contents ~-

Chart Subject
1 One Foot Rule
2 Measuring Rules
3 Measuring and Marking Tools
4 Common Cuts in Wood
5, Common Wood Joints
6 Common Wood Joints
7 Try Square
8 Marking Gauge
9 Plane
10 How to Grind Plane Iron
11 How to Whet Plane Iron
12 Assembling Double Plane Iron
13 Setting Plane
14 How to Use Plane
15 Block Plane
16 Spoke Shaves
17 Chise l, Horizontal Ch iseling
18 Chisel, Vertical Chiseling
19 How to Use Hand Saws
20 Na il Hammer
21 Screw Driver
22 Spiral Ratchet Screw Driver
23 How to Use Bor_ing Tools
24 Hand Drill
25 Automatic Drill
26 Bit ~race
27 Doweling Jig
28 Sharpe ning Hand Scraper
29 Sharpening Cabinet Scraper
30 T Bevel
31 Butt Gauge
32 Soldering Iron
33 Ball Pein Hammer
34 Straight and Cross Pein Hammer
35 Flat Cold Chisel
36 Cape Chisel, Rd. Nose and Dia. Pt.
37 Riveting Hammer
38 Setting Hamm·er

PRICE
USE AND CARE OF TOOLS
F IT is true that "a man is known by the company he keeps," it When a new tool arrives at your bench, your first job is to get
I is quite true that "a craftsman is known by the tools he keeps -
and how he keeps them." Occasionally good work may be turned
thoroughly acquainted with it. This Tool Guide has been prepared
as a means of giving you a proper introduction to your tools. Fol-
out with poor tools, but in such a case the result is only the unusual low its advice and you'll find that you and the new tool have become
accomplishment of a worker of superior skill. The beginner will old friends before another tool arrives on the scene.
find it safer to consider himself an average rather than an excep- Learn all about it. Take it apart and put it together. Work
tional craftsman. As such, he will need every advantage obtainable with it on scrap wood until you are its master. Practice every
to accomplish good results. More than anything else, good cools will known operation it affords. Most of them have been illustrated in
give him the best possible start toward the acquiring of skill, and this book. Handle it carefully and correctly, and you can do with it
will give him lasting satisfaction. They will prove to be his best anything and everything for which it is designed. Treat it badly
friends. and you'll accomplish nothing with it but poor work.
Have you ever seen a skilled cabinet maker or pattern maker Whenever you quit the work you are doing with a tool, wipe it
purchase tools? In the first place, he goes to a reliable dealer and off and put it carefully away. A tool panel on which every tool has
asks for a reliable brand. These precautions constitute his guarantee a place of its own is recommended rather than the usual tool box.
of first-class quality. You will next see him weigh the tool in his Such a panel eliminates the possible nicking of keen edges, which
hand, and handle it in all possible working positions. It must "feel often occurs when sharp tools are piled in a box. At the same time,
good" and have the right balance. You'll find he spends as much the panel keeps each tool in plain view of the worker. This elimi-
time in selecting a tool as most men do in picking out a suit of nates searching for tools, which for some reason always seem to be
clothes. If he, with all his skill, requires nothing but the best, what at the bottom of the box.
can the beginner with little or no skill hope to accomplish with tools Keep a light film of oil on your tools to prevent possible rusting,
the expert would reject? Don't let a poor tool spoil one of the most and above all else keep them sharp. A dull edge is not only ineffi-
fascinating hobbies known. cient but often actually _d angerous. When a tool becomes dull, learn
It is far better to own a few good tools than any number of to sharpen it yourself.
poor ones. By the same token, it is far better to master a few tools A good tool is a life-long investment and the craftsman's best
than to have a smattering of knowledge concerning a large number. friend. Treat it as such and you'll be repaid a thousand times in the
A good way to guard against such a possibility is co purchase tools results you obtain from its use. When you have learned how to
on the budget plan. Start a "buy-a-tool-a-week" or "buy-a-tool- choose, use, and keep good tools, you will no longer require this
a-month" club with yourself. With such a plan you will not only Tool Guide. You can then hand it to some amateur with the com-
feel their cost far less, but you'll have an opportunity to get ac- pliments of an expert!
quainted with the one you have just purchased, before a new one
arrives on your bench to divide your attention. If your plan calls STANLEY TOOLS
for the purchase of only one tool at a time, you will be more likely DIVISION OF THE ST AN LEY WORKS
to purchase a good one and less apt to "stretch" your money over EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
a number of poor ones. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
 COPYRIGHT, 1952
by
STANLEY TOOLS
Divi1ion of The Stanley Work•
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.

The material contained in this book may not be re•

printed without written permission of Stanley Tools.

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STANLEY

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 •
THE ONE FOOT RULE,
OUR UNITED STATES STANDARD MEASURE
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•

BENCH RULE

SIXTEENTH INCH GRADUATION S EIGHT INCH GRADUATIONS

1 1
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I. 4 IIf 111151111 I II I6I 11 I111fl7III I II II8 I
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2
-41 -43 TWELFTH INCH GRADUATIONS

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TENTH INCH GRADUATIONS

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8 8 8 8
1 13 517 9111 13-115
16 1.6 16 16 16 16 16 16
I I I I I I I I

ZIG ZAG RULE

Gl~-- ~ :_ __,. ;:
FOLDING RULE
CALIPER RULE
SIXTEENTHS ENLARGED SIX TIMES

TABLE OF M EASURE
Inches Feel Yards Fathoms Rods Furlongs Milo
12 · 1
DESK RULE OR RULER
3. 1 YARD STICK
6. 2 -
16-l· 5-l- 2i-
660 · 220 · 110 - 40 • 1
STAN LEY TOOLS 5280 -1760- 880 - 320- 8 _, EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.. U .S.A.
CHART NO. t
BY tl 0 . Mc.tlll

P'IIWTmtH U.S.A.
 HOW TO USE

STANLEY MEASURING RULES

i------i STANLEY ' l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY 1 - - - - - - 1

BENCH RULE

TO MEASURE ACCURATELY HOLD THE RULE ON ITS THI lllUSTlATION IS Of

STANUY RULi No. 34¼V-12'
EDGE SO THE MEASURING MARKS ARE IN CON-
TACT WITH THE WORK MARK WITH A SHARP THE RULE AND THE PENCIL MAY BE USED AS A
KNIFE OR PENCIL GAUGE TO MARK LINES PARALLEL TO THE EDGE
OF THE STOCK.
FOLDING RULE

ZIG ZAG RULE

TH! ILLUSltATION IS Of
STANl!Y Rull No. 61-2'

To MEASURE A PIECE OF STOCK ACCU-

RATELY, BE SURE THE END OF THE RULE IS THE RULE MAY BE USED TO DIVIDE A PIECE
EVEN WITH THE EDGE AND WITH THE THUMB- OF STOCK INTO EQUAL OR PROPOR-
NAIL FIX THE EXACT MEASURING MARK ON -PULL- PUSH. RULE TIONAL PARTS.
THI lllUSltATlON IS Of
THE OTHER SIDE. STANLIY Ruu No. 126-6'

TH! ILLUS TIA TION IS or

S!ANLIY Ruu No 1208W-e'
0
READ HERE AND /
ADD TWO INCHES
D
THE FLEXIBLE°PULL-PUSH. RULE MEASURES REGULAR
THE ZIG ZAG RULE IS USEFUL FOR TAKING OR
LAYING OFF LONG OR SHORT MEASUREMENTS AND IRREGULAR SHAPES AND PERMITS INSIDE
IT IS STIFF ENOUGH TO MEASURE ACROSS HOR: MEASUREMENTS TO BE READ BY ADDING TWO
IZONTAL OPENINGS. INCHES TO THE READING ON THE BLADE.
STANLEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U .SA. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 2
ev R. o. RIOfR

P R1HTIO IH U.S.A.
 HOW TO USE
•
MEASURING AND MARKING TOOLS
.,___ _ _--l STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t STANLEY ~ - - - - - - i
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CALIPER RULE
T;.t IUUSTR,1.IION IS Qf
s,~,...m W1HG Drv,or:u
No 58-6"

• I
1
1ST CENTER I

,-··f \3~~: ·· .. r"

5-'i
TH~-- -
-~ ,~~~°.· ~·-~ _H
:_,,: OUTSIDE INSIDE
READ
READ
DIVIDERS ARE USED TO STEP OFF HERE HERE
DIVIDERS ARE USED FOR SCRIBING
A MEASUREMENT SEVERAL TIMES CIRCLES OR AN ARC.
ACCURATELY
ALSO FOR COMBINATIONS OF CIR-
THCI LLUSTRATION IS OF
STANL!Y Rul! No. 136½
CLES AND ARCS FOR MAKING LAY-
OUTS FOR CURVED DESIGNS, ETC.
THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CALIPER RULE IS
USEFUL FOR MANY SMALL MEASUREMENTS

THE tUUSTU TION

t5 OF STA,"-"..fY A·...'l No. 1
ZIG ZAG EXTENSION RULE
TH! 1LLUIIRATI0N 11 Of STANLEY RuLE No X 227-6'

I.
11 I •

DIVIDERS MAY BE USED TO SCRIBE '

THE ZIG ZAG EXTENSION RULE
A LINE TO MATCH AN IRREGULAR
IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR INSIDE THE CENTER FOR BORING HOLES
SURFACE, MASONRY OR WOOD-
MEASUREMENTS. THE READING ON THE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY SUNK WITH
WORK.
EXTENSION IS ADDED TO THE LENGTH THE POINT OF A SCRATCH AWL
OF THE OPENED RULE. FOR ACCURACY IN LOCATING THE
TRAMMEL POINTS BIT.
THE ILLUSTRATION
11 Of SrANUY No 4

SCRATCH AWL

THE CHALK LINE IS USED FOR LONG

TRAMMEL POINTS ON A STICK ARE USED STRAIGHT LINES. BE SURE TO SNAP THE
THE lllUSTR:ATION
TO MAKE CIRCLES TOO LARGE FOR DIVI- ,s or STANLEY RULE TAUT LINE SQUARE TO THE SURFACE.
DERS. No 34¼V-12"

STANLEY TOOLS To SET DIVIDERS HOLD BOTH POINTS To SET CALIPERS HOLD ONE LEG ON END EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U.S.A.
ON THE MEASURING LINES OF THE RULE. OF RULE AND OTHER ON MEASURING LINE. CHART NO. 3
av 111 0 ~CG<R
r J'

COMMON CUTS IN WOOD

I

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PLOW DADO RABBET TONGUE GROOVE BEVEL

CHAMFER STOP CHAMFER NOSING CENTER BEAD EDGE BEAD ROUND

i
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FLUTE HOLLOW ¼ ROUND COVE OR ¼ HOLLOW REED REVERSE OGEE

ROMAN OGEE SHIP LAP COMMON OGEE ASTRAGAL GRECIAN OGEE WITH BEAD BEVEL SASH

OGEE SASH OVALO SASH

STAN LEY TOOLS

NEW BRITAIN, CONN .. U.SA. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 4

PAIN TCD IN U.S.A.

;
 •
COMMON WOOD JOINTS
..,__ _ _--i STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY 1--------1
.,

HALF LAP
END LAP
CROSS LAP
MIDDLE LAP

RABBET

TONGUE & GROOVE DADO

BUTT

DADO & RABBET MITRE

DADO TONGUE AND RABBET

STAN LEY TOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITAIN, CONN,. U.S.A . CHART NO. 5

P!ll:~•f':"CD IN U.S.A.
 ~

COMMON WOOD JOINTS

1-------ir-S-TA_N_L-:::EY-:,,1-
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THRU MORTISE TENON
STUB MORTISE TENON
BLIND MORTISE TENON OPEN MORTISE TENON

LAP DOVETAIL

THRU MULTIPLE DOVETAIL

THRU SINGLE DOVETAIL
DOVETAIL DADO

STOPPED LAP DOVETAIL

BLIND MITRE OR SECRET DOVETAIL
LAP DOVETAIL OR HALF
STAN LEY TOOLS BLIND DOVETAIL
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.SA. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
u ·,.,,. ,~, ••w
CHART NO. 6

PRINTCD IN U 5 A
 HOW TO USE
•
THE STANLEY TRY SQUARE
AND HOW TO SQUARE UP STOCK
...,___ _ __. STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY i , . . . . - - - - - - 1

6. SECOND FACE

BLADE

PLANE ONE BROAD SURFACE SMOOTH AND STRAIGHT TEST IT

I
:r:
CROSSWISE, LENGTHWISE, AND FROM CORNER TO CORNER. f-- FROM THE WORK FACE GAUGE A LINE FOR THICKNESS AROUND
Cl
MARK THE WORK FACE X. THE STOCK. PLANE THE STOCK TO THE GAUGE LINE. TEST THE
~ HANDLE
SECOND FACE AS THE WORK FACE IS TE.STE.D.

2. WORK EDGE
5. SECOND EDGE

~ THE ILLUSTlATION IS OF
Srm,rv hv SouAAE No. 12-6 1N.
THICKNESS

HOLD THE HANDLE OF THE TRY SQUARE TIGHT AGAINST THE STOCK WHEN
TESTING ENDS, EDGES OR SCRIBING LINES. FOR THE USE OF THE MARKING
GAUGE SEE STANLEY CHART No. C8. FOR THE USE OF THE PLANE SEE FROM THE WORK EDGE GAUGE A LINE FOR WIDTH ON BOTH
PLANE ONE EDGE SMOOTH, STRAIGHT AND SQUARE TO THE STANLEY CHART No. C14. FACES. PLANE SMOOTH, STRAIGHT, SQUARE AND TO THE GAUGE
WORK FACE. TEST IT FROM THE WORK FACE. MARK THE WORK LINE. TEST THE SECOND EDGE FROM THE WORK FACT.
EDGE X.

