Pretty arts for the employment of leisure hours : a book for ladies (1879)
Davidson, Ellis A., -1878 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 48
Pretty Arts for Leisure Hours. 34 back of tbe blade, which may therefore be turned in any direction. The blades are made in different widths and thicknesses. The sizes generally required for work such as the present are quarter inch, eighth of an inch. … Fig. 8. — Turning Saw. and a size smaller ; the first is for the external form or for very flat curves, but the smaller the curves in the pattern the narrower must be the saw. The curves, however, should never be too small or very sudden, for then the difficulties would be increased and success…
Handicraft · Decorative arts
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