Recitation What is the weight or specific gravity of wood ? Oak or pine ?

Why does wood float then? Upon what two things does the weight of any given piece of wood depend ? Does it ever vary ? Why ?

Why are some kinds of wood heavier than others similarly seasoned ? Is a heavy piece stronger than a light piece of the same size? What is meant by strength, elasticity, hardness, toughness, cleavability? What is meant by straight grain? Cross-grained? Twisted? Causes ?

What makes bird's eyes in some woods? Preparation for Demonstration ; Assignment for Lesson 25 Essentials, Sections 80, 81, 82. Demonstration Recall steps in squaring up rough stock, use of winding sticks and other tests. The essential points in laying out and working cross-lap joint by first method. , Work All pupils lay aside present work and square up stock for, and make, cross-lap exercise piece. When joint is completed finish any unfinished work of Group VII, then begin Group VIII.

GRADE VIII. (Woodworking Group VIII.)

Lesson 25.

Recitation Cross-lap joint? Why plane stock for the two parts in one piece?

What about the face marks in case this is done? Why?

The difference in the two methods given?

State the ten steps in making the joint by the first method.

In the second method how are the grooves and their widths determined ?

What about the location of the grooves with reference to the faces?

What about the faces in gaging for depth of groove? Why? Assignment for Lesson 26 Essentials, Sections 121, 122 to the bottom of page 130. Demonstration None. Work Finish exercise piece and continue as in lesson 24.

Grade VIII

(Woodworking Group VIII.)

Lesson 26.

Recitation Lumbering? Two kinds and their differences?

The camp; selecting trees; felling; trimming; cutting to length?

Skidding?

Transportation of logs to mill?

By cars, splash dam, rafts, river driving.

Milling? Location; log-booms; soaking logs in mill-pond?

Three kinds of saws? Advantages and disadvantages of each?

Timbers, planks, and boards? Assignment for Lesson 27 Essentials, Sections 122 continued, 123, 124. Demonstration None. Work Continue Group VIII.

Grade VIII

(Woodworking Group VIII.)

Lesson 27.

Recitation Lumbering? At the mill? The log-slide, inspection, measuring, kicking logs out of slip on log-deck. Sawing process in detail? 1. Log placed on carriage and dogged and slab with a few boards taken off. 2. A half turn and slab and few boards taken. 3. A quarter turn and nearly all sawed up. 4. Half turn and all sawed up. The live rolls? Edgers? Trimmers or jump saws? Butting saws? Slasher? It is used on slabs. What becomes of slabs? Quarter-sawing? Why and how?

Why do quarter-sawed boards not warp like plain sawed? Uses for waste wood ? Burners ? Assignment for Lesson 28 Essentials, Sections 125, 126, 127. Demonstration None. Work Continue Group VIII.

Grade VIII

(Woodworking Group VIII.)

Lesson 28.

Recitation How is sawed lumber transported?

Two methods of seasoning? Why and how stick lumber?

Air seasoning? Time required? Depends upon what?

Kiln drying? Why? Temperature of kiln?

How do soft and hard woods differ as to methods of seasoning? Time required for each?

Checks in hard wood? Why? How prevented?

Case hardening? Why? How prevented?

Clear lumber ? Dressed lumber ? Abbreviation for dressed lumber ?

How is lumber computed and sold? Shingles, lath, and moldings?

How would you specify lumber in an order? Assignment for Lesson 29 Essentials, Review Appendix III, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34. Demonstration None. Work Group VIII.

Grade VIII

(Woodworking Group VIII.)

Lesson 29.

Review Instructor will place six questions on the blackboard, selected from Assignment for this Lesson.

Pupils will write the answers to five of these, making complete statements in each case so that the instructor will know what is being discussed without referring to the question list. Instructor will insist upon full sentences - subject and predicate - that the pupil may not form bad habits in his English. Have uniform headings. Insist on neatness. Assignment for Lesson 30 Essentials, Review Sections 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63.

Demonstration None. Work Group VIII.

GRADE VIII. Lesson 30. (Woodworking Group VIII.)

Review Instructor will place six questions on the blackboard, selected from Assignment for this Lesson. . Assignment for Lesson 31 Essentialsj Review Sections 76, 77, 14, 64, 58, 61, 71, 72. Demonstration None. Work—

Group VIII.

GRADE VIII. Lesson 31. (Woodworking Group VIII.)

Review Instructor will place six questions on the blackboard, selected from Assignment for this Lesson. Assignment for Lesson 32 Essentials, Review Sections 78, 79, 73, 74, 75, 147, 148, 149. Demonstration None. Work Group VIII.

GRADE VIII. Lesson 32. (Woodworking Group VIII.)

Review Instructor will give each pupil one question, for oral answer, selected from Assignment for this Lesson. Assignment for Lesson 33 Essentials, Review Sections 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 113. Demonstration None. Work Group VIII.

Grade VIII

Lesson 33. (Woodworking Group VIII.)

Review Instructor will give each pupil one question for oral answer, selected from Assignment for this Lesson. Assignment for Lesson 34 Essentials, Review Sections 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 80, 81, 82. Demonstration None. Work—

Group VIII.

Grade VIII

Lesson 34. (Woodworking Grcup VIII.)

Review Oral test from Assignment for this Lesson. Assignment for Lesson 35 Essentials, Review Sections 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127. Demonstration None. Work Group VIII.

Grade VIII

Lesson 35. (Woodworking Group VIII.)

Review Oral test from Assignment for this Lesson. Assignment for Lesson 36 This closes the text work for the year. Demonstration None. Work Those finishing projects will assist slower pupils or do any necessary work about the shop such as making bench-hooks, scraping bench tops, etc. All pupils are to be kept busy at some work until the last day. The last week, each class will polish tools.