3. WORK END
4. SECOND END

PLANE ONE END SMOOTH AND SQUARE. TEST IT FROM THE MEASURE LENGTH AND SCRIBE AROUND THE STOCK, A LINE SQUARE TO THE WORK EDGE AND
WORK FACE. SAW OFF EXCESS STOCK NEAR THE LINE AND PLANE SMOOTH TO THE SCRIBED
WORK FACE AND WORK EDGE. MARK THE WORK END X.
LINE. TEST THE SECOND END FROM BOTH THE WORK FACE AND THE WORK EDGE.

STANLEY TOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

NEW BRITAIN. CONN., U.SA.
CHART NO. 7
■'!'Ito. MGOl

Plllt.-.rTCO IN US.A.
 r
HOW TO USE THE

STANLEY MARKING GAUGE

i------1 STANLEY l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 , STANLEY ~ - - - - i

SET THE MARKING GAUGE BY MEASUREMENT FROM THE LAY THE BEAM FLAT ON THE WOOD SO THE PIN DRAGS
HEAD TO THE PIN. (HECK THE MEASUREMENT AFTER NATURALLY AS THE MARKING GAUGE IS PUSHED AWAY.
TIGHTENING THE THUMB SCREW NO ROLL MOTION IS NECESSARY. TH E PIN AND LINE ARE
VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES.
THUMB SCREW

SHOE

TH[ 1l l US1SlAIION IS OF
STANtEYMA«11<c GAuce No. 65

PIN
HEAD

HOLD THE GAUGE AS YOU TO MAKE A GAUGE LINE

WOULD A BALL. PUSH THE G AUGE FORWARD
ADVANCE THE THUMB TO- WITH THE HEAD HELD TIGHT
W ARD THE PIN SO AS TO AGAINST THE WORK EDGE
DISTRIBUTE THE PRESSURE OF THE WOOD.
EVENLY BETWEEN THE PIN THE PRESSURE SHOULD BE
AND THE HEAD. APPLIED IN THE DIRECTION
OF THE ARROWS.

THE PIN SHOULD PROJECT THE PIN IS GROUND WITH

ABOUT 1116 IN. THE CURVED A CONICAL POINT THE N
SIDE OF THE PIN HELPS TO ONE HALF IS GROUND FLAT.
KEEP IT FROM FOLLOWING THIS GIVES A KNIFE TYPE
THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD. LINE.
STANLEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.S.A . EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 8
D 't R O R( C CR

PRl "-TCO l1'i U 5 A

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STANLEY PLANES
1-----~ S T A N L E Y } - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - 1
8

lA DOUBLE PLANE IRON 4 LEVER CAP 9 LATERAL ADJUSTING LEVER 14 KNOB BOLT & NUT
1 SINGLE 11 11
5 11 11
SCREW '-10 FROG SCREW 15 HANDLE SCREW
2 PLANE IRON CAP 6 FROG COMPLETE llHANDU 16 BOTTOM
3 CAP SCREW 7 ''Y'' ADJUSTING LEVER 12 KNOB 46 FROG ADJUSTING SCREW
8 ADJUSTING NUT 13 HANDLE BOLT & NUT
STANLEY TOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.S.A. CHART NO. 9
 HOW TO GRIND

STANLEY PLANE IRONS

., _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _i_T_H_is_A_L_s_o_A_P_P_L_1_E_s_T_o_c_"_•s_E_L_s_1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _"\ 5TANLEY 1 - - - - - - - 1
-----1 STANLEY 1-

------ PLANE IRON

OR BLADE

GRINDING STRAIGHTENS THE EDGE AND RESTORES

THE BEVEL PREPARATORY TO SHARPENING BY
WHITTING ON THE OIL STONE.
THE - GRIND STONE SHOULD TURN TOWARD THE
PLANE IRON.
USE THE GUIDE AS IT ASSURES A FLAT EVEN TO GET THE RIGHT
GRIN DING ANGLE
BEVEL ABOUT 25° TO 30° MOVE THE PLANE IRON FROM SIDE TO SIDE
KEEP THE PLANE IRON COOL TO PREVENT BURN- MAKE THE BEVEL A TO GRIND ALL PARTS OF THE BEVEL AND TO
ING, OR SOFTENING THE STEEL, BY FREQUENT LITTLE LONGER THAN KEEP THE WHEEL TRUE.
DIPPING IN WATER. TWICE THE THICK-
NESS OF THE PLANE THE EDGE SHOULD BE STRAIGHT AND ALMOST
IRON. AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SIDES OF THE
PLANE IRON.
CUTTING EDGE

AVOID A BEVEL TOO

WHEN TO GRIND A PLANE IRON OR A CHISEL SHORT AND THICK IT

VS
I i6~i] THE CUTTING
WILL NOT ENTER THE
WOOD EASILY.

V
NICKED. AVOID A BEVEL TOO
WHEN THE BEVEL WHEN THE BEVEL LONG AND THIN.
HAS BEEN WORN HAS BEEN ROUNDED IT IS WEAK AND WILL
N BY MUCH BY CARELESS

STANLEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAIN. CONN. U .SA.
( ]
TTING. WHETTING.

V EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 10
BY R. 0 . IUOCA

P AIITTtD IN U.SA
 HOW TO WHET
•
STANLEY PLANE IRONS
(THIS ALSO APPLIES TO CHISELS)
1 - - - - - - , STANLEY l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i , STANLEY 1 - - - - - - 1

PLANE IRON
OR BLADE

WHE-:- THE PLANE IRON ON THE OIL STONE TO REMOVE THE WIRE OR FEATHER EDGE BY TAK-
TO GET THE RIGHT ING A FEW STROKES WITH THE FLAT SIDE
PRODUCE THE REAL SHARP CUTTING EDGE. GRINDING ANGLE
HOLD THE PLANE IRON IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH OF THE PLANE IRON HELD FLAT ON THE
ABOUT 25° TO 30° STONE AVOID THE SLIGHTEST BEVEL ON THIS
THE LEFT HAND HELPING. MAKE THE BEVEL A
PLACE THE BEVEL ON THE STONE WITH THE BACK SIDE
LITTLE LONGER THAN
EDGE SLIGHTLY RAISED. IF A NICK OR A SHINY EDGE OF BLUNT-
TWICE THE THICK-
MOVE THE PLANE IRON BACK AND FORTH. NESS CAN BE SEEN, REPEAT BOTH PROCESSES
NESS OF THE PLANE
OF WHETTING.
TO KEEP THE BEVEL STRAIGHT IRON
BE SURE THE HANDS MOVE PARALLEL TO THE STONE
SO THAT THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE PLANE IRON
AND THE STONE Will ST A Y THE SAME THROUGH-
OUT THE STROKE.
USE ENOUGH OIL TO KEEP THE SURFACE OF THE CUTTING EDGE
STONE MOIST. IT KEEPS THE STONE SHARP BY PRE-
VENTING PARTICLES OF STEEL FILLING THE PORES OF
THE STONE.
TRY TO WEAR THE STONE EVENLY.

A BEVEL
PLANE MARKS WILL SHOW LESS ON A ON THE
FINISHED SURFACE • IF THE CORNERS OF FLAT SIDE OF FINISH WITH A FEW
THE PLANE IRON ARE SLIGHTLY ROUNDED. ROCKING
THE PLANE THE PLANE IRON STROKES ON A LEATHER STROP TO
IRON PRODUCES PREVENTS THE CAP PRODUCE A KEENER EDGE.
A ROUND BEVEL IRON FITTING TIGHT,
THAT Will NOT SHAVINGS Will
STAN LEY TOOLS CUT WELL CLOG THE PLANE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITA IN. CONN.. U.S.A . CHART NO. 11

Ptt:HffDIN U.S.A.
 HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE

STANLEY DOUBLE PLANE IRON

i------1STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; STANLEY i - - - - - - 1

TO PUT THE PLANE IRON AND THE PLANE IRON

SLOT FOR
CAP TOGETHER. 1-LAY THE PLANE IRON CAP ON 5-HOLD THE PLANE IRON AND THE PLANE
THE FLAT SIDE OF THE PLANE IRON, AS SHOWN, LATERAL IRON CAP FIRMLY AND TIGHTEN THE SCREW
WITH THE SCREW IN THE SLOT. 2-DRAW THE CUTTING ADJUSTMENT TO HOLD THE TWO PARTS TOGETHER.
PLANE IRON CAP BACK. 3-TURN IT STRAIGHl EDGE
WITH THE PLANE IRON.
SLOT FOR "Y"
ADJUSTMENT

CAP IRON SCREW

4-ADVANCE THE PLANE
IRON CAP UNTIL THE EDGE SLOT FOR LEVER CAP SCREW
IS JUST BACK OF THE CUT-
TING EDGE OF THE PLANE
IRON. THE PLANE IRON
CAP MUST NOT BE DRAG-
GED ACROSS THE CUTTING
EDGE.

THE PLANE IRON CAP SHOULD EXTEND 1/16' BACK

OF THE CUTTING EDGE FOR GENERAL WORK. ON
V
PROPERLY FITTED
THE PLANE IRON CAP BREAKS AND CURLS
THE SHAVING. TOGETHER WITH THE TOE OF
THE PLANE IT PREVENTS THE WOOD SPLITTING
AHEAD OF THE CUTTING EDGE, PRODUCING A
CROSS GRAINED OR CURLY WOOD IT SHOULD BE SMOOTH SURFACE. THE PLANE IRON CAP ALSO
POORLY FITTED
AS NEAR TO THE CUTTING EDGE AS POSSIBLE. SERVES TO STIFFEN THE PLANE IRON.
EDGE OF PLANE IRON CAP MUST FIT TIGHT TO PRE-
VENT SHAVINGS WEDGING UNDER IT, PILING UP AND
STAN LEY TOOLS CHOKING THE PLANE.
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U.SA EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 12
DY R 0 . RCGCA
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/.
PAINTED IN U .S.A {
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 HOW TO SET THE
•
STANLEY PLANE
1-------l STANLEY 1--------------------------------------1 STANLEY 1-------1

PLANE IRON AND PLANE IRON CAP

LEVER CAP 4.
HANDLE
"Y" ADJUSTING
LEVER

TO PUT THE PLANE TOGETHER LAY

KNOB
THE PLANE IRON, BEVEL SIDE DOWN,
ON THE FROG. BE SURE THE ROLLER
ON THE LATERAL ADJUSTING LEVER, TO ADJUST FOR THE EVENNESS OF
THE END OF THE 'Y' ADJUSTING LEVER JHE SHAYING SIGHT ALONG THE BOT-
TOE PLANE BOTTOM HEEL
AND THE HEAD OF THE PLANE IRON TOM OF THE PLANE AND MOVE THE
CAP SCREW ARE CORRECTLY SEATED LATERAL ADJUSTING LEVER TOWARD
THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT.
To ADJUST FOR THE THICKNESS OF THE SHAVING SIGHT ALONG THE
BOTTOM OF THE PLANE AND TURN THE ADJUSTING NUT UNTIL THE CUT-
TING EDGE PROJECTS ABOUT THE THICKNESS OF A HAIR.

3.
SLIP THE LEVER CAP UNDER THE LEVER
CAP SCREW AND PRESS DOWN THE
CAM IF THE PLANE IRON IS IN THE
CORRECT POSITION THE CAM WILL EAS-
ILY SNAP IN PLACE. IF THE CAM WILL
WILL NOT SNAP IN PLACE EASILY,
SLIGHTLY LOOSEN THE LEVER CAP
SCREW
KNOB. LEVER CAP AND PLANE IRON
IF THE PLANE IRON, IS NOT FIRMLY THE PLANE IRON IS PLANE IRON IS CAP REMOVED TO SHOW THE ACTION
HELD WHEN THE CAM IS IN PLACE PUSHED OUT WHEN DRAWN IN WHEN OF THE LATERAL ADJUSTING LEVER.
SLIGHTLY TIGHTEN THE LEVER CAP THE ADJUSTING NUT THE ADJUSTING NUT
SCREW. MOVES IN TOWARD
MOYES OUT TOWARD
STAN LEY TOOLS THE HANDLE. THE FROG. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U.S.A. CHART NQ. 13
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1

HOW TO USE THE

STANLEY PLANE
- - - - - - 1 STANLEY l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY
..
~-----1

To CUT A SMOOTH STRAIGHT EDGE THE PLANE IS PUSHED WITH THE

GRAIN, THAT IS IN THE UP HILL DIRECTION OF THE FIBRES.
To KEEP THE PLANE STRAIGHT PRESS DOWN ON THE KNOB AT THE BEG-
INNING OF THE STROKE AND ON THE HANDLE AT THE END OF THE STROKE.
AVOID DROPPING THE PLANE AS SHOWN BY THE BROKEN LINES. IT
ROUNDS THE CORNERS.
TO START PLANING TAKE AN EASY AT THE END OF THE STROKE THE
BUT FIRM POSITION DIRECTLY BACK WEIGHT OF THE BODY SHOULD BE
OF THE WORK CARRIED EASILY ON THE LEFT FOOT.

