KUŚMIERSKI Fr[anciszek] - A course in carpentry. Handbook for technical schools, craftsmen and amateurs. Elaborated. .....

KUŚMIERSKI Fr[anciszek] - A course in carpentry. Handbook for technical schools, craftsmen and amateurs. Elaborated. ... Head of the carpentry workshops of the Wł. Piotrowski Technical School. Warsaw 1908. composition chiefly in book. E. Wende and S-ka. 8, pp. XI, [1], 133. binding late pp.
Minor yellowing of paper and minor soiling in places, otherwise good condition. Owner's signature. Illustrations in the text. Cont. chapters: Planing machine and its parts, About the frame ball, About unraveling = "shranking", About sharpening balls, Setting and tensioning the ball band, Planing or so-called "heble", Theory of planing. heble, Theory of the planer, Sharpening of knives, Setting and adjusting the knife in the planer, About levelling the sole and reducing the gap of the planer, About wood, its names, species and prices, About dryness, drying, swelling and cracking of wood, Defects in wood, Preparatory and joint cuts, On working the tree straight and arched, On chisels and chiseling, Glue, its preparation and properties, On gluing in particular, Veneering, On swaging and drilling, Slicing (t. so-called "Kieling") of the tree, The essential joints of the tree, Smoothing, or so-called "pucing and sanding" of the tree, Edging, or so-called "creping", Painting, varnishing, varnishing, staining of the tree.