Oilstone

This piece of bench-furnishing has a variety of names, such as hone, set-stone, whet-stone, sharpening-stone, etc. It is used for sharpening or setting edge tools after the grindstone has performed its part. The oilstone ought to be mounted in a small case of hard wood, having its upper surface covered when not in use, to protect from dust. Some good oil, such as sperm, should be applied on the surface operated upon, which surface ought to be kept as clean and flat as possible.

Slip Stone

This is simply a small piece of oilstone with rounded edges of different thickness and curvature, and is used for sharpening gouges or edge tools of curved or irregular form, on which the common oilstone cannot be conveniently brought to act. It may be fixed in a case with the edge up, or used in the hand without any case.

Oil Can

The most suitable form for bench use is made of conical shape, either of brass or tinplate. The bottom is flexible, and a nozzle having a small hole is screwed into the top. The discharge of oil is effected by inverting the can and lightly pressing the bottom.

Paring Board

To prevent the benches from being cut with chisels, or other edge tools, and likewise to prevent the tools themselves from being blunted by coming in contact with any sand, nail, or other hard substance which might be on the bench-top, it is advisable to be provided with a small piece of service wood to work upon, which should be used at all times when any process entails such operations as paring, etc. Its top surface should be kept clean and flat, and if damaged in such a way as to mark the work, should be refaced.

Bench-Hook

Although much of the sawing generally done against the bench-hook can be performed against the bench stop, yet if the wood has to be cut through, it is the safer way to use the hook, as there is less danger of cutting the surface of the bench. Any cutting of the bench is always objectionable and more especially near the stop itself.

Sliding Bevel

Although different from the square, still the sliding bevel is used for exactly similar work. Its corresponding parts are made of the same materials as those of the square, only the stock and blade are fixed together by means of a screw instead of rivets, which allows them to be set at any desired angle to one another. The blade is provided with a slot, so that it may be shifted on end to suit special circumstances.

Marker

This tool is also known by such names as the drawpoint and scriber. It is formed of a tapered piece of steel wire about 6 in. long, and \ in. diameter at one end (on which may be fixed a handle) but coming to a sharp point at the other. It is employed for marking or lining the more exact pieces of work, such as in dovetail jointing, etc, when it is used to trace the exact size and form of the dovetail pins upon the piece in which the holes are to be made, or to make other exact transfers when the pencil would not be suitable.