PLANE fl ' I I END GRAIN

TO OBTAIN A SMOOTH SURFACE PLANE WITH THE GRAIN. IF THE GRAIN
HALF WAY FROM EACH EDGE.
IS TORN OR ROUGH AFTER THE FIRST STROKE REVERSE THE WORK.
IF THE GRAIN IS CROSS OR CURLY, SHARPEN THE PLANE IRON CAREFULLY,
SET THE PLANE IRON CAP AS NEAR THE CUTTING EDGE AS POSSIBLE AND
ADJUST THE PLANE IRON TO TAKE A VERY THIN EVEN SHAVING.

HOLD THE PLANE SQUARE WITH THE

IF THE PLANE IS PUSHED ALL THE
WORK FACE OF THE WORK. IT IS EASIER TO PLANE A LONG EDGE STRAIGHT WITH A LONG PLANE WAY THE CORNERS WILL BREAK.
THAN WITH A SHORT ONE. A LONG PLANE BRIDGES THE LOW PARTS AND
STANLEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.. U.SA DOES NOT CUT THEM UNTIL THE HIGH SPOTS ARE REMOVED. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 14
BY R. 0 . FICGER

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 HOW TO ADJUST AND USE

THE STANLEY BLOCK PLANE

-----1 STANLEY i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY~----
LEVER CAP SCREW LEVER CAP ADJUSTING SCREW

THE IUUSTll:ATION IS OF $T.&,Nl['t'

PLANE No 118
TO ADJUST THE PLANE IRON LATERAliY FOR
EVENNESS OF SHAVINGS, LOOSEN THE I.EVER
CAP SCREW, SIGHT ALONG THE PLANE BOT-
To ADJUST THE PLANE IRON VER TICALLY, TOM, PRESS THE PLANE IRON TO THE RIGHT
FOR THE THICKNESS Of THE SHAVINGS, OR TO THE LEFT AND TIGHTEN THE LEVER
SIGHT ALONG THE PLANE BOTTOM AND PLANE IRON BOTTOM CAP SCREW.
TURN THE ADJUSTING SCREW FORWARD TO
PUSH THE PLANE IRON OUT, OR TURN IT
BACK TO PULL THE PLANE IRON IN
KEEP YOUR PLANE SHARP
SH STANL(Y (HAU S No C I0 ANO No (11 f0:1; CRIN0ING AJ,.0 WHETTING Pl.AN£ IRONS THE SAME APi'LIES TO OusELS.

THE BLOCK PLANE HAS A SINGLE PLANE IRON SET AT A LOWER ANGLE THAN THE PLANE IRON
Of THE SMOOTH PLANE, ENABLING IT TO CUT END GRAIN BETTER THAN OTHER PLANES BECAUSE
OF THE LOW ANGLE, THE PLANE IRON IS SET BEVEL UP

I J I

(/ (I

THE BLOCK PLANE IS USED TO PLANE SMALL PIECES THE BLOCK PLANE IS A TOOL USED IN ONE THE BLOCK PLANE IS THE HANDIEST TOOL THE BLOCK PLANE IS INDISPENSABLE IN SHAPING
AND TO PLANE THE ENDS OF MOULDINGS TRIM HAND THIS MAKES IT EASY TO USE WHEN FOR PLANING CORNERS AND CHAMFERS ON HULLS AND SPARS OF MODEL BOATS AND THE
AND SIDING. , THE WORK CANNOT BE TAKEN TO A VISE. SMALL PIECES OF WOOD. PARTS OF MODEL AIRPLANES.

STAN LEY TOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U .S .A . CHART NO. 15

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 HOW TO USE

THE STANLEY SPOKE SHAVES

1------1 ~ -LEY
STAN - - , . . l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY 1--------, e

ADJUSTING NUTS LEVER CAP THUMB SCREW

LEVER CAP SCREW

FRAME AND
LEVER CAP HANDLES
E

To SET A STANLEY No 151M SPOKE TH[ lllUSTRA110N IS or .STANL[ Y Ao, To SET A SPOKE SHAVE WITHOUT AD-
SHAVE, HOLD THE SPOKE SHAVE WITH ,us1Aat£ SPO<I SHAVE No 151M
JUSTING NUTS, SUCH AS THE STANLEY
THE BOTTOM IN LINE WITH THE EYE. SEE CONVEX BOTTOM SPOKE SHAVE No.63,
STANLEY PLANE CHART No. C13. TURN GENTLY TAP THE END OF THE BLADE TO
THE ADJUSTING NUTS UNTIL THE CUT- THE SPOKE SHAVE IS PRACTICALLY A PLANE WITH THE BOTTOM MAKE IT PROJECT THE THICKNESS OF A
TING EDGE PROJECTS FOR AN EVEN SHORT ENOUGH TO FOLLOW CURVES. HAIR TO ADJUST THE BLADE LATERALLY,
SHAVING AND ABOUT THE THICKNESS THE BLADE OR CUTTER OF THE IRON SPOKE SHAVE IS SHARPENED TO TAKE AN EVEN SHAVING, TAP IT ON
OF A HAIR. TEST FOR DEPTH OF CUT LIKE A PLANE BLADE. SEE STANLEY CHARTS No. (10 AND No. en THE SIDE THAT PROJECTS TOO MUCH TO
DRAW IT IN. TIGHTEN THE THUMB SCREW.

THE SPOKE SHAVE IS USUALLY PUSHED.

THE FLAT BOTTOM SPOKE SHAVE IS USED
ON CONVEX AND CONCAVE EDGES WHERE
THE CURVES HAVE A LONG SWEEP. CARE THE SPOKE SHAVE IS ALSO USED TO
MUST BE EXERCISED TO CUT WITH THE CHAMFER AND TO ROUND EDGES. THE CONVEX BOTTOM SPOKE SHAVE
GRAIN OF THE WOOD. No. 63 IS DESIGNED TO CUT CONCAVE
CURVED EDGES HAYING SMALL SWEEPS.

STAN LEY TOOLS

NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.SA EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 16
BY R 0 . R EG ER

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 HOW TO USE
•
THE STANLEY CHISEL
HORIZONTAL CHISELING
i-------l STANLEY i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - l
$

TO CUT, HORIZONTALLY, WITH THE GRAIN: TO CUT, HORIZONTALLY, ACROSS THE

THE CHISEL IS HELD SLIGHTLY TURNED TO GRAIN WITH THE WORK HELD IN THE
ONE SIDE AND THEN PUSHED FROM THE VISE PRESS THE FOREFINGER AND THUMB
WORKER. IT IS HELD WITH THE BEVEL TOGETHER ON THE CHISEL TO ACT AS A
DOWN FOR A ROUGHING CUT AND BRAKE
WITH THE BEVEL UP FOR A PARING CUT. TO A VOID SPLINTERING THE CORNERS,
CUT HALF WAY FROM EACH EDGE TO-
KEEP YOUR CHISEL SHARP W ARD THE CENTER. REMOVE THE CENTER
s,, STANLEY (HAOIS No (10 ANO No (11 ro• G<INOING ANO WHElll"G Pw<E IRONS THE SAM! APPLIES TO CH,ms STOCK LAST.

BEVEL EDGE BLADE HEAD

BEVEL TH( ILLUSTRATION IS or Su.~u.,

(HIS!l NO 40 - 1 IN !LADE

CUTTING TO CUT ACROSS THE GRAIN WITH THE

EDGE R WORK HELD AGAINST THE BENCH HOOK,
TO CUT A CHAMFER: HOLD THE CHISEL THE HEEL OF THE LEFT HAND STEADIES
INCLINED TO ONE SIDE PARALLEL TO THE THE CHISEL IS CONTROLLED WITH THE LEFT HAND, PRESSING FIRMLY ON THE WORK WHILE THE FINGERS PRESS
SLOPE OF THE CHAMFER AND CUT AS IN THE CHISEL AND THE WOOD. THE POWER IS APPLIED WITH THE RIGHT THE CHISEL FIRMLY AGAINST THE WOOD.
CHISELING HORIZONTALLY WITH THE HAND. THE CHISEL IS HELD SLIGHTLY TURNED SO THE EDGE SLIDES ACROSS
GRAIN. THE WORK OR THE CHISEL IS MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT AS IT IS
ADVANCED, TO GIVE A SLIDING ACTION TO THE CUTTING EDGE THIS IS
EASIER THAN A STRAIGHT THRUST AND LEAVES A SMOOTHER SURFACE ON
THE WORK.
AT ALL TIMES KEEP BOTH HANDS BACK OF THE CUTTING EDGE.

IF THE WORK IS WIDE THE CHISEL IS

To CUT A STRAIGHT, SLANTING, CORNER HELD BEVEL DOWN, SO THE HANDLE W ILL
IS THE SAME AS HORIZONTAL CHISELING. CLEAR THE WORK AND THE BLADE WIU
THE WORK IS HELD IN THE VISE WITH NOT DIG IN TOO DEEP, AS IT IS PUSHED
THE GUIDE LINE HORIZONTAL FORWARD.
TO CUT A CHAMFER ON END GRAIN, TO CUT A ROUND CORNER, THE CHISEL
THE CHISEL IS MOVED SIDEWAYS A- IS MOVED SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE
CROSS THE CORNER OF TH E WORK, THE WORK MAKING A SERIES OF CUTS
HELD SO THAT THE CHISEL MAKES A CLOSE TOGETHER EACH ONE TAN GENT EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STANLEY TOOLS SLIDING HORIZONTAL CUT. TO THE CURVE.
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.S.A. CHART NO. 17
8"' ,_ C , . , ~
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I
HOW TO USE )
THE STANLEY CHISEL
VERTICAL CHISELING
i-------1 STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ S T A N L E Y 1 - - - - - - - - 1
TO CUT, VERTICALLY, ACROSS THE GRAIN (a) THE CHISEL
SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY TILTED TO ONE SIDE TO GIVE A TO CUT, VERTICALLY, A SLANTING CORNER USE THE
SLIDING ACTION TO THE CUTTING EDGE, OR IT MAY BE CHISEL IN THE SAME MANNER AS IN VERTICAL CUTTING
HELD STRAIGHT AND MOVED TO ONE SIDE AS IT IS AD- ACROSS THE GRAIN. ALWAYS WORK FROM THE EDGE
VANCED. (b} IF THE SURFACE IS WIDER THAN THE CHISEL, TOWARD THE END, SO THE WOOD WILL SPLIT AWAY
PART OF THE CHISEL PRESSED AGAINST THE PORTION FROM THE LINE. WORKING FROM THE END TOWARD
JUST CUT, HELPS TO GUIDE AND KEEP IN LINE THE PART THE EDGE WILL SPLIT AND RUIN THE WORK, AS IT IS
OF THE CHISEL CUTTING A NEW PORTION OF THE SUR- CUTTING AGAINST THE GRAIN.
FACE. (c) CUT WITH THE GRAIN, SO THE WASTE WOOD
WILL SPLIT AWAY FROM THE GUIDE LINE.
b KEEP YOUR CHISEL SHARP
5[ [ STANUY uv..m No Cl O AND No. Cll f OR GRINDING ANO WH[TIING PlAN[ IRONS TH[ SAME APPLIES TO CHISELS.

BEVEL EDGE BLADE HANDLE HEAD

BEVEL
THE ll lUSTRATION IS OF 5 TANllY
CH,sEL No. 40 -1 ' " &LADE
CUTTING
EDGE

2
\
TO CLEAN THE CORNERS OF A TENON, :,\\1111"--...J
i • TO CUT A CONCAVE Cl.)_RVED CORNER:
NOTCH, DADO OR RABBET: GRASP THE ' HOLD THE BEVEL SIDE OF THE CHISEL
CHISEL BY THE BLADE, NEAR THE EDGE; 3 6 AGAINST THE WORK WITH THE LEFT
RAISE ONE CORNER OF THE CUTTING HAND; WITH THE RIGHT HAND PRESS
EDGE BY TILTING THE HANDLE AWAY DOWN AND DRAW BACK AT THE SAME
AND DRAW THE CHISEL TOWARD YOU. THE MALLET MAY BE SAFELY USED ON THE CHISEL WHEN THE CUTTING EDGE TIME, GIVING A SWEEPING CURVED DI-
THE WORK IS HELD BY THE LEFT HAND IS ACROSS THE GRAIN. WHEN THE EDGE IS WITH THE GRAIN, THE USE OF RECTION TO THE CUT.
WHILE THE CHISEL EDGE AND ONE COR- THE MALLET IS VERY LIKELY TO SPLIT THE WOOD. THE MALLET MAY BE USED ALWAYS WORK WITH THE GRAIN FROM
NER, GUIDED BY THE RIGHT HAND, ACT ON THE CHISEL TO BEAT OUT A MORTISE, TO CUT THE ENDS OF A MORT- THE EDGE TOWARD THE END.
LIKE A KNIFE. ISE (WHEN THE BULK OF THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN BORED OUT), WHEN THE
WOOD IS HARD AND IN ROUGHING OUT (WHEN THERE IS A LARGE
STANLEY TOOLS AMOUNT OF MATERIAL TO BE REMOVED).
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.SA. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 18
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 HOW TO USE HAND SAWS
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BACK
t:i'I' ,.
ABO~f65•+1fz \ \," -Q -

r-:-= ONE INCH

HANDLE
ONE INCH
I :J•I/ < rvlNTS PER INCH, 4-1 /2 TEETH - 8 POINlS PER INCH. 7 TEETH
TOE HEEL

THE SIZE OF A SAW IS DETERMINED BY THE LENGTH OF THE BLADE IN INCHES.

