File:Bench hook with mitre kerfs.jpg

English: A woodworking bench hook with mitre kerfs, used for crosscutting wood.

Identifier: boycraftsmanprac01hall Title: The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely), b. 1883 Subjects: Woodwork Toys Amusements Publisher: Boston, Lee and Shepard Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: lO PROFITABLE PASTIMES larger or smaller if desired. Nail a strip along oneedge of the under face and another strip along the opposite edge ofthe upper face. Thelatter strip should

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. II.—A Bench-hook. have three kerfs cutin it as shown inthe drawing, one atright angles and theother two at forty-five degrees. These may be laid offwith a try-square, as shown in Figs. 38 and 39 (Chapter II),or with the bevel, as shown in Fig. 42. Be careful tokeep the saw on the line and in a perfectly perpendicularposition in makingthese kerfs. Theupper strip on thebench-hook servesthe purpose of a

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