Dress the two adjoining faces of a piece about 3 feet long and about 3/4 of an inch square. Dress the third side, making the piece 3/4 of an inch thick at the large end, and 3/8 of an inch thick at the small end. Dress the fourth side, making the piece 3/4 of an inch square at one end and 3/8 of an inch square at the other end.

Lay off the piece at each end and at the middle for an octagon, as directed in Lesson 39 (Making An Octagon), Fig. 123. Draw gauge lines at both ends and at the center about an inch long on all four sides. By the aid of these three sets of points or gauge lines plane off the corners, making the piece exactly eight-sided. Continue planing the corners, as in making the cylinder (Lesson 40 (Making A Cylinder)), until the piece is substantially cylindrical. Finish with sandpaper in the same manner as you have finished the cylinder. This pointer should have two or three coats of shellac.