RIP SAW TEETH ARE SHAPED LIKE CHISELS. THEY CUT LIKE A 5oME POPULAR SIZES ARE 24' AND 26'. CROSS Cur SAW TEETH ARE LIKE KNIFE POINTS. THEY CUT LIKE
GANG OF CHISELS IN A ROW. THE COARSENESS OR FINENESS OF A SAW IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF TWO ROWS OF KNIFE POINTS AND CRUMBLE OUT THE WOOD
POINTS PER INCH. BETWEEN THE CUTS.
A COARSE SAW IS BITTER FOR FAST WORK AND FOR GREEN WOOD.
A FINE SAW IS BETTER FOR SMOOTH ACCURATE CUTTING AND FOR DRY
SEASONED WOOD.
5-1/2 AND 6 POINTS ARE IN COMMON USE FOR RIP SAWS.
7 AND 8 POINTS ARE IN COMMON USE FOR CROSS CUT SAWS.
SAW TEETH ARE SET; EVERY OTHER TOOTH IS BENT TO THE RIGHT AND THOSE
BETWEEN TO THE LEFT, TO MAKE THE KERF WIDER THAN THE SAW.
THIS PREVENTS THE SAW FROM BINDING IN THE KERF OR SAW CUT.
QJALITY SAWS IN ADDITION ARE TAPER GROUND, BEING THINNER AT THE
. . I BACK THAN AT THE TOOTHED EDGE.
KEEP SAW TEETH SHARP AND PROPERLY SET
\ I
ABOUT 60• IS THE CORRECT ANGLE BETWEEN THE SAW AND
THE WORK FOR RIP SAWING. coma UNG><· , < : : : . K E R ~ ~
lwASn l . ~

p
EASUR£MEN ABOUT 45• IS THE CORRECT ANGLE BETWEEN THE SAW AND
THE WORK FOR CROSS CUT SAWING.
IWASTE11~~~~2~i WASTE ~TE

SPACE TOO LARGE

BE SURE TO SAW CAREFULLY ON THE WASTE SIDE OF THE LINE AS AT A AND

B. SAWING ON THE LINE OR ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LINE MAKES THE
STOCK TOO SHORT AS AT ( OR THE OPENING TOO LARGE AS SHOWN AT D.

A. IF. THE SAW LEAVES THE LINE THE BACK SAW IS A THIN CROSS
START THE SAW CUT SY DRAW- TWIST THE HANDLE SLIGHTLY AND THE COPING SAW IS USED TO CUT SAW WITH FINE TEETH, STlff-
ING THE SAW BACKWARD. HOLD DRAW IT BACK TO THE LINE. CUT IRREGULAR SHAPES AND IN- ENED BY A THIO< BACK A POP-
THE BLADE SQUARE TO THE STOCK. B. IF THE SAW IS NOT SQUARE TRICATELY CURVED PAffiRNS IN ULAR SIZE IS 12' WITH U PTS PER
STEADY IT AT THE LINE WITH THE TO THE STOCK, BEND IT A LITTLE THIN WOOD. INCH. IT IS USED FOR FINE ACCUR-
THUMB. AND GRADUALLY STRAIGHTEN IT. ATE WORK.
BE CAREFUL NOT TO PERMANENT-
LY SEND OR KINK THE BLADE. COMPASS OR KEYHOLE SAWS ARE THE WEB OR TURNING SAW IS
USED TO CUT CURVED OR STRAIGHT USED TO CUT IRREGULARLY CURVED EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STANLEY TOOLS SHAPES BY HAND.
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U.S.A. SIDED HOLES. CHART NO. 19

NOTE: SAWS ARE NOT MANUFACTURED BY STANLEY P,wr,;:nc IN u.s A.

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 HOW TO USE

THE STANLEY NAIL HAMMER

STANLEY l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 , STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - 1
HEAD CHEEK

CLAW
ADZE EYE

GRASP THE HAMMER FIRMLY NEAR THE END.

HANDLE

FACE
To DRAW A NAIL SLIP THE CLAW OF THE HAMMER UNDER
TH( NAIL HEAD; PULL UNTIL THE HANDLE IS NEARLY VERTICAL
AND THE NAIL PARTLY DRAWN.
POLL

NECK

IF THE PULL IS CONTINUED, UN-

NECESSARY FORCE IS REQUIRED
THAT WILL BEND THE NAIL, MAR
THE WOOD AND PERHAPS BREAK
THE HAMMER HANDLE.

THE BLOW IS DELIVERED THROUGH THE WRIST, THE ELBOW AND THE
SHOULDER, ONE OR All BEING BROUGHT INTO PLAY, ACCORDING TO
THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOW TO BE STRUCK. REST THE FACE OF THE
HAMMER ON THE NAIL, DRAW THE HAMMER BACK AND GIVE A LIGHT
TAP TO START THE NAIL AND TO DETERMINE THE AIM.

USE A NAIL SET TO DRIVE NAILS BELOW THE SURFACE

OF All FINE WORK. TO PREVENT THE NAIL SET SLIPPING
STRIKE THE NAIL SQUARElY TO OFF THE HEAD OF THE NAIL, REST THE LITTLE FINGER ON SUP A PIECE OF WOOD UNDER
AVOID MARRING THE WOOD AND THE WORK AND PRESS THE NAIL SET FIRMLY AGAINST THE HE.AD OF THE HAMMER TO
BENDING THE NAIL KEEP THE FACE IT SET NAILS ABOUT 1/16" BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE INCRE.ASE THE LEVERAGE AND TO
OF THE HAMMER CLEAN TO AVOID WOOD. RELIEVE THE UNNECESSARY STRAIN
SLIPPING OFF THE NAIL IF A NAIL ON THE HANDLE.
BENDS DRAW IT AND START A NEW
ONE IN A NEW PLACE.
ALWAYS STRIKE WITH THE FACE OF THE HAMMER IT IS HARDENED A BELL FACE HAMMER IS SLIGHTLY MORE CONVEX THAN A PLAIN
FOR THAT PURPOSE. Do NOT DAMAGE THE FACE BY STRIKING FACE HAMMER. WITH IT A NAIL CAN BE DRIVEN FLUSH, OR
STEEL HARDER THAN ITSELF. Do NOT STRIKE WITH THE CHEEK AS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WORK, WITHOUT LEAVING
STAN LEY TOOLS IT IS THE WEAKEST PART. HAMMER MARKS IN THE WOOD.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.. LI.SA EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 20
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HOW TO USE
•
THE STANLEY SCREW DRIVER
AND INFORMATION FOR DRIVING SCREWS
STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; , S T A N L E Y L - - - - - - 1

USE THE LONGEST SCREW DRIVER CON-

SELECT A SCREW DRIVER OF LENGTH AND VENIENT FOR THE WORK MORE POWER
TIP FITTED TO THE WORK
CAN BE APPLIED TO A LONG SCREW ORI,
SCREW DRIVERS ARE SPECIFIED BY THE VER THAN A SHORT ONE, WITH LE.SS
LENGTH OF THE BLADE
DANGER OF ITS SLIPPING OUT OF THE
THE TIP SHOULD BE STRAIGHT AND NEAR- SLOT.
LY PARALLEL SIDED IT SHOULD ALSO FIT HOLD THE HANDLE FIRMLY IN THE PALM
THE SCREW SLOT AND BE NOT WIDER OF THE RIGHT HAND WITH THE THUMB
THAN THE SCREW HEAD. AND FOREFINGER GRASPING THE HAN-
DLE NEAR THE FERRULE. WITH THE LEFT
HAND STEADY THE TIP AND KEEP IT PRESS-
ED INTO THE SLOT WHILE RENEWING THE
IF THE TIP IS TOO WIDE IT WILL SCAR THE TIP HANDLE HEAD GRIP ON THE HANDLE FOR A NEW TURN.
WOOD AROUND THE SCREW HEAD.
IF THE SCREW DRIVER IS NOT HELD IN LINE THE ILLUSTU TION IS OF
WITH THE SCREW IT W ILL SLIP OUT OF THE STANLEY SCllEW DRIVIR No. 25 - 4 1><. BLADE IF NO HOLE IS BORED FOR THE THREADED
SLOT AND MAR BOTH THE SCREW AND THE PART OF THE SCREW THE WOOD IS OFTEN
WORK.
f!~ SPLIT OR THE SCREW IS TWISTED OFF
IF A SCREW TURNS TOO HARD, BACK IT
OUT AND ENLARGE THE HOLE
A LITTLE SOAP ON THE THREADS OF THE
/; It~;t.~'J:i SCREW MAKE.S IT EASIER TO DRIVE.
IF THE TIP IS ROUNDED OR BEVELED IT WILL

~
RAISE OUT OF THE SLOT SPOILING THE SCREW
HEAD. REGRIND OR FILE THE TIP TO MAKE IT AS To FASTEN HINGE.SOR OTHER HARDWARE IN PLAa WITH SCREWS,
SHOWN ABOVE.
1. LOCATE THE POSITION OF THE PIECE OF HARDWARE ON THE
WORK
TO FASTEN TWO PIECES OF WOOD TOGETHER WITH SCREWS,
I 2. RECESS THE WORK TO RECEIVE THE HARDWARE. IF IT IS NEC-
1. LOCATE THE POSITIONS OF THE SCREW HOLES. ESSARY.
2. BORE THE FIRST HOLE IN THE FIRST PIECE OF WOOD SLIGHTLY 3. LOCATE THE POSITIONS OF THE SCREWS.
LARGER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE SCREW SHANK. AS AT a.
3. BORE THE SECOND HOLE SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE THREAD-
- I j 4. SELECT SCREWS THAT WILL E.ASILY PASS THRU THE HOLES IN THE
HARDWARE, AS AT a.
ED PART OF THE SCREWS, AS AT b. BORE AS DEEP AS HALF THE 5. BORE THE PILOT HOLES (SECOND HOLE) SUGHTLY SMALLER THAN
LENGTH OF THE THREADED PART. THE DIAMETER OF THE THREADED PART OF THE SCREWS, AS AT b.
4. COUNTERSINK THE FIRST HOLES TO MATCH THE DIAMETER OF 6. DRIVE THE SCREWS TIGHTLYIN PLACE.
THE HEADS OF THE SCREWS, AS AT c. i d
I IF THE WOOD IS SOFT. BORE AS DEEP AS HALF THE LENGTH OF THE
5. DRIVE THE SCREWS TIGHTLY IN PLACE WITH THE SCREW DRIVER. THREADED PART OF THE SCREW, AS AT c. IF THE WOOD IS HARD,
S IZES OF BITS OR DRILLS TO BORE HOLES FOR WOOD SCREWS IOAK). THE SCREW SOFT (BRASS), OR IF THE SCREW IS LARGE, THE
HOLE MUST BE NEARLY AS DEEP AS THE SCREW. AS AT d. Hous
NUMBER OF SCREW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 FOR SMAU SCREWS ARE USUALLY MADE WITH BR.AD AWLS.
FLAT .073 0B6 .099 .112 .125 .13B .151 .164 .177 .190 .216 .242 .26B .294 DETERMINE ScREw SHANK Sizes sv COMPARISON Bt1.ow
HEAD .r !i.' 32-
~ II' .u:
..l'. 7· 12'. 17' 12'
_;i:
ft.
''YYtttittt
BODY DIAMETER OF SCREW 5'
64- f-i_
32• B 64- 64- 64• 16• 32- 64• 64• 64-
ROUND 5' 3' 7· 7· 1' 9' s• 11' ]: J• 7' 1' 17' 19'
HEAD
FIRST { TWIST DRILL SIZE 64 TI 64 64 8 64 32 64 16 io 32 4 64 64
HOLE AUGER BIT NUMBER 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5

tTTTT'
OVAL 1' 1' s· S• ]: 7' 7· 1' 1' 9• s· 1:. l1:
SECOND { TWIST DRILL SIZE io io 64 64 32 64 64 8 8 64 32 16 64
HEAD 4
HOLE AUGER BIT NUMBER 3 3

EXACT SIZES CANNOT BE GIVEN FOR THE HOLES FOR WOOD SCREWS. THE ABOVE ARE APPRO XIMATELY
RIGHT FOR AVERAGE NEEDS. VARIATIONS IN HARD AND SOFT WOOD, MOISTURE CONTENT AND s:uG EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STAN LEY TOOLS OR LOOSE FITS IF DESIRED SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. NUMBER AND LITTER SIZES OF DRILLS ARE A AIL-
NEW BRITAIN. CONN . U.SA. ABLE, IF MORE EXACT SIZES' ARE WANTED. A TRIAL FIT IN SCRAP WOOD IS PRACTICAL CHART NO. 21

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 HOW TO USE

THE "YANKEE" SPIRAL RATCHET SCREW DRIVER

- - - - - S T A N L E Y 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i , S T A N L E Y ~ - - -- i

LOCKING RING

RATCHET SHIFTER

~SPIRAL GROOVE S PINDLE

'-..,_ CHUCK SLEEVE

THE lllUSTRAIION IS Of •·y>,Ni(!f°
SPIRAL RATC>m Scuw DRIVER No 130A
S CREW DRIVER BIT w<TH THR!E Sc•Ew Di<lvER B11s
To USE AS A RATCHET SCREW DRIVER DRAW THE SPINDLE
IN, THEN TURN THE LOCKING RING TO THE LEFT TO LOCK
To INSERT THE SCREW DRIVER BIT IT VARY THE SHIFTER POSITION TO CHANGE THE RATCHET
INTO THE CHUCK WITH THE SPIRAL ACT ION. TO RELEASE THE SPIRAL SPINDLE SAFELY, HOLD IT
SPINDLE EXTENDED, PLACE THE RAT- BY THE CHUCK WH ILE TURNING THE LOCKING RING TO
CHET SHIFTER ON THE CENTER POS- THE RIGHT, SO SPINDLE Will NOT FlY OUT.
ITION. PULL THE CHUCK SLEEVE DOWN. INSERT THE BIT.
TURN THE BIT UNTIL YOU FEEL IT IS SEATED. RELEASE THE
CHUCK SlliVE.

