Cements For Stopping Flaws In Wood

Put any quantity of fine sawdust of the same wood your work is made with into an earthen pan, and pour boiling water on it, stir it well, and let it remain for a week or ten days, occasionally stirring it; then boil it for some time, and it will be of the consistence of pulp or paste; put it into a coarse cloth, and squeeze all the moisture from it. Keep for use, and, when wanted, mix a sufficient quantity of thin glue to make it into a paste; rub it well into the cracks, or fill up the holes in your work with it. When quite hard and dry, clean your work off, and if carefully done, you will scarcely discern the imperfection.

Mahogany-Colored Cement

Melt two ounces of beeswax and half an ounce of Indian red, and a small quantity of yellow ochre, to bring the cement to the desired color; keep it in a pipkin for use. *

Cement For Turners

Melt together beeswax, one ounce; resin, half an ounce; and pitch, half an ounce; stir in the mixture some very fine brickdust to give it a body. If too soft, add more resin; if too hard, more wax. When nearly cold, make it up into cakes or rolls, which keep for use.

This will be found very useful for fastening any piece of wood on the chuck, which is done by applying the roller of cement to the chuck and it will adhere with sufficient force.

Cracks In Drawing Boards

The material generally used in stopping the above is a composition made of glue and chalk, worked up to the consistency of putty, and applied to the board in a soft state, allowed to dry, and smoothed off with sandpaper.