of circles or curves ?

2. In assembling with screws, how large should the hole in the first piece of material be?

3. What are the important principles to be observed in making a rectangular box?

4. How do you lay out the angle in making a miter box?

5. What are some of the advantages in the use of corrugated nails?

6. Name and explain the construction of three pieces of work which could be assembled satisfactorily with corrugated nails.

7. How deep should the gains be cut in setting a hinge?

8. How can you adjust a screen door hook that is either too tight or too loose?

9. In building shelves, what is the advantage of the gained, or housed, joint?

10. Why will a sled with round soles coast more readily than one with flat soles ?

11. Why should the saddle of a long trestle be turned edgewise?

12. What is the advantage of a notched block on a saw horse?

13. Why is a shaved hammer or hatchet handle stronger and better than one turned by machinery?

14. How many board feet of material in the Sleeve Board? What is the cost of the material (including the screws) ?

15. Counting your time at 12 1/2 cents per hour, what is the work on your Sleeve Board worth?

16. Count your time and material and estimate the value of each article made in this section.

17. If you should repeat any project which you have already made, how much time do you think you could save without slighting the work? Why is this true?

18. If you should undertake to make a dozen of any one lesson, would it require twelve times as long as to make one? Why?

19. How would you manage your work if you had the task of making six window screens all just alike? What are the advantages in doing it as you suggest? Why would you not make one complete before cutting the stock for any of. the others ?

20. Why can a factory, which is making articles by the thousand, produce them much cheaper than a man who simply makes one or two by hand?

Review Questions And Problems (Concluded).

21. At what angle do you cut the pieces in making a picture frame or window screen?

22. How many paddles are necessary on a water wheel?

Why?

23. Why should the inside of a flower box be painted?

24. How many board feet of material required to make the book shelves?

25. What would be the difference in expense of oak and pine in the material for the book shelves?

26. Are hatchet and hammer handles made exactly the same shape? Can you explain the difference?

27. What is the advantage in making a dish cloth rack so it will fold?

28. How much time was required to make the dish cloth rack ? What was the cost of the material ?

29. Can you explain why some articles are rather expensive even though they do not contain much material?

30. What two things must be considered in figuring the cost of a completed article?