WITH THE DRILL POINTS AND CHUCK ADAPTOR THE SPIRAL

RATCHET SCREW DRIVER BECOMES AN AUTOMATIC PUSH As A RATCHET SCREW DRIVER, THE SCREW IS DRIVEN OR
DRILL A DRILL POINT IS INSERTED INTO THE CHUCK ADAP- THEYANKEE SPIRAL RATCHET SCREW DRIVER IS MOST USEFUL FOR THE RAPID DRIVING OR DRAWING DRAWN BY TURNING THE HAND RIGHT AND LEFT THE
TOR. TURN THE DRILL POINT UNTIL YOU FEEL IT IS SEATED. OF SCREWS OR FOR USE IN AWKWARD PLACES. IT IS ESPECIALLY PRACTICAL IN REPETITIVE PRODUCT- LITT HAND IS FREE TO HOLD THE WORK AFTER THE SCREW
THE TWO ASSEMBLED PIECE.S ARE THEN PLACID IN THE IS STARTED. '

-
ION WORK IN INDUSTRY. IT CAN BE STEADIED BY HOLDING THE REVOLVING CHUCK SLEEVE WITH
CHUO< IN THE SAME MANNER AS A SCREW DRIVER BIT. THE FINGERS OF THE I.EFT HAND.

C: ca
DRILL POINT COUNTERSINK HEAVY DUTY BIT PHILLIPS SCREW DRIVER BIT
THERE ARE EIGHT DRILL POINTS, SIZES 1/16" TO 11/64".
THf COUNTERSINK ALSO FITS INTO THE SCREW DRIVER To DRIVE SCREWS OR DRILL HOLES TO USE AS A LONG RIGID SCREW TO DRAW SCREWS WITH QUICK THE HEAVY DUTY AND THE PHILLIPS SCREW DRIVER BITS
CHUCK WITH QUICK RETURN SPIRAL RAT- DRIVER, WITHOUT SPIRAL OR RAT- RETURN SPIRAL RATCHET ACTION ARE ACCESSORIES THAT ADD TO THE USEFULNESS OF THIS
CHET ACTION, SET THE RATCHET CHET ACTION, SET THE RATCHET TOOL
SET THE RATCHET SHIFTER ON THE
STANLEY TOOLS SHIFTER ON THE POSITION NEAREST SHIFTER ON THE CENTER POSITION. POSITION NEAREST THE HANDLE.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.. U .SA. TO THE CHUCK EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 22
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 HOW TO USE BORING TOOLS
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"

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-~-~~~=~~~~ "'-"l.l.!l!J""-!ll~ 1 BLADE jj POINT

BRAD AWLS ARE USED TO MAKE HOLES FOR SMALL SCREWS AND
NAILS. To AVOID SPLITTING THE WOOD, START THE AWL WITH
ITS EDGE ACROSS THE GRAIN, TURNING IT BACK AND FORTH
SLIGHTLY AS YOU PRESS DOWN. Do NOT LET THE EDGE COME
PARALLEL WITH THE GRAIN.

~
AUGER Bns. i6THS Cf AN lNCH FO>Sl NER SITS TWIST Brrs. 12Nos
T6TI-lS. Of AN INCH.

TWIST BITS FOR WOOD ARE USED TO MAKE HOLES FOR SCREWS, AUGER BITS ARE SIZED BY 16THS OF AN INCH, ME.ASURING THE DIAMETER.
NAILS OR BOLTS. THEY ARE SIZED BY 32NDS OF AN INCH AND BITS VARY IN LENGTH FROM 7• TO 10'
DOWEL BITS ARE SHORT AUGER BITS ABOUT 5' LONG. BITS ARE MARKED FOR SIZE BY A SINGLE NUMBER. THE NUMERATOR
RANGE FROM No. 2-1/16' AND LARGER. OF THE FRACTION STANDS FOR THE DIAMETER OF THE BIT. AUGER
AND FORSTNER BITS ARE MARKED BY 16THS OF AN INOi. NO. 8
STANDS FOR 8/16' OR l iT . TWIST Brrs FOR WOOD ARE USUALLY
MARKED IN THE SAME WAY, BY 32NDS Of AN INOi. NO. 8 STANDS
BIT STOCK DRILLS ARE DESIGNED AND TEMPERED TO MAKE HOLES FOR 8/32' OR 1/4".
IN METAL, BUT MAY ALSO BE USED IN WOOD, ESPECIALLY IN RE-
PAIR WORK WHERE CONTACT WITH NAILS OR METAL IS POSSIBLE.
THEY ARE SIZED BY 32NDS OF AN INCH AND RANGE FROM No. 2
• 1/16' AND LARGER.

ILLUSI RA !ION IS O f STANL!Y

THESTANDARD DOUBLE THE SINGLE THREAD THE DIAMOND POINT
CouKN
No. 139
T!Jtl~N THREAD FEED SCREW IS FEED SCREW IS BEST FOR IS USED FOR MACHINE lt.1.USia.ATIOS lS Of
FOR 811 BRACES ILLUSTRATION IS Of S!ANL!Y BE ST FOR GE N ERA L FAST CUTTING IN GREEN BORING WITH POWER StANlIY BIT CiAuGl No~ 7
COUNTERSINK No 137 FOR WORK WITH SE.ASONED OR GUMMY WOOD. FEED.
H AND DRtllS. WOOD. IT IS PREFERRED
FOR CABINET AND PAT·
AN ADJUSTABLE Brr GAUGE MAY BE USED TO REGULATE THE
COUNTERSINK BITS ARE USED TO WIDEN SCREW HOLES SO THAT DEPTH OF HOLES.
TERN MAKING.
THE HE.ADS OF FLAT-HE.AD SCREWS MAY BE FLUSH, OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW, THE SURFACE OF THE WORK

luuSTR>. r i0t-. lS C f
R=u l!NN:NG.S ExPANSrvE 811 No.n

THE ExPANSIVE BIT TAKES THE PLACE OF MANY LARGE BITS. THE
FORSTNER BITS ARE USED TO BORE HOLES PARTWAY THROUGH
CUTTER MAY BE ADJUSTED FOR VARIOUS SIZED HOLES. M OVING
WHERE THE AUGER BIT SCREW OR SPUR WOULD GO THROUGH THE
THE CUTTER ADJUSTL~G SCREW ONE COMPlETE TURN ENLARGES OR
WORK, ALSO ON END GRAIN, THIN WOOD, OR NEAR AN END
WHERE AN AUGER BIT WOULD SPLIT THE WORK TO CENTER OR REDUCES THE HOLE 1/8'. ONE HAU' TURN 1"16'. TEST THE SIZE ON
A PIECE OF WASTE WOOD FOR BORING THROUGH. CLAMP A PIECE
START A FORSTNER BIT SCRIBE A CIRCLE THE SIZE OF THE HOLE WITH
DIVIDERS AND PRESS THE RIM OF THE FORSTNER BIT INTO IT. FORST• SHARPEN AUGER BITS WITH A BIT SHARPEN THE CUTTING EDGES ON OF WASTE WOOD ON THE BACK Of THE WOIU< TO PREVENT
THE TOP TO MAINTAIN THE CLEAR· SPLITTING.
NER BITS ARE SIZED BY 16THS OF AN INCH FROM No. 4-1 /4' AND FILE. FOR A KEEN EDGE, ALSO WHET
LARGER. WITH A SLIPSTONE. SHARPEN THE ANCE ON THE UNDER SIDE THE CUT•
SPURS ON THE INSIDE TO PRESERVE TING EDGES MUST BE KEPT EVEN.
THE DIAMETER. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STAN LEY TOOLS CHART NO. 23
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .• U .SA. Dt 11111 0 IICGL~
 HOW TO USE

THE STANLEY HAND DRILL

1------1 -STAN
- -LEY
--...1--------------------------------""\STANLEY ~------l
•
CRANK AND HANDLE

SPEED GEAR

~ TO DRILL HOLES OF UNIFORM DEPTH,

MAKE A DEPTH GAUGE. (UT A PIECE OF
TO PLACE THE DRILL IN THE CHUCK, OPEN
IT ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE DIA- WOOD OR DOWEL THE RIGHT LENGTH,
~DETACHABLE SIDE HANDLE
METER OF THE DRILL THIS HELPS TO SO THE DRILL WILL PROJECT THE DESIRED
CENTER IT. INSERT THE DRILL TIGHTEN DEPTH . WHEN THE PIECE OF WOOD IS
THt ILLUSTRATION ,s or STANUY HAND DRILL No. 617-1/4' CHUCK.
THE CHUCK BY PUSHING FORWARD ON DRILLED, SLIP IT OVER THE DRILL
THE CRANK WITH THE RIGHT HAND,
WHILE HOLDING THE CHUCK SHELL TIGHT
WITH THE LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER. THE HAND DRILL IS USED FOR THE RAPID DRILLING OF SMALL HOLES, IN
BOTH WOOD AND METAL HOLES IN WOOD SHOULD BE STARTED WITH AN
AWL TO HELP CENTER AND LOCATE THE DRILL HOLES IN METAL SHOULD BE
CENTER PUNCHED. WHEN DRILLING THROUGH METAL, RELIEVE THE PRESSURE
SLIGHTLY BEFORE BREAKING THROUGH, TO AVOID BREAKING THE DRILL.
TWIST DRILLS PRINCIPALLY FOR METAL ARE MADE IN A VAST RANGE OF
SIZES.

TO REMOVE THE DRILL, HOLD THE CHUCK

SHELL TIGHT WITH THE LEFT THUMB AND
FOREFINGER, AND TURN THE CRANK
BACKWARD, WITH THE RIGHT HAND, AS HOLD THE DRILL STEADY IN THE DIRECT-
SHOWN BY THE ARROW. HOLD THE DRILL STRAIGHT. DO IT IS SOME TIMES DESIRABLE TO HOLD ION DESIRED AND EXERT AN EVEN PRES-
NOT WOBBLE WHILE TURNING, IT SURE. TURN THE CRANK AT A CONSTANT
THE DRILL BY THE SIDE HANDLE AND
MAKES THE HOLE OVER-SIZE AND SPEED AND NOT TOO FAST.
PRESS THE BODY AGAINST THE FRAME
IS LIKELY TO BREAK THE DRILL. HANDLE LIKE A BREAST DRILL.
STAN LEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAU~. CONN.. U.SA.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 24
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 HOW TO USE

THE "YANKEE" AUTOMATIC DRILL e

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ENCLOSED SPIRAL SPINDLE

CHUCK
THE lllUSHlATION IS OF
CHUCK SLEEVE YANK!! AUTOMATIC
PusH DRILL No 41
DRILL POINT WITH [IGHr DRILL POINrS

To OPEN THE MAGAZINE HANDLE TURN THE LOCKING RING TO TO INSERT THE DRIU POINT INTO THE CHUCK PUSH THE CHUCX
THE LEFT.
SLEEVE FORWARD. INSERT THE DRIU POINT AND TURN IT UNTIL
YOU FEEL IT IS SEATED. RELEASE THE CHUCK SLEEVE.

jl

THE YANKEE AUTOMATIC PUSH DRILL IS A TOOL TO USE WITH ONE HAND,
LEAYING THE OTHER ONE FREE TO HOLD THE WORK.

DRILL POINTS TO USE IN AUTOMATIC DRIU FOR WOOD SCREWS

NUMBER OF SCREW 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DRAW THE MAGAZINE HANDLE DOWN AND TURN IT TO SELECT
THE DESIRED SIZE DRILL POINT. THE MAGAZINE CONTAINS EIGHT
BODY D IAMETER OF SCREW
1' s·
16- 64 32-
3' 3' .
n' £; 8 1'
64- ..t
9' 11'
32 64 THE RETURN SPRING
REVERSES THE DRIU POINT,
DRILL POINTS, 1/16" TO 11/64" 1' s· 3' ]• 1' 1' 9' s· 11' CUARING AWAY THE CHIPS. THE AUTOMATIC PuSH DRJu IS
D RILL TO USE FOil FIil.ST HOLE FOil
THE SMOOTH SHANK O F SCREW T6 64 32 64 8 8 64 n 64 ESPEOA!.LY USEFUL IN AWKWARD OR aosE PLAas.
DRILL TO fOR HOU fOR 1' s· s· 3' ]• 1' 1'
USE
THR.EA0E0 [NO OF SCREW
PILOT
X X T6 64 64 TI 64 -ti 8 EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STAN LEY TOOLS CHART NO. 25
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U.S.A. 9'f JI O lllt:CCII

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 HOW TO USE

THE STANLEY BIT BRACE

1------t ·STANLEY
- - -I---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 STANLEY~----- e

QUILL
HEAD
TO PLACE THE BIT IN THE CHUCK, GRASP THE CHUCK
'SHELL AND TURN THE HANDLE TO THE LEFT UNTIL HANDLE
TO BORE A VERTICLE HOLE, HOLD THE BRACE AND
THE JAWS ARE WIDE OPEN. INSERT THE BIT SHANK THl ILLUSTRATION IS OF BIT PERPENDICULAR TO THE SURFACE OF THE WORK.
IN THE SQUARE SOCKET AT THE BOTTOM OF THE S1At<UY RA10m 811 BRAa TEST BY SIGHT. COMPARE THE DIRECTION OF THE BIT
CHUCK AND TURN THE HANDLE TO THE RIGHT UNTIL No 923-10 IN SWllP
TO THE NEAREST STRAIGHT EDGE OR TO SIDES OF
THE BIT IS HELD FIRMLY IN THE JAWS. THE VISE. A TRY SQUARE MAY BE HELD NEAR THE BIT.

