TOOLS AND SUPPLIES

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The equipment listed below is suggestive for ordinary class-room conditions. The number of pupils should not exceed twenty-four.

Tools for each pupil:

  • 12" rule.
  • Coping-saw.
  • Saw-bracket, Fig. 1. A working drawing of the saw-bracket is shown in Fig. 2.
  • A water-color brush.
Fig. 1
Fig. 1

Tools for every four pupils:

  • Scissors.
  • Compass.
  • Water-color pan.
  • 4-1/2" round-nose pliers, Fig. 4.
  • 5" side-cutting pliers.
  • 5 oz. claw hammer.
  • 8" half-round mill file.
  • Bow-drill, see Fig. 3.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2

General class equipment and supplies:

  • A box for locking up equipment and work.
  • 2 breast drills.
  • Iron block to serve as anvil.
  • 6 quires of No. 1/2 sand-paper.
  • Le Page's glue in two one-pint cans.
  • 1 gross coping-saw blades.
  • 1 lb. each of 1/2", 3/4" and 1" brads.
  • 2 lbs. each of 3/4" No. 19, 1" No. 18, 1-1/4" No. 17, 1-1/2" No. 16, and 1-3/4" No. 15 flat-headed nails.
  • 1 lb. each of 1/2", 5/8" and 3/4" brass escutcheon pins.
  • 30 ft. of No. 12 copper-coated steel wire.
  • A few nails of various sizes for making drills.
  • Turpentine.
  • Alcohol.
  • Borax.
  • Brushes of various sizes.
  • Paint—red, yellow, green, blue, black and white of the paints to be used. Several good enamel paints, ready for use, are on the market. "Calcimo" is cheaper, but not so convenient, as it must be prepared.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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