M)) THE BOOK OF SPORTS: CONT

[Gabard]

 of glass; but it is a very useful tool, and is a great improvement upon
the old gimlet. PINCERS AND PLYERS.--Pincers are used to take loose
nails out of wood, to wrench off staples, or other things that have been
attached to wood. Plyers are a smaller kind of pincers, and are used for
small work in the same way. They are very useful tools, and it is
impossible to do without them. [Illustration] THE HAMMER.--Almost
everybody knows how a hammer is used: it is used to drive nails with,
and also to take them out. The hammer used to take out nails, is called
a claw-hammer, from its having a claw at one part. The claw is placed
under the head of the nail, when the handle of the hammer becomes a
lever, and the head the fulcrum; and, placed in this position, the hand
acquires great power,--sometimes amounting to at least a hundred-weight.
In using a hammer, we should always be careful to use the kind of hammer
necessary for the work to be done. FILES.--Files are of various uses,
and we cannot do very well without them in carpentering. There are
several kinds of files: one kind flat on one side and rounded at the
other; another is flat on both sides, and another kind has three edges
and three flat sides. The first is used for raspi
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