~~
,,mm
!, 1111 ~
11 1

TO BORE A HORIZONTAL HOLE, HOLD THE HEAD OF

THE BRACE CUPPED IN THE LEFT HAND AGAINST THE
TO OPERATE THE RATCHET TURN THE CAM RING.
STOMACH AND WITH THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER
TURNING THE CAM RING TO THE RIGHT WILL ALLOW
BIT BRACE CHUCKS OF THE ABOVE DESIGN, WITH- AROUND THE QUILL To BORE THRU WITHOUT SPLIN-
THE BIT TO TURN RIGHT AND GIVE RATCHET ACTION
OUT A SQUARE SOCKET ARE OPERATED IN LIKE WHEN THE HANDLE IS TURNED LEFT. TURN THE CAM TERING THE SECOND FACE, STOP WHEN THE SCREW
MANNER. THE CORNERS OF THE TAPER SHANK OF RING LEFT TO REVERSE THE ACTION. POINT IS THRU AND FINISH FROM THE SECOND FACE.
THE BIT SHOULD BE CAREFULLY SEATED AND CEN- WHEN BORING THRU WITH AN EXPANSIVE BIT IT IS
THE RATCHET BRACE IS INDISPENSABLE WHEN BOR-
TERED IN THE V GROOVES OF THE JAWS. BEST TO CLAMP A PIECE OF WOOD TO THE SECOND
ING A HOLE IN A CORNER OR WHERE SOME OBJECT
FACE AND BORE STRAIGHT THRU.
PREVENTS MAKING A FULL TURN WITH THE HANDLE.
STANLEY TOOLS
NEW B R ITAIN. CONN.. U.SA EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
CHART NO. 26
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 HOW TO USE THE

STANLEY DOWELING JIG

STANLEY t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - f S T A N L E Y .,___ _ __

INDICATE ON FACE SIDE A CENTER LINE FOR ANY 4 PLACE THE JIG ON ONE OF THE PIECES OF STOCK
WITH THE FENCE NEXT TO THE FACE SIDE OF THE
NUMBER Of DOWELS DESIRED.
WOOD AND BRING THE CENTER LINE (A) IN ALIGN-
MENT WITH THE MARK ON THE WOOD, ILLUSTRAT-
ED IN No. 1. UAMP THE JIG SECURELY.

THE lllUSTRATlON lS or
STANLEY Dowcu.:G J1G No. 59

~ ~ ~ 0Du
.

2 SELECT A SUITABLE SIZE DOWEL FOR YOUR WOOD AND THE SAME
SIZE GUIDE. SECURE THE GUIDE, BEVEL END UP, IN SLIDE WITH BOT-
TOM OF GUIDE PRACTICALLY FLUSH WITH UNDER SIDE Of THE GUIDE SIZE 3/16' 1/4' 5/16' 3/8' 7j16' 1/2'
SLIDE. BIT SIZE No.3 No4 No. 5 No.6 No. 7 No.8

5 Pt.ACE THE BIT OF THE PROPER SIIE INTO THE

GUIDE USING CARE NOT iO STRIKE THE cumNG
EDGE OF THE BIT AGAINST THE GUIDE. BORE FOR
EACH HOLE TO THE DESIRED DEPTH USING A DEPTH
GAUGE CLAMPED ON THE BIT AS SHOWN.

DOWELED (ORNER JOINT

3 ADJUST THE SLIDE. ALIGNING THE INDEX LINE FOR THE GUIDE DOWELED STOCK
SELECTED, AT THE PROPER GRADUATION TO BRING THE CENTER 01
THE HOLE THE DISTANCE DESIRED FROM THE FACE SIDE OF THE
WOOD. AN INDEX LINE IS GIVEN ON THE SLIDE FOR EACH GUIDE
OR BIT SIZE.
EXAMPLE, FOR A 3/8' GUIDE ADJUST THE SLIDE TO BRING THE INDEX
LINE NO. 6 TO THE DESIRED GRADUATION MARK. IF THE DOWEL IS
TO BE IN THE CENTER Of A 1' PIECE Of WOOD, ADJUST THE SIDE 6 PLACT DOWELS IN HOLES AND
TO THE 1/2' GRADUATION MARK AND FASTEN SECURELY WITH THE COMPLETE THE JOINT.
THUMB SCREW.
DOWELED MITRE JOINT MORTISING
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STAN LEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAIN, CONN .. U.S.A . CHART NO. 27

Pll""""O I~ U.SA
 HOW TO SHARPEN AND USE

THE STANLEY HAND SCRAPER

STAN LEY 1-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , STANLEY t - - - - - - ,
- - - - - ,..r------,.,
8

..
II
.:· ·
I •
II I .,
I I , II

To SHARPEN THE HAND SCRAPER: FILE THE EDGES

SQUARE AND STRAIGHT BY DRAWFILING WITH A
SMOOTH MILL FILE. ROUND THE CORNERS SLIGHTLY, THr lllUSTRATION IS or STANLEY
AS SHOWN ABOVE. HANO ScRAPJJ< No. 0-3 1N , 5 IN.

THE HAND SCRAPER IS USED FOR THE FINAL

SMOOTHING BEFORE SANDPAPERING. IT REMOVES
THE SLIGHT RIDGES LEFT BY THE PLANE. IT IS
ALSO USED TO SMOOTH SURFACES THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO PLANE BECAUSE OF CURLY OR
IRREGULAR GRAIN.
THE HAND SCRAPER CAN BE EITHER PUSHED OR PULLED
AS THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD DEMANDS OR WHICH-
WHET THE EDGE, HOLDING REMOVE THE BURR BY WHET- EVER IS MORE CONVENIENT.
THE BLADE SQUARE TO THE TING THE SCRAPER FLAT
SURFACE OF THE OIL STONE. ON THE OIL STONE. THE
SOME PREFER TO HOLD EDGES SHOULD BE VERY
THE SCRAPER SQUARE TO SMOOTH AND SHARP.
THE EDGE OF THE OIL 75•

\
STONE.
4

TURN THE EDGE WITH A FEW STROKES OF THE BURNISHER. THE SCRAPER CAN BE HELD THE HAND SCRAPER IS HELD FIRM-
IN ANY OF THE THREE WAYS SHOWN ABOVE. DRAW THE BURNISHER TOWARD YOU LY BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FIN-
THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BLADE, WITH A SLIDING STROKE. GERS AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT

', -:~ =r
75· AND SPRUNG TO A SLIGHT
DRAW THE EDGE WITH THREE
OR FOUR FIRM STROKES OF
THE BURNISHER HELD FLAT
ON THE SCRAPER.
I O,:_M f
TO TURN THE EDGES OUT, THE BURNISHER IS HELD AT 90· TO THE FACE OF THE BLADE
CURVE, BY PRESSURE OF THE
THUMBS.
DUST, INSTEAD OF A SHAYING,
INDICATES A DULL SCRAPER.
FOR THE FIRST STROKE. FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STROKES, TILT THE BURNISHER
STANLEY TOOLS SLIGHTL y UNTIL AT THE LAST STROKE IT IS HELD AT ABOUT as· TO THE FACE OF
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.SA. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
THE BLADE. A DROP OF OIL ON THE BURNISHER HELPS.
CHART NO. 28
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 HOW TO SHARPEN AND USE

THE STANLEY CABINET SCRAPER

STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i S T A N L E Y 1 - - - - - - - - t
H A NDLES

BLA DE

ADJ USTI N G
THUM B SCREW
TO ADJUST AND USE THE CABINET SCRAPE.R. LOOSEN THE ADJUSTING
SCREWS THUMB SCREW AND THE CLAMP THUMB SCREWS INSERT THE BLADE
FROM THE BOTTOM WITH THE BEV EL SIDE TOWARDS THE ADJUSTING
To SHARPEN A BEVEL EDGE FILE OR GRIND A BEVEL OF A- THUMB SCREW
SCRAPER BLADE REMOVE THE BOUT 45' PUSH THE FILE FOR-
OLD BURR WITH A SMOOTH WARD AND TO THE SIDE WITH
Mill FILE HELD FLAT AGAINST ONE SLIDING MOTION. THE llLUSllATION IS OF
THE FACE OR FLAT SIDE OF THE STANLEY ScuPEP. No 80M
BLADE
BOTTOM BODY
3
THE CABINET SCRAPER 15 USED FOR THE FINAL SMOOTHING BEFORE SANDPAPER-
ING. IT REMOVES THE SLIGHT RIDGES LEFT BY THE PLANE. IT 15 ALSO USED TO
SMOOTH SURFACES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PLANE BECAUSE OF CURLY OR BRING THE EDGE Of THE BLADE EVEN WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE SCRAP-
IRREGULAR GRAIN ER BODY, BY STANDING IT ON A fl.AT SURFACE AND PRESSING THE
---..,"""''--'->----- ...... BLADE LIGHTLY AGAINST THE WOOD TIGHTEN THE CLAMP THUMB
~ . :·,. ._ . - .· SCREWS a. a. Bow THE BLADE 8)' TIGHTENING THE ADJUSTING THUMB
SCREW b, TO MAKE IT PROJECT ENOUGH TO TAKE A THIN SHAVING.
----- =---. IF ONE CORNER OF THE BLADE PROJKTS TOO FAR, FT CAN SE DRAWN
IN BY TAPPING THE SIDE OF THE BL.ADE NEAR THE TOP.

W HET THE BEV EL SIDE OF THE W HET THE FACE SIDE OF THE
BLADE ON THE OIL STONE BLADE TO REMOVE THE WIRE
EDGE.

5.
~
TURN THE EDGE WITH A FEW FIRM STROKES OF THE BURNISHER ON THE BEVEL SIDE OF THE BLADE. THE SCRAP-
ER CAN BE HELD IN ANY OF THE THREE WAYS SHOWN ABOVE. DRAW THE BURNISHER TOWARD YOU TljE FULL ~ ....
LENGTH OF THE BLADE, WITH A SLIDING STROKE. SOME PREFER TO STROKE BOTH WAYS FROM THE CENTER ~
..........
.............. -
-'~"--
·-<-.::.__· ._)
TOWARD THE ENDS. A DROP OF OIL ON THE BURNISHER HELPS.

TRY THE SCRAPER AND CrtANGE THE ADJUST-

MENT UNTIL FT TAKES A THiN EVEN SHAVING.
HOLD IT TURNE.D A LITTLE TO THE SIDE TO START
DRAW THE EDGE WITH A FEW FIRM STROKES ON A CUT THE CAB!NET SCRAPER IS USUAUY PUSH-
THE FACE SIDE OF THE BLADE. HOLD THE BUR- ED BUT FT CAN BE PULLE.D. DusT. INSTEAD OF A
NISHER FLAT ON TH E FACE SIDE OF THE BLADE. SHAVING, INDiCATES A DUU SCRAPE.~
45•,;;,
THE FIRST STROKE SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE BURNISHER HELD AT AN ANGLE, A LITTLE GREATER THAN THE
BEVEL INCREASE THE ANGLE UNTIL, AT THE LAST STROKE, THE BURNISHER 15 HELD AT ABOUT 75• TO THE FLAT EDU C AT IO NAL D EPARTMENT
STANLEY TOOLS FACE OF THE BLADE IF THE EDGE SHOULD BE TURNED TOO FAR OVER, IT CAN BE RAISED BY DRAWING THE
CHART NO. 29
NEW B RITAIN. CONN.. U .S.A. THE POINT OF THE BURNISHER ALONG THE EDGE, UNDER THE BURR 81' ~ C Rtc.£"1
 HOW TO USE

THE STANLEY T BEVEL

AND THE STANLEY ANGLE DIVIDER
1 - - - - - - , STANLEY ~---------------------;:=:;------------~-i.--

ADJUSTING NUT

BLADE

ANDLE BODY
THE IL LUSTRA TION IS OF 5 TANllY ANGL£ D IVI0IR No. 30
BLADE CLAMPING SCRE
THI 1tws1u T1ON 1s o, St ANLIY T B,vu No 18-8 1N

DUPLICATING LINES DRAWN

LAYING OFF A MITRE AT THE SAME ANGLE AS IN
WITH A BEVEL LAYING OFF DOVETAILS FOR THE STANLEY ANGLE . DIVIDER IS A DOUBLE
A DRAWER. BEVEL IT IS USED TO TAKE OFF AND DIVIDE
ANGLES FOR THE MITRE CUT, IN ONE OPERA-
SET THE BEVEL FOR THESE ANGLES WITH THE STEEL TION. THE HANDLE IS GRADUATED ON THE
SQUARE. A FENCE OF TWO STRIPS OF WOOD, BACK FOR LAYING OFF- 4, 5, 6, 8 AND 10 SIDED
SHOWN ABOVE, WILL HELP TO OBTAIN A PROPER WORK.
SETTING.
THE BEVEL MAY ALSO BE SET
BY A PROTRACTOR, SHOWN
AT THE LEFT, OR BY A LINE
DRAWN AT A DESIRED ANGLE
TO THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF
WOOD, SHOWN AT THE
RIGHT. THE LINE MAY BE LAID
TESTING MITRED ENDS TESTING BEVELED OR CHAMFER- OFF BY A PROTRACTOR, BY
WITH THE BEVEL ED EDGES WITH THE BEVEL MEASUREMENT OR BY GEO- LAYING OFF A MITRE WITH A STAN LEY ANGLE
METRIC CONSTRUCTION. THE DIVIDER. THE SQUARE BLADE MAY BE USED
BLADE MAY EXTEND ON ONE FOR A TRY SQUARE.
STANLEY TOOLS
NEW BRITAIN. CONN.. U.SA SIDE ONLY FOR TESTING IN- EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
SIDE CORNERS. CHART NO. 30
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 11
HOW TO USE

