Rough Wood - Yellow Pine - 4 in. x 1 in. x 3/4 in.

Tools

Knife And File

(1). Cut one side straight and flat, testing with the try square (using outer edge of blade lengthways and crossways).

(2). Then cut an adjacent edge at right angles to the first side, testing with inside angle of square, and mark these two faces with the pencil to show that they have been made "true." *

(3). Set out width with rule and pencil, and cut off.

(4). Set out thickness and cut off.

(5). Fix in bench vice, and file up with flat file to a more even surface.

(6). Set out the wedge with square and rule on one end of block (tapering to the end).

(7). Cut to shape with the knife and file over.

(8). Now cut off the extra wood which has been used as a handle, and square up the thick end of wedge with the knife.

(9). Cut off the corners as shown in the drawing, and finish the flat faces with sand-paper.

No. 1. Wedge - Pine. (Twice full size.)

* These marks are called the face and edge marks, and should always be put on the first side and edge "trued up."