(In The Original Sloyd Model This Is A Half-Metre Measure.) (Requiring Exercises 5, 7, 12, 8, 9, 10, 25, 30, 15, 16, 6, 2, 13, And 24.)

Select from Beech an exceptionally straight-grained piece 24 in. long, 1 1/4 in. wide, and 3/4 in. thick. Plane one side and one edge at right angles, both scrupulously straight and even ; then gauge, mark to a nicety for 1 1/8 in. wide and 1/2 in. thick, and plane to the gauge marks with great exactitude, thus producing a four-cornered rod of uniform size throughout. Saw across one end at right angles. Measure from that cut end, mark the length of 18 in., and saw across at the mark. Then set the gauge precisely at 7/8 in., and, passing it along each edge, mark on both sides for the lines a to b in Fig. 1 of drawings No 19, continuing the lines from end to end of the entire rod. Then, with the square, mark across the place for a a, and there saw a slit on each side down to the gauge line. Then proceed to the first exercise in Obstacle Planing (No. 25.) Thus, pass the smooth plane along each edge from b to a, as far as the obstacle of the corner will allow. Of course the planing cannot be continued into the corners, but, whatever is left by the plane must be got out by the chisel and file. Then, on each side, sketch for the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, the gauge line, previously there, forming part of the sketch. Then, with the turning-saw, cut out to the sketch and gauge lines. With the knife, make the chamfers shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Then shave the corners and round the end of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1. File and scrape lightly where required, and finish with sand-paper.

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