THE STANLEY BUTT GAUGE

AND HOW TO HANG A DOOR WITH STANLEY BUTT HINGES
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THE ILlVSTRAllON IS OF
STANUY W i::ouc;H1 StEH THE ILLUSTRATION IS Of
TOP RAIL Bun H1NGl No. 241 -J ½'xJ½' Si.Ntl r Bun G•ucc No 95

BUTT
HINGE
WEDGE LOOSE PIN BUTT HINGE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR
1'
i6 WOOD DOORS FLANGE
CLEARANCE
BETWEEN I Dool\ lAIGlt THAN \ IT SHOUlD HAVI Tl-ltlf CUTTER
DOOR ANO I
! UTI HING(\. ON( fOI IAOt l!~ If 01 HUGHT
JAMBS I •
BUTT Sm AND TYPE or DooR S11cor

'..
HINGE BunH1NGC I
' " CuPI0.0 0 Doo•,; lJJ' TOH' WIDC 1J'
i°. 10 ll' SctllH 0 001\ UP TO )ti' • J' I
fl". TO U'DOOt\ LIii TO n• • l!" I To SQUARE LINES FOR THE
OVU: J2' TO 1 7' -4'
LENGTH Of THE GAIN, HOLD THE
1,·. •.1rH' UP 10 ll' WICI 4J'
FLANGE OF THE BUTT GAUGE
0 VU 12' TO l1' 5 ' AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE DOOR
0V[t J7' TOO ' 5'l.l.. t-lAV( I OR THE JAMB, ANO USE IT LIKE A
TRY SQUARE AS SHOWN IN THE
7'.2!',11' ILLUSTRATION.
I
OVl.1 O' TO \0' 6 '1x H(Av,
L Ji- 'r~ 1--,
To GAUGE THE WIDTH OF THE
A. KEEP THIS DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT SPLITTING GAIN, ADJUST THE GAUGE AS
How TO HANG A DOOR 8. SET BACK fNOUGH TO PREVENT SPLITTING WHEN CHISELING. SHOWN FOR THE DIMENSION (.
1. SAW OFF LUGS (THE PROJECTING ENOS OF THE STILES) AT TOP AND BOTTOM C. WIDTH OF THE GAIN THIS IS THE THICKNESS OF THE
OF DOOR. D . MAXIMUM CLEARANCE WHEN DOOR IS OPEN DOOR LESS THE SET BACK 8,
USUALLY 1/4'.
2. PLANE THE BUTT STILE TO FIT SIDE JAMB. PLANE TO THE CORRECT WIDTH OF
THE OPENING AT TOP ANO BOTTOM AFTER SUBTRACTING 1/8" FOR CLEARANCE,
OR 1/1 6' FOR EACH SIDE. THE LOCK STILE SHOULD BE BEVELED SLIGHTLY.
APPLICATION OF 3-;-x3-;- Bun HINGE
TO GAUGE THE DEPTH OF THE
3. PLANE DOOR TO FIT AT THE TOP, THEN SCRIBE ANO PLANE THE BOTTOM ALLOW- GAIN, SET THE GAUGE FOR THE
ING 1/16' FOR CLEARANCE AT THE TOP ANO 1/4' OR MORE AT THE BOTTOM FOR THICKNESS OF THE LEAF Of THE
RUGS. BUTT HINGE ANO MARK THE
4. WEDGE THE DOOR IN PLACE ANO MARK THE POSITION OF THE BUTT HINGES ON DOOR ANO THE JAMB. THE SPACE
THE DOOR AND JAMB AT THE SAME TIME, AS ILLUSTRATED. BETWEEN THE LEAVES ALLOWS
5.REMOVE THE DOOR ANO SQUARE LINES WITH THE BUTT GAUGE FOR THE LENGTH FOR CLEARANCE AT THE BUTT
OF THE BUTT HINGE OR GAIN GAUGE THE WIDTH OF THE GAIN ANO THE DEPTH EDGE OF THE DOOR. MosT BU TT
OF THE GAIN WITH THE BUTT GAUGE. REPEAT ON THE JAMB. HINGES ARE SWAGED FOR THIS
6. (HISEL THE GAINS AS ILLUSTRATED. SEE STANLEY CHISEL(HARTS No. (17 CLEARANCE, BUT SOME SMALL
ANO CJ8. BUTT HINGES ARE STRAIGHT. FOR
7. DRAW THE PINS FROM THE BUTT HINGES AND SCREW ONE LEAF TO THE DOOR STRAIGHT BUTT HINGES SET THE
AND ONE TO THE JAMB. SEE STANLEY SCREW DRIVER (HART NO (21. -i MAXIMUM CL GAUGE FOR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN
1
8. PUT THE DOOR IN POSITION AND SLIP THE PINS IN PLACE. 11 HALF THE THICKNESS OF THE
BARREL
9. IF THE DOOR HANGS AWAY FROM THE JAMB THE GAINS SHOULD BE DEEPER.
IF THE DOOR BINDS AGAINST THE JAMB PLACE A PIECE OF CARDBOARD BETWEEN
THE BUTT HINGE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE GAIN.
__ _ _ __

---- , 1
__________
DOOR OPEN ::
_]

lfNGTH
10. THE STOP BEADS SHOULD THEN BE NAILED IN PLACE, ALLOWING CLEARANCE
Ill BAC-5\ :s;: W IDTH
-C..:::o(PTH
~ SWAGE0 NOT SWAGEO

STANLEY TOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U .S .A . LENGTH WIDTH AND DEPTH OF G AIN SCORED AND ENDS NOTCHED GAIN FINISHED THE BOTTOM
GAIN LAID OFF TO AID IN CHISELING SMOOTHED BY PARING WITH CHISEL CHART NO. 31
 HOW TO USE

THE SOLDERING IRON

i-----"""'1 STANLEY~--------------------------------"""""'\.:S~T~A~N~LE:.!.JY
.r-----,.. ., ----""-1

HANDLE

HEATING
HEAD

STEM

~
~ '
~
THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS SWEAT SOLDERING OF TWO
WELL CLEANED, TINNED AND FLUXED SURFACES HEAT THE
TWIST CLEANED OR TINNED WIRES TOGETHER APPLY FLUX SCREW TIP WORK WITH THE BROADEST SURFACE OF THE SOLDERING
AND HOLD SURFACE OF TIP AGAINST TWISTED WIRES TIP WHENEVER POSSIBLE. POINT CONTACT PERMITS LITTLE
APPLY SOLDER TO HEATED WORK FROM ABOVE IF POS- FLOW OF HEAT HOLD WORK FAST WITH A STICK, TANG
SIBLE. To SOLDER IS TO JOIN METAL PARTS BY HEATING TO PRODUCE A OF A FILE OR CLAMP UNTIL THE SOLDER SETS.
SURFACE FUSION BETWEEN THE METALS.
ESSENTIALS FOR SOLDERING

1. (LEAN METAL SURFACES 3. GOOD QUALITY SOLDER

2. THE RIGHT FLUX 4. SUFFICIENT HEAT
SOLDERING INFORMATION

SELECT AN IRON LARGE ENOUGH TO HEAT THE WORK SUFFICIENTLY TO FLOW THE SOLDER.
KEEP THE SOLDERING TIP WELL TINNED, MEANING, COATED WITH SOLDER. SELECT A FLUX SUIT-
ABLE FOR THE WORK.
HAVE GOOD MECHANICAL JOINTS, PREFERABLY WITH AN OVERLAP.
CLEAN WORK THOROUGHLY, FREE FROM DIRT, GREASE OR OXIDE, WITH A FILE, SCRAPER OR
EMERY CLOTH.
ADJOINING SURFACES SHOULD BE TINNED, MEANING COATED WITH SOLDER, WHEN EVER
POSSIBLE. TO TIN SURFACES APPLY FLUX. HEAT WITH IRON UNTIL HOT ENOUGH TO FLOW A
TO RUN A SEAM OR RIVElED LAP JOINT APPLY FLUX. THIN COATING OF SOLDER ON THEM. HOLD PARTS FIRMLY TOGETHER WITH A STICK, TANG OF
/
HEAT THE WORK WITH THE IRON AND APPLY SOLDER A FILE, CW1,P OR JIG WORK MUST NOT MOVE AS SOLDER COOLS.
DIRECTLY TO THE WORK OR UNDER THE IRON. START AT A PPLY SOLDER TO THE WORK. DO NOT BUILD UP UNNECESSARY THICKNESS OF SOLDER.
THE POINT FARTHEST AWAY AND DRAW THE IRON TO- SOLDER FOLLOWS THE FLUX. WORK MAY BE CONTROLLED BY APPLYING LACQUER-OR SHELLAC
CLEAN, TIN AND APPLY FLUX TACK WORK WITH DROPS
WARD YOU FEEDING SOLDER AS YOU GO. THE FLUX AND WHERE NO SOLDER IS DESIRED.
Of SOLDER TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. A PPLY SOLDER DIR-
HEAT Will DRAW THE SOLDER INTO THE JOINT. IF ACID FLUX IS USED THE WORK SHOULD BE WASHED Off WITH SODA AND WATER TO
ECTLY TO THE WORK, PARTICULARLY IF CORE SOLDER IS
PREVENT CORROSION.
USED BECAUSE THE FLUX MAY EVAPORATE AND LOSE ITS
USE ONLY ROSIN FLUX ON ELECTRICAL WORK TO AVOID CORROSION.
STRENGTH BEFORE IT DOES ITS WORK.

STAN LEY TOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

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THE STANLEY BALL PEIN HAMMER

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BALL PEIN

WEDGES

NECK THE ILLUSTRATION IS Of

STANLEY 8All P!IN HAMN!R
CHEEK
No 310-16 or.
POLL
FACE

TO STRIKE HEAVY AND MEDIUM BLOWS, GRASP THE

HAMMER FIRMLY NEAR THE END OF THE HANDLE
THE BALL PEIN HAMMER IS THE MECHANIC'S ALL AND SWING IT WITH A FREE GRACEFUL SWEEP,
AROUND HAMMER. WELL OVER THE SHOULDER.
FOR CHIPPING, USE A BALL PEIN HAMMER, 1 TO 2 TO STRIKE LIGHT BLOWS, AS IN DRIVING RIVETS,
LBS IN WEIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE WORKMAN'S GRASP THE HANDLE NEARER THE HEAD AND SWING
PREFERENCE WITH A MOTION SLIGHTLY AT THE ELBOW BUT
CHIEFLY AT THE WRIST. THE BALL PEIN HAMMER, WEIGHING ABOUT 1½ TO
2 LBS , IS A GOOD GENERAL PURPOSE LIGHT WEIGHT
HAND HAMMER FOR FORGE WORK. NOTICE THE
BLACKSMITH EXTENDS HIS THUMB ALONG THE BACK
OF THE HANDLE

TO CHANGE A CENTER PUNCH MARK, HAMMER OUT

THE OLD MARK WITH THE BALL PEIN.
TO AVOID ACCIDENTS
TO RIVET WITH A BALL PEIN HAMMER: SUPPORT THE USE GOGGLES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES.
RIVET ON SOMETHING HARD, A STAKE OR A DOLLY INSPECT THE HAMMER EVERY TIME IT IS CHECKED
ETC, DRAW THE PARTS TOGETHER WITH A RIVET SET OUT OF THE TOOL ROOM BE SURE THE HEAD IS
OR WITH A DRIFT; STRIKE STRAIGHT DOWN ON THE FIRMLY ATTACHED AND THE WEDGES DRIVEN TIGHTLY TO RAISE A BOWL SHAPED FORM, SUCH AS THE
RIVET WITH THE BALL PEIN; HEAD THE RIVET OVER IN PLACE. BOWL OF A SOLDER LADLE, HOLD THE WORK OVER
WITH THE BALL PEIN OR WITH THE FACE OF THE AVOID STRIKING THE HANDLE TO SAVE IT FROM A SWAGE BLOCK OR SUITABLE FORM OR STAKE
HAMMER. BREAKAGE. AND BEAT IT OUT WITH THE BALL PEIN.
AVOID CHIPPING THE EDGES OF THE HAMMER FACE,
WHEN STRIKING HARD METALS.
STANLEY TOOLS AVOID STRIKING WITH THE CHEEK OF THE HAMMER, EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
NEW BRITAIN. CONN U.S.A.
AS IT IS THE WEAKEST PART. CHART NO. 33
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HOW TO USE

THE STRAIGHT AND CROSS PEIN HAMMERS

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(ROSS PEIN

WEDGES HANDLE

NECK
CHEEK
POLL
FACE
To STRETCH A PIECE Of STOCK IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS
WIDTH, USE A CROSS PEIN HAMMER.
FOR MANY JOBS Of SWAGING, RIVITING, STRETCHING
OR BENDING, A BALL PEIN HAMMER IS NOT SUITABLE.
USE A CROSS PEIN OR A STRAIGHT PEIN HAMMER, AC- To STRETCH A PIECE OF STOCK IN THE DIRECTION Of ITS
CORDING TO THE WORK. LENGTH, USE A STRAIGHT PEIN HAMMER.

