1. With the point of the knife draw and cut in a good sitting posi tion; but whittle, use the sandpaper, bore, etc., in an easy, correct standing position.

2. Always hold the rule on the edge in measuring, marking, and testing for dimensions, and place it flat on material when drawing lines.

3. Keep lead pencils sharp. Adjust the point of pencil to the same length as the point of the compass. In drawing arcs and circles hold compasses at the top between thumb and forefinger and keep needle point as nearly perpendicular to the surface as possible.

4. In squaring lines and testing, hold beam of the try square close to the true face. Whittled surfaces which are less than one-quarter of an inch should not be tested by the try square.

5. Use the eyes to test straightness, squareness, and symmetry of work before applying any other testing instruments.

6. Grasp the knife with the right hand, if right-handed, with the thumb bound over the fingers as in clenched fist.

7. Hold the wood at the end nearest you.

8. Best forearm against body and cut from you and downward.

9. Do not cut from the very end, but start first beyond the hand, and turn the wood to finish.

10. Try to use the whole length of the blade by drawing it through the wood as you cut. Do not scrape.

11. If you have a broad face to cut, take off the edges first.

12. Never cut clear across an end or the fibres, but always from the sides toward the middle.

13. Do not use sandpaper before the model is as well finished as possible with the knife. Remove pencil marks with an eraser.

14. Stretch sandpaper over a block with the fingers when sandpapering flat surfaces. Remember that the purpose of using sandpaper is merely to make the object clean and smooth and not to reduce dimensions.