Exercises in Wood-Working; With a Short Treatise on Wood - Written for Manual Training Classes in Schools and Colleges

This vintage book contains a course of woodworking exercises, together with a short treatise on wood, designed for manual training classes in schools and colleges. With a wealth of invaluable information and simple directions, this volume is highly recommended for novice woodworkers, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of DIY literature. Contents include: "e;Structure of Wood"e;, "e;Composition of Wood"e;, "e;Branching of Stems"e;, "e;Age of Trees"e;, "e;Decay of Trees"e;, "e;Season for Cutting"e;, "e;Milling"e;, "e;Drying of Wood"e;, "e;Warping"e;, "e;Properties of Wood"e;, "e;Defects in Wood"e;, "e;Measure and Value of Wood"e;, "e;Kinds of Wood"e;, etc. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on woodworking.