To STRIKE H[AVY AND MEDIUM BLOWS, GRASP THE HAMMER FIRMLY N[AR THE END OF THE HANDLE
AND SWING IT WITH A FREE GRACEFUL SWEEP, WELL OVER THE SHOULDER.

TO STRIKE LIGHT BLOWS, AS IN DRIVING RIVETS, GRASP THE HANDLE NEARER THE HEAD AND
SWING IT WITH A SLIGHT MOTION AT THE ELBOW BUT CHIEFLY AT THE WRIST.

TO A VOID ACCIDENTS
USE GOGGLES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES.
INSPECT THE HAMMER EVERY TIME IT IS CHECKED OUT OF THE TOOL ROOM. BE SURE THE H[AD IS
THE MACHINIST USUALLY HOLDS HIS THUMB AROUND FIRMLY ATT ACHED AND THE WEDGES DRIVEN TIGHTLY IN PLACE.
THE BLACKSMITH USUALLY HOLDS HIS THUMB ALONG
THE HAMMER HANDLE
AVOID STRIKING THE HANDLE TO SAVE IT FROM BR[AKAGE. THE BACK Of THE HAMMER HANDLE.

AVOID CHIPPING THE EDGES Of THE HAMMER FACE WHEN STRIKING HARD METALS
STANLEY TOOLS AVOID STRIKING WITH THE CHEEK Of THE HAMMER AS IT°IS THE W[AKEST PART EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
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THE STANLEY FLAT COLD CHISEL

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HEAD

CUTTING
EDGE
THE lllUST~TION IS Of 5TANUY
BEVELS (FLAT) COLD UilSEl No 74-¼'

TO CUT OUT A HOLE, USE A NARROW CHISEL SO

THE SHAPE OF THE CUT WILL CONFORM CLOSELY TO
TO CHIP A BROAD SURFACE, THAT IS, TO REMOVE
THE SURPLUS MATERIAL PREPARATORY TO SMOOTH-
ING WITH A FILE, USE A CAPE AND A FLAT CHISEL.
ESSARY FOR flNISHIN<Js· =
THE LINE, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FILING NEC-

CHIP GROOVES ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE WORK

WITH A CAPE CHISEL (SEE STANLEY CHART NO. C36.)
THEN CHIP A WAY THE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE COLD CHISELS ARE GROUND OR FILED WITH A BEVEL
GROOVES WITH A FLAT CHISEL. ON BOTH SIDES, FORMING A CUTTING ANGLE OF
HOLD THE WORK IN THE VISE AT ABOUT ELBOW ABOUT 65" FOR AVERAGE WORK.
HEIGHT. GRASP THE CHISEL FIRMLY ENOUGH TO COLD CHISELS ARE USUALLY MADE OF CARBON
GUIDE IT, BUT LOOSELY ENOUGH TO EASE THE SHOCK TOOL STEEL CHISEL No. 74 IS MADE OF SILICON
OF THE HAMMER BLOWS IMPARTED TO THE HAND MANGANESE A LLOY STEEL, TOUGH ENOUGH TO GIVE
TO SHEAR IN A VISE, HOLD TRE CHISEL SO THAT HARD LASTING USE, BUT SOFT ENOUGH TO FILE
THRU THE CHISEL. WHEN STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER, THE CHISEL AND SHARP; THUS AVOIDING THE DANGER OF BURNING
HOLD THE CHISEL AT AN ~ THE STATIONARY JAW OF THE VISE ACT LIKE A PAIR THE EDGE WHEN GRINDING

n,
ANGLE THAT WILL BRING OF SHEARS~-- --;~ TO AVOID ACCIDENTS
THE LOWER BEVEL
PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE
OF THE WORK. _
GRASP THE HAMMER NEAR THE END OF THE HANDLE
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- ~ ..::::::. .
KEEP THE HEAD OF THE CHISEL AND THE FACE OF
THE HAMMER CLEAN AND FREE FROM OIL LET THE
GRIP OF THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER BE LOOSE
ENOUGH TO GIVE, IF THE HAMMER SHOULD SLIP
AND SWING IT WELL OVER THE SHOULDER IN A AND HIT THEM
7 IN USE, THE HEAD OF THE CHISEL BECOMES TURNED
FREE GRACEFUL SWEEP.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO LUBRICATE THE CHISEL OVER OR BURRED. KEEP THE BURR GROUND AWAY
WHEN CHIPPING CAST IRON. WHEN CHIPPING TO PREVENT INJURY TO THE HANDS AND TO PREVENT
WROUGHT IRON OR STEEL, LUBRICATE THE CHISEL PARTICLES OF THE BURR FROM FLYING OFF INTO
EVERY FEW BLOWS BY TOUCHING THE EDGE TO A YOUR EYES.
PIECE OF OIL SOAKED WASTE. USE GOGGLES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES.
TO CUT ROD OR SMALL BAR STOCK TO ROUGH SIZE,
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STAN LEY TOOLS NICK IT ON OPPOSITE SIDES AND BEND IT UNTIL IT
CHART NO. 35
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CAPE, ROUND NOSE, AND DIAMOND POINT
- - - - - STANLEY 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ -....9 - - -
HEAD

STOCK

DIAMOND
POINT
THE llLUSTllAllONS ,I\.R[ Of TO CUT AN OIL GROOVE IN A BEARING,
STANLEY c.,1 CH1SH No 28-¼ 1N CHISEL
STANl!Y Ro u ND Nose CH1m No. 38-¼ IN
USE A ROUND NOSE OR A DIAMOND POINT
CUTTING EDGE STANLEY D1mOND POINT (H1s1t No 48-¼ 1N CHISEL

TO CHIP PARALLEL GROOVES, PREPARATORY

TO CHIPPING THE SURFACE WITH A FLAT
CHISEL, USE A CAPE CHISEL (SEE STANLEY
CHART No. C35.) SPACE THE GROOVES TO DRAW A HOLE IF A DRILL IN STARTING
SLIGHTLY CLOSER TOGETHER THAN THE WIDTH HAS RUN OFF THE CENTER OF THE LAYOUT
OF THE FLAT CHISEL CHIP THE STOCK FROM a, THE ERROR CAN BE CORRECTED IF THE
BOTH SIDES TOWARD THE CENTER, TO A VOID SPOT IS NOT TOO DEEP. CHIP THE HEAVY
FRACTURING THE METAL AT THE EDGES. SIDE OF THE SPOT WITH A ROUND NOSE,
HOLD THE WORK IN THE VISE, AT ABOUT OR A DIAMOND POINT CHISEL, AS SHOWN
ELBOW HEIGHT. AT b. THE DRILL WILL BITE DEEPER ON THIS
GRASP THE CHISEL FIRMLY ENOUGH TO GUIDE TO CUT A KEY WAY, USE A CAPE CHISEL; CUT BOTH WAYS TOWARD SIDE, THUS DRAWING THE SPOT TO THE
IT, BUT LOOSELY ENOUGH TO EASE THE
SHOCK OF THE HAMMER BLOWS IMPARTED
TO THE HAND THRU THE CHISEL
HOLD THE CAPE CHISEL AT AN ANGLE THAT
,, b
THE CENTER, TO A VOID BREAKING OUT ONE END OF THE KEY WAY. CENTER, AS SHOWN AT c.

WILL BRING THE LOWER BEVEL PARALLEL TO

THE SURFACE OF THE WORK. TO CUT OFF LARGE RIVET HEADS OR OTHER PROJECTIONS, USE A CAPE
GRASP THE HAMMER NEAR THE END OF THE CHISEL (a) CUT A GROOVE THRU THE CENTER. (b) CHIP OFF THE RE-
HANDLE AND SWING IT WELL OYER THE MAINING PARTS. COLD CHISELS ARE GROUND TO A CUTTING
SHOULDER, WITH A FREE GRACEFUL SWEEP. ANGLE OF ABOUT 65' FOR AVERAGE WORK.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO LUBRICATE THE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS COLD CHISELS ARE USUALLY MADE OF CAR-
CHISEL WHEN CHIPPING CAST IRON. WHEN KEEP THE HEAD OF THE CHISEL AND THE FACE OF THE HAMMER CLEAN BON TOOL STEEL. No. 2B No. 3B AND
CHIPPING WROUGHT IRON OR STEEL, TOUCH AND FREE FROM OIL. LET THE GRIP OF THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER No. 4B, ARE MADE OF SILICON MANGANESE
THE CUTTING EDGE EVERY FEW BLOWS WITH BE LOOSE ENOUGH TO GIVE, IF THE HAMMER SHOULD SLIP AND HIT ALLOY STEEL, TOUGH ENOUGH TO GIVE
A PIECE OF OILY COTTON WASTE. THEM. IN USE, THE HEAD OF THE CHISEL BECOMES TURNED OYER OR HARD LASTING USE, BUT SOFT ENOUGH TO
BURRED. KEEP THE BURR GROUND AWAY TO PREVENT INJURY TO THE FILE SHARP, THUS AVOIDING THE DANGER
HANDS AND TO PREVENT PARTICLES OF THE BURR FROM FLYING OFF OF BURNING THE EDGE WHEN GRINDING.
STANLEY TOOLS INTO YOUR EYES. USE GOGGLES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES.
NEW BRITAIN. CONN .. U .S .A . EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
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THE STANLEY RIVETING HAMMER

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CROSS PEIN 3.
1.

HANDLE
WEDGES

LAY Off THE POSITIONS OF THE .HOLES CHEEK INSERT THE RIVETS; LET A PORTION,
BY MEASUREMENT OR BY TEMPLATE. THE ILLUSTRATION IS OF
ABOUT 1% TIMES THE DIAMETER OF THE
CENTER PUNCH THEM. STANLEY TINNERS RIVETING RIVET, PROJECT FOR HEADING. HOLD
FACE HAMMER No. 462- 12 oz. THE WORK OVER A STAKE AND DRAW
THE PARTS TIGHTLY TOGETHER WITH
2. THE RIVET SET.

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TO OVERCOME A TENDENCY OF THE WORK TO BUCKLE, DUE TO A

SLIGHT STRETCHING OF THE METAL AROUND THE RIVETS, DRIVE THE
PUNCH OR DRILL THE HOLES BY HAND RIVETS AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBERS IN THE SKETCH. IF A RIVET BENDS, cb
OR BY MACHINE. TO PUNCH HOLES BY OR IS POORLY HEADED, CUT OFF THE HEAD, DRIVE IT OUT WITH A
PUNCH AND TRY AGAIN . STRIKE A FEW BLOWS STRAIGHT DOWN
HAND, USE A SOLID PUNCH OVER A
ON THE RIVET. HEAVY BLOWS, OR TOO
BLOCK OF LEAD.
MANY BLOWS, WILL STRETCH AND
BUCKLE THE METAL AROUND THE RIVET.

FLAT HEAD ROUND HEAD COUNTERSUNK HEAD

THE MOST COMMON KINDS OF RIVETS ARE ROUND HEAD, FLAT HEAD,
AND COUNTERSUNK HEAD RIVETS.
FOR COUNTERSUNK RIVETS, THE HOLES ARE COUNTERSUNK THE RIVETS
ARE DRIVEN DOWN UNTIL THE HEADS FILL THE HOLES AND DRAW THE
PARTS OF THE WORK TIGHTLY TOGETHER. THE HEADS ARE FILED OFF
EVEN W ITH THE SURFACE OF THE WORK.
TO AVOID ACCIDENTS
FREQUENTLY, HOLES ARE PUNCHED BY FINISH HEADING THE RIVET WITH THE
DRIVING THE RIVET SET DOWN OVER USE GOGGLES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES. CUP LIKE HOLLOW IN THE RIVET SET.
THE RIVET. INSPECT THE HAMMER EVERY TIME IT IS CHECKED OUT OF THE TOOL
ROOM. BE SURE THE HAMMER HEAD IS FIRMLY ATTACHED AND THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
STAN LEY TOOLS WEDGES DRIVEN TIGHTLY IN PLACE. CHART NO. 37
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THE STANLEY SETTING HAMMER

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.. "

PEIN

~
DRESSING A LOCK EDGE ON THE EDGE
OF THE BENCH WITH THE SIDE OF THE
HAMMER. THIS OPERATION IS OFTEN
DONE WITH A MALLET OR WITH A
PIECE OF WOOD.
DRESSING METAL AROUND A WIRE TO
WEDGES MAKE A REINFORCED WIRE EDGE.
TH( ILLUSJ~ TION IS or
STA.Nl(Y TINN(rr.S SETTING
HAMME~ No 452-12 oz

NOTt THIS TOOL IS NOT INTENDED AS A GENERAL PURPOSE HAMMER. IT IS DESIGNED ONLY FOR
FORMING AND STRIKING SHEET METAL

TO A VOID ACCIDENTS
DRESSING A BENCH MADE LOCK EDGE USE GOGGLES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES.
INSPECT THE HAMMER EVERY TIME IT IS CHECKED OUT OF THE TOOL ROOM.
BE SURE THE HAMMER HEAD IS FIRMLY ATTACHED AND THE WEDGES DRIVEN
3. TIGHTLY IN PLACE.

PEINING THE EDGE AROUND A WIRE

TO FINISH A REINFORCED WIRE EDGE.

PEINING A LOCK EDGE WITH A SET-

TING HAMMER. CLOSING OR DRESSING
DOWN A LOCK SEAM IS DONE WITH
A MALLET.
OPENING A CLOSED SEAM.
CLOSING THE SEAMS OF A DOUBLE
STAN LEY TOOLS CLOSING THE SEAMS OF AN ELBOW SEAMED BOTTOM.
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