1. What should be the quality of all mechanics' tools? Is a good, serviceable tool always finely finished ? Are tools made especially for some dealer always reliable ? What is the safest method to follow in buying tools? How may the efficiency of a tool be known?

2. Describe two forms of benches. Describe a modern vise.

3. Describe the rule in common use.

4. For what is the try-square used? Why should special care be used in purchasing one? How may a square be tested?

5. Compare the steel square with the try-square.

6. Describe the bevel and its use.

7. For what is the gauge used? Should the graduations of the gauge be depended upon in setting it? What special form of gauge is useful ?

8. What will be the result if the head of a hammer is not properly tempered ? Why is the eye shaped as it is? How is the handle fastened to the head ? Describe the wood necessary for a hammer handle. How should a hammer be hung? How should nails be driven so that they will hold the best? What should be guarded against in driving up ceiling or matched boards? How and why should nail heads be sunk below the joint surface?

9. For what is a hatchet used? Describe two ways of sharpening a hatchet.

10. What is the principal use of a mallet? Describe and compare two forms of mallets.

11. What are the two parts of a saw? Describe the use of a ripsaw. After what tool is it modeled ? After what tool are the teeth of a cutting-off saw modeled? What kind of saw combines the teeth of both? For what is it used? Why is it made of softer metal than are other saws? Describe a saw adapted to jobbing work. Describe the backsaw. How can the blade be straightened if it is sprung ? What kind of saw is used for fine work? How should the thickness of the back of a saw compare with its cutting edge ? What is gained by this ? What test should the blade of a high-grade saw be able to stand? What are the best sizes for saws? Compare the practical features of a hard saw with those of a medium hard saw. How should a saw be held ? How much force should be used upon a saw? How do some workmen change the handles of their saws to make the saws run more easily ?

12. Describe the knife commonly used by the woodworker. Why is the form of blade used in manual-training schools more suitable for whittling than the form used by the woodworker?

13. Compare the old-fashioned with the modern planes. Describe the mechanism of the modern plane and its action. What should be the condition of the face of a plane ? How should a plane be held so that one may see the adjustment of the cutter?

14. Of what use is the cap iron in grinding a plane bit? How may a grindstone be prevented from wearing unevenly? Upon which side of the bit should all the grinding be done? At what angle should it be ground? What is the objection to grinding a bit too thin? Where should the cap iron be while whetting? How should the bevel of the bit be held upon the stone? Describe the correct action of the arm while whetting. How should the whetstone be prevented from wearing unevenly? What motion should be avoided in whetting ? What is the correct shape of the edge of a plane iron? What is the use of the cap iron ? What is apt to result if the cap iron is too thick?

15. What plane is used generally for rough work? In what way does the edge of its iron differ from that of other planes?

16. What plane is used for straightening edges and surfaces? What should be the shape of the edge of the iron of this plane? How should a plane be carried to joint an edge square?

17. What plane is used in smoothing fine work? What should be the position of the cap in smoothing hard, cross-grained wood? How should edge tools of all kinds be used in relation to the grain?

18. Compare the construction and the use of the block plane with the above planes.

19. What position should be taken when at work with edge tools of any sort ? Should the workman bend from his hips or from his shoulders ? What should be guarded against at the beginning and the end of the strokes of a plane? Is it ever economy to work with dull tools? How should a plane be drawn back after a stroke?

20. What are the two forms of chisels? Describe the peculiarities and uses of each. Describe a durable form of chisel handle. Should a mallet or hammer be used in pounding upon a chisel handle? Why? Describe and give reasons for the difference in the grinding of the paring and the mortising chisel. Describe a set of chisels. What is a slice, or slick ?

21. Describe a gouge. What is the difference between an inside and an outside gouge?

22. Describe the form and uses of a drawshave. Compare the utility of the rigid- with that of the folding-handled drawshaves. How should the edge of a rigid-handled drawshave be protected?

23. Describe the form and the use of a spokeshave.

24. What is the form of bit in most common use? Describe the different parts of an auger bit and their functions. How may the clogging of a bit be prevented ? If a bit should become clogged in a hole, how should it be drawn out? Describe the form and the use of a German bit; of a twist drill; of an extension bit; of a center bit. Describe the method of sharpening a bit. Demonstrate. What part of a bit should never be filed ? Why?

25. Describe the form and the use of bitbraces. Describe the ratchet brace. Which is the more convenient brace for common use?

26. What should be the shape and the temper of the point of a screwdriver What should be the shape of the handle? What is the value of a screwdriver bit ?

27. Describe the use of compasses; of calipers.

28. Describe the use of pliers. What is a good form for common use ? Should wire-cutting nippers be used to pull nails? Why?

29. For what is a scraper used ? What is the best size for a scraper? Describe handles for scrapers. Describe a leather palm and its use.

30. Describe a burnisher. How should a scraper be sharpened for rough work? For fine work? How may a burnisher be used when the edge of the scraper has been turned over too far, or when the edge is not sufficiently keen? How should the scraper be used in relation to the grain?

31. Describe the best form of nail set.

32. What is the form of wrench in most common use?

33. How long ought handscrews to last ? What should be the position of the jaws when in use? Which screw should be set first ? How should handscrews be treated to make them work more easily?

34. What are the characteristics of a good grindstone? How should a grindstone be trued?

35. Compare emery wheels and grindstones. What should be guarded against in the use of an emery wheel?

36. Why is it necessary to use a whetstone? What kind of stone is commonly used? What is a finer kind of stone? Compare the two kinds. How may whetstones be trued ? What kind of stones are coming into use? Compare the wearing qualities of stones laid flat with those laid edgeways. What forms of stones are used for gouges? What kinds of oils are used for oil or whetstones?

37. What kinds of files are used for saw filing? Describe the files generally used by woodworkers. Describe wood rasps and files.

38. Describe the jointing of a saw. What should be the shape of the cutting edge of a saw? Describe the purpose, and demonstrate the process, of setting a saw. Compare the set of saws for coarse and fine work. At what angle with the sides of the blade should a file be carried in filing a cutting-off saw ? Compare the results of carrying the file horizontally with those of an upward inclination. At what angle with the sides of the blade should the file be carried in filing a ripsaw ? If the saw is in bad shape, should the attempt be made to bring it to a finished point when going over it the first time? What should be the direction of the point of the file while it is cutting? Compare the set of the ripsaw with that of the cutting-off saw. Compare the teeth of . the compass